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VOL. XL I" 11. NO. 14G
FIVE HUNDRED FOR A KISS
The Celebrated Yachting Trip
on the Colorado •
FAIR'S READY CHECK BOOK
The Senator Takes a Liking to a Girl and
Asks to Press Her Lips
A Pair of Diamond Earrings, nor a Lavish
Offerof rtoney, Tempted the
Young Lady
Detective Poullin of Stillwell'e, San
Francisco, detective agency, is in ths city
getting together evidence for Charley
Fair, who will attempt to break his
father's will.. Mr. Poullin came to Los
Angeles shortly after the Senator's will
was opened and its contents wtre not
found to be satsfactory to his surviving
Bon.
While here he learned many things
which strengthened his side of the case.
He was told of several occurrences which
woulu go a long way to prove that the
millionaire was of unsound mind during
his stay in this city last summer, but
be found it a hard mutter to ascertain the
dates when these things happened, and
he has returned to endeavor to obtain
more deffinite information,
i Shortly after Mr. Pbuillin arrived here
last Sunday he hunted up a man named
Colwell, whom it is said acted as a body
guard for Senator Fair while he was in
Southern California. When the million
aire was here he had quarters at the
Nadeau, but was in town only one day a
week—usually on Mondays. The remain
der of the time he put in at the Grand
View Hotel at Monrovia, which place was
kept at that time by William M. Monroe,
the founder of the town. On Monday he
would invariably come to Los Angeles,
and it was during these stays, one day
a week, that he met Sallie Gamble, and
used to afford her the privilege of pinning
boutonniercs upon the lapel of his coat
at the trifling cost of a dollar apiece.
While quartered at the Nadeau it is re
ported that upon one occasion some words
passed between Herbert Clark, his valet,
and Colwell, his body guard. The former
bad traveled with Fair for some \ • irs,
and he was insanely jealous of any one
else who threatened to attract any of his
master's attention. Colwell lived at his
borne in this city, but was very regular
in his attendance upon Fair. Every
morning at 8 o'clock he would he on hand,
before the Senator left his apartments, und
he would remain with hira all Say, never
once leaving him until 11 at night, when
the capitalist usually retired.
At night Clark reclined in a .room ad.
jo+rrtng Fair's, and we? close at hand,
but in the daytime Colwell had thp swing
upon the Senator's notice, (or lis'' seemed
timid and afraid of receiving buddy harm
when away from him. Clark wjiected to
be remembered in Fair's wilt und ho
seemed afraid that Colwell would cut him
out, and it is while laboring under one
of these jealous fits thut the two had
words. Fair pacified them as best he
could, but the rumpus worried him con
siderably. Fair wrote about this trouble
to some one in Sau Francisco, and it is
said that tbe great importance he attached
to the occurrence in itself would prove
that his mind was at that time in an en
feebled condition. This letter Poullin
would like to have, but so far he is totally
in the dark as to where "it is, and hence
has not been able to find it.
A Herald representative had a talk last
evening with Detective Poullin. He met
him in a well-known resort in conversa
tion with Colwell, and the latter withdrew
for a few moments.
"As you know," said Mr. Poullin, "I
am with Stillwcll's Detective Agency, and
I am working up evidence for Charley
Fair in his contest against his father's
will. 1 noticed in one of the papers a few
days ago that Herbert Clark is also in
town working on the same matter. I tele
graphed to San Francisco and 1 learn thut
he is not hero.
"I find it hard to get at dates," con
tinued Mr. Poullin, "and these are what
1 want. Fair was only in Los Angeles six
days, 1 find, but I could not see his name
at all upon the Nadeau register."
He was told oy The Herald representa
tive that he hud read tbe name upon the
Nadeau register no later than last Friday,
and that if he could not find it he must
have purposely been shown the wrong
book.
"While I was in Yuma, " continued Mr.
Poullin, "I learned of something that oc
curred which has not been published. As
you remember, it was published at the
time, Bayard Smith, formerly of Pasadena
but then an insurance solicitor of San
Francisco, got up a yachting expedition
to make a tour of the Colorado River,
and Senator Fair was invited by Smith
to go along. The Senutor accepted, for
he was very fond of pleasure and espec
ially of yachting Well, when he lirst got
on board he looked around to see what
provisions his boat had provided for the
trip. There were about twenty people on
board, but Smith had thought that only
$8 worth of food and J9O wortb»of liquors
would be all that would be needed. Of
course the Senator would not go without
more stores, and be accordingly ordered
them and paid for them
'•On board the yacht there was a very
handsome girl, whose name I know but
won't mention Fair, who was very fond
of the ladies, took quite a liking to her.
For a day or two he paid her consider
able attention and finally sprung the
thought that was uppermost in his mind .
He wanted a kiss, and he didn't hesitate
to ask her for it. She surprised him by
refusing. He was not at all dismayed,
though, for he persisted. He offered he
an elegant pair of diamond earrings i *
she would only acceue to the request,
which he did not consider at all unreason
able. He pleaded, for just onj kiss, but
she just as persistently refused, and even
.the solitaires for her ears did not tempt
her. Thinking that perhaps the young
lady might think that he' was only jesting
about the earrings, he took his check book
out ot bis pocket and affixed his signature
THE HERALD
LOS ANGELES, WEDNESDAY MORNING* MARCH 6, 1895.-TWELVE PAGES
to a check for *500. She spurned the offer,
and Fair gave up the struggle for the
kiss. This story was told me by Mr.
Priest of Yuma, and there is no doubt of
its truth."
Mr. Poullin reached for a fresh cigar
and Mr. Colwell, who had re-entered the
room, referring to the story of Fair's ad
miration of Sallie Gamble, published in
Monday's Herald, said "The article I
read with considerable interest, and I
could tell you a whole lot more about it
if 1 desire*!. I never saw a kinder hearted
man in all my life than Fair, notwith
standing' all that has been said about him.
"For instance, I remember a circum
stance which happened while we were
stopping at Monrovia and I never told
this even to Mr. Poullin. One day Sallie
wrote to the Senator, or told him a few
days before, 1 won't be positive which,
that she was going to ride her wheel to
Monrovia to see him. He studied over
the matter for a few moments and then
addressing me said, 'It won't do to have
thut girl come out here to call on me,
much us, I should like to see her. Colwell,
you write her and tell her that I would
be delighted to see her, but I will be away
on business the day she says she is com
ing. Everybody would talk were she to
come.'
"I did as he requested and Sallie didn't
call." Resuming, Mr. Poullin said that
the statement made by Jack Lemming
to a Herald reporter that Fair drank
liquor out of a bottle on Spring and First
street, when the thoroughfares were
crowded, would show that he was not in
his right mind. No gentleman, and a
former United States Senator nt that,
and a millionoire so »widely known and
respected, would have been guilty of
such an act were he in his right mind.
Mr. Poullin will remain in the city for
several days and today will call upon
Sallie Gamble to hear her tell,, himself,
what peculiarities she saw Fair exhibit
during the time she knew him.
THE FIRST RIVET DRIVEN
Emperor William Starts a New
Warship With a Hammer
In an Address to the Naval Recruits His
Hajesty (lives Them Some Excellent
Advice
Wilhelms Haven, March s—The Em
. peror went from the officers' club to the
dock yard to attend the ceremony of lay
ing the keel of a new warship His
Majesty drove the first rivet in the keel
plate. On addressing the naval recruits,
His Majesty said:
"My men, you have come here to take
the oath of allegiance. It wis an old cus
tom of our forefathers, and they held it a
sacred duty to perform their oath loyally.
Just as I, your En peror and Sovereign,
devote my every effort and thought
to the Fatherland, so you are bound
to live your apuole life for me.
You have taken the oath as Christians,
and true servants of God have spoken to
you in a Christian spirit. On your war
flag you behold the eagle, the noblest bird
in the universe. Strong in its youth.it
soars high in the air beneath the rays of
God's sun, knowing neither fear nor dan
ger. So also must be your thought and
act. You are now coming to a time when
in the serious business of your service
demands will be mude upon you which
will be irksome, when many hours will
come which you will think yourselves
Mrs. James Co'.eman Drayton
unequal to. Then remember you are
Christians, think of your parents and of
how your mothers taught you the Lord's
Prayer. When abroad be known by your
worth and good behavior. Our> navy is
outwardly indeed small, but what makes
us stronger than other navies is discipline
and showing obedience to superiors.
"Thus will our navy prosper and grow
great in the work of peace and for the
benefit and good of the Fatherland, and
thus with hope in God shall we destroy
the enemy. Be you like the Brauden
burgers of old."
Two Fires
Salinas, Cal., March s.—Two fires oc
curred here last night. The first was the
barn belonging to the estate of "Brick"
Pomeroy. The barn contained 150 tons of
baled hay belonging to a Swiss, who had
left at noon for San Francisco to sell the
hay.
The second tire was in the stable of
Judge William VanDerhurst, which also
contained hay. The whole of both barns
and contents were destroyed. It is stated
that the Swiss had insurance on the hay,
but what amount cannot be ascertained.
VanDerhurst also had some insurance.
To Life Imprisonment
Salinas, Cal., March 6.—Judge N. A.
Dorn sentenced H. M. Shaw to life im
prisonment at San Quentin today, for tbe
killing of Eugene Mason, last November,
in the southern portion of this county.
The jury brought in a verdict of murder in
the second degree. Judge Dorn also sen
tenced L. Lasano to twenty-five years at
San Quentin for rape, committed last Oc
tober, near Salinas.
The A. P. A. Convention.
St. Louis, March 6.—At a session of the
state convention of the A. P. A. resolutions
were adopted complimenting the mayor
and people of Savannah for the way they
acted and stand taken in behalf of free
speech in the recent attempt to prevent
ex-Priest Slattery lecturing.
WILLIE HAD TRANSGRESSED
An Absolute Divorce Granted to
Mrs. Vanderbilt
CUSTODY OF THE CHILDREN
The Mother Is to Have the Care of
the Little Ones
Findings of the Court Show That Her
Husband Violated the Seventh
Commandment
New York, March s.—Judge Barrett
has granted un absolute divorce to Mrs.
Alva Vanderbilt from William Vandcr
bilt.
Tbe decree by Justice Barrett awards
the custody of the children to Mrs. Van
derbilt, it being provided they shall be
educated in the I'nited States. Action
was begun January 3rd last. The defend
ant put in an unswer denying the charges.
Judge Barrett's order granting the de
cree reads as follows:
"This action having been brought by
plaintiff against defendant for the pur
pose of obtaining a judgment of divorce
and dissolving the marriugc contract, on
the grounds of defendant's adultery, and
the summons and copy of the complaint
firs. Willie K. Vanderbllt, Who Has Secured a Divorce from the Son of the Late Railroad
King—Heroine of • Famous Case
has been duly served on.the defendant in
person, within the state of New York, on
tbe 3d day of January,' 1895, appears by
the affidavit of William X Koegh, duly
filed, and the defendant having appeared
here in the person of his attorneys and
duly served on the plaintiff's attorneys
an answer to the said complaint herein
and putting in issue the allgations of
adultery therein contained, and an order
having been duly entered in this action
whereby it was referred to Edmund
Kelly, Esq., counselor at law, as sole
referee to hear and determine the issues,
and referee having made his report
thereon bearing date of January 19, 1895,
pursuant to the said order, with the evi
dence and proceedings taken before him,
by which report ituppearsand said referee
finds and decides among other things
that the material allegations of the com
plaint in this action are true and that the
parties, plaintiff and defendant, were
married in the city and state of New York
on the 20th of April. 1875, and were resi
dents of the state of New York at the time
of the marriage and at the time of com
mencement of this action, nnd that the
defendantjhas been guilty of acts of adul
tery as charged in the complaint, as the
said report found, and as plaintiff is a
proper person to have care and custody
of the children of the marriage—namely,
Consuela Vanderbilt, William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., and Harold S.
Vanderbilt, that the defendant is a man
of considerable means and able to provide
for his wife and family, and that the
plaintiff is entitled to suitable provision
for the support of herself and for the edu
cation and maintenance of said children,
and the said referee having directed that
judgment be entered in this action in fa
vor of the plaintiff and dissolving the
marriage between the parties hereto,
awarding the care and the custody of the
said children to the plaintiff, and that
the defendant make suitable provision for
the support of the plai itiff and main
tenance and education of the children,
and the said action having come on to be
beard on the sth day of Februury, 1895,
and the said report, together with the
testimony and other proceedings taken
before the said referee, duly certified by
him, having been presented to this court
for consideration and his application hav
ing been duly made to this court upon the
said report and all the proceedings herein
for final adjustment of and for the plaintiff,
and for such further order of relief as the
court may decide proper, and an order
having been duly made and entered in
this action on date aforesaid, court was
satisfied plaintiff is entitled to final judg
ment of dissolution of marriage between
plaintiff and defendant and awarding the
care of the children during their respec
tive minorities to the plaintiff and re
quiring the defendant to provide for the
suitable maintenance and education of
the said children and for the support of
the plaintiff as justice required, and di
recting the parties herein to attend before
this court at a special term thereof, to
be held at the county court house, iv the
City of New York, on the 21st
day of February, 1895, and then and there
present f their proofs as to the proper
amount of such provision to be required
by the judgment to be entered herein, to
be made by the defendant for the main
tenance and education of said children
and for the support of plaintiff and the
hearing upon said order having been at
tended before the court at a special term
thereof in obedience to said order and
then and there tendered the plaintiff a
written instrument under his seal and
hand and bearing date of the 18th of
February, 1895, making suitable provi
sion for the education and maintenance
of said children and for tire support of
plaintiff, which tender of said instrument
and the provision made thereby was
thereupon accepted by the plaintiff in
lieu of other provisions for the educa
tion and maintenance of said children
and for the support of said children and
for the support of plaintiff, who thereupon
waived and relinquished all her right'and
claim to have any such provision required
to be made by this court herein and due
liberation having been had, now upon
reading and filing of said report of the
said decree and the said testimony and,
other proceedings bad before the referee,
together with due summons and due
proof of the due service thereof and of a
copy of the complaint upon the defendant
in person aud his notice of appearance
and the complaint and answer in this
action after hearing Joseph H. Choate
Esq., Wm. Jay, Esq., and Wm. Duress,
Esq., of counsel in behalf of plaintiff,
and Henry H. Anderson, Esq., one of the
attorneys und of counsel thereof, tbe de
fendant, and on motion of Deyo, Duey
I and Beaudorff, attorneys, it is ordered,
.adjudged and decreed by this court, by
virtue of the power and authority in it
vested, doth hereby order, adjudge and
decree that the said report of said referee
be and the same is hereby in all respects
ratified, approved and confirmed.
And it is further adjudged and decreed
by this court by virtue of the power and
authority in it vested, doth hereby ad
judge and decree that the plaintiff, Alva
E.Vanderbilt, and the defendant, William
K. Vanderbilt, the parties to this action,
be, and they hereby are divorced, and
that the marriage be dissolved and that
the same is hereby dissolved acordingly,
and each of them is hereby freed from the
obligations thereof.
And it is further adjudged and decreed
by this court by virtue of the power and
authority in it vested, doth hereby ad
judge and decree that it shall be lawful for
said plaintiff Alva E.Vanderbilt to marry
again during the life of the defendant in
the same manner as if the defendant,
William K. Vanderbilt was actuallly dead,
but it shall not be lawful for the said de
fendant, William K. Vanderbilt, to marry
again until the death -of said Alva E.
Vanderbilt; and it is further adjudged
and decreed by this court by virtue of the
power and authority in it vested, doth
hereby adjudge and decree that the care
and custody of the said children of the
said marriage, namely, Consuela Vander
bilt, born March 2, 1877; William K. Van
derbillt, Jr., born October 2, 1878, and
Harold Vanderbilt, born July 6, 1884,
during their minoirty be and the same is
hereby awarded to Alva E. Vanderbilt,
the plaintiff, and that the said Willie K.
Vanderbilt, the defendant, be allowed to
visit the said children at all proper times.
And further, it is the adjudged and de
creed that the said two sons, Willie. X and
Harold S. Vanderbilt, shall receive their
education in the United States.
This last provision as to the education of
the two sons was that upon which the
case was carried into open court.
The_utmost secrecy was maintained in
the action and all the papers were sealed
and it is impossible to get any further de
tails.
Mrs. Vanderbilt will, it is understood,
leave her present residence and will here
after live at her Newport house or in the
handsome residence recently purchased
by her in this city. She will live with her
children.
It is understood that the sttelemcnt
upon Mrs. Vanderbilt includes the mar
ble palace at Newport, the residence at
Fifty second street and Fifth avenue, and
money and securities that will make her
income $300,000 a year.
The "woman in tho case " is Nellie
Neustreeter, one of the most beautiful
queens of the Parisian demi-monde. Van
derbilt is said to have given her all his
winnings at the last Grand Prix de Paris.
At present Mr. Vanderbilt is cruising
on board his yacht Valiant in the Mediter
ranean with a party of friends. Mrs. Van
' . _ . a
(Continued on pagx p.)
THE BATTLE OF NINETY-SIX
Issues on Which the New Party
Will Campaign
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER
Statement of Pact Made by the Bi-
metallic League
Appeal to the Voters to Subordinate All Other
Questions and Fight for the
Money Proposition
Washington, March s.—The following
was today issued by the American Bi-
Metallic League as a statement of issues
on which the new party will base its cam
paign:
"The money question is undoubtedly
the dominant issue of the United States.
Other questions, however important, must
wait for this, which to a greater or less
extent involves all others, is settled. This
issue is between the gold standard, gold
jjOnds and bank curency on one side, and
the bimetallic standard, no bonds and
Government currency on the other.
"First—On this issue, we declare our
selves to be unalterably opposed to the
single gold standard and demand the im
mediate return to the constitutional
standard of gold and silver, of the restora
tion by this Government independently of
any foreign power of the unobstructed
coinage of both silver and gold into
standard money at the ratio of 16 to 1
and upon the terms of exact equality, the
silver coin to be a full legal tender, equal
with gold in payment of all debts and
dues, public and private.
Second—We hold the power to control
and regulate a paper currency inseparable
from the power to coin money, and hence
that the currency intended to circulate
as money should be issued ond its volume
controlled by the general Government
only, and should be legal tender.
Third—We are una'terably opposed to
the issue by the United States of inter
est-bearing bonds in time of peace and
demand the payment of all coin obliga
tions of the United States as provided by
existing laws in either gold or si.ver coin
at the option of the Government, and not
at the option of the creditor. On this is
sue we appeal from the dictation of the
money power to the intelligence and the
patriotism of the American public.
"The signers of the Declaration of In
dependence held that a decent espect for
tbe opinions of mankind required that
reasons should be given for dissolving the
bonds that had bound the -colonies to
Grea' Britain, so we, who find it neces
rary to sever our relations with the politi
cal parties with which we have heretofore
acted and form new alliances in a common
cause, deem it proper that some of the
reasons which impel us to this action
should be submitted to a candid public.
"The monetary refoim fo. which we
contend, as above set forth, is, in our
judgment, so vital to the common welfare
and so necessary to a return of conditions
of prosperity in this country as to preclude
longer delay in the inauguration of a
movement, the purpose of which is to
bring together all who believe in the ne
cessity of the proposed reform, for this
object and this alone. Those in favor of
Mrs. Neame
the gold standard are and have been
united in purpose and action. Party
lines do not divide them when this issue
is raised. Differences on other questions
are then laid aside and together they 'in
well beseeming ranks, march all one way.'
"On the other hand, those who are in
favor of a return to the constitutional
standard of gold and silver are split into
as many divisions us there are parties.
Silver Republicans from the West and
South , to the great delight of the leaders
of tho Republican party, insist on contend
ing for their cause only within the limits
of that party, und Southern and Western
Democrats, earnest silver men, equally
to the delight of the leaders of the Demo
cratic party, continue the contest on their
part only within the party lines of the
Democratic party. In other words, the
advocates of the bimetallic standard,
through the unrestricted coinage of silver
as well as gold, now contend for their
cause in organizations which are con
trolled by the gold party. Hence, how
ever zealous in the cause one may be, no
results are possible because his party re
fuses to carry out his views, or to permit
them to be carried out.
"It is believed there i 3 and has been for
twenty years a large majority of the vot
ers in the United States in favor of the
free coinage of both gold and silver, but
the opportunity to vote their convictions
has never been given them, and their will
has been continually thwarted by party
chicanery. There has not been a Con"
gress for twenty years which, except for
the influence of executive patronage or the
fear of an executive veto, would not have
voted to open the mints again to silver
on the same terms as to gold. Indeed,
each house of Congress has at different
times separately passed free coinage bills,
but this action bus as often been frustrat
ed by manipulation. It is as ncecs
rary, therefore, to have a President in
sympathy with the cause as to have Con
gress in favor of it.
"But enough has been said to show the
impossibility of gaining our cause us long
IF YOU
HAVE WANTS TRY A SMALL AD
IN THE HERALD
PRICE FIVE CEXTS
as we remian divided, or fight only in the
ranks of the gold party, or in organiza
tions controlled by the advocates of the
glod standard. As well might our fathers
have expected to win the independence
of the colonies if, while contending for tbe
cause of liberty, they hail refused to sep
arate from the Tories. Independence could
never have been won by fighting for lib
erty in British regiments.
"And, fellow citizens, this great cause
will never be won without unanimous
action. It will never be won unless those
who believe in it come together and elect
a Congress and a President on this issue.
There is no hope whatever tti :t the I'c
publican party, ns a party, will change its
policy, give up the 30UI standard and re
store the bimetallic standard. There are
no grounds for such hope, and wo believe
they are deluded who look for such a
change of policy by this party.
"The Republican party is committed
to its leaders by its record and by the
press behind it, to the gold standard sup
ported by gold bonds, and to the retire
ment of the greenbacks and tbe surrender
of the issue and control of paper currency
to the banks.
"No less persistent and effective is the
control of the money power over the or
ganization of tbe Democratic party. While
undoubtedly a large majority of the mem
bers of that party are opposed to the gold
standard they have been powerless to con
trol that party oganization against it, and
much less to secure though it the restora
tion of the bimetallic standard.
"While this is the case, it cannot be
expected that the Republicans will aban
don convictions of a lifetime on other
questions and go into the Democratic
party in a body, or into a wing of that
party. Nor will Democrats give up con
victions they believe to be essential in
Government and go over to the Repub
lican party or a division of that party.
Nor is it possible to induce Republicans
and Democrats together to go into the
Populist party, for the reason, if no other,
that the platform of that party contains
declarations and the party advocates
theories to which they cannot give their
assent. But we must, in some way, come
together on this issue, or the cause is
lost and with it the independence of the
people. No old party ever carried through
a greater reform.
"New bottles for new wine. Therefore
no course se»ms more possible than that
to subordinate, for Ihe time being, other
questions, and conit: to the front in a new
organization to fight the battle of 1896 on
the one issue on whioh the prosperity and
happiness of the people so largely depend.
It is believed that this cause can be
«yon in no other way, and that to continue
to contend for it only within the lines of
the existing parties is to cowrt defeat at
tbe outset and to lose the tattle in the
election.
"The purpose of this movement is not
to array section against suction, class
against class, nor to require anybody to
give up his convictions on other ques
tions or to sever his party relations for a
purpose other than to unite in a common
cause, the case of justice ftgainst injus
tice, of prosperity instead of the
redemption of labor, of abundance und
happiness instead of want and misery.
"There can be no doubt, moreover,
that a return to the standard of gold and
silver will promote in the highest degree
the business interests of the entire coun
try, while continuance of the present sys
tem must necessarily be attended by a
further fall in prices and prolongation in
definitely of the present stagnation of
trade and industry.
"Better prices under existing conditions
cannot be expected. A debtor nation can
not maintain an even list of prices with
creditor nations, 'the single gold stand
ard can be maintained in the United
States only by forcing down the price
level of commodities enough below tho
price level of other countries to turn gold
this way, or, at any rate, to induce our
creditors to take commodities of us for
what we owe them instead of demanding
gold. Any policy, therefore, that tends
to raise prices, necessarily operates to ex
pel gold. The condition of things cannot
be overcome by tariffs, much less by free
trade. In the payment of our debts to
other countries we must compete with
other debtor countries; with Argentine,
with Egypt, with India, with all the
colonies of Great Britain, and worst of all,
with Asiatic races.
"These conditions, from which there is
no escape as long as the gold standard
policy is pursued, intensify the gravity
of the situation in this country to such
an extent as to compel the serious atten
tion of all patriotic citizens. How idle,
in the presence of such conditions, to ex>
pect to maintain the gold standard by an
indefinite issue of bonds; and how unwise,
if not reckless, such a policy must seem
to thoughtful men everywhere. It is esti
mated that already the rise of gold, by in
creasing debts, has absorbed from forty to
♦ifty thousand millions of the world's
wealth.
"The inauguration of a movement for
relief from these enthralling conditions
must spring from the people. Politicians
never institute great reforms, and it is
idle to wait for.them. This cause is the
cause of tbe people, and it is believed that
it more profoundly concerns the welfare
of the great body 6f tbe people than any
question since the civil war, if not indeed
since our independence was gained ; for
in its ultimate outcome the question of a
sufficiency oi" scaicity of money is a ques
tion of fieedom or serfdom for the mass
of the people. While not unmindful of
the interests of the people of other
countries on this question, it is an issue
that cannot be safely submitted to the
decision of foreign governments. When
our monetary system was established
over a hundred years ago, with a popula
tion less than 8,000,000,0ur fathers did not
wait or invito the concurrence of other
powers. Nor did the framers of tbe Con
stitution contemplate any such action.
They legislated for the United States and
we now, as Americans, must legislate for
ourselves.
"Beware of entangling alliances in this
as in other matters, especially of allure
ments of international oooferenoßS to de
lay action in our own behalf in the de
lusive hope that other countries will care
for our interests better than we [can our
selves. No other country has ever asked
for approval of its financial policy.
"It is believed tbe Unit.'d States has
power enough ill the commercial world to
alone restore the link between gold and sil
ver, broken ill 1573, but should gold for