| Show I NEW EW NEWS OF YESTERDAY Y Y THE YANKEE GOLD THAT DECIDED AN ENGLISH ELECTION By B J S E Edwards This dally daily series of ot anecdotes and I 1 that throw now ness Interesting nd frequently dramatic light on fam fans ous events and personalities of ot tho the post past have navo been Icen collected by Edwards during nearly forty fort years of ot moro or less Inti Intimate Intimate mate acquaintance with many of or the leaders since the Civil War Each anecdote or Incident Ie l fresh tresh from Mr E notebook and either elthor In whole or In part It constitutes constitute New News of or yesterday garnered from tho the men who made the news the history or from eq authoritative sources source As Im Important portent contributions of or the Human Int mt erest sort to American history those thoo articles have a distinctive value all nIl the tho ir lr own Perhaps the tho best kept diplomatic secret associated with the diplomacy of ot the early cathy earl days das of oC the tho Civil war var Is tho the name of the tho man m n who lent Charles Charle Francis Adams our minister to Eng Ens England England land In gold without any an security With this deposit of or gold Mr Adams was able to be t prevent the depar departure departure ture tune from flom port of or the Confederate cruisers that had been built at New Newcastle Newcastle Newcastle castle But possibly the tho next best kept secret Is that of tho the name of the can candidate candidate candidate for parliament at one of ot tha tho held early In 1862 whose whoso campaign was vaz w financed with American money I will tell toll the story stor as It was related to t me me by b the tho venerable Fred Frederick Frederick erick crick W Seward assistant secretary of or state under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson You doubtless know kno said Mr So ward that in England nearly all 1111 of or orthe the aristocracy hoped for rol the of ot tho the Confederacy The middle class clans represented by John Bright Richard Goldwin Smith and the his historian torian tonian Freemont at Oxford were wore friends of or the North orth We Ye did diel not have many influential friends in the house of ot commons and we regarded It from rom rem overy every point of ot view of or much conse cease consequence quence quenco that we wo should have havo as many friends and sympathizers as possible In Jn that body hotly There were to bo and an English gentleman of or much prom prominence promInence whose whoso name namo I do not care caro to tell but whom we all know as a strong friend of the North was anxious to offer himself as a candidate In one of ot the boroughs borough Ho was an able ablo man a very vory upright man but hut ho he had no fortune no money with which to mako the tho cam cain campaign a campaign for tor parliament In those days being a very expensive cx So It occurred to some seine American gentlemen then hell in London that hat it might bo be worth while to appeal to o their wealthy wealth countrymen also In London for or financial assistance for tho ho prospective candidate Some SeIne thought thou that lint It would be bo worth while to bring luring the ho matter to the attention of Minister Adams but those thoo who knew know Mr Adams Adum best hest cst wore were convinced that If Ir a word Oe said to him about al out It the project would be killed Then somo some one ono sug suggested ug l Henry Henf S Sanford Mr Sanford who thio was vas one ono of or the men to develop the lie Interior of cc Florida and for whom the tIme town ot of Sanford at the lie head of navigation in St Johns rivet river Is named was our minister to Belgium A man of large laige wealth he spent s nt his money mone like hike water In lii every honorable way for COl the cause of ot the North Ho lIo was the tho man who went to Italy to persuade If Ir possible Garibaldi to accept a commission as asa asa asa a general In ono one of tho the northern ar an armies armies mies mica Well ell rehi word was waa sent to Mr San Sanford Sanford ford fOld that a matter of ot Importance re required required his immediate presence In Lon London London London don and he replied that ho Iso would be bethere bethere bethere there the following day da When he lie came ho was told that Mr lr who was tas ao a staunch northern sympathizer sympathizer would like to bo bu a candidate for Cor parliament felt sure that he lie could be elected but as the cost of making the campaign would be heavy ho lie did not hot see how he lie could be bo Justified In lit becoming a candidate I 1 know him hint well by b reputation said Mr Sanford Sonford He lie Is one of the strongest friends of oC the Union in Great Britain He Ho ought to be In parlia parliament ment What will It cost for him hIm to tomake tomake make the canvass He thinks about Mr 1 San Sanford Sanford Sanford ford was told Well ell was sas the reply I 1 will have hae deposited In such way wa that lint It cannot be traced to me to the lie credit of this man In a London bank He can draw dm upon that for his campaign ex cx expenses expenses and I shall regard the money as well spent If It ho he is elected That same day Mr Sanford made e ethe the deposit using this Yankee money mono the tho candidate was handsomely elected and I dont suppose there thoro were five men in Great Groat Britain who ever knew know how he was able to meet his campaign ex cx expenses I As for tho mans services to the North In the tho house of commons they uro are a L matter of or history |
