Chapter 70

SALE OF BONDS FOR RESUMPTION PURPOSES. Arrangements Begun for the Disposal of $50,000,000 for Gold or Bullion--Interviews with Prominent Bankers in New York--Proposition in Behalf of the National Banks--Terms of the Contract Made with the Syndicate--Public Comment at the Close of the Negotiations-- "Gath's" Interview with Me at the Completion of the Sale--Eastern Press Approves the Contract, While the West Was Either Indifferent or Opposed to it--Senate Still Discussing the Expediency of Repealing the Resumption Act--Letter to Senator Ferry--Violent and Bitter Animosity Aroused Against Me--I Am Charged with Corruption--Interview with and Reply to Letter of Peter Cooper--Clarkson N. Potter's Charges.