3126, CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE. Fesrvary 12, getive canvass: T waslloning faterest to police when the repeal of Ther histeourh comagonine avowed me aguise Wane T have ‘done sluce Men" e pretty well known. A a | oe ee ee Tinto) es ip tu sory where Abraham Linen Jett of Se ee ery eee eae Gated Sates ene See ce eck Wen hoe oe rout Pas cers rete acetal esas Foe nt are eh Wilke Beet om he eke Sea aioe ae tes ot Pa Sean Saree (iy Wasa Collen Bryant.) Neve Fork, Apr, 25, 1865, at the martyred Presidents obsoqules.) ‘Oy, cow to silte and switt to tpare, ‘Gentle, tod meretf, wad Just ‘who, nthe font of God dade b ‘ike swora of power=—a Nation's trust. In gorrow by thy bler wo stand, "Armia the are chat nose all ‘anil Speak the angels 9 2am "that chook with horvor a¢ thy fal, ‘THE task te done—the Ronde are tree— "ier boar’ thee to am honored: fravey whise proudest Somument shall be "The Broken fetters of the save, Page was thy life: Its Bloody close ‘athplaced thee wlth the sons of lst, Anne’ the noble host of those ‘Whe perished in the cause of right. Chea ta qunbrion oF vm Mr, LINDBERGH, Mr. Speaker, betore T use the high privl- rege that 1 have here, to prefer these articles of impeachment. 1 ask the unanimous consent of the House 0° proceed for four silautes. ‘The SPEAKER: ‘The gentleman from Minnesota asks unani- mous consent to proceed Yor four minutes, pretatory to bls mo- {ion of Impeachment. Is tere objection? ‘There was no objection, Mr. LINDBERGH. Me. Speaker and Yellow colleagues, to pre- erring these articles of iaspenchment, whieh X ain about to be- fin to read, Lvealize that 1 am taking serious and important Step.” But L have given much thought and consideration to the Step whieh Tam about to take. I shall make no motion after T Inve read these articles of impeachment, but shall leave Tt to thie House to-act upon thet question. “I realize that often a ‘motion to lay upon the table is what follows the reading of im- portant articles, and T think these are of that character. and Ietney are disposed of tn this way T wish to say to the mem. ership of this House that that is not the way to. dispose of these fticles whlch T shall read, “Tt would not be doing justice to the country if It is done in that way. Hlther Tam right in Desenting these articles of Impeachment or T am wrong. If T Ho Injustice to the House, if I do injustice to the. cousitry in referring articles of tinpeachment which aught not to be pre- ferred, then it isthe duty of the Houre 9 discredit me for doing tnt thing. I do not, however, expect to be diseredited, though ‘undoubtedly powerful fnfluence will be used to prevent favor- able aetion oh the articles of impeachment. ‘Therefore, 1 shall Droceed with the reading of the articles, and at the dose Shall ask unentmous consent for the privilege of extending my remarks upon this question and the incidental questions that are involved Init, ‘The SPEAKER, ‘The gentleman asks unanimous consent to ‘extend hls remurks, 19 there ebjection? ir. MANN. Reserving tho right to object, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman ead adie that at the conclusion of his remarks. ‘The SPEAKER. T tought he was asking it now. LINDBERBH. No. I wish the House to know what is in the-artieles of inlpencinent before I ask that privilege. ‘The SPEAKER, “All riche Be, EINDBENGH. fr. Speaker and the House of Repre- sentatives, 1, Cuasues A. Lixbomai, the undersigned, Upon may eons 49 4 Mentor of the Hour of Representatives, do ‘mpench W. P. G, Harding, governor; Paul Mf, Wasburg, ‘ioe governor and Frederick A. Delano, Adolph ©. Miller, and Chaves 8, Hamlin, members, each individually ae a member of ‘he Federal Reserve Board, and also all of them collectively as «the five active working meinbers of sald board, of high erlmes + and misdemeanors. 1, upon my responsibility asa Member of the House of Rep- resentatives, do hereby impeach the sald W. P. . Harding, gov- ernor; Paul’ M. Warburg, vice governor; and Frederick A. Dee ano, Adoiph G. Miller, snd Charles S. Hamlin, members, and ech of them as members of the Vederal Keserve Board, nnd also impeach all of them collectively as the five active working members of the Federal Reserve Board, of high crimes and mise ‘demeanors in aiding, abetting, and conspiring with certain per ‘sons and firms hereinafter named, and with other persons aod firms, known and unknown, in a conspiracy to violate the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States and the just and equitable policies of the Government, which sald conspiracy de- ‘eloped and grew out of and was cousuinmated from the follow: ing facts and acts, to wit First. On or about the mouth of July, 1908, the exact date being unknown to the relator, the late J. P. Morgan, of the firm of J.P. Morgan & Co, and the sald firm, private bankers and brokers, with their main office in New York City and doing busi- ress all over the world: Paul M. Warburg, of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., and the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co,, also private Yankers and brokers, doing bustiess ll over the world, with thelr main office In New York City: Lee, Higinson & Co. also private baukers and brokers, dolng husluess sil over the world, Wwith their main offices in Boston and New York; Kidder, Pea: body & Co, also private bankers and brokers, doing buslaess all over the world, with their main offices in Boston and New York ; the National Gity Bank of New York, with Its ofice in the city of New York and déing a general banking business, domestic land forelgn; the First National Bank of New York, with its office in New York City, doing a general banking business, do- Imestie and foreign and various others persous and firms, known and unknown to the relator, did conspire with each other to ‘devise a means through soctal, politieal, and other ways of strat- ey and by general chieanery, to deceive the people of the United States, the Congress, and. the President of the United States for ‘the purpose and with the object to secure an net of Congress providing for a new monetary and banking system, to have In ita provision for a managing board vested with, unusual and extraordinary powers, and to secure the appointment upon the Doard of management that should be provided for In the act Dersons for membership on the board who would, by subterfuge, ‘manipulation, and false administration, so manage as to avoid the spirit and the purpose of the people of the United States, the Congress, and the President almed at in the passage of such an act, and instead of administering the act to meet with the spirit and comply with its terms, to induce and secure such board to enter Into the conspiracy ‘nforesald, to adwiuister the nct for {he special benefit and advantage of all of the said conspirators hereinbefore named, and thelr ussociates, and contrary to the letter, Intent, and prpose of the act itself and in contravention of the Constitution and law; that In order to start the campaign ‘with a planvwell matured fo sueceed in sald conspiracy, Paul M. Warburg, now vieo governor of the Federal Reserve Board, but then a member of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co, was a most active participant in drafting the main features and principles which ‘should be embodied into whatever bill might be put through Congress, and did also assist In a plan for a secret cam= paign, to be kept from the knowledge of the President, with tho appointing power, and from the Senate, with the couirming power in the selection and confirmation of all high Wederal ape olntive officials, In order that a board of administration should, ‘when the time came for its selection, be appointed that would. carry out the designs of the conspirators aforesaid; that there were many secret meetings held by the conspirators for this purpose, which under the very circumstances would be screened. ‘and kept from the public and made practically impossible to dis cover, but nevertheless made certain of the fact beeause of the ‘acts which polnt back to thelr creation; that one of such meet Ings—which your relator does not undertake to verify the truth of its hoiding, but is reliably Informed that {t was held-—ts de scribed in Lestle’s Tiustrated Weekly Magazine in the October 19, 1916, number thereof, which is hereby referred to a shov- ing the method most likely to have been followed for planning ‘tho then contemplated act of Congress, whieh is now the act known as the Federal reserve act. ‘Second. ‘That in pursaance of said conspiracy to promote the ‘object of the consplrators aforesald and as a part of thelr gen: feral scheme to induce Congress to legisiate upon the monetary ‘and banking system as stated hereinbefore, sald conspirators feaused to be organized the so-called Citizens League, with Iadquarters in the city of Chieago, to act as a mother organiza ‘lon and promoter to induce’‘erganization in the several States of auxiliary and affliated lengues, and by misrepresentation to ‘the public as to the origin of the sald mother league and its