ECS this is the document that was used from 1896 to decipher one of the coded messages buried by the K.G.C. in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It proves that the K.G.C. was alive and well in 1896, but the secret society was operating under a new name. "The Order of American Knights"
William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold Speech July 8, 1896 < 1876-1900 < Documents < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond
"Paul Morton, like his father J.S. Morton, was a Bourbon (and then a Gold) Democrat, but that Party’s nomination of Bryan in 1896, he said later, “left him out.” As a result he voted for McKinley that year and in 1900 worked openly for the election of McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Indeed, Morton said he “had always been a staunch supporter of Roosevelt.” Bryan was a foe and they used his famous speech to bury the gold as a stab in his back. The K.G.C. was funny like that.
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