"Hello sir, may I ask you what's the matter?" A Veterans Association staff member asked the three Downings who came in.

Downing glanced at Mike, and then he introduced, "This is our Independence Party's candidate for governor, Mr. Mark Twain, and I would like to visit your head here, Mr. Adams. ”

"Okay, then you wait a minute, I'll go and ask Mr. Adams." After saying that, the staff turned to leave, but the sharp-eared Downing heard him muttering as he walked: "When did New York have one more independent party?" ”

This made Downing very depressed but helpless, because compared with the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, the Independence Party really has no sense of existence.

A few minutes later, the staff came up to them and said, "Mr. Twain, Mr. Adams, please come to the office for a meeting." ”

Although Downing felt that it was a little rude for this Addams not to come out to greet him, but to let himself go to the office, but now the situation is stronger than people, after all, he came to seek help from others, so he had to follow the staff to Adams's office without saying anything.

Fortunately, at this time, Adams was still more enthusiastic, and took the initiative to stand up and stretch out his hand to greet: "Hello Mr. Twain! Privately, I actually like to read what you write. ”

"Oh! That's my pleasure! Tang Ning replied politely.

After a few small talks, Adams cut to the chase and asked, "Mr. Twain, I heard that you were elected as the candidate for governor of the Independence Party this time?" ”

Tang Ning nodded and replied, "That's right, this is one of the reasons why I came to visit you Mr. Adams this time, I hope to get the support of your association!" Because one of my campaign slogans this time is to improve the lives of veterans. ”

Hearing Downing say this, Adamston became interested, for how could he not be interested in such a good thing that would obviously benefit all the members of their society, so he immediately asked, "Then I don't know what specific measures you have, Mr. Twain?" ”

Downing sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and then said slowly: "I plan to build a military cemetery in Arlington, New York, and propose that April 9 of each year be designated as Invalids Day, and various commemorative activities such as speeches and parades will be held at that time; Charity auctions and charity fundraisers will also be organized, with all proceeds going to support disabled servicemen and families of fallen servicemen. ”

In fact, the Invalids Day that Downing mentioned, even if it was not his proposal, would have become a reality in the future, but it was not this period.

Invalids Day in the United States is called Veterans Day in reality, which commemorates World War I, and the date is November 11, the day of the armistice of World War I. By 1968, the U.S. Congress passed the Sunday Holiday Act, which made Veterans Day the fourth Monday in October so that people could spend three days of the weekend. This legislation has been in effect since 1971, and today most states in the United States use this date to commemorate Veterans Day.

As for the Arlington Cemetery mentioned by Downing, it was designated as an official national cemetery the year before, in 1864, located in Arlington County, Virginia, in fact, it was originally the estate of the legendary General Robert Lee, and was requisitioned by the Secretary of War in 1864 to become a military cemetery.

And Downing's idea to win over veterans actually comes from a real history of a New York Governor Ruben Fenton, one of his two greatest achievements during his reign was to pacify veterans, and he is also a rare non-bipartisan governor of New York, his party is the Union Party, of course, he joined the Republican Party later......

At this time, Nicole suddenly interjected on the side and said: "And we can also help some disabled soldiers find jobs, such as the security personnel of Morgan Firm's affiliated enterprises." ”

Hearing Nicole's words, let alone Adams, even Downing was stunned, because what does Morgan Firm represent? That's the Morgan Group, which controlled the U.S. economy until 2018, even if it has not yet developed to the status of "world creditor" in its heyday, but just because JP Morgan speculated on gold during the Civil War, he has made a windfall, and he has also solved the national debt of 200 million US dollars for the government, which can be called one of the most prominent figures on Wall Street. Even if it's just his subordinate enterprises.

Seeing the surprised eyes of the three men, Nicole shrugged her shoulders and said lightly: "John is about to become my brother-in-law, I think he will still give me this face." ”

"Mr. Morgan is about to become your brother-in-law? Are you Miss Tracy's sister? Downing quickly went through the resume of John Pierpont Morgan in his head, and indeed he seemed to be Francis-Louisa Tracy, whom he married that year. (The reason for marrying a second wife is not because he is obsessed, but because his first wife, Amelia Tesquis, died of illness three years ago.) ）

"That's right, Francis is my sister." Nicole nodded and replied, and then asked with some surprise, "Mr. Twain, you are very well informed, and few people know about John's desire to marry my sister now." ”

"Well, I have a lot of friends, so naturally I know a little more about things." Downing replied vaguely, and then immediately diverted the topic to Adams, "Mr. Adams, what do you think of our proposal?" ”

To be honest, Adams had already decided to support Downing's proposal just now, it's not that Adams is so easy to be persuaded, but at the moment, except for Downing, there are no other gubernatorial candidates to fight for them, let alone put forward proposals that are beneficial to them, so Adams can be said to have no choice. Now I found out that Downing actually has the support of JP Morgan's future sister-in-law, and the probability of success has increased sharply.

So he hurriedly replied: "Mark, I have to admit that your proposals are really attractive to the members of our association, and I think I can organize a speech to make them feel that you care about them, and of course, it would be better if there were some leaflets or newspaper publicity." ”

"Rest assured, Mr. Adams, we are in contact with our own printing press and newspaper, so we can be sure that we will be able to provide it in time for the presentation!" Tang Ning hurriedly promised.

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