All language subtitles for Silver Dollar 1932-subrip

Now we'll call that square.

Now, we all know

that St. Charles has
a bad reputation

from coast to coast.

And the first thing you know,
people will stop coming here.

Then what'll we all do?

It's about time
we had some law and order.

Now, in my opinion, we ought to
change the name of this town

and start a new deal.

How about it, boys?

Any ideas for a name?

Paradise.

The Milky Way.

Seeing as you are the only
woman here, uh, Poker Annie,

what do you think?

I like St. Charles.

Oh, Mr. Chairman,
if you don't mind,

I'd like
to take the floor.

You can have it, Yates,

if Slick don't mind you
leaving the bar.

Well, I'm buying, Slick.

I don't aim to be
contradictin' a lady.

But when it comes to naming
this town St. Charles,

I like to say that there ain't
no saints in St. Charles.

We men of Kansas -- and there
are plenty of us here...

We men of Kansas

think mighty well
of our governor,

General James W. Denver.

What do you say
we name this town Denver?

My friend Yates Martin proposes
the name of Denver.

All in favor, say so.

Well, that's fine.

We've got to draw up
rules and regulations.

And the first thing is
to nominate a temporary mayor.

I nominate Yates Martin

as the first mayor
of Denver, Colorado.

Well, I, uh -- I hardly know
what to say.

But it looks like
the drinks are on me.

Now, boys...

you're going to see things
around these parts.

You're going to see a city,

cities all around here.

You're going to see an empire

that's going to make
those places back east

look like villages.

And that ain't no dream.

Why, I've got 300 acres
back in Kansas,

but it can rot for all I care.

Yates Martin's after gold.

And there's enough gold
in these mountains

to bury us all in gold caskets.

And, uh...

And, uh...

Oh, heck, I'll buy you all
another drink.

That was
certainly wonderful,

the way the boys
treated me tonight.

And let me tell you
that I appreciate it.

And you can depend on me

that I'm gonna give 'em
the best that's in me.

Ahh.

Well,
are you coming to bed,

or do you expect
to stand there all night?

Yes, it's me --
your loving wife, Sarah.

This is your son, Mark.

Mm-hmm.

You had
a little too much, huh?

Oh, no.
No.

Just a couple
with the boys.

And then I sort of organized
things for them tonight.

You're gonna see
a big city here.

Fact is, you oughta be
very proud of me.

I know --
You were elected mayor.

Yeah.
How'd you know?

Every time we stay anyplace
more than two days,

you're elected mayor.

Well,
I can't help that.

I'm just
a natural-born leader.

You certainly can lead
that charge to the bar.

Oh, now, Sarah,
please.

In the meantime, what's left
between us and starvation?

Told you
we'd come to grief.

We ought never
to have left Kansas.

But, Sarah,
we're going to be rich.

Yeah, what've you done
so far?

You bought two worthless
claims, salted mines.

Spent practically all our money,
wasted time.

Thank God we've still got that
$500 to get us back to Kansas.

But we ain't got
the $500.

What'd you do with it?

Well, I, uh...

I-I was talking
to some of the boys,

and they kind of like me,
and so they --

And you bought
another claim?!

That's right.

Oh, Yates, what's going
to become of us?

Oh, now,
don't you worry, Sarah.

Now,
you stick to me,

and we'll be buried
in gold caskets.

-Mm.
-You'll see, now.

In the meantime
by the grace of providence,

we're still
among the livin'.

Oh, Yates.

You've been fooled again.

Now,
nobody's fooling me.

There's gold here,
all right.

See that nose?

That's not only
for snoring.

That's for smelling out
the gold.

Yeah, there's enough of this
yellow stuff in these mountains

to make gold teeth for
all the crocodiles in India.

-Howdy, Mr. Martin.
-Howdy, boys.

How are you?

We're moving over
to Leadville, Yates.

There's
a new strike.

When are you leaving?

Right away.

Well,
maybe we'll go with you.

Why, Yates,
we just got started here.

Joe Mizener took out
over $1,000 in two days.

That's what he did.

You better come along,
Yates.

You better come along.

-Good-bye!
-So long!

Say, let's pack up
and follow them, huh?

Oh, we don't want to drift
around all the time,

do we, Yates?

Well,
I can't stay put --

not till after we
strike it rich somewheres.

Well, maybe there isn't
any gold up there.

Yates, I've been thinking
about something else.

What's that?

Well,
haven't you noticed --

It isn't the men
who dig the gold up here

who are getting rich.

It's the men
who sell 'em things.

Saloon keepers,
you mean?

No, no.

Yates...

if we're going over
to Leadville,

why don't we open up
a little store?

I didn't tell you,

but I kept out $200
to get us back to Kansas,

and you could have that
to open up a store.

Me, a store keeper?

You'll do fine
as a merchant.

Merchant?

Yates Martin, merchant.

Mm-hmm.

I...
I kinda --

Yes, you'll do fine
in the mercantile business.

Yes!
Why not?

Abe Lincoln started
by splitting rails.

Yates Martin will start
by cutting bacon.

How about it,
Mark, eh?

Rich man, poor man,
bacon, and pea.

Doctor, lawyer, merchant.

Whoa, whoa!
Hi!

Two sacks of beans.

That makes, uh...

$48.75.

And 12 pounds
of bacon --

15 pounds of bacon,
Yates.

-15?
-Ay-ya.

Is that right, boys --
15?

If she said 15,
it must be so.

15 pounds of bacon.

That makes, uh...

Uh, $64.50
you owe me, boys.

But you say we don't have got
to pay today for this bill.

But when we find
the gold --

Sure, sure,
that's right.

Yates Martin
trusts you.

And then we pay you
everything.

-That's right.
-Yeah.

So, now, I'll tell you
what I'll do.

Now, there's two of you
and one of me,

and that
makes three of us.

Now, you don't have
to pay me anything.

Just you give me
1/3 of everything you find.

How's that?

That -- That's
very good, huh?

Bei mir, it's good.

That's fine.

All right, then,
you can sign this paper.

"For provisions given,
we hereby agree

to give Yates Martin

1/3 of everything
we find."

Sign it, Rische.

Come on, Hook, you put
your John Hancock down.

-Sure.
-There you are.

The bill is paid.

We win or lose together.

Thank you.

-Thank you very much.
-Thank you very much.

Oh, he's a good man.

All right, boys.
Good-bye.

You can come in the store,
get anything you want, now.

The store is yours.

Good-bye.

-Auf Wiedersehen!
-Good-bye.

Keep on digging,
boys.

There's gold out there,
I'm sure of it, now.

Well, now, what do you
want to go fussing about
three pounds of bacon for?

Oh, it doesn't make
any difference.

I don't suppose we'll
get paid for it anyway.

Now, why do you go on
talking like that?

Everybody's
trading with me.

You've got to trust people
and take chances.

That's business,
ain't it?

Yeah, as soon
as they bring the money,

why, we'll be rich.

Yes, but nobody's
coming back.

You'll grubstake anyone
who happens in.

Never did see a country
settled up with such greenhorns

as Colorado.

Nobody's staying.
The town's going all down.

Can't you see that, Yates?

Well, I can see plenty.

There's gold here,
and I've seen that, too.

Now, wait till somebody
makes a strike,

and they all start
bringing it in.

Then you'll see
what I mean.

It's like bread
on the waters.

Ay-ya.

More, Mom?

Yes, dear.

You can have
some more beans.

Your father's
a big man,

so his little son
can have some more beans.

We had beans
yesterday, Mom.

Yes, dear,
and the day before.

We won't have to be troubled
with them much longer, though.

They're almost gone.

Then mama's little man

can eat the nice bark
off the trees.

I don't want bark.
I want bacon.

So does your mom.

We had some bacon
last summer,

but your father gave it
all away to tramps

who said they were
looking for gold.

Now we can't
buy any more.

That's the left boot,
Yates.

Why don't we eat
what's in the store, Mom?

'Cause your father's

a storekeeper
with an empty store.

He's got to be popular
with the boys, dear.

But everybody has
their ups and downs.

Our ups are coming.

They're not coming.

We're just getting poorer
and poorer here.

'Cause you're too stubborn
to quit.

Everybody else
is going.

Oh, let's go back
to Kansas.

We still
own the farm.

Farm?

You show me the farm where we
can dig gold out of potatoes.

Well, you're not digging gold
out of anything.

All I can see is
a lot of worthless black rock

and a book of bad debts.

Now, I came to these mountains
to get rich

so's we can
amount to something.

I know you did,
Yates.

And you've tried hard,
but --

Yeah.

Well,
you can't get rich

where there
isn't any money.

Now, look, we got all
our old friends back east.

And you were starting to get
along fine in politics.

Well, not that
I ever approved.

Mm.

Now, wasn't it better there
than here?

Wasn't it?

Yes, I suppose so.

Oh, Yates.

Will you go back?

Hmm?

Oh! I'm so glad!

Well, since it's on your account
we opened the store,

I suppose I oughta help you
get out of this hole.

Mark,
did you hear that?!

We're going home!

Oh!
Oh, Mark!

We're going home,
we're going home

We're going home,
we're going home

We're going home,
we're going home

We're going home,
we're going home, going home

-Hi, Yates.
-Howdy, boys.

-Mrs. Martin.
-Good to see you.

Howdy, howdy.

What's all
the celebrating?

Oh, we're -- we're
thinking of moving.

-Oh.
-No!

You're not
leaving us, Yates?

Ay-ya, we're going back
to Kansas.

Well, what for?

I thought you was
doing pretty good here.

Oh, yeah,
we're -- we're doing fine.

Only, uh, I got some
valuable property back east

that needs
looking after.

-Sure.
-That's too bad.

We need you here
in Lake County, Yates.

Tell him why, Mike.

Well, the boys got together
yesterday in Granite City

and decided that
the county's got big enough

to have a treasurer.

And everybody says
Yates Martin's the man.

Well...

Who said that?

-Why, the whole town.
-Everybody.

Why, they allow that

you're the only real businessman
in the county.

Yeah.
Popular with the boys.

Well, that's
all there is to it.

All you've got to do
is say yes.

Well that's
darn nice of the boys.

Well, sure.

Come in.

Come in.
Come in, boys.

Sit down,
have a bite.

Well, that's a good idea
in this kind of weather.

Are we gonna move,
Mom?

Doesn't look like it.

Your father's
too popular.

Hear that, Sarah?

Treasurer
of Lake County.

What do you think
of your pop now, huh?

You mean to tell me we're going
to stay on in this hole

just so you can be
treasurer of a county

that hasn't got
any money?

Well,
think of the honor.

I'll be
county treasurer.

The voters demand it,

same as with,
uh, Abe Lincoln.

You come inside
and fix a bite for the boys.

A bite of what?

If there is anything in this
house, you can get it for them.

Oh, we've got
to treat them --

Oh, yes, treat them,
treat everybody.

Ha, you're getting
ahead, Yates.

You started in
giving away money.

Now you've got it to where
you can give away beans.

Have yours
in a second, Mike.

Unless you're too proud
to have a plate of beans

with the county treasurer.

-Guten Tag, fair madam.
-Mr. Martin, is he here?

I'm sorry,
Mr. Martin's busy.

We haven't anything left,
anyway.

You don't understand.

This time, we had enough
to get something.

But we show something.
Look!

Yes, we've seen
plenty of that black stuff.

But you don't understand!

-How are you, boys?
-Oh, Yates!

How's it going?
We've got news!

Look -- Thousands
and thousands of pounds

of this stuff we find.

Well, shows you boys
have been working.

Keep it up.
You'll find something yet.

Mr. Martin, wait!

You -- You know
what that stuff is?

Well, is it
worth anything?

Worth anything?!

We have sent to St. Louis
to das measure some pieces.

It's worth,
for the ton, $800.

Ja, $800!

$800 a ton?

I knew it!
It was here all the time.

Ja! Millions and millions
of tons everywhere.
I knew it.

And a little deeper down,
it's more rich yet.

And for you, it's 1/3,
as agreed on the paper.
Ja.

I knew
there was gold here.

We're rich, Sarah!

We're rich!

Gold!
Gold!

Gold!
Gold!

$800 a ton!

We found it
right under our noses!

Gold!

He -- He don't
understand.

It's silver --
Less carbonates.

Then we're not rich.

-Oh!
-Ooh, ja, we're all rich --

Just like it was gold.

Look -- Here is the paper
from the pledger.

He -- He didn't understand
it was silver.

Oh, Yates!

Now maybe
they'll listen to me.

-It's silver!
-Silver!

It is silver!
Silver!

I told you
there was gold here.

What do you think
of me now?

It isn't gold!
It's silver!

It's silver!
Silver?

What do I care?

It's the same thing
only spelled different.

Gold!

Gold!

Mark, you wash
your face and hands?

Yeah.

Behind your ears too?

Yeah.

Have I got to wear these
outdoors?

So it seems, dear.

Your father wants you
to be dressed

like a mayor's son
should.

And a postmaster's son, too,
huh, Ma?

Yeah, I know.

And I'm a shrewd
businessman's son.

Who said that?

Carl Warren.

He said that's
what Father is.

What's a shrewd
businessman?

Well, sometimes it's a man
who's had a lot of luck.

But don't you tell
Carl Warren I said so.

-Hi, Yates.
-Hi, Yates.

And I'd only been gone
seven days.

And when I come back
to work the old mine,

I found Chicken Bill
squatted there.

Said it was his

just because I abandoned it
two years ago.

Well, what do you want me
to do about it, Ted?

Well, you're the mayor.
You can kick him out.

I guess I can, Ted.
Yeah.

Whoa.

Didn't I tell you, there ain't
nothing like the ladies.

Ain't they nimble?
Ain't they sweet?

Uh-huh.

Hi-dee, Amos.
-Hello, Yates.

How's the claim?

Getting nowhere.

Running $1,200 a ton.

Well,
keep it running, boys.

We got $50,000 out of the Little
Pittsburgh mine last week.

-Whoa.
-Oh.

Seems to call
for something or other

across the bar.

-I like this.
-Come along.

What can I do for you,
friend?

Well, I don't want
to interrupt nothing.

I'm selling,
not buying.

What have you got
to sell?

Got this out of my claim
up on Pryor's Hill,

right next
to your Little Pittsburgh.

You know ore, all right.

What do you think of it?

Well.

Say, that looks as good
as the Little Pittsburgh.

If I was you,
I'd do some fancy digging.

Well, there's just
the trouble -- I can't.

Now, I ain't well myself,
and my wife's sick back east.

I'm busted.
Got to sell out.

Well, how much?

Oh, uh...

$50,000.

'Course, it's worth
a lot more than that, but --

Well, I don't like to take
advantage of a sick man,

but if you're
satisfied --

-Yates!
-Yes?

He don't look like
a busted miner to me.

What's the difference?
There's some
trick in it.

Well, I know ore
when I see it, don't I?

Now, Yates, you're not
going to buy a mine

you don't know
anything about?

See, I know all about
Pryor Hill.

I ain't never made any mistakes
about mines yet, have I?

That's all right, partner.
Glad to help you out.

I always knew you was
a square man, Mr. Martin.

Now, look here, I've
got a little business
here to clear up,

and I'll meet you at the bank
in 15 minutes.

Oh, thanks,
Mr. Martin.

I'll be waiting
for you.

-Hi, Yates!
-Hi there, Hamlin.

I'll be
right with you boys.

I don't like to keep this little
lady waiting here any longer.

Two pounds,
you said, Liddy?

Yes, sir, Mister --
Mister Mayor.

Mr. Adams came down from Denver
to see you.

It's very important,
Yates.

So is this.

Ain't it, Liddy?

We ain't had
our supper yet.

There.
You see, boys?

That's all right,
Martin.

Go on, cut bacon
if that's your ambition.

All we wanted was to ask you
to run for Lieutenant Governor.

But -- But...

What say, Yates?

Lieutenant Governor...

of the State of Colorado?

That's what
we're talking about.

You see,
this fellow Stanton

figures disorder
around the state.

We got to have the strongest
ticket we can get

to lick his crowd.

We need
the Lake County vote.

And the boys agreed,

there's only one man
can swing it.

Yates Martin
is the man.

Well, Yates?
You used to have a tongue.

Sarah!

Mark!

Sarah!

-What's the matter?!
-Sarah, come down here!

-Ay-ya?
-Sarah!

What is it?

I'm -- I'm -- I'm...

You tell her
what you told me.

-Howdy, ma'am.
-Howdy.

We were just asking
your husband --

Sarah, I'm Governor.
What?

Governor of Colorado.
What did I tell you, huh?

Will you stick by me,
and --

Lieutenant Governor
we mentioned, ma'am.

Well, it's got "governor"
in the title, ain't it?

Well, but -- but
I don't understand.

We're just asking him
to run, ma'am.

The election
ain't over yet.

Don't you worry
about that.

The boys will
take care of that.

The boys know me.

You go right back to Denver
and tell them

that Yates Martin will
stick to 'em to the finish.

I'll tell you
what I'm going to do.

I'm going to organize
a fire company here.

New uniforms, horse cart
from Chicago and all that.

All at my own expense.

Guess that will bring out
every vote in Lake County, huh?

That's fine.

And furthermore,
I just bought a new mine.

You're not buying
that mine.

Eh, it's a better-paying mine
than Little Pittsburgh.

And if I am elected,

I'm going to give
half the profits

to the State
of Colorado.

To the people
of the State of Colorado.

To the people --
that's right.

Don't you ever worry
about me being elected.

If you want Lake County,
you've come to the right man.

Well, boys,
refresh yourselves,

and then we'll dedicate
the mine.

-Hooray for Yates Martin!
-Thank you, Mr. Martin!

Thank you, thank you!

The parade was fine,
Yates.

Oughta get us a lot of votes,
don't you think?

Absolutely.

How about that little speech
for the voters?

Oh, yes, about
my donating one half

of what I get
out of this mine

for the good
of the State of Colorado.

For the people of the State
of Colorado, Yates.

Don't forget that word --
"people."

Yeah, that's right.
Mustn't forget that.

For the good of the people
of the State of Colorado.

Uh, Mr. Martin.

Well, George, hurry up, now.
I got to make a speech.

You been skimmed,
Mr. Martin.

Skimmed?

There ain't no mine here.
Bunch of sill.

What are you talking about,
George?

Look at the ore
all around here.

Good ore, too.
Can't fool me.

Sure, it's good ore.

Come from
the Little Pittsburgh.

Little Pittsburgh?

Salted mine, you mean?

Someone must have
dumped in

a couple of wagon loads of rock
from your own mine.

We've been down 30 feet,

and there ain't
a sign of a vein.

Bought it from a sick man,
you say, eh?

Well, I guess
he ain't sick no more.

Yates, come on,
they're waiting.

Look here.
Don't let this get out, George.

People might think I'm a fool,
might not vote for me.

Well, how am I going to explain
why we quit digging?

Well, don't quit digging.
Put out some more men.

I'll pay for it.

Keep digging -- till
after the election, anyway.

Come, come, Yates.
Can't keep the voters waiting.

And what I want to say,
friends,

in opening this mine,

I'm going to dedicate it
to the public.

I want my friends,
who stand here today,

to remember that,
if elected Lieutenant Governor,

I will devote one half
of all this mine produces

for the good
of the State --

for the good of the people
of the State of Colorado.

I have
been criticized a lot

for my optimistic attitude
on everything.

When I said,
"There will be cities here

rivaling the capitals of Europe
in wealth,"

there were people
who laughed at me.

But the things I said
have been borne out.

And now I say to you

that the soil
on which we stand on

will produce riches

greater than all the wealth
that the world has ever known.

And it is my hope and belief
that it will also produce men

as rich in character and mind

as it is
in shining silver.

Mrs. Martin, I think you're
the luckiest woman in Colorado.

And I think so, too.

My husband said
there's no way of telling

how far
Yates Martin will go.

Everything he touches
seems to prosper.

Oh, yes, Mr. M
is very fortunate,

there's no denying it.

And he's
so good to you.

Oh, y-yes, he's very good.
Yes, yes.

Just think -- Someday,
he may be Governor.

Wouldn't it be grand to be
the First Lady of Colorado?

Ay-ya.

You don't seem very excited
about it, Mrs. Martin.

Well, maybe I'm not
the excitable kind, Mrs. Hamlin.

Now, I'm sure --

I've tried to do my duty
by my husband.

'Course, times wasn't always
the way they are now.

What's comin',
nobody knows.

Whatever it is,
I expect to keep on trying.

It's a beauty,
Yates.

I don't think I ever saw
one like it before.

Best in the state.

This lumber comes special
from South America.

Now, there's a lovely thing.

Won't see
another like it.

Whittled out of
one piece of wood.

Yes, sir, we rented
this whole floor.

The hotel gives us
special service.

I had a private telegraph wire
run in from Denver,

all at my own expense.

Got an operator
right across the hall.

So we'll be the first
to hear the election return.

This furniture,
made special in Chicago.

Cost a lot, but I guess
we can afford it.

Got to live up to our position,
don't we?

Yes, yes.

Now, there's
a lovely thing.

Here's something
interesting, Yates.

Solid silver
out of the Little Pittsburgh.

I put it in my window
for everybody to look at,

'cause it sort of represents
Leadville.

Represents
Yates Martin, too.

Made of silver,
you know?

You know, I'm going to give this
to the state if I'm elected.

I want to put it
in the capitol --

when we build a capitol.

'Course we'll have
a capitol, Martin.

A good thing for you to start on
as Lieutenant Governor.

Well, I've been
thinking about it.

Hear that, Sarah?

Well...

Now, gentlemen.

I ask you
to look at my wife.

I got a dress
like she deserves.

Sent all the way
to Paris.

Got six dresses
of the best silk.

Yates, Yates, please.

But, Sarah, I can buy
all the silk worms in Japan.

Why shouldn't
my wife wear silk --

lots of silk.

All right, Yates,
speaking of being elected,

we ought to be
hearing something.

Well,
easy to find out.

Come with me, boys.

I want you to see
my private telegraph.

Looks like it's all over
for the counting, Yates.

Arapahoe County
was indeed a surprise.

Well, not altogether
unexpected.

Wait till you get up
to Denver.

-Oh, Denver.
-Oh, yes.

Mr. Martin,
you're elected!

Yates Martin
is elected!

Congratulations,
Mrs. Martin.

It's a great day for me.

And I hope that,
during my period in office,

there will be grter days

for the people
of the State of Colorado.

Anyway,
I want to thank you all.

And when you come to Denver,
don't forget to look me up.

I may be Lieutenant Governor
of the whole state,

but I ain't forgetting
no Leadville.

That put you
ace high.

Hey, congratulations,
Governor.

Thank you.

I didn't want to
interrupt the party,

but I thought you'd like
to hear the good news.

Oh, yes. Uh, well,
you don't have to dig anymore.

Oh, yes, we do.

We kept on,
just as you said.

Struck a vein
50 feet down.

Some of our folks say

it's the richest rock
they've had yet.

-What's that?
-Yeah, the new mine.

Struck ore.
It runs $1,800 to the ton.

Good as all that, eh?

Huh, that's better
than I expected.

Better than
you expected?!

Say, boss --
-Come on, Yates.

Let's tell them now.

One moment, please.

It may interest you, as friends
of our Lieutenant Governor,

to hear that his shrewdness
and foresight

have again
been vindicated.

We have just heard
that the claim he purchased

to help out
an unfortunate prospector

has turned out to be
the richest mine

in the whole
Leadville district.

And, holding to my promise,

half of all I get goes to
the great State of Colorado --

to the people
of the great State of Colorado.

Well, I guess I bought
something...

Hello, Joe!

How are ya?!

Ma, there's Joe!

Great news about my papa,
ain't it?

-Good morning, Governor.
-Good morning.

Oh, Governor, can we take
a minute of your time?

Well,
I can't see you now.

I've got to preside at
the Senate session, you know.

-Very well, Governor, very well.
-Governor.

Hello!

Hello, Zed!
How you been?

Great.

Well,
how's the old claim?

Fine.
Getting lots of ore.

Keep on digging, old boy.
Keep on digging.

You bet.

Good to see ya.
How are you doing this morning?

-Morning, Governor.
-Morning, Governor.

-Ah.
-Good morning, Governor.

I got a price on that
new house on Lincoln Street

that you ordered.

Oh, yes?
How much?

$40,000.

Well, buy it.
I'm going to live there.

Very well, sir.

Howdy, boys!

All right, senators.

-Hi, Martin!
-Governor!

Now, boys,
we've all come to order.

And,
as Lieutenant Governor,

I have the privilege
of ordering first.

But Governor,
we've already ordered.

Well, that ain't fair.
All paid for, Pete?

Not yet. The boys remembered
your privilege.

Well, now, that's more like it.
I'll pay the bill.

Oh, and see here, now --

From now on, I want to see
these boys served proper.

Silver goblets
for the Champagne.

And silver
Tom & Jerry cups.

Everything,
I'll pay for it.

Oh, and here's
another thing --

We're going to have
some real cooking here.

I've sent to that place
in New York --

uh, Delmonico's --
for a real chef.

We're going to have
nothing but the best.

Ah, nothing is
too good for Colorado.

You're right.

Oh, and, Mr. Secretary,

have you got
the Champagne corks?

Yes, sir.

Let's see
if there's a quorum.

2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
12, 14, 16 --

Yep,
there's a quorum.

Now we can
do business.

Gentlemen,
the Senate of Colorado

is now in session.

And the first question
is unfinished business.

Peter,
fill 'em all up again.

Are these the, uh, records,
Mr. Secretary?

Thank you.

Beer?

I'm ashamed of you boys.

That ain't like
the Senate.

It's more like
the House of Representatives.

Peter, you take this
out of the kitchen

to have it dried
so we can pass it.

The Senate may be wet,
but it ain't that wet.

Okay, read them off,
Mr. Secretary.

"A bill
to appropriate funds

for the building of a state
capitol building in Denver."

What's the matter
with this place?

Oh, we oughta have
some sort of building

that belongs
to the state --

something big
and artistic.

I'm for it!

Was that a motion?

You know, we got to do these
things with motions, you know.

All right,
I motion it.

Well, anything to say?
Anybody?

Anybody against it?

Well, then, that's passed.

Mark it, Frank.
And now, boys --

Oh, by the way, how much was
that appropriation for?

$2 million.

Does that
include the bar, Governor?

Oh, don't you worry
about that.

I'll take care
of the bar.

I'll give them one
with a silver foot rail.

Oh, yes,
and that ain't all.

You know -- You know,
I've been thinking

that what this city needs
is more culture --

you know, opera, theater,
and things like that.

And so I'm going to give to
the people of the city of Denver

the finest opera house
that silver can buy.

I'm going to send to Italy
for marble,

to Central America
for mahogany,

to London for carpets,

to Chicago and New York
for architects,

and I'm going to bring

the biggest artists
in the world here --

even if it costs me
a million dollars.

All for the pleasure

of the people
of the State of Colorado.

Gentlemen, I offer a toast
to Yates Martin's opera house!

There still seems
a lot to be done.

Don't worry about that,
Mr. Martin.

Everything will be ready
on time.

Well, how about
the cornerstone?

Do you want your name
carved on it?
Why not?

Even an opera house ought
to know its own father,

don't you think?

Very well. Now, there are
a few things in the lobby

I want to talk
to you about.

Well, we'll have
a look at this,

and then we'll decide what way
it has to be done.

Now, I'd like to suggest
that we put Goethe here.

He wrote "Faust,"
you know.

And it might be appropriate to
have some of the others put up.

Like, uh, Schiller,
Molière, Sheridan,

and, if you prefer,

we can have a bust of that
celebrated composer Beethoven.

How's it sound to you,
Governor?

Sounds terrible.

Who are all these fellows,
anyway?

They're immortals
of the theater,

and I thought perhaps
that they --

and, if you prefer,

we can have a bust of that
celebrated composer Beethoven.

How's it sound to you,
Governor?

Sounds terrible.

Who are all these fellows,
anyway?

They're immortals
of the theater,

and I thought perhaps
that they --

No, I never
heard of them.

And I don't think
that anybody around here

is interested in a bunch
of foreign names.

Now, look here -- If you're
going to put up some busts,

why, put up
my friend, Hamlin,

and Pistol Pete
and General Grant.

And Abe Lincoln.

Oh, yes, and Poker Annie.
Have her with a cigar.

Well...

What do you think,
Miss?

Did you know who
all these foreigners were?

Well, not all of them.

But I think any lady
that smokes a cigar
deserves a statue.

Why, certainly.

Besides, Poker Annie
means something to Denver.

Oh, does she?

I've never
heard of her.

No?

Well, then you must be
a stranger here.

I've only been here
a week.

You were the only one
I ever heard of back east.

Mr. Martin, will you
look at this inscription?

Tell that man working
on the inscription

that I want it done in
plain American, like I told you.

Nobody in Denver
reads Latin.

I told him, Governor,
but he insisted

it should be done
in Latin.

What?!

Then I'll have
to do it myself.

You know, you have
to do things yourself

if you want them
done right.

Want to watch me?

Oh, I'd love to.

Elmer, wipe off
that foreign lettering.

I'm coming up
and do it myself.

Now, this is certainly
a happy surprise,

your coming here.

All good things seem
to be coming to Denver.

Oh, thank you,
Mr. Governor.

Now, a man certainly
has his hands full

attending to
all these matters.

Mm, you must be
an awfully busy man,

running the Senate and taking
care of everything yourself.

Oh, I find time
for everything.

Everything?

Well...

Now, Mark,
that peppermint candy

is going to ruin
your outdoor appetite.

Where'd you get it?

Papa bought it for me.

And he told me to tell you,
he's sorry,

but he won't be home
for supper.

He's going to be busy
again.

Oh.

Well...

You run upstairs
and wash your hands and face,

and we'll have supper
together.

Mary,
this is Mrs. Martin.

No, never mind, I --

Well, thank you.

With your permission,
madam,

where do you wish it placed,
madam?

Well, I didn't wish
to have it placed.

I wished
to place it.

My dear sir,
for seven years,

I made out all the returns
for the post office.

And General Adams said that,
during those seven years,

he only had to send back
one paper for correction.

So I expect I know where
I want to have a picture
placed in my own house.

Yes, madam.

Wonder where
he'd like it.

You like it better
here, Lily?

Yes.

That does show it off
much better, thank you.
Mm.

My, you know
how to do everything,

don't you, Mr. Martin?

Ah-ah-ah.

I mean, Yates.

Now,
that's better, Lily.

I just can't get used
to calling you Yates.

It seems so...familiar.

Oh.

Think of it --

the Governor of Colorado
helping me move.

Lieutenant Governor.

Oh, that's what
I meant.

You've been
so wonderful to me.

I just
can't believe it.

Well, I love to do things
for you, Lily.

You enjoy it so.

How do you like
that frame?

Solid silver.

Is it really?

Wait till you see the opening
of my opera house.

Everybody who's anybody
is going to be there.

But more than that,
General Grant, that's who.

Going to be my guest.

My, but won't you
be proud.

Will I.

Me and General Grant.

See, did you
stop to realize

that General Grant knew
Abraham Lincoln personally?

Why, he'll be there
sitting and talking to me

just like
I'm talking to you.

I suppose you'll
forget all about

poor, little,
unimportant me.

Why, of course not.
You'll be there.

Yates,
are you taking me?

Well, no, not exactly.

But, uh, I've got a box
set aside for you

right across from mine.

I'm always
right across from you.

Like to be closer,
hmm?

Hmm.

Wouldn't you?

Well...

we do seem to be getting along
pretty good together.

You do like me a little bit,
don't you?

Hmm.

Of course I do.

My, but you smell nice.

Quiet down!
Here he is!

Here we are, General.

My private box.

General, Captain.
This is where you sit, Mark.

Well, I-I certainly appreciate
your coming here tonight.

You've done Denver
a great honor.

I know you've been
around the world,

but you're going
to see something tonight

that you've never
seen before.

Pretty good seats,
huh?

You know, you can see
and hear everything from here.

Excuse me, Governor, the
performance is about to begin.

Well, let it begin.
That's what I'm paying for.

And where's
the Champagne?

Bring some Champagne for
the General, and some cigars.

Now, don't tell me you don't
smoke cigars, General.

I know better --
I've seen your pictures.

You know?

Where's your mom, now?

She couldn't come.
She had a terrible headache.

Said you'd understand.

You know,
folks here know me.

Here is what the Citizens
Association has given me.

Got my whole history there
in gold, silver, and diamond.

Now, that's an ore bucket.

There's a spade, a shovel,
a pick, and that's a mule.

Shows what this opera house
is built on.

Ain't only the opera house,
either, you know.

I build them
an office building here --

the Martin Block.

It's the first building
in Denver

that's higher
than two stories.

And I built them
a hotel in Leadville.

You probably saw it,
coming through.

But wait, I'm going
to make a speech later.

You'll be interested, too.

I'm going to give
the government something.

Good for you, son!

Come right in.
Come right in.

Fill a glass
for the General.

Ladies and gentlemen, I take
great pleasure in introducing --

Oh, he needs
no introduction --

Lieutenant Governor
Yates Martin.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I've seen Denver grow
from a mining camp

into a city
of 30,000 or 40,000 people.

And I say that if Denver
is to have an opera house,

it ought to have one
worthy of the city.

I ask you to look around
this opera house

and see whether I've done
my duty in this respect.

But, uh, I'm going to do
something more.

I bought this whole block.

On one half of it, I hereby give
to the United States government

to be used as a site
for the finest post office

in the United States.

Oh, I was
so proud of you.

You were wonderful!

It was
a wonderful show.

Modest!

Just think of General Grant
coming way out here

just to open
an opera house.

Why, Lily,
the eyes of the country

were on Denver tonight.

The eyes of the country were
on you, Yates Martin.

You spoil me, Lily.

Nonsense.

You just don't know what it is
to be appreciated.

That's all.

Well, now that I'm
beginning to find out,

it seems kind of good.

It's like rich wine

when all
you've been used to

is cold water
from a mountain spring.

Oh, uh, Lily...

Weren't you a mite, uh,

well, disappointed
in the General tonight?

I mean, he seemed just like
ordinary folks,

just like you and me.

You're not ordinary, Yates,
and I won't let you say it.

Yeah, I bet when Grant ran
that tan yard in St. Louis,

he never figured that someday
he'd lead armies in a great war,

save the country...

become President.

And no one knows
your destiny, either.

There's something, well, great
that seems to cling to you.

Just like Grant.

Oh, Lily.

Oh, yes, there is.

I felt it as I watched
you two together tonight.

Not like other men.
Mm.

The mark of kings
upon you.

Now, honey.

Someday, the biggest thing
in my life

will be that I once knew
Yates Martin.

Well, Lily,
how you talk.

You know
I'll never leave you.

Oh, you hardly
looked at me tonight.

Why, of course I did.

Didn't I have your box put right
across from mine so's I could?

Oh, I don't mean
like that.

Oh, Yates, my darling.

You're so big and strong.

I-I want you
to be all mine.

Well, now, I'm, uh --
I'm arranging things.

We'll work this out.

You know, I -- I got
to be careful.

But why?

You're the biggest man
in Colorado.

Nobody can hurt you now.

Oh, yeah, I know that.
But you see, I'm, uh --

I'm thinking of running
for United States Senator.

And any kind
of a scandal might --

But there won't be
any scandal.

Your wife won't make
any trouble...

if -- if you make her
comfortable enough.

No.
No, Sarah ain't like that.

If it were,
it would be easy.

I, uh...

I just don't know
what to say to her.

But, Yates...

I love you so.

Can I help you, sir?

Why, no, sir.

I mean, uh, go to bed.

Good night, then.

Yates, is that you?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

You're going on a trip?

I'm going
to the Windsor Hotel.

Windsor Hotel?
But you're taking your things.

I'm going to live there.

What for?

What's the matter
with this place?

Well, there's nine rooms here
you've never been in yet.

Are you --
Okay, are you sick?

Oh, no, poor papa.

You -- You've been
overworking yourself.

Well -- Well, you just keep away
from the office for a while

and stay home
for a few days, hmm?

Just you and me.

I'll take care of you
like I used to.

Now, now, now, there's no need
for you to work so hard.

We got everything we want --
more than we want.

We can just set down
and rest a while.

We're neither of us
as young as we were.

No, no.

I ain't gonna
live here anymore.

I ain't gonna
live with you anymore.

We can get a divorce.

You can have this house.
It's yours.

You can have all the money
you want -- I'll fix it up.

All you need.

But I ain't living here
anymore.

I ain't living here
anymore.

Yates!

Yates!

Yates.

No, Yates.

Don't leave me.

Why,
that's unbelievable.

Well, I'm afraid
you can't do it, Yates.

Why, you mean to tell me
that the people of this state,

the people of Colorado,
that I've done so much for,

won't elect me to the Senate?
Why, that's --

We all know you've been
a good friend of the people.

Friend?
What about the opera house?

What about my donating
the site for the post office?

What about my --

Oh, I know, I know,
but...

May I speak frankly?

Yes.

Now, the boys
like you.

But they're afraid
to run you for Senator.

Afraid?

It's the women, Yates.

Women?
What do you mean, women?

Women make public opinion
in some things, Yates.

A strong sentiment
has formed against you

in the last few weeks.

Since the opening
of the opera house, huh?

Yes.

You mean, my wife not
being there, and her...

Yes.

Why, that's stupid.

What have my private affairs
got to do

with if I'm the man
for the Senate or not?

You couldn't budge
the legislature.

Legislature?

Why, I can buy the whole
legislature if necessary

and make them
brush off my chair.

Well, maybe you could
and maybe you couldn't.

But if you try it, you'll wreck
the party in this state.

You'll start a storm

that may sweep you out
of public life entirely.

If you could only go back
to your wife. Until after --

No, no.
That's out of the question.

I won't use my wife
for a cloak.

Why...

I was counting on getting
married in Washington.

Yes, and having the President
at my wedding.

Why, she sort
of banked on it.

Well, I'm sorry, Yates,
but that's the way it stands.

See, now, look here --

You say I can't be
elected to the Senate.

That's for
the long term.

Yeah.

But how about Teller

when he's appointed
Secretary of the Interior?

Who fills his place?

For the short time,
I mean.

Oh, the Governor
appoints someone.

Kilcott's
been promised it.

It's only
for 30 days --

Well,
30 days or 30 years,

it'll make me Senator,
won't it?

It'll get me to Washington,
won't it?

Well,
I'll buy Kilcott off.

Ha ha! Yes!
Senator Martin.

Senator Yates Martin
of Colorado.

The gentleman from Colorado
has the floor.

How much will it cost?

The President
of the United States.

Dearly beloved,

we are gathered together
here in the sight of God

and in the face
of this company

to join together
this man and this woman

in holy matrimony.

Friends,
I propose a toast.

To the bride!

To the bride!

And now, may I propose
another toast.

To the loveliest bride
of this year --

or any year.

Well, now,
that makes it official.

That's the President
talking.

That was real sweet of you,
Mr. President.

And now we must have
a toast to you.

Oh -- Oh, please no.

Instead,
grant with a favor

of a rose
from the bridal bouquet.

Certainly.

Oh, give him a dozen,
Lily.

Only -- Only one.

Just one
to take home with me

to treasure as a memento
of the occasion.

Now, that's fine, eh?

Just think of it, Lily --

one of your wedding roses
in the White House.

Isn't that marvelous?
-Yes.

Hamlin, I'm just the happiest
man in the world.

Mrs. Martin, I wish you all
the happiness in the world.

Oh, thank you
so much.

Good-bye.

Oh, uh, your privilege,
Mr. President.

Uh, and, again, I congratulate
you most heartily, Senator.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, Mr. President,

uh, what do you say we have
a little drink on the side,

just you and me?

Uh, I'm -- I'm --
I'm sorry.

Why, I bet
nobody in Denver

ever saw anything
like this before.

Cost me
over $400 apiece.

Look at those letters --
solid gold.

How many did you
send out, honey?

50, only to
the biggest people.

Guess society folks will know
who's who around town now.

Yates, why don't they ever
come to see us?

Oh, they'll be
coming around soon.

I'll show them who
Mrs. Senator Yates Martin is.

Now, you know
that forest of mahogany

I bought down in that place,
uh, down south?

Uh...

Honduras.

Honduras, yeah,
something like that.

Well, you know, I'm buying some
boats to ship the logs up here.

And I'm going
to build a house

that's going to make this one
look like a shack --

every stick of it
solid mahogany.

Guess society folks
will be coming around then.

It'll make the whole
United States sit up
and take notice.

Why, darling.

That will cost hundreds of
thousands of dollars, won't it?

Oh, maybe millions.
What do we care?

I've got more millions
coming in all the time.

Got to invest it.

I've got more irons in the fire
than any man in Colorado.

I just bought a newspaper,
part of a railroad,

and as soon
as they build it,

I'm going to be
on the board of directors.

And, uh, I'm dickering
for some gold lands

in this place, uh, where
the chewing gum comes from?

Yucatán?

Yucatán --
yeah, that's it.

That'll make us
the richest people on earth.

As soon as we get
in the house,

I want to show you what
one of the men on my
papers wrote about me.

He said I was like
the king who touched things

and they turned to gold.

Uh, what's his name,
King --
King Midas.

Yeah, King Midas --
that's it.

Only, the things that I touch
turn to silver.

He's right, honey.

Congressman Bryan
calling.

-Bryan?
-Yes.

Oh, yes, wanted to talk to me
about silver.

Oh, come in,
Congressman.

Senator Martin.

Well, glad to see you,
Congressman.

Sit down.

You're, uh, interested
in silver, you say?

Immensely.

Well, then, you've come
to the right place.

See what silver
has done for me,

for Denver.

My chief interest now
is in the future supply.

Future supply?

Young man...

there's enough silver in those
mountains around Leadville

to build a solid silver wall
40 feet high

right across the eastern
boundary of Colorado.

That's exactly what the gold men
of the east seem to think.

They believe
there's too much.

Too much?

Well, now, that's rich.

How can there be too much
of a good thing like silver?

There's going to be
a big fight, Senator,

during
the next few years --

a sharp battle

between the gold-standard men
of the east

and the silver men
of the west.

And one or the other
will go down.

Well, then,
let the gold men go down.

We're building our empire
on silver.

They can't scare me.

I'm not trying to scare you,
Senator.

I merely want to find out
the facts

of the probable supply,

and also to warn you

that they'll do
whatever they can

to de-monetize silver.

What's that?

Reduce its value.

Make it worth
half as much.

Well, then we'll dig
twice as much.

That's simple.

We know what to do
with silver.

You know, I've always told
these boys around here,

"You stick by me,
and you'll be buried

in a solid silver
casket."

Well, now that's settled,
we'll have a little drink.

What's yours?

Grape juice.

Hmm?

Hey, chrysolite's down
to 1.5.

Bow & Company
just closed its doors.

What?

Senator, look at this.

Silver's down to 48 cents.

Well, what do we care?
Then we'll dig twice as fast.

But it costs more than that
to mine it.
Well, then we'll --

...worth 250,000
more margin at once.

Well, draw on
the Leadville Bank.

But the Leadville Bank
closed its doors this morning.

Important wire, sir.

Sell that block
of Majestic stock.

But Majestic's down
to 3.25.

Senator, Senator,
read this!

Will you retire now,
madam?

No.

Oh, uh, Wilfred?

Yes, madam?

You're quite sure
Mr. Martin sent no message?

Quite sure, madam.

Yates!

Yates.

Yates,
what's the matter?

Tell me, darling.

Tell me
what's happened.

Get me...

Get me
a drink of water.

My poor darling.

Are you sick, Yates?

Yates, what's wrong?

I don't understand it.

I don't see
how it could happen.

They took everything
away from me.

Everything except
the Matchless Mine.

My own bank, busted.

Couldn't let me
have a cent.

There must be
some mistake.

I had $12 million --
maybe more.

Now everybody says
I owe them.

Wouldn't wait.

Going to sell everything
I got left.

Will they sell
our home?

Uh...

Don't worry, honey.

Don't worry.

Mr. Martin.

Huh?

The new people
are here

with some things
they want to move in.

What are they
trying to do, throw me out?

Where are they?

In the outer office.

Well, tell them to keep
their things out there.

They can have
this office tomorrow,

when I'm through
with it.

Yes, sir.

I took care of them,
Mr. Martin.

Is there anything else

you want me to do
this afternoon?

Yeah, you can...

You can look
for another job.

Because I ain't got
any more business to manage.

I know, sir.

It's hard to understand
how it happened.

They sold out
everything that I had

without asking me
the price.

That's what
I can't understand.

It's funny.

Yes, sir.

Well, I...

I got to be going now.

Tell 'em they can come in
anytime they want to.

Yates.

Why, Sarah.

How do you do?

It's been a long time,
hasn't it?

What, uh...

I mean,
what can I do for you?

Well, I heard about
what happened to you,

and I thought
maybe I could help.

Oh.

I know you've been
having troubles.

Well, you gave me
a lot of money,

and I've invested it,

and, oh,
there's a lot more now.

And I thought,
maybe I could...

Well, that's mighty nice of you,
Sarah, but I don't need no help.

I lost a little money in silver,
but I ain't broke.

No, sir.

Silver's coming back.

And I still got
the Matchless Mine

and, uh,
a lot of other things.

And I've always
taken care of myself,

haven't I?

Ay-ya.

Well, I can now, too.

Well, I hope
you'll be very happy.

Thank you.

Oh, uh, how's Mark?

Mark's going
to be married.

Good-bye.

Good luck.

Hello, Lily girl.

Hello, dear.

Any news?

Oh, nothing special.

I was down
at the exchange.

Silver's still at 47.

But it'll come back.

Someday, the Matchless Mine
will be a mint again --

you'll see.

Someday,
the nations of the world

will make silver
the equal of gold.

Why, England alone
may lead the way back.

And even America may someday
recognize the rights of silver.

Remember what I've always
told you, Lily girl --

You stick by me, and we'll be
buried in solid silver caskets.

You'll stick by me,
won't you, Lily?

Of course
I'll stick, honey.

Darling.
Yeah?

The landlord was here
again today.

The rent's
two months behind.

And he says, if he doesn't
get it by tomorrow,

we've got to move.

How much is it?

$60.

I'll see him.

Now, this is
plus 1 and 1/2 ounces.

You'll get $31.50.

Is that the best
you can do?

You ought to know the market
price of gold, Mr. Martin.

It's $21 an ounce.

All right.

All right.

Thank you.

Paging Mr. Henry.

Hello --

Mr. Brooks.

Oh, uh...

Could I see you alone
for a minute, Senator?

No.
What do you want?

Well, I was going to ask you
if you could lend me a hundred,

just for a few --
No.

Senator Martin.

Great heavens, Senator,
I didn't know that was you.

How are you, Senator?
How are you?

Well, I -- I asked to see you
just for a minute.

Yes, yes, but I didn't
know who it was.

Terribly sorry.

Come on,
let's sit down.

Thank you.

You asked me for $100.

Well, it -- it would be
a great help.

Well, I'll do better
than that.

There's $500.

Oh, yeah.
That's real kind of you.

You know, I'm in a rather
tight spot just now.

Only temporarily, but --
It happens to all of us.

Glad to have been
of service to you.

By the way, Senator,
how would you like a job?

I'd like it real well.

Been on the lookout
for one.

Well, I'm something
of a mining man, you know.

Yes.

How would you like
to be...

postmaster of Denver?

Postmaster?

You know,
that's in my line too.

Used to be postmaster
up in Leadville.

Then it's as good
as done.

I'll wire President McKinley
tonight.

Well, you think
he'll appoint me?

You might
tell him that --

You're as good as appointed
right now.

I -- I don't know
how to thank you.

Well, don't thank me.

Denver's lucky
to have a man like you.

I'll go
and tell the wife now.

It'll be like
getting back home again.

You know,
I gave the government

that ground
the post office's built on.

Yes, I know.

Uh, thank you.

No,
nothing for any Martin.

No letter
from Washington?

I said nothing
from no place,

and that goes for Washington
and Omaha and Honolulu.

Young man, you're going
to be a mite politer

to the citizens
next month --

that is,
if you're here.

Ladies and gentlemen...

I've seen Denver grow
from a mining camp

to a city
of 30,000 or 40,000 people.

And I say that if Denver
is to have an opera house,

it ought to have one
worthy of the city.

And I'm going to do
something more.

I bought this whole block.

And one half of it,

I hereby give
to the United States government

to be used as a site

for the finest post office
in the United --

Wait.

Wait.

I can't go on.

They're trying
to choke me.

What's the matter?

Lily!

Lily girl,
where are you?

Why, it's Yates Martin.

The President has just appointed
him postmaster of Denver.

I hope
it's not too late.

Don't forget, Lily.

Hold on
to the Matchless.

Remember --

Stick by me,

you'll be buried
in a silver casket.