It was Bridge's good fortune that Carnegie had selected him to be the bearer of this missive, proof positive that he had managed his way back into Carnegie's good graces.
The moral claim real money places on society on behalf of its bearer comes not from the intrinsic value of the token but from the fact that the bearer had previously produced some good or service deemed valuable by others.
In other words, Mr Gore is a more than respectable standard-bearer for Clintonism (which he should be, considering that he was responsible for a good part of it).