Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1891-02-05
ATKINSON KNOCKED OUT.
Blrtine of Nevada Effectively
Floors Him.

I'd has the following:
The manner in which Mr.. Bal
tine of Nevada confused, tanglr,
and completely routed Edwar
Atkinson, the great sa tistician be-
fore the House Committee on C. in
age in considering the free coinage
measure last Saturday, has been &
matter of public comment ever
since and Mr. Rartine as fin
ancler AMI quick dehater, has
risen perez tibly in the estimation
ct his c nfervs. and his course
Will be watched with more thar
usual Interest wheI, the bill comes
up IN the House. Before send NJ
Mr.. Atkinson back to his musy
figures md caIful computation ) IN
how much beef suet is necessar,
FOR IA man 5 subsistence whose in
| come is only 10 cents day, MI.
Bartine had Il tilt with Tanker
Higginson of Boston t. that gentl..-
man s discamtitGre aud the great
glee OF tn advocates OF more
generally circ dated currency. The
Bostonian objected to free coinage
on the ground that if it was put in
force silver bullion would still be
held down to 81 % an ounce. He
was unable to tell why this discount
would continue and after wander
ing along Eelplessly for a time in
maze of figures which could not
be made to express anything he
Was asked if it was not a fact that
there was always a small supply of
bullion in existence which was
used to bear the market. He ad-
mitted this to be true but was I'm
able to tel what would become of
discount il this supply was ex-
harsted by free image. When
Mr.. Hisginson finished his state
ment before the committee he was
badly muddled.
Mr.. Atkinson was permitted to
give his expert opinions uninter-
and when he appeared to
answer the questions propounded
10y the committee there was that
in his demeanor which indicated a
disposition - tell nothing and
nothing unless it was in a
direct line with what he had al
ready said. His manner, more.
over, was offensive and he was
doGmatic in the extreme, which
placed him in very unf .voIable
position when compared with his
yentlemanly interrogation. who had
he sympathy CT the large audi
noe.
From the beginning the whole
ncounter was one of aggression
n the part Of Mr.. Bartine. who
ressed Mr. Atkinson vigorously
nd pertiuently on all points while
le latter called up all his ingenu.
y in the line OF evason that was
% palpable to be effective.
The dispatch then gives a two
'lums report Of the long bout be-
geen the two men in which Bar-
'e implicitly routed his
The report concludes as follows:
ne Nevada Congressman downed an.
e of the foremost statistician of ~
e age, upon VIII Sc quickneas +
tn figures and unlimited know -
ige in general the bankers If the
st depended f T Il signal victor.
lore the Coinage Committee.
Mr.. Atkinson sas fairly beaten.
d the gold standard men are
e that they might Law done
ter by staying out of the dis
'5ion altogether.
Or. Bartine said tonight that
did not feel at all detected over
outlook for free coinage.
'o1c measures will be resorted
If necessary, and if it is deter
led to take the matte from the
mage Committee ana place it be
) the House. the s. yer strength
be determined on the frat vote.
democratic Senators are TAX
a hand in the fight and urging