Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-08-15
SUMMED UP.
Horn and Harvey Put. the Finishins
Touches on Their DebSte.

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Copyright, 1895, by Azei 7. HAtch 49,
CHICAGO. Aug a-In accofdance With ths;
agreement entered Into by tho silver and gold
sdebaters, Messrs Harvey and Horr,s governing
their recent contest In this city, each was to
prepare recapitulation Of the points made In
their respective arguments, not exceeding
$500 words each, and to complete the same
within week from the close OF the contest
This has been done, and In substance the sum.
marv OF Ros we'll G. Horr Is as follows:
Mr. Harvey admits that the book ID pure
fiction He repudiates Its motto by declaring
that II does not mean what it.saya HIS state.
ment that primary money only is the measure
OF value he has not even attempted to
sustained, though his proof has been called.foE
repeatedly. Mr. Harvey next based his case
upon the assumption that the law Of 1871
Il was crime, and stated that 1t had
Its origin In fraud and its birth through
bribery and corruption. He Introduced
no evidence In support OF either propositions
and he stands convicted of making every ones
of these charges without any proof that would
be received in any court OF Justice he stands:
to deceive the people. ME- Harvey's state
ment that free coinage creates un-s
limited demand is not true. because there
can be an unlimited demand for no humans
productions Mr.. Harvey fails entirely to
prove that the use Of one metal as the meas
ure Of value is an experiment. He utterly.
failed to show fall in the price of single
article which IS not fully accounted.
for by cheaper cost Of production.
improved transportation or increased
supply. He inadvertently admitted the
great value OF banking facilities, which was
an entire give away" OF his whole rant and
fustian against banks He misled people by
partial statements which led to false conclu-
sions. when the whole statement would have
been perfectly clear to any one The civilized
world is clearly on my side of this issue
Mr.. Harvey, In summarizing the debate,
says: ut settled the proposition that gold aud
silver ore the money Of the constitution. . Mr.
Horr did not controVert this The silver dol
lar was the unitot value in@ouracoina9e sys.
tenn fixed by the aot 81 1872 Nc HoiF Sd-
mits this. silver and Eoid wore The moas-s
ure Of value OF all other property until 1873 and
the debtor had . right to pay in either
metal The act OF 1873 was surreptitiously
passed. I have made good all the PROPOSE
passed. For all time of which we have any
knowledge gold and silver were treated equal.
ly as money until 1915. when England closed
her minis to silver, and 1894, when the
United States, Germany, France and the
Latin nations followed suit The'prtces s0f all
property are now measured In gold alones and
are substantially one-half what they would be
under the bimetallic system. Mr.. Horn fire.
Quently In debate substantially makes this
admission IhIve made good all the PROPOSE i
lions set forth In my opening Statements yMEs
Horr found no errors In my book except
the statement that the silver coined
prior to 1873 was Sos. 100000 instead
Sof S14S O0O.OOOl If Mr. Horr had followed.
me in the logical arrangement Of the debate as
Indicated by the book we were discussing,
would have been able to furnish data more
fully justitytns points In the school at-
tackled by himx The first object in theaway Of
this financial subject is selfshness. Mr.. Horr
allism is -
took two days to discuss crime which never.
errors In his book repeatedly pointed
later. He now tells what wonders he would
nave done had he not been driven from
his essays, which he calls his regular order
@1nlhis summary he goes out Of his way 70 vii
lily the supreme court the only honorable
body IN the United States which he had not
slandered in his part ot# the debAte.s
Nowhere has he shown a the advisar
bility Of this NATION freely coiaing all
yer at 10 tosL nor can he do it HIS
summary, like his debate. attempts to dispar-
age. honest industry, thrift and solvency.
Mr.. Harvey In reply, declared he made no
statement as to the condition Of the pc ople Of
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. reading
only . statement from the report of the none
tary commission Of 1875 to show what the
preface in the School" was quoted from Mr..
Horr is exceedingly mixed as to the order In
which presented tho crime OF 1879 Ibid not
claim that any one was bribed.