Morris tribune., 1895-07-24

life. therefore come into this debate. ns my
friend will find ou1 before he gets through, 10
advocate those principles which will De ior
the best interests Of the working classes from
which come. desire to say, however, that
have no prejudice against any man who mas
been more fortunate than do not think
man is necessarily scoundrel because ne
saves more than he spends Ieven go so lar
as to say man can be u director of national
bank and still maintain his integrity.
Mr. Harvey explained that when he said Mr.
Horn advocated the principles OF money-lend-
ers, he did not mean to say Mr. Horr himself
was o money-lenCer. He thought however,
in giving the history Of his life, Mr.. Horr
should not have omitted to state that he had
at one time been bank president.
Mr. harvey also said: "Mr. Horr and numer-
Gus employees OF news paper corporations ana
other corporations are in part, many OF them,
representing their honest convictions, and l
accord that to the honorable gentleman from
New York Many OF them never stop to ana
lyze the question. the great principle that
must make or unmake the republic in which
they live. 1t is only o question Of salary which
they consider.
1.-The value of the debate Wednesday was
this: A studied misrepresentation has gone
before the people of the United States that
there was only $8,000000 of silver coined by the
United States government prior to 1873 Now
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the other side of the question: this debate
now carries to the people of the United States
the admitted fact that there was Sl43,OJJOJO OF
silver coined prior to 1873 /"
Mr. Horn took up the question of the origin
of the law of 1873. He said it was drafted after
consulting large number OF experts, VINO
we're apt to know little more about the mon
etary question than those who had never
studied it at all. He denied that the
bill had its origin in England or any
where except in the brains of the people
who were looking after the coinage interests
OF the United States He dehed Mr. Harvey,
not by assertion, to prove one single item
that had any reference to the British
people controlling or directing the mat
Mr. Harvey-"By examining the records OF
the day and the newspapers we find there was
an era Of corruption in congress at that time
Clinton Colgate confessed before the ways and
means committee of 1873 to the use
of money to influence the incorporation
of special features in the internal rev.
enue bill, testifying among other things, that
Charles Sherman, of Ohio. brother of Sena-
tor Sherman. had been paid $4,000 by the New
York stock exchange in connection with the
revenue bill. The fact developed that while
the money had not been paid, Judge Sherman
had rendered bill to the exchange for his
services, as he claimed, for securing the serv-
ices of his brother, Senator Sherman. to put
the bill through. Judge Sherman was tnen q
United States district judge"
After denouncing the attempt of Mr.. Harvey
to ''smirch the congress of the United States"
as infamous, Mr.. Horn said: 1.-The people OF
this country-and the congressman is no ex-
ception-as an average are upright
honest business men. l admit that
Judge Sherman was guilty of crime. That
was never in any way connected with his
brother John Sherman. and you know it. They
exonerated him. Judge Sherman resigned
they drove him from the
bench. But what has that to do with
the question whether MIR. Knox openly and
squarely presented this bill to congress? 1t
was debated in the senate for three days. 1t
came to u vote in the senate January 10, 1874
and passed by yea and nay vote The sena-
tors from the Pacific slope voted for it and
Senator Sherman voted against it. The Fifty
first congress died without action having been
taken on the bill" - 4
lently omitted after the bill had passed both
houses"
Mr.. Horr-"Upon the face of his own bill
there is proof that to any man who has
studied this question is conclusive. The
whole attempt to prove that any such bill
ever went from the house and senate is false.
Does any man in his senses believe
that they ever undertook to give free
coinage of silver to standard dollar of 1884
grains. The old dollar was not reinstated, but
the silver dollar was reduced in weigh from
4f2H grains to 384 grains and made subsid-
larry coin like all the other silver coins of the
United States.
The discussion Of the act of 1873 was con-
tinued until o'clock, when at the request Of
Mr.. Horn adjournment was taken until 10 a. N.