Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-07-26
THE GREAT DEBATE NOW ON
Mr.. Horr Claims lie VIII DispTove Every
Argument in the Widely Read
BOOK.


main question: fought we again to
throw open the minis to the free coin
age of silver?"
He said: There are things about
which Mr.. Harvey and myself differ
and some which we agree on. We both
agree that since the resumption of
specie payment the domestic and inter-
national business of this country had
been done on a gold basis. We agree
that France. Belgium, Switzerland.
Italy and Greece are all today gold
standard countries. There is no dis
pute between us that British America
and Australia are also gold standard
countries. We agree that Mexico.
China, Japan and several of the repub-
lies of South America are silver stand
ard nations. There is no nation on the
face of the earth today that is actually
using the double standard. Mr.. Har-
vey claims that the law of 1873 was
secretly and fraudulently passed. l
have denied it and still deny 1t. We
both agree that the law was passed and
Is in force today. Now, the important
question before the American people
at this moment, and the one we are
here to discuss, is ought the law to be
repealed? Ought we again throw open
the mints to free coinage of silver upon
the old ratio of 16 to /, when the actual
ratio OF value in the markets Of the
world is fully 80 to ~"
Harvey--When have read the print
ed record of what Horn has just now
said, 1T will be time enough for me
to take up the new subject. / am not
done with the present subject yet. l
have before me the files of the Chi
cago Tribune for 1873 This bill was
passed in the senate on January II, so
that the morning papers of the 18th
would contain any news showing the
fundamental laws of the government
that had been changed. The only ref
erence that appears in that paper is in
press telegram from Washington,
which Is this: "Mr. Sherman called up
the bill to revise and amend the laws
relating to minis, assay offices and coin
age of the United States, which was
amended and passed"
That is all. One of the money metals
of the United States was struck down
by that bill; one of the moneys of the
constitution had been overthrown; the
dollar that had regulated all other coins
had been abolished; the great war debt
to be paid off and one of our money
| stroyed. Qong and continued ap-
| plause)
No Information of this fact was con-
veyed to the people but that through
| the newspapers of the country. Gap
plause)
| Reporters at Washington did not
know 1t. Congressman as a whole didn't
know it. The money of the people that
had served them well was destroyed
| and now challenge Mr.. Horn to show
| me anywhere in the newspapers of the
United States during the passage of the
| bill which he says had no faint of fraud
| attached to 1t where the people knew
that any bill was being considered by
congress that was to destroy as money
one-half of the money metal of the
country, or that they had passed such
a bill.
WHAT HORR WILL DO.
Horn in replying said: "All this talk
about striking down tie money Of the
people is merest rot-it is the only word
that exactly covers that kind of bosh
The money of the people should be just
as good as the money of the nabot
and before 1 get through 1 will show
the people of the United States thai
have come here to defend the rights
of the millions who live by toll: whose
wages would be cut in two by the
passage of this law which my friend
advocates cloud and continued ap
plause)
IF Harvey should succeed in proving
that the people of the United State:
In 1878 were mostly a set of corrupt
scoundrels and that he Is really ths
only pure and upright man left in the
| nf = xxyill ,rt
him anything in this debate. These
questions are not pertinent to the ques
ton in dispute"
OPENING DEBATE.
The debate prior to running agains
the big snag had been full of interest
Harvey opened the talk with a state
ment of the points SO far established
They were that prior to 1873 gold an,
silver were the money of the constitu
ton. Silver was the unit OF value III
to the time the debtor was permitted
to pay in the cheaper money and silve
was not demonetized because of an,
overproduction at the time the act o
1878 was passed.
Taking up the date proper. Harve,
denied that he had any time tried t.
impeach the integrity of the American
people, but he did not propose to ALLOW
} corrupt legislators to throw the mantl,
of national honesty around them fo
! their own protection.
The speaker recognized the integrit,
of the American people and 1t was t,
that he appealed. The speaker thei
resumed the statement interrupted a
the close of the talk Thursday of tn,
various steps leading up to the passing
of the act of 1873.
Horr. in opening, declined to ALLOW
Harvey to accept as admitted an!
statements of Harvey's which Hor
failed to deny. Horr said Harvey hat
been reading a series of carefully pre-
pared essays and he (Horr) could no
be expected to remember all the state
ments made in them. Harvey Nigh
take it for granted that he CHorr) de
MED everything except what he ex
pressly assented to.
Horn then took up the side of the in
ternational monetary conference o
Paris. 1867, at which the leading civil
lied nations of the world We're repre-
sented and pointed out that after day
of consideration the representatives o
all nations present, includin tn
United States, voted unanimously will
the exception of the representative o
Holland, in favor of a gold standard
Openly and as a legitimate OUTCOME
of this international conference the ac
of 1873 was passed. Horn argued a
length, quoting from letters and doc
uments to prove the charge that thu
dcmonetization act was passed through
the influence OF British brides wa,