The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-31

been all that was sought, it could have
been obtained on the very eve of the de-
bate itself, and then there had been no
need to prevaricate and dodge for three
weeks. Their purpose was deeper than
that OF mere scoop, as the signatures
to the gold side of the reasons betrayed
Among the nine names signed to the gold
column were those of two men who had
left Chicago three weeks before the day
OF publication, namely Marshall Field
and Phillip D. Armour. Whether these
were obtained by fraudulent representa-
ton or not, there is no telling. AS, how
ever, neither of these men have up to
the present, taken a prominent stand
on either side of the financial question:
and as both are VIGOROUSLY averse to
mixing up in any political or semi-polit-
ical contention, the appearance of their
signatures to document published while
they were out of the country is Just a
trifle queer. But both these mems
names are synonymous with success, and
their appearance in any public question
calculated to make unthinking and I'M
reading men jump to the conclusion that
the side they befriend, especially if there
be business end to the question, must
OF necessity be the right side.
Despite all this trickery, the gold men
who threw the boomerang known as the
Horr-Harvey debate are sorry that they
did so. Almost to a man they have re-
trained from attending the debates. A
few of them with regulations for fair
play to keep up before the community,
for example, Alexander H. Revell, E. S.
Conway Ferd. Peck and Lyman J. Gage,
all OF whom have at times posed as boo
die investigators and are leading spirits
IN the Civic reform movement did put in
an appearance on the opening day. But
as they began to realize that Horn was
simply chopping-block for young Har-
vey, they found it convenient to make a
quiet sneak, and seek consolation in the
garbled accounts which would appear in
the papers the next day.
From throwing cold water on the de-
bate by staying away, and prevailing
upon their friends to stay away also, the
next step has been ito belittle the contest
through the columns of the local press
One paper, the Chronicle-owned by
John r. Walsh, banker, who was one of
the signers to the invitation to Harvey
has treated the matter as hippodrome
from the start. And yet even in this
the result has been boomerang to the
goldbug- banker-editor. The sketches
uoNC pCCu ~ CicNCIly UUuC, uuSDdrlnR
alike of Horn or Harvey, that as mere
funny stories" they have attracted a
great deal of attention, and as Horr is a
subject funnier than Josh Whitcomb
himself, the bulk of the laugh has been
against the gold champion. Most of the
other papers have either ignored it, or
published only partial and garbled ac-
counts, supplementing abuse of Harvey
for his own arguments delivered during
the debate. In this the Tribune has
been especially vindictive, and has shown
malicious desire to kill if possible any
future interest which may be taken in
the complete report of the debate when
published. The Record and Inter Ocean
alone published fair reports, though the
former in its editorial columns never
misses a chance to take fling at the de-
baters
Having been present at every session
OF the debate up to now, I think I can
size it up as we'll as anybody" said Col:
A. c. Babcock, who will be remembered
as the foremost Republican politician of
Illinois for nearly quarter of a CEN
fury. This is his version Of it: cit ap-
pears to me altogether too one sided.
That is to say, that up to now only one
side has appeared to look upon it as a
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ammunition, and that side is Harvey's.
If Horr would get rid Of those three wise
acres, who sit behind him, and by fool
ishly grinning at his jokes, persuade him
that he is arguing, and in their place get
bright stenographer to ferret out au-
thorfties for him, like that girl who sits
beside Harvey, then l should say Horr's
chances would be hundred times better.
For instance, when Harvey quotes chap
ter and verse, page and paragraph, date
and author and publisher of some work
from which he makes a quotation, and
then shoves it under Mr.. Horr's nose at
the same time saying: I now hand this
book Tor act or whatever it is) to Mr..
Horr' so that the reporters can take it
down on the short hand records, what IS
the use of Horn answering that people
with the silver craze usually froth at the
mouth? That's all right if a man is
talking to country voters on a village
green when the returns are already fixed,
but in debate that pretends at least to
be for thinking men to read, it hurts the
side that uses it, And it's those three
fellows sitting behind Horr who by grin
ming at the old fellow lead him to believe
that he is really arguing, when as mat
ter of fact he is talking rot
AdC ID lHO w hOlC HuCoCIOI III q HUI
shell. When the debate began Horr de-
clared that he would disprove every
statement in Coins Financial School"
and for part Of the first day he proceed
ed as though intending to carry this
proposition into effect. Harvey on his
side prepared an elaborate defense of the
theories of his book which should, if
Horn had stood by his original intention,
have answered the arguments of the
gold champion seriatim. But before the
end of the first day, Horn had thrown
over the book entirely and had COM
menced upon a series of diatribes, and
side onslaughts totally irrelevant to the
subject of debate. At the end of every
ten minutes grafton, he cunningly inter
jected some Question: which less skill
full debater than Harvey would have at
tempted Immediately to answer But as
these Interruptions would detract from
the merits Of Harvay's argument in pub
| lished form, the silver champion content
ed himself with sterotyped reply to the
effect that he would answer Mr.. Horn on
| that point when he got to it in it's reg
ular order. For this he has been severe
ly criticised by the gold side OF
the audience, who declare that he
| lodges the issue, and to such an extent
| the advantage is with Horr. But on the
| other side Harvey has pronounced a
| formidable array or argument backed Up
by quotation after quotation, and every
| quotation confirmed by the authority
| from which the quotation is made
Against this, he has been subjected to
torrents of abuse, fiat contradictions on
| Horrs ipsie dixit, punctuated by humor-
Gus sarcasms, quaint drawing inuendoes
! and senile witticisms. Truly a miser-
able exhibition for such loudly herald
| ed champion as Horr.