Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-25


mar. Horrs IN opening, declined 10 allow
Mr.. Harvey to accept as admitted any
statement OF Mr.. Heryey's which Mr.. Horr
had failed TO deny. Mr.. Horr said Mr..
Harvey had been reading a series Of care
fully prepared essays. and he tMr. Horr,
could not be expected to remember all Of
the statements made In them. He would.
however. furnish Mr.. Harvey a rule 10 70
by. He might take 1t for granted that he
CHorr) denied everything except what he
expressly assented to. Mr. Horr took
up the
international Monetary conferences
In Paris, of 1867, at which the leading civ.
ilized nations Of the world were repre-
scented. and pointed out that after eight
days consideration. the representatives Of
all the nations present. Including the United
States, voted unanimously, with the excep-
tlon OF the representative OF Holland. In
favor of a gold standard. II was after this
that our statesmen began to consider the
question OF our currency and It was openly
and as a legitimate outcome of this inter-
national conference that the act of lS73
was passed. Mr.. Horr then argued az
length, quoting from letters and documents
TO prove that the charge that the de-
monetization act was passed through the
Influence of British brides was false.
Mr.. Harvey, replying, said that the argu-
ment tended to show that the most I'm
portant letter submitted by Mr.. Horr, show
rus hAA1N AhO man "hN - 1--WE "
have done the bribing had in fact advised
that the nation continue bimetallism. was
inconclusiye. At some future time n letter
written by Hon, John G. Carlisle might be
produced, showing that he was a blmetai-
list, Instead of a single standard secretary
of the treasury. Mr.. Harvey esumed the
histosv OF the act of 1873. quoting from
the debate In the senate when the bill was
put en- It's passage.
Mr.. Horr said that there was In the bin
OF which Mr.. Harvey had spoken a provf-
| sion for a token dollar worth I'VE francs
The senate struck that out ana suOstltuteo
the trade dollar.
Mr.. Harvey--If you Will show me any
where In the debate that day where the
senate struck out that provision we will
| stop the debate right here. Great applause
from Mr.. Haryey's friendsD
Mr.. Horr-The bill as passed contained
| the trade dollar, did 1t notf
Mr.. Harvey--Tes, sir.
Mr.. Horr suggested that that covered the
! rcint and proceeded with his argument
He said that nobody thought OF striking
down silver when the bill was passed. At
that time silver was not In circulation and
| the bullion In the dollars was worth more
than 81.
Mr.. Harvey read from Sena.o Sherman's
statement on putting the bill on It's pass
age, showing that the bill provided Tor
two dollars: A 3Si-grsln dollar equal TO
the French hve-franc piece, and the trade
dollar. He declared that Mr.. Horr had
said that this small dollar was not In the
bill.
Mr.. Horr, interrupting, said he never de-
MED 1t.
Mr.. Harvey said he would refer the ques-
tIon I'm dispute to the record OF the day.
The conspiracy was carried out in the con-
ference committee. Messrs, Sherman and
Hooper reported to their respective houses
that the differences had been reconciled
and the bill was passed without debate
and without question. The bill rs reported
omitted the 3SI-grain dollar.
Mr.. Horn said he did not deny the ex-
istence OF the 2Si-grain dollar In the bill:
but at no time did the bill provide for
anything except gold az the standard. The
matter of the small dollar was agreed on
In conference committee, as is the usual
custom. but the committee could not enact
anything. II had TO report 10 the two
houses and their action was necessary.
The bill as passed, with the addition Of
the trade dollar, was nearly identical with
the bill presented by the secretary OF the
treasury. To attempt TO smirch the char
| acter OF the members OF cong ress who
vored for this bill was Infamous. ZAP
plause.1 And so the fight continued, turn
and turn about till the hour for closing the
debate.