The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-19
THE CRIME OF IS73.'
Horr and Harvey Discuss the
Demonstration of Silver.
"CoIN" TALKS OF CORRUPTION.
His Opponent Defends the Human
Race and the Lawmakers.
Harvey Makes Populist Speech As
sailing the Congress OF 1875 a. Conn
posed of Thieves and Jobbers-An
Error in Coins Financial SCHOOL,

Error in Coins Financial school,"
Chicago. July 1s-It was the knife 20
the hills today n the Horr-Harvey en-
counter. Mr.. HoIr opened UP she sharp
work right AZ the start. lie said his op-
ponent had stated Mr. Horr has only
taught in this debate a proposition that
Is In the interest Of every money lender
In the world TO advocate. and he is here
advocating IL :"
Il say to my ,pponent nov that 1 am
not money lender. l have not a dollars
interest IN any banking institution. or
American corporation, or any ctaer cor
pora tion on the face OF the earth. l have
spent my entire life In working for iiv-
Ing; all the early part of that life was
spent In hard work on a small farm
commenced working for myself al $40
month; there is hardly any kind of hard
manual labor in which I have not at
some time in my lie engaged. consequent
~ my sympathies are with .he people
who live by toll. / never met man dig
ging a trench but that feel Ike taking
off my hat 10 him. because / once dug
brakeman or a baggageman without feel
Ing kindly toward him, because for
months ! was brakeman on a freight
train night and day. and my first promo
ton 10 haggagemaster was one OF the
proudest moments Of my life. tApplause).
| came into this debate Tor he purpose
of defending tne interests, as my friend
will learn before I finish IL. of the men
who live by honest toll. fApplause). l
do not think IL is anything against a
man IL Re even becomes stockholder in
a national bank-I am Informed, Brother
Harvey, that your father is fortunate
enough to ow1 stock in the Kanawha
7 riU al
Mr. Harvey-No, sir. he does not.
Mr.. Horr-Did he ever?
Mr. Harvey-Never id.
Mr.. Horr-weIl II would not hurt him If
ne had, would Il?
Mr.. Harvey-No. sir.
Mr.. Horr-He can own stock IN the bank
and still keep honest?
Mr. Harvey-Yes
Mr.. Horr-A man could be successful in
life without creating in me any spirit of
envy I have learned that men who accu-
mulate money and invest It In building up
great industries for the benefit OF the peo-
pie who earn wages bless this nation. and
any system which Injuries them necessarily
Injuries the people who live by daily toll.
Consequently, ! am just as jealous in my
efforts to- prevent financial disaster TO the
business men Of this nation as am 10 see
TO IL that the wages of the working men
are not cut In two by using debased and
deprecated measure of values. Cap
plause) When you divide the unit of
measure-the value of it-into two pieces
and make them take the half OF the whole.
you have injured them IN a way that Is be-
yond computation.
Mr.. Haryey-I did not mean to criticise
Mr.. Horr personally. That he was an ad-
vocate OF a pernicious principle does not
mean that Mr.. Horr himself was a bad
man. This great question is not going TO
be decided by the American people by any
advocate parading himself before them as
being a horny-fisted workingman at any
time in his life. loud and continued ap-
plause) I do not object 10 Mr.. Horr Civ
ing the evolution of his life. / do think
II was a little unfair TO have omitted in
that evolution that he finally became a
bank president. do not deny that Mr.
Horr has been. as numerous selfish bank
presidents have at one time been, tiliers
OF the soil.
Mr.. Horr-In reference TO my having
been a bank president, / omitted il not
because was ashamed OF the fact. II is
true that at one time / had saved what
we in some places-not In this city-wouId
call competency and / was a president
Of a national bank. In the crash of 1873
went down. What I had saved was swept
from under me. My position as president
OF the bank resigned; but I did not steal
any money from the hank-not dollar
I went into the world again single handed
and went 20 work a while putting in logs
IN the northern part of Michigan. I was
nominated for congress and sent there.
served six years OF my life. and did the
hardest work I ever did during those six
years l came out Of congress Just as poor
as I went IN; could not have come out
any poorer. X was an impoSsibility.
U.aughterl Mr.. Harvey is facetious be-
cause have stated that the money ques-
ton has given me the headache. 7 did
state that but mark you. II was the study
Of the question which made my head ache.
not writing such stuff as IS in this book
That would not give any man the head
ache
Mr.. Horr continued 20 argue that the act
OF iS73 was prepared after submitting the
question 10 a large number Of experts all
over the country. We had never had a re-
vision Of the mint laws for number or
years and the men In charge OF the mint
thought that the time had come when
something should he done. Among the
men consulted on the question were Mr.
Boutwell, the secretary Of the treasury:
Mr. Knox. deputy controller Of the cur
rency. Mr. Linderman. director Of the
mint. Mr. Parsons. superintendent OF the
mint a. Philadelphia, My friend here in
Inmates that this law must have been
wicked because II was hitched on 70 the
revision of the mint laws Why. that Is
where X belonged. That was the place
20 ind il. The bin. with the correspond
ence was submitted TO congress in the
mos; compiete form. and with an elah-
orate report from Mr.. Knox, which ex-
ratainea all It's provisions Thousands OF
the bills were sent broadcast 20 sll parts
81 the country. The Bankers Magazine
In its number or July. 1870. printed this
report OF Mr.. Knox and commented on the
same The bill prepared by Mr.. Knox was
infiorsed by Secretary Boutwell,. of the
treasury. and transmitted 20 the senate
IN April 3 IS70. The bill. as 81 was a.
fhat time drafted. dropped the dollar sill
ve~ coin % the United States and changed
the unlt - vaiae. That was in the original
hfll as Z was sent 70 the senate with a
letter from the secretary. Now, nobody
,rlef 10 cover up this fact. In this report