The herald., 1895-07-19

panied the bill and was printed in the pu-
lie documents as being an explanation of
the bill by order of the senate. Is there
anything hidden in those statements?
Mr.. Harvey--Among the many charges
OF corruption made at this period-1S73-
there was one of significance, when, we
consider that silver was Oemonetlzed by a
single sentence being omitted from the
report of the conference committee and
enrolment Of the mint bill, and indicates
the power in this instance corrupt clerk
could have exercised. George A. Bos-
sett, clerk Of the ways and means COM
mittee. 1873, was charged with having de-
and brokers Of New York to assist them
in repeating the tax on borrowed capital,
and $4,000 when the act was passed. The
Chicago Tribune of February 81, 1873. the
very month in which silver was demone-
tlzed, said; Turkish corruption under
rottenness. could scarcely be worse than
it is here" (Applause.) The salary
grab bill passed March 8. 1873. The peo-
pie rose en- masse and forced congress to
repeal this bill. little dreaming at that
time that another bill had passed at that
congress that was to rob them of millions
of dollars. The people could understand
salary grab but they could not understand
a scientific spoliation of their rights. Gap
plause.) To make plain ho~ the fraud
was practiced l copy into my remaks Sec
tions Is and 16 Of the bill supposed to
have been read when on it's passage, to-
gether with the words fraudulently omit
ted in brackets. Omit the words in
brackets and you have these sections as
they now read in the statutes; include
the words in brackets. and you have the
sections as the bill was supposed to have
passed congress.
Mr.. Horr-Where is that from? I dom t
understand.
Mr.. Harvey take the two sections as
they now appear in the statutes and add
between brackets the words that were
erased from the bill.
Mr.. Horr-By whom?
: : Mr.. Harvey Continuing Surreptiti-
ously in ITS passage.
Mr. Horr-By whom? What proof have
you that anything was erased?
Mr. Harvey-I'll get to the proof of that
a little later. The standard silver dollar
was fraudulently omitted after the bill
Trad passed both houses. 1t will be ques-
toned by our best citizens that such a
fraud could be practiced and the hesitancy
with which they accept its truth attests
the integrity of our citizenship. Before
Offering my proof, and l promise you it
shall be conclusive, l wish to speak OF
official crimes.
Mr.. Harvey quoted Judge Kelly, chair
man of the committee reporting the bill,
TO show that in 1873 we were not using
coin and that neither house appreciated
the scope and magnitude of the BILL or to
have given it political study, particularly
as it was bill to reorganize the mints,
not to revise ths coin money OF the coun-
ry. Secretary OF War Belknap comm itted
crime and confessed it. as have many
others in high official life. it IS believed
because it is confessed. The percentage
OF those who confess to those who are
otherwise found guilty and punished is
probably not to exceed l per cent, and
only small proportion OF those corrupted
are ever arraigned.
A few years ago. within our cwn recol
lection, few prominent members of the
legislature of France were found guilty
and sentenced to punishment for accept.
ing bribes to control the votes in con
nection with the construction of the
Panama canal. No people are naturally
more tenacious of their liberties thar
the Irish. yet through the efforts of the
unscrupulous diplomat, Lord Castlereagh
English gold, supplemented by royalty
gifts of titles, purchased the dissolution
of the Irish parliament.
Mr.. Horr-Mr. Harvey still continue.
to rest his case upon an attempt to prove
that the human fa.nuily is made up ol
scoundrels that there Is no such thins
as honor among the people of this or any
other country.
The infamous statement that every
man has his price ought to be branded
upon the brow Of everv man who viii
quot" il in earnest. because ], isa lIs