Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-08

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man form divine. Mr.. Horr then proceedei
to argue III behalf Of the single standard
Tor money. suying that stability was
Its chief merit, and stable measure could
not be maintained with two standards.
Why. he asked, take the ratio of sixteen
all property? Why not 60 back to the
standard Of Kameses III, four to twelve?
The whole theory was fallaclous. The coin
must be intrinsically worth its face. III
Mr.. Harvey says we have two hands and
two feet. and two eyes, and that nature
works by twos. He has not examined the
case carefully. philosophically or scientific
ally. 1t Is true we have two eyes, but only
one head; we have two hands, but only
one mouth. Good gracious! What would
become OF this country II our Populist
friends had two mouths? daughter and
applause) We have two feet, but it does
not follow on that account that We ought
to have two wives. No. Because I myself
happen to be twin, and because nature
did splendidly In that effort daughter and
applausel 1t don't follow that people who
are born one at q time are to be counted
as unnatural. tApplausc) The whole the
DRY Is too big humbug to talk about
Mr.. Harvey said that money could not
be classed with weights and measures. The
bimetallist relied on two metals and under
that standard 1t was more stable than
single standard. As the pendulum OF the
clock was made of two metals to coun-
teract each other, SO the standard Of money
should be double. acting each on the other
and preventing fluctuations. Free coinige
In the United States would establish
parity and then gold would be found here.
The man abroad who had no silver would
have gold If the United States would take
its stand it would prove itself stronger than
stand by us. Mexico and South America
would be with us. Combined they would
force Europe to recognize silver. Referring
to Mr.. Horr's reference to the pensions, Mr..
Harvey declared that appeal to the old
soldiers would not affect them. They were
patriots and they would think only of the
want and suffering of the people Of the
selves.
Silver and Subsidiary Money.
Mr.. Horr said that silver had had its day
as the money of Anal redemption. 1t would
continue, however, to be used as subsidiary
money. Gold was the standard of the
then, turning to Mr.. Harvey, said he
wanted to reclprocate the courtesy of Mr..
Harvey in presenting him (Horr) with a
silver dollar. Mr.. Horr said he proposed to
present Mr.. Harvey two coins of two diff
ferent metals, because Mr.. Harvey was q
bimetallist.
Mr.. Horr then handed over two Chinese
coins, one of silver, worth 20 cents, and
one of copper, worth one mill, and pro-
ceeded to say that the nation which struck
these coins had a silver standard. Its la
borers were paid 81 per month; its people
did not ride in carriages; its civilization had
gone to sleep. The silver coin presented
progressive nation. 1t did very we'll then,
but the growth Of civilization and COM
merce had since demanded change in the
standard. That standard should be gold.
Mr.. Horr closed by thanking Mr.. Harvey
for the uniforly courteous treatment which
he had received from his opponent during
the discussion.
Mr. Harvey, rising for his closing address,
said he accepted the present from Mr.. Horr
of the Chinese coins. He objected, how
ever, to the references of Mr.. Horn to the
silver coin. The United States was the
chief producer of silver. Until 1873 1t was
the most sacred metal of our coinage; 1t
was the measure Of all values. In 1873 1t
was struck down as Caesar was, by the
dagger of an assassin. The gold men had
set up a standard founded on crime as a
standard for the morlas of the nation. The
metal in the coin given him by Mr.. Horr
symbolized purity, virtue and honesty.
Taking up
The Closing Argument,
Mr. Harvey said he wanted to encourage
the Respondent; to say to the man who con-
templated suicide in his hopelessness to
1Or9gO the QeeO. NelleI was at mana anu
prosperity would again come to the nation.
He declared that, with the growth of the
money power, came increase of salaries
and corruption. 1t was the same in all
of the opulent nations. In 1873, 1900
bushels of wheat would have paid the
salary Of the president Of the United States
$50 900: to-day 1t would take $4,000 bush
els of wheat to pay President Cleyeland's
salary Of $4,000.
Afr. Harvey then proceeded to denounce
the presidents foreign and financial policy
and declared that the friends Of silver were
fighting the battle of the people the world
over. On their success depended the liber-
ties of the masses. Oppression had driven
the liberty-loving into its last stronghold.
There was nothing beyond except the
islands of the Pacific.
He declared that a second declaration Of
Independence In the United States was
needed, and proceeded to recount the story
of the signing of the declaration of inde-
perdence in Philadelphia and the ringing
of the bell by the old Waterman with much
dramatic effect.
The answering Of questions was the final
act in the controversy. 1t should be said
that the attendance at the sessions of the
discussion was by card only and was limit
cd to the capacity of the hall. which was
about 200. This space was generally fully
occr.,ied.
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