Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-17
TIE DUEL IF TIE TONGUES Rebate Between Horr and Har-
 vey at Chicago Begins. IT IS A NOVEL CONTEST It Will Proceed in Stages of Ten Ein-ies Over
 Stisht Days BUT y $ ONLY THE AFTERNOONS Mr. F Starts the Debate With canstic z ism of"coin'a Financial sehool.''
 Hard Work to Preserve cS Temper.
IT IS A NOVEL CONTEST
0RLY THE AFTERNOONS

Chicago, July 16.-(Copyright, 1895, ny Azel F. Hatcher. 1.-Two men met in lt- tie room at the Illinois club this after noon and began a spirited contest of na- tional moment, one fighting for silver and the other for gold, with ali the intelee,- ual powers, facts and authorities at their command.
 One of them was Roswell G. Horr once a member of congress from Mchi- gan, now an editorial writer for the New York Tribune, and the other was W. H. Harvey, of Chicago, author of Coins Financial school"
 MT. Horr championed the cause of gold, while MT. Harvey threw down the gauntlet for silver.
 The privilege of being present at this momentous contest was accorded to few. There were seats for about 200 persons in the assembly room of the club house, but only little over half that number were present. Congressman J. c. S.blsy of Pennsylvania a leader of the free silver forces in the east, occupied prom inent seat. He will remain during the debate unless business engagements pre- vent.
 prominent advocate of the gold standard was A. B. Humphrey, secretary of the national league of republican clubs. Others present were ". w. Meagh of the Bimetallic league; Lyman J. Gage, referee for Mir Forr; r. w Peck and A H. Revell of Chicago, l.. G. Pow CTS of St Paul, Dr. S A. Robinson of New York and Charles A. Serget of Chi cago.
 MT. Harvey consulted little with any body. He brought with him great pile of authorities for the purpose of sub stantiating statements made in his book, to which he frequently referred
 A man with a watch sat at table near the speakers, and whenever one had spoken eight minutes he would tap loud ly on a call bell This gave the speaker warning that he had two minutes to con clude his statements By these stages of ten minutes the speakers will proceed for eight days, using only the afternoons and resting Sundays.
 Dr. Homer Thomas, president of the Illinois club, called the assemblage to or der, briefly setting forth tl.e objects of the debate He introduced Hon. H. G. Miller and Ex-Judge William A. Vincent, both of Chicago. who, he said, would be judges and al the conclusion of the con troverSy decide which had the best of the novel debate.
 Mr. Miller then read the rules which are to govern. It .yas, he said, the inten- tion of the speakers to deliver altogether 10000 words. Of these 5000 are to be re- served for lse at the end of the discuss sion. This will give each chance to recapitulate his argument in 2500 words. Three hundred words additional will be allowed each contestant as rejoinder to his adVersary's closing argument.
 Mir. Miller stated that the whole dis cussion was copyrighted, and that while it would be given the widest publicity through the press, it was the intention of the principals to preserve. the debate as private property and issue it in book form. The debate was started by MT. Horr, who referred to the author of Coins Financial School" with some se- verity. He said he never read book making so many mistakes.
 MT. Harvey in his opening statement contented himself with a presentation of his plan of campaign and told what he would prove.
 MT. Horr wanted to know why the names of prominent citizens had been used in Mir. Harveys book, and words put into their mouths that they had never used, to which MT. Harvey replied his book was simply an allegory, and the fact that a little boy was put in as teach CT ought to be enough to prove to any sensible person that this was so.
 Then the speakers plunged al once into the thick of the fight The argument at all times was very spirited and both speakers had hard work to preserve their temDerS.