Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-19
HORR'S HANDS WERE HORNY At One Time He Dug DitcheS
 for a Living. LIFE'S PROUDEST MOMENT
The Debate Yesterday Was Tinctured With Considerable Acrimony.
HARVEY TWlITs HoRR AS A BANKER
The ssCrime of 1873" Was the Point of Att tack and Defense-Harvey Denounces Congress and His Opponent
 Defends It.

Chicago, July 1S.-(CopyriSht, 1891, by Ozeil F. Hatch)-Today the Harvey Horr debate was marked with, consider able acrimony on the part of both speak- CTS. In beginning MT. Horr said he had personal explanation to make. He quot ed the following paragraph from his op- pontnts argument of yesterday:
 "These principles are the selfish inter- ests of money lenders and MT. Horr is here advocating them."
 Mr. Horr said he took this as reflec- tion on his character. He continued: T am not money lender l have no inter- est in any bank or other institution of like character. l was raised on farm and my first work was done for $10 month. I used to dig ditches for a liv- ing, and was at one time brakeman on a railroad. When I was elevated to the position of baggage master it was the proudest moment of my life. l therefore come into this debate, as my friend will find out before he gets through. to adVo- cate the principles which will be for the best intertst of tho working classes from which I come. l desire to say, how ever, that l have no prejudice against any man who has been more fortunate than l. do not think man is necessa- THY d SCOuIluTel DttduSC iiE SdNCo AiDt V than he spends. I even go so far as to say that a man can be director of a national bank and still maintain his in- tegrity."
 MT. Harvey explained that when he said MT. H0rr advocated the prHielpte or money lenders he did not mean to say MT. Horr himself was money lender; he thought, however. in giving the his tory of his life MT. Hcrr should not have omitted to state that he had at one time been e bank president. This question will not be settled by any man parading himself as horny handed son of toil, !" continued the free silver advocate; but 1t lies deeper than that. Perhaps MT. Horr was one time a laboring man, but so were many persons who are now selfish bank presidents
 MT. Harvey then plunged knee deep into a discussion of the act of 1873, winch demonetized silver but was shortly -n- terrupted by the bell of the time keeper.
 Before following up this line of argu- ment Mr. Horr indulged in a little sar- casm at his adversary's expense. With considerable merriment MT Harvey has told you.' he said, that I said it made my head ache some times to study financial questions. It would make any mans head ache to write such superfli- cial stuff as is collected in this book"
 Here MT. Horr f1ourished a copy of Coins Financial School" After this he took up the history of the passage of the act of 1873. He defied the champion of the white metal to produce any proof that England had any hand in the act Of 1873.
 E In reply to this Mr Harvey said Del mar the English historian. had made it a matter of record that the English bill of 1916 demonetizing silver was for two weeks in the hands of MT. Knox, the American comptroller of the treasury. This statement was followed by a denun- citation of congress.
 "The attempt tosmirch the congress of the United States can be chara eterized by no other word than infamuos," shout ed MT. Horr, leaping to his feet. "The man who starts in to do this had better not have started at all.''
 On the request of MT. Horr the debate was adjourned to 1 o'clock Saturday next.