The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-10


Horr and Harvey Put the Finishing
Touches ON Their Debate.
CHICAGO. Aug Ain accordance with the
agreement entered into by tho silver aud rold
uepatcrs, Messrs Harvey and Horr governing
their recent contest Ia this city. each was 10
prepare recapiiriatica OF tie points made In
their respective arguments. not exceeding
1.too words each, and 10 complete sho same
within week from the close OF the confess
This has been done. aud In substance tho sum-
mary OF Roswell o. Horr Is as follows:
Mr.. Horr's Claims.
Mr. Harvey admits that the book is pure
fiction He repudintes It's motto by declaring
that 10 does not mean what Il says. His state
ment that primary money only Is the measure
OF value he has not even attempted 10
sustain, though hts proof has been called
for repeatedly. His statement that the
people OF tho fifteenth ana sixteenth
centuries we're ia the most degraded condition
OF serfdom and slavery on account or the lack
OF metallic money. has been completely de-
molished Mr.. Harvey next based hts case
upon the assumption that the law OF 1879
was crime, and stated that IL had
It's origin IN fraud and its birth through
bribery and corruption He introduced
no evidence in support OF either proposition.
and he stands convicted OF making every one
OF those charges without any proof that would
be received ia any ordinary court OF Justice.
II congress was bribcd TO pass bad bill then
Now, ~ that DO true then there would be no need
OF q clerk TO do the dirty work. lit was done
by The enrolling clerk. then 10 follows that
congress passed the bill us 10 ought TO have
been. and consequently they could not have
done what he says they were oribed 10 do. if
congress passed the bill all right and tho
enrolling clerk enrolled It correctly. then
the bribery could apply only 70 the
members OF the conference committee All
these villainies are then Abandoned when he
claims that the whole thing was accomplished
by means or substitute bin" He stands
convicted by his own statements OF an effort
TO deceive the people Mr. Harv ey's state
mont that FREQ coinage creates un-
limited demand Is not true. because there
can be an unlimited demand for no human
productions Mr. Harvey fails entirely TO
prove that the uSo OF one metal AS tho meas
urc or value Is an experiment lie utterly
failed 70 show a fail In the price or q single
article which Is not fully accounted
for by cheaper cost OF production.
improved transportation or Increased
supply He inadvertently admitted the
great value OF banking facilities, which was
IN entire give away" OF his whole rant and
fuStian against banks He misled people by
partial statements which led TO false conclu-
sions, when the whole statement would have
been perfectly clear 10 any one. The civilized
world Is clearly on my side Of this issue
Mr.. Harvcy's Summary.
Mr.. Harvey. IN summarizing the debate.
says: II settled the proposition that gold and
silver are the money OF the constitution. Mr..
Horr did not coutroyort this The silver doll
lar Was the unit OF value In our coinage sys-
tenn fixed by tho act OF i7gs. Mr. Horr ad-
nits this. Silver and gold wcro the meas
ure OF value OF all other property until is73and
the debtor had a right 70 pay IA either
metal The act OF 1873 was snrreptitiously
passed. For all time OF which We have any
knowledge gold and silver wero treated equal
aA2A
her minis 10 silver, and lSI5-i, when tho
United States. Germany. France ana the
Latin nations followed suit Tho prices OF ali
property are now measured In gold alone, and
are substantially one-half what thoy would DO
under tho bimetallic system. Mr. Horr FREE
quently IN debate substantially makes this
admission have mado good all the PROPOSE
lions set forth in my opening statement Mr.
Horr found no errors In my book except
the statement that the silver coined
prior to 1873 was Sos 100000 instead
OF Sl49 000.O0Ol II Mr.. Horr had followed
me In the logical arrangement OF the debate az
indicated by the book we we're discussing.
would have been able 20 furnish data more
fully justlfying points ia the school at
tackled BY him. The iirst object In the way OF
this financial subject is selfishness. Mr. Horr
shows that no does not yet know what blmet-
alllsm Is
Mr.. Horr. In hts rciolndcr. said his opponent
took two days TO discuss a crime which never
existed. and had no time TO defend many
errors Ia his book repeatedly pointed
out. ana which hu promised TO explain
later. lie now tells what wonders he would
have done had be not been driven from
hts essays. which he calls his regular order "
In his summary he goes ontof his way 20 VIII
llfy the supreme court. the only honorable
body IN the United States which he had not
slandercd In his part OF the debate.
Nowhere has he shown the advisa-
billy OF this nation freely colninQ sill
=e- .. se % :, rST csa 40 30 IL Ills
summary like his debate attempts 20 dispar-
ago honest industry, thrift and solvoncy. His
whole system clearly aims 40 the dostruc tion
OF Law, Individual Developments and social
order. II need be through revolution have
shown that Mr.. Harvey is devoting his life 10
deccving the people.
Mr. Harvey IN reply, declared no made no
abatement as 10 tho condition OF this people OF
the hfteenth and sixteenth centuries. reading
only statement from the report OF the mone-
tary commission OF 1879 TO show what the
preface IN the School was quoted from Mr..
Horn Is exceedingly mixed as 20 the order la
which presented the crime OF lSs3 did not