Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-09

VarlOuS enterprises, W1tn DenVer as nl chief center of operations Sometimes he made good deal of money, and sometimes not so much, being in this respect decidedly like large proportion of his successful American fellow cihi- zens
 At ono of the transmississippi con- gresses, held ill New Orleans, which he attended four or five years ago, there was | long debate upon gold and silver as money metals. MT. Harvey listened to the debates with great interest, striv- ing to master the doctrines of all the speakers and to decide for himself which was right. But he found it impossible to arrive at conclusion from listening to the addresses, since the arguments put forth by every one of the speakers seemed vague, indefinite and indicative both of incomplete knowledge and un- digcsted thought.
 ''I knew, to begin with" he said to friend the other day, "that I was ignorant upon the money question: and that is why I listened so attentively to the New Orleans debates. When they were finished, I had learned something mot much about the money question, it is true-but had found out that the debaters know little or nothing more about it than did.
 It was not Mr. Harvey's plan to give up Investigating the currency question: because the professed oracles upon that subject could afford him no light On the contrary, he determined to examine it for himself ill all its bearings. For the next few months, therefore, he did little else but study that question. Aft CT he had gone deep enough into the matter to reach conclusions of his own he decided to devote the remainder of his life to instructing the people along the lines which he deemed correct.
 With this end ill view he went to Chicago, where he established a weekly paper which he styled Coin. Then he brought out Archbishop Walsh's "Bi- metallism and Monometallism," and managing his paper ill the daytime be- gan writing nights. Archbishop Walsh's book was issued in December, 1893 1; "Coin's Handbook i'll March, 1894; "Coin's Financial Schoo1'' in June, 1894 "A Tale of Two Nations'' in Sep tember, 1894 Chapters of Silver," by Hon. Henry G. Miller of Chicago, the same year, and ''Coin' Financial School Up to Date" ill March of this year. II had no literary training" said Mir. Harvey the other day, i'll speaking of his writing, "but understood fully that if I wished the people to read my books they must be simple and interest ing, and it was this that determined the form and style of my compositions. '' No matter how Mir. Harvey's doc trines are received, and4 as every one knows, there is a wide difference of opinion concerning their soundness, no one can doubt that he understands how to interest the people, since the sale of his books has been almost if not quite unprecedented It "sagged little at the beginning" as he says, but soon be- gan to pick up, and now it is stated that of the "Schoop' more copies have been sold than of any other book by an Amer ican writer, unless it be Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Toms Cabin.
 MT. Harvey looks younger than he is. He is quick, nervous and almost boyish in his movements. His dull brown hair | and mustache are yet untouched with gray, his face is thin, with stfohg | jaw, and his eyes are of the color some- times described as steel gray. His coat is double breasted and cut as a sack, he wears a soft hat, wide shoes, turndown collar and black tie. Though delight ed with the sale of his books, he does not produce the impression that he is "stuck on himself ''