New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
Copyright; 1895: BY Aze, p. Hatch }

THE DISCUSSION.
(Copyrfqht 1895: BY Asel p. HatchJ
Chicago July 2O.-After a days rest for the
participants the HorrH Harvey debate
sumcd at o'clock this afternoon.
II wish to say" began Mr. Harvey that
have not In the progress OF this debate yet
made any charge against the integrity Of the
American people. but do not intend that those
who corrupt In high places shall escape crit
icism by throwing around them a cloak the
integrity of the American people,"
The discussion Of the act OF 1873 by which
silver demonetized was then taken up. Mr..
Potter's part In the transaction being the sub
ject. The author Of Coins Financial School
quoted freely from The Congressional Record
TO show that Mr.. Hooper. Of Massachusetts,.
moved to dispense with the reading Of the sub
stitute bill demonetizing silver. Here was an
attempt" said Mr.. Harvey. ito legislate on the
life blood of a nation without reading the BILL
MR. HORR ENTERS PROTEST.
Mr. Horn said that before he began his open
ing statement for the day he wanted to protest
against something Mr.. Harvey had said about
him the day before yesterday. Mr.. Harvey
had then stated that whenever Mr.. Horr did
not reply tc his arguments he would take 1t for
granted that he could reply. Il will lay
down this rule for Mr.. Harveys guidance"
said the gold advocate Il don't admit any
thing he says is true unless | come right out
and say ] want to say another thing. The
othcr day Quoted something from Coins
Financial School, and Mr. Harvey refused to
back Coin up in his assertions. Now. | sub
NIT to you. what going to do in a
like this? II Mr.. Harvey won't back up the as
sertions OF Coin who will? This is in
stance where the boy is the father OF the man.
II II had not been for young Coin we would
have had no Mr.. Harvey" Mr. Horn then de-
voted himself to a defence of Mr.. Hoopers
ton on the bill of 1873
ATTACKS on SENATOR SHERMAN.
1t was now Mr.. Harveys turn again and he
continued reading from The Congressional Rec
ord on the passage OF the substitute advocated
by Mr. Hooper In reply to a question Mr..
Hooper had said that the bill made no changes
In the existing coinage laws. Shortly afterward
within the hour-the bill was passed without
being read Mr.. Harvey now went into the Sen
ate history OF the bill Senator Sherman he al
legged. and made frequent citations from the
records in proof OF his assertions. made repeated
attempts 10 accelerate action on the bill when
the matter was first brought up in the Senate.
and TO convince the other Senators that the bill
was one Of no importance whatever and they
need not give hour all together TO It's
consideration land in those things. continued
the speaker "he succeeded.
CHALLENGED TO PRODUCE PROOF.
Mr. Horr denied that undue haste had been
made in the passage OF the bill In either the Sen
ate or the House. and defed Mr.. Harvey to pro-
duce any proof that there was anything hidden
about the bill.
Resuming the discussion OF the law OF 1873
f~frn
Shaw's History Of Curr ,ncy" in reference to
the first International Monetary Conference.
held in Paris in 1867 to show that the subject
was being agitated by the civilized Nations OF
the world All the Nations except Holland de-
clared in favor OF the gold standard after eight
daily sessions 1t after this action. in
which the United States participated. that the
American experts began to examine the lucs-
ton and what legislation should be enacted.
The Dill Of 1873 simply carried out a resolution
of all those civilized Nations Of the world. The
silver men from the start had attempted to
smirch that bill by asserting that the officials
and members OF Congress were all false to their
duties.
FALSE CHARGES OF THE SILVER MEN
There was not a word Of truth in the yarn
told by the silver people and published in a
thousand papers all over the United States that
| a man named Ernest Seyd visited the United
States and brought with him $500 900 in gold,
| and that he paid that gold to secure the pas
sage of that bill. The allegation had been dis
proyen by the letter which recently found
among the papers of the late Congressman
Hooper written by Seyd In reply TO Mr.. Hooper.
who had sent the identical bill to him and asked
his opinion on IT, The letter showed that he
| opposed the measure which his traducers said
ne had spent 50 much money To get passed
Mr. Harvey replied that the report OF the
| Monetary Conference at Paris In 1867 would
contradict the history that Mr. Horr had read
| from. AS to Ernest Seyd and letter found
among Mr.. Hoopers effects since he and Seyd
| died II reminded him OF this: Suppose in the
years to come some should say that John
| G; Carlisle was a bmetallst. and In proof Of 1t
| read from Mr.. Carsle's speech: The demone-
! tizaton Of silver Is the greatest crime OF the
| age. and It's consequences Tor eviI are greater
| than all the floods and fires and pestilences OF
| the past" Would that prove that Mr.. Carlisle
was a bimetalIist at a particular time when
sc netting might be charged against him when
he acted as Secretary Of the Treasury under Mr..
Cleveland? II that Seyd letter. disentombed by
the Jealous friends and family Of Mr.. Hooper,
was TO prove anything. II would prove that Mr..
Hooper fasifed when he said that ne had sub
mitted that bill to distinguished experts ana
they had all agreed 1t was the proper thing
THE BILL IN THE SENATE.
In reviewing the history Of the bill in the
Senate where 1t was called up by Mr.. Sher
man. he said 1t was evident that it was the in
tention Of Senator Sherman to convince the
Senate that no careful consideration Of the bill
was necessary, and In this he succeeded
Mr.. Horr said that provision had been intro
duced In the House and was a part OF bill for
coming dollar precisely like the fvefranc piece
In use in France. The Senate struck that provi-
sion out OF II and substituted the trade dollar
for that 3S4-gra.n dollar. He declared that the
bill met with little opposition solely because
one cared at that time very much about the sill
dollar.
Mr. Harvey spoke Of the history Of the bill In
Conference Committee. where the dirty work
was done and the conspiracy eliminated" The
committee wac not supposed to have reversed
the action Of the two houses any points
"But they had. They had taken out the 1884,