The Washington times., 1895-03-19
Georgat0Wn's Debaters Were Vic
tors of the C0iumbians.
THEY TALKED ABOUT MONEY
Vast Audience Heard the Young Cioeros-
The Participants Were Wildly Greeted
By Enthusiastic Partisans-Rhymes Were
Sung When the Debaters Began Their
Work-Advocates of Gold Went Down.


of the law departments of Columbian and
Georgetown Universities met in the arena
of the Metzerott Music Hall last night and
argued this burning problem of the hour:
Resolved, That bonds hereafter issued by
the United States government shall be
paid, principal and interest, specifically
in gold"
After several hours debate, amidst the
warmest enthusiasm OF an Overlooking
audience, the judges decided in the mega
tive and in favor OF the contentious Of the
Georgetown representatives..
The interest in the event was so wide
spread that at 8 O'Clock it was impossible
to find more room in the spacious hall, and
the police guarded tn edoors, while hundreds
We're unable ogain admission. The gal
leTieS were packed with the college bows,
who kept the weIkin ringing with their
cries, and the oolors of the two schools
were onnipreSent.
The debdters on the part OF the Columbian
University, in favor OF the resolution. were
Fred Achenbach, Of Missouri: Guy Under
wood, of Ohio, and Adolphe Mcneil, Sayre,
Of New York, while 6 georgetown and the
negative side were represented by John S.
>
of Alabama, and Thomas F Brantley, of
South Carolina.
THE THREE JUDGES.
The Judges were Hon. John 3. Cotton,
Hon. Lawrence Gardner and Hon. Frank
Hume. Among the distinguished listeners
was Justice Harlan, who occupied a box.
The proceedings were commenced by
Andrew j. Scanlon, OF Georgetown Uni
yersty, who sang song very sweetly,
to the intense delight of his comrades.
Then Henry T. Beck, chairman of the
night and president of the Georgetown
Debating Society, stood up. The enthu-
siastic students at once shouted:
What's the matter with Beck? He's
all rightl''
In few words Mr.. Beck introduced the
first speaker, Fred Achenbach.
The Columbian contingent at once burst
ont in a mighty roar:
Let her roll. Let her rock,
And here's hurrah for Acbenbachp'
Mr.. Achenbach declared, in short, that
we want money which could be used every
where, and in every country, and gold is the
| standard of that money. If silver dollar
were placed in the fire, the melted metal
would be worth so cents Put gold dollar
in the fire and the ingot would be worth
one dollar here and everywhere. Mr..
Achenbach's argument was frequently
interrupted by applause.
Thos. F. Brantley next spoke on the
negative side. He declared that the two
metals as money were adopted by necessity,
the mother OF invention. Anything may
be money that performs money functions.
Nature produces both gold and silver.
The decentralization OF silver would be
the gravest crime of the age, he said,
and further pictured dire evils that would
result.
GREETED WITH RHYME.
Guy Underwood was the next to appear
for the affirmative, and this shout greeted
him:
win we must, and win we should,
And now Wen do it with Underwood. :"
The speaker was clean and concise in
his argument. He asked whether we
could afford TO kill national credit by
forcing our creditors to take silver in
| payment. 1t is a sound, honest business
principle, he declared, to repay the loans
! in the same currency we received.
William b. Bankhead followed for the
negative He maintained that the af-
I firmative argued for the banker and cred
/ itor, while he would argue on the part OF
isilver for q standard, that VIII suit all
/ the people, from the poorest to the richest.
/ Adolphe Morreli Sayre, of New York.
gained frequent applause. He said that
{ the circuit Oh llt .IuINtu EcSdttS utAcAdcu
on the gold reserve in the treasury, and
not upon a silver basis.
/ John S Leahy, the last speaker, argued
eloquently in opposition.
/ When the decision OF the judges was
announced by Hon. j. B. Cation, the joy
of the Georgetowners gained an outlet in
/ tumultous enthusiasm. After the great
audience filed out, a large body of the
students of the victorious college paraded
I pppuSVIya MIA aFpnun shouting
''Oh mel obi my! oh mel oh myi
ssDjdn't we give them a big black eyelr'