The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25
War Ia the Knife.

War to the Knife.
Chicago, July 2O.-It was knife to the hllt
to-day in the Horr-Harvey encounter. Mr..
Horn opened up the sharp work right at the
start. He said his opponent stated:
mfr. Horr has only taught In this de-
bate a proposition that Is in the interest or
every selfish money lender in the world to
advocate, and he is here advocating it
II say to my opponent now. | am no
money lender. | have not a dollars interest
In any banking institution or American
corporation or any other corporations on
the face Of the earth. l have spent my en-
tire life in working for a living. All the
early part OF that life was spent in hard
work on a small farm. l commenced work
ing for myself at SO per month. There Is
hardly any kind OF manual labor In which
have not at some time in my life engaged.
consequently my sympathies are with peo-
pie who live by toll. / never meet man
digging in trench but what | feel like
taking of my hat and saluting him, pc
cause | once dug bitches for living. l
never meet A brakeman or a baggageman
without feeling kindly towards him, be-
cause for months | was brakeman on
freight train night and day, and my hrst
promotion 10 a baggagemaster was one OF
the proudest moments of my life ZAP
plauSe.)
Defending the LabOring Man.
81 come into this debate for the purpose
Of defending the interests, as my friend Will
learn before l finish it, Of the men who live
by honest toll (ApplauSe.) | do not think
that a man becomes a scoundrel because he
saves a part OF what he earns. | do not
think il is anything against man II ne
even becomes a stakeholder in national
bank. am informed. brother Harvey that
your father is fortunate enough to own
stock N Kan1Whl National bank. Am
| right about that?'
Mr. Harvey: NO sir; he does not
Mr.. Horn; Did he ever?"
Mr. Harvey: Never did"
Mr. Horn: well, it would not hurt him
II he had. would it?'
Mr.. Harvey: NO, sir
Mr. Horr: He could own stock in the
bank and still keep honest, could not heF
Mr.. Harvey: Yes"
"Nr Horr: "A man could be successful
in life without creating in me any spirit OF
envy | have learned that men who ac-
emulate money and then invest il in build
ing up great industries for the benefit of
the people who earn wages bless this ma
tIon; and any system which Injuries them
necessarily Injuries the people who live by
daily toll. Consequently am just as zeal
Gus In my efforts to prevent financial dis
aster 70 the business men OF this nation as
am to see to Ii that the wages OF the
wOrkingmen are not cut in two by using a
debaSed and deprecated measure or values.
1ADDiauseD When you divide the unit OF
measure. the value Of II, into two pieces,
and make them take the half for the whole.
you have injured them in way that Is be-
yOnd computation
Mr. Harvey: II do not mean to criticise
Mr. HOrr personally. That he was an ad-
COCate OF a pernCOus principle did not
mean that Mr.. Horn himself was bad
man. This great question IS not going to be
decided by the American people by any
advocate parading himself before them as
having been horny -fsted workingman at
one time I'm his life. LOng-contnued ap-
pauseD | do not object TO Mr.. Horr giving
the evolution of his life. / do think II was
4 little unfair to have omitted that In that
evolution he finally became bank presi-
lent | do not deny that Mr. Horr and nu-
merous selfish bank presidents have at one
time been tillers Of the soil.
Came Out Of Congress Poor.
Mr.. Horr: In reference to my having
been a bank president omitted 1t. not be-
cause | was ashamed OF the fact. 1t Is true
that at one time I had saved what we In
some places-not In this city-would call
competency. and I was president OF a ma
tional bank. In the crash OF 1873 | went
down; what I had saved was swept from
under me. Ny position as president Of the
bank I resigned: but l did not steal any
money Of the bank, not a dollar | went
into the world again single-handed ana
went TO work and while putting In logs in
the northern part OF Michigan. l was nomi-
mated for congress and sent there, served
six years Of my life and did the hardest
work I ever did during those six years
name out of congress Just as poor as went
In. I could not come out any poorer; II was
an impossibllity. Laughter)
"Mr Harvey IL facetitious because l have
stated that the money question has given
me the headache. Uaughter) l did state
that. But. mark you. IL was the study Of
the question that made my headache. not
writing such stuff as In this book. That
would not give any man the headache.
(Laughter)
"The act Of 1873 was prepared after sub
hitting the question 10 large number or
experts all over the United states. We had
never had a revision OF the mint laws for q
number Of years. and the men In charge OF
the mint thought that the time had come
when something should be done. Among
the men consulted upon the question were
Mr.. Boutwell,. the secretary OF the treasury;
Mr.. Knox, deputy controller or the cur
rency; Mr.. Llnderman, the director OF the
mint: Mr.. Parsons, superintendent OF the
mint at Philadelphia. My friend here intl-
mated that this law must have been
wicked, because 1t was hitched onto the re-
vision OF the mint laws. Why, that Is
where Ii belonged. That was the place to
find It, The bill, with the correspondence
was submitted TO congress In the most COM
plete FORM and with an elaborate report
from Mr. Knox,
which Explained All It's Provisions.
Thousands Of copies of the bill were
sent broadcast to all parts OF the country
The Bankers Magazine in Its number OF