The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-18

got through with the unit of value. that
l had some other things 10 submit in so
many words. and we did not agree 70 take
M any other subject al any particular
session. only THAI we would take them
In a certain order and let them run until
we had finished them.
Mr. Harvey--And IN that order the
crime of IS7s. as we call H. came next
after the discussion OF the unit
Mr.. Forr-I am not through with that
yet.
Mr.. Harvey-weil. am, and will 30
on. Uaughter).
Mr.. Harvey then discussed AZ length
the act Of 1873.
Mr.. Horr followed or the same subject
Mr.. Haryey-4Mr- Horr says that have
no proof that the scheme was eoncocted
IL London TO ds1lonetize silver in the
United States. When l was a boy went
into a courthouse one day 10 hear a
criminal trial. and / heard a lawyer say:
When crime Is committed and you
want to detect the criminal. look for the
man that IS benefited by the crime.
(Applause.) Reasoning by induction will
more invariably locate the criminal than
any human testimony. Silver was de-
-lonetized in England. and in England
only, prior 10 the day il was ieaaonesized
In this country. There was where the
movement starteSi-that Is another evil
dence. London bankers incited the Paris
conference in 1867. at which MIR. joan
Sherman was present. therefore | have
the right 10 say the conspiracy originated
In London. Mr.. Hcrr says that the sci
ence Of money is hard TO understand
Ever since the money lenders Of the
world SaackleA the people Of the world
and taught the people that money was
hard TO understand tapplausel; that u is
one of the difficult things. as Mr.. Horr
observed in his speech Il gives me a
a1R -. frtr ~ trf44 4A~ \ N n
You are not competent 70 study II or IN
derstand II, and as long as they make
you helseve that. they have you IN their
power. In 1873. when this treacherous act
was passed. there was no specie currency
in this country. During al the years
from 17as 10 1851. when 4 was actually in
use and being tested for it's merits. no
one proposed 20 demonetiZe either OF the
metals except some money lenders from
Europe who proposed IL in iSA Gap
plausel But at that time. 1919. when IL
was not in circulation and was not
needed. the movement was begun and
consunmated. And as one congressman
said when the bill was offered In con-
gress: We are not using gold and silver
as money. have not yet considered an act
for the resumption of specie payment, and
the introducf ion of rhiS bill at the pres
ent time either means trick or IS
farce worthy of being earicatured by
Thomas Mast"
This closed the debate FOR the day. ana
que stions we're in order. Mr.. Bliss aues-
toned Mr.. Harvey as to the figures IN
his book relative TO the coinage or silver
previous TO 1873. Mr.. Harvey adnStted
that he did erroneously state The amount
al s37 900, 600 less than the amount OF sill
yer actually coined before 1873 How
ever. IL had been 20 the interest of his
argument to state the amount at all 1t
would stand.
o. b. Gum, of Kansas City, caused Mr..
Harvey TO explain at length the amount
and denomination of the silver coinage
previous to 1873. Questions by the score
by many others we're asked and answered,
but the discussion was of rambling ma
ture. The debate will be resumed at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.