The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-07-26
hARvEY-noRR DEBATE.
The Sherman Law Discussed-Histoey o.
Silver Demonstration.

financial debate was marked by con
siderable acrimopy on the part OF
both speakers yesterday, Mr.. Horl
taking up the subject o.
the so-called "crime of 1874" Follow
ing on this subject. he said: 1--WE now
come to the discussion of the Law
which changed this nation from bi
metallic nation to a single standard
nation, the law of 1879, which Brother
Harvey kindly names crime 1t has
been called that so long there is moth
ing novel in the name. 1 purpose tC
show you during this discussion that
no law has ever been passed by the
American congress which was more
completely and fully understood than
the law of 1873. The statement which
he read TO you that the scheme was
concocted in London is simple asser.
ton, upon which he cannot produce
one scintilla of reputable truth-not
one word. 1t has been a good many
years since England dictated the leg
islation of this country. They have
had trouble to do it ever since
1776. They would experience as much
difficulty now as they did then if they
should attempt it. The law of 1874
had its origin, as all such laws have, in
the brains of experts"
Mr.. Harvey: "Mr. Horr says that ]
have no proof that the scheme was
concocted in London to demonetize
silver in the United States. When !
was a boy / went into a courthouse
one day to hear a criminal trial and |
heard lawyer say: When a crime is
committed and you want to detect the
criminal, look for the man that is ben
efited by the crime Reasoning by in
duction will more invariably locate
the criminal than any uncertain hui
tized in England, and in England only,
prior to the day it was demonetized in
this country. That was where the
movement started-that is anothe
evidence. London bankers initiated
the Paris conference in 1867, at which
Mr.. John Sherman was present, there
fore / have the right to say the con-
spiracy originated in London. Mr..
Horr says that the science of money
is hard to understand. Ever since the
money lenders of the world shackled
the people of the world and taught the
people that money was hard to under
stand. And you are not competent to
study it or understand it, and as long
as they can make you believe that they
have you in the power.
''In 1873, when this treacherous act
was passed, there was no specie cur
rency in this country. During all the
years from 1872 to 1861, when it was
actually in use and being tested for it's
merit, no one proposed to demonetize
either of the metals, except some
money lenders from Europe, who pro-
posed it in 1854. But at that time,
1878, when it was not in circulation
and not needed, the movement was be-
gun and consummated. And as one
congressman said when the bill was
offered in congress, I'VE are not using
gold and silver as money, have not vet
considered an act for the resumption
of specie payment, and the introduce
ton of this bill at the present time
either means trick or farce worthy
of being caricatured by Thomas Mast"
Mr. Harvey: Among the many
charges of corruption made at this pc
riod, 1873, there was one of signifi-
canoe, when we consider that silver
was demonetized by single sentence
being omitted from the report of the
conference committee and enrolment
of the mint bill, and indicates the
power, in this instance, a corrupt clerk
could have. To make plain how the
fraud was practiced, 1 copy into my
remarks sections Is and 16 of the bill
supposed to have been read when on
its passage, together with the words
fraudulently omitted, in brackets.
Omit the words in brackets and you
have these sections as they now read
in the statutes. Include the words in
brackets and you have the sections as
the bill was supposed to have passed
congress-"
Mr.. Horr: "Where is that from? l
don't understand"
Mr.. Harvey: ~ take the two Sec
tions as they now appear in the stat
utes, and / add between brackets the
words that were erased from the bill"
Mr.. Horr: by whom?"
Mr.. Harvey: III get to the proof
of that little later. The standard sill
yer dollar was fraudulently omitted
after the bill had passed both houses.
1t will be questioned by our best citi-
zens that such a fraud could be prac-
ticed, and the hesitancy with which
they accept its truth attests the integ-
rity of our citizenship. Before offering
my proof, and / promise you it shall
be conclusive, l wish to speak of Off
cial crimes" Mr.. Harvey quoted
Judge Kelly, chairman of the commit
tee reporting the bill, to show that in
1873 we were not using coin, and that
neither house appreciated the scope
and magnitude of the bill, or to have
given it special study, particularly as
it was bill to reorganize the mints,
not to revise the coip money of the
country.
Mr.. Horr then took up the history of
the demonetization act, showed the
stages through which it had passed
and declared that its final enactment
was not until after it had been before
congress for nearly three years. He
pointed out how the bill had been read
in full several times and printed sepa-
rately eleven times and twice in the re-
ports of the comptroller of the currency.
Mr.. Harvey in reply said that Mr.. |
Horr would have to retreat from his |
position when the proper time came.
Cigarette Decision by Judge Con.
CINCINNATI, July IA special from
Martinsburg, w. Va, says: Judge Ma
than Goff, of the United States circuit
court of appeals, has decided that
law of West Virginia imposing tax
Of S5nn a uear On evarr dealer caIlinn