The Dickinson press., 1895-07-27

mits Its truth. ! am now ready 10 pro
coed In the order indicated in Coins FL
nancial School, and as contemplated by the
! rules Of the debate"
Second Day.
Mr.. Horr: "The matter we were talking
about when we closed last night was the
| question whether the trainers Of the bin
Of 1892 intended to establish two measures
Of value. Mr.. Harvey criticised Judge Vim
cent for having decided that case In his re-
marks yesterday, but very tamely In COM
parlson with the statements which he msae
| about him In print soon after he made the
decision. He even called him dishonest In
that criticism. Now, Judge Vincent is q
reputable citizen. l tax, it. of Chicago.
Some private individuals submitted q ques-
ton to him md he decided it as he honestly
believed was right, and there is this pecu-
liarity about it, 1t is right Qaughter). Here
Is what Judge Vincent decided:
"tIt Is undoubtedly true that the milled
dollar as 1t was then current was the start
ing point, and the number of grains to COM
pose u gold dollar was ascertained by divid-
ing the number of grains In the silver dol
lar by fifteen. But this does not alter the
/ fact that the units were expressed in gold
and silver. On the contrary 1t seems to
| show that both were made units of value.
The word unit was employed as the equiv
alent of dollar, and the dollar was to con-
sist of either one of two different things. one
tenth part Of 247A grains Of gold or 371A
grains OF silver, just as equal values mny
be embodied in given weights of any two
| given commodities such as wheat or corn.
a unit of value is the unit in which values
are expressed. The values both Of gold and
silver are expressed In the act Of 1894. so
we rave two units Of value. II both had
not been 30 expressed We could not haye
had bimetallism."
Mr.. Horr also quoted ex-dlrector Of the
Mint E. o. Leech tha- the laws authorize
both a gold dollar unit and a silver dollar
unit different from each other in intrinsic
value. That was the reason he U-ecch)
proposed t}s 'aw OF 1873.
FAe Unit OF Value.
Mr., Ha:ves-"Yesterday. at the close,
after l had quoted rs authority for Il y"l
being the unit. the statute Itself. the ut or
ances of Secretary Gallat'n a deci To- by
Ohise Justice Chan. of the supr me c Il t
Of 100 United States. and other Du ccr,u>
New York. Mr.. Horr then adm'ttei IT,"
the silver dollar was the unit Of value, and
the record Of yesterday shows that. Now,
In view Of this attempt to try to twist
something back into the discussion BY
which we are to believe him as saying ont
thing yesterday and something else to-day
I leave him to such fate az the readers Of
this debate think is proper. (Applause.)
"In his constant attempt to try to discuss
bimetallism, the relation Of silver and gold
before we get to that which is In the sec
ond chapter of the school, he Is trying K
mix the subject up. When we get there
we will see that neither Mr.. Horr moi
Judge Vincent knows what bimetallism is
and many things that he Is now mixing ii
on will then be cleared. and Mr.. Horr viii
be even as a babe. (Applause.) We agreed
to take up the subject Of demonstration
the act of 1873, In to-day's debate, ant
having waited for him to begin and b.
not beginning, ! will now start" ZAP
plause.)
Mr.. Horr: 81 beg pardon: you misquot,
ME. 1 stated last night that / had not go
through with the unit Of value; that I hat
some other things to submit in 80 man,
words. and we did not agree to take VI
any one subject at any particular session
only that we would take them In a certain
ished them"
MIR. Harvey: "And the order was that tn
crime of 1873, as we call it, CAM next afte
the discussion of the unit"
Mr.. Horr:. II am not through with tina
. yet"
j Mr.. Harvey: swell. I am. and I will g
on. (Laughter.) Words are our ammunition
In this debate, 10000 words apiece being al
q lowed us, and IL the readers think that
have neglected some side issues that n 4
s Horr has introduced. I want to tell then
. now that I do 1t In order to devote my par
Va IL WOEub IN tulS UeDaCe 10 IuuI "ulC
q Will do them more good than following Nj
H0rr on on the side tracks" (ApplauseD
Mr.. Harvey then discussed at length tn
act of 1873.
The Law of 1879.
Mr.. Horr. following on this subject, said
w now come to the discussion Of the Ia
which changed this nation from . blmetall
4 nation to a single standard nation, the la
n OF 1873. which Brother Harvey kind
u names q crime 1t has been called that
to long that there is nothing novel in tt
.. name. I purpose to show you during tn
0. discussion that no law has ever been passe
10 BY the American congress, which was moi
+ free from faint, which was more CAREFUL
N examined. which was more completely ar
fully understood. than the law Of 1873. II
10 statement which he read to you that Il
scheme was concocted In London ID q sir
ne pie assertion upon which he cannot prOdu'
er one scintilla Of reputable truth; not OF
80 word. 1t has been q good many years sin
3, England dictated the legislation of th
Of country. They have had trouble to do
IL ever since 1T76. Laughter.) They wou
en- experience as much difficulty now ~ tn,
ed did then II they should attempt 1t. IT
In law Of 1873 had Its origin. a. all such lav
have. in the brains Of experts.
r. The question OF coinage. mintaee, 10
most intricate one. It 10 one Of the mo
IT. complicated problems with which phi
sophical men have ever srappled. It b
to been a process of development from Il
I'd earliest stages Of humanity down to Il
q present time. which has given us the pt
feet system Of money. though not a. p<
% feet 40 1t has come to be at this time.