Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-20
NOM Avn HARVEY.
Fourth Days Proceeding. Ia tho 81.
Nnr MnhnIn

CHICAGO, July 20,-lhe fourth dhy
" he HofT-Hhrv y silver convention
opened IN the Illinois cluh nj l:Il this
afternoon. Harvey OIuurd the days
talk villa q t.atcmgut II % iuls so lar
established. They were TINT nj E
10 1873 gold and silver were
the money OF the Constitution; III.
yer was the unit OF value; az 20 that
time q debtor was permitted 10 pay Ia
cheaper IN uoy aud silver was not Iu.
muuuii2rt urCausu Of any Uvrf-prliuc.
ton OF tho time the net OF 1873 wua
passed. TaEiug up the debate proper.
Harvey denied h0 had any time tfici
10 impenCh the Integrity Of the
American people, bur he did not
propose 10 allow corrupt legislator
10 throw tue mantle OF national hon
rsty around them for their own
protection. The speaker TtcOgnlzsI
the Integrity Of the American people
and II was TO lhHt ho appealed.
The speaker thcn resumed the state.
mcnI, interrupted al close " the talk
on Thursday Of the various slcp-
leading up to tho passing oi the act
VI 1873.
Herr, In opening, docliacd to allow
Harvey to HCgvpt ~ admitted any
ethtcmonts Of Hafvsy's which Horn
failed TO deny. HuFr salu Harvey had
been reading series Of carefully pre-.
pared essaye aud he Horil could not
be expected 10 remember All the state.
ments made IN them. Harvey might
take II for granted that he
(Horr) dnnled everything except what
he expressly asseutud to. Horr then
took up tho international monetary
conference at Paris IA 1887, at which
the leading clyllizoI nations Of the
world were represented, aud pointed
out that alter uays' consideration the
representatives Of all nations pre-.
ent, including tho United Statrs,
voted unanimously with exception
Of the Representative u Holland, In
favor OF the gold standard. Openly
and ne n legitimate outcome OF this
international conference the act OF
1873 wns phsaed. Horn argusI NJ
length, quoting from letters Aud doou.
meutH ~ prove the cuRrgs that tue
decentralization act passed through tue
influence OF Bdtith bfl1us was false,
Harvey reviewed tho history OF tho
act Of 1873, quoting lt IN the debate IN
the Senate Wneu the IN was put On
it, passage. Horf said there was In
the bill OF which Hatyey had spok,
provision for token dollar wort
ave francs. The Senate struck that
outRud substituted the ira lie dollar.
Haryey-lf you will snow me any.
whore In the debate OF that day where
the Senate struck out that provision,
We will stop the debate right here.
LGrcRt applause from HArvsy's frlendsl
HOrT-Iho bill as passed contained u
trade dollar, did II not?
Harvey-Yes, air.
lorr suggested that II covered tho
point and proceeded with his Grgu.
ment. He said nobody thought Of
striking down silver when the bill was
passed. At that time silver was not Ia
circulation and the bullion OF dollar
wus worth more than the dollar.
Harvey, coming TO attack, read from
SOuEtOr ShermAn's statement on put.
ting the bill on It's passage, chewing
that the bill provided TOT TWO dollar,
one 3sI grain dollar equal to the
Frenoh hve.frano piece, aul the trade
dollar. He declared Horn had said
this smaller dollar was not Ia the bill.
hort Untsrruptlng) said he never
denied n.
Harvey said no would refer the
question in dispute 10 the record VI tho
Jay. Resuming, Harvey said, con.
spirAcy was carried out In conference
commit {. Sherman aud Harper 70.
ported 10 their respective houses the
differences had been defined anu the
bill was passed without debate. Tho
bill, rs reported, omitted tho Ssi grain
dollar.
HOrr said he did not deny the oxis-
tenoo OF the asa grain dollar In the bill
but nj no time did the bill provide Tor
anything except gold rs standard.
The matter OF small ucllar
was agreed on In conference
as 10 the custom, but
the oommitts could not enact any.
thing. IL had TO report TO tbs
two houses and their action was neces-
ssry. The bill as passed with the RJ-
dillon OF the trade dollar was nearly
Identical with the bill ~ drawn by the
secretary OF tho treasury. An attempt
to smiEch the character Of the members
oi COngresl who voted Tor this bill was
Infamous, (Applause.)