The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-26
ThE GREAT DEBATE.
An Acrimonious Exchange OF Personalities
Mark. the Orsning of :he Days Talk
The tongre,. which D~mon~tsr~d silver
penoG.~.i As Corrupt nv Mr.. Harvey and
Defended by Mr.. rr-AdJ"arned untl
Saturday.

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The sonxv~s. which D~~"""~s'r~d >iis~r
nenos.e.I as Corrupt nv Mr.. Harvey and
Defended by Mr. Adjourned Until
Saturday.
tulcA AGO. July II the opening
Exchange Of personalities. among other
things Mr.. Harvey said:
MIR. Horn and numerous employees
~ newspaper concerns aud other
corporations are in part. many of
them. representing their honest con
viciions. aud accord that 10 the hon
orable gentleman from New York.
Many Of them never stop 20 analyze
the question, the great principle that
must make or unmakc the republic in
which they live. II is only a qucs-
ton Of salary which they consider.
You say that a man should bet
ter himself. aud IL IA better
salary j. offered him to take il. Not
for all the combined salaries in the
world would | accept a position where
! would have 10 advocate "A principle
that ! thought would destroy the lib
critics Of my countrymen. There is
something in life greater than money.
'Atu WI 1kiln get the AtIlcTltdu DcV
pie to believe this-ani not until then
can we again have liberty in this
land. and every man will have an OPP
p%ortunity To make "A living without be-
ing deprived of il by the aggrega-
tion Of selfish interests The value
Of the debate yesterday was this:
A steady representation has gone
before the people of the United States
that there was only s.. 200. 900 of silver
coined by the United States prior 10
i>13. Bu meeting face To face with a
representative of the other side of the
question. this debate now carries To
the people of the United States the
admitted fact that there wa slf3. 00o.-
900 of silver coined prior to l>7a."
Mr.. Horr took up the question of the
origin of the law Of 1873. lie said it
was drafted after consult ny a large
number of experts. who we're apt to
know a little more about the money
question than those who had never
studied il at all. He denied that the
bill had its origin in England or any
where except in the brain. OF the peo-
pie who were looking altar the coin
age interests Of the United states
Every step taken in the incipiency
of this matter was open as the light.
Thousands of copies Of the bill were
sent broadcast TO all parts of the
country. No one tried TO cover up the
fact that the bill. as originally drafted
by Knox and indorsed bv Sccretarv
Boutwell, Of the treasury. dropped the
silver dollar piece of the United States
and changed The unit Of value. All
the letters Of the experts and the re-
por; Of Mr.. Knox were printed bv or
der Of the senate"
Mr. Knox openly and sqnarelv pre-
scn,ed this bill TO congress-? Ii was
debated in the senate for three
days. IL came 10 a vote in
the senate January IA. ISL.
and passed bv . yea and nav vote.
The senators from the Pacific slope
FOR il. and senator Sherman voted
against il. The ffty-first ongre died
without action having been taken on
the bill.
Mr. Harvey continued his line of At
tack on the honesty of the congress
and its employees in 1873. referring par
ticularlv 10 the charges OF corruption
made by individuals and the press
against George a. Bassett. clerk OF the
ways and means committee. The sal
AIRY grab Jill. which had 10 he re-
pealed by force If public sentiment.
was passed by the congress which de-
monetizcd silver. The people could
understand a salary grab. bnt they
could not understand a scientific spoil
stion Of their rights. ITO make plain
how the fraud was practiceti." contin-
ned Mr.. Harvey. II will read the see
tions a. they stand in the law. and in
clude the words which were erased
from the bill sure ptitiouslv in its
passage
Mr.. Iiorr finterruptingl-By whom?
What proof have YOU that any thing
was erased2
Mr.. Harvey will get TO The proof
Of THAT little later. A~the bill passed
both houses the unit was on gold and
the free and unlimited coinage ~ both
metals was provided for. l;ut as en-
rolled the minis were closed 70 free
and unlimited coinage u silver. ex-
cept a. 20 the trade dollar. afterwards
abolished. The standard silver dollar
was ~fraudrlently omitted after the
bill had passed both houses
Mr. Horr Upon the face Of his own
bill there j. a proof that. to any man
who has studied this question. Is con
elusive. The whole attempt to prove
that n such bill ever went from the
house and senate is false. Does n
man in his senses believe that
they ever undertook To give free
coinage of silver to "A standard
dollar Of 3si grains The old
dollar was not reinstated. but the
silver dollar was reduced in weight
from 4i.is grains 10 ssi grains and
made a subsidiary coin like all the
other 81, YER coins Of the United States.
On the request Of Mr.. Horr the de-
bate was adjourned 10 ] o'clock Satrr-
day next.