The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-26
HoRR AND HARVEY HAVE 1T HOT
The Rival Coinage Champions to
Hold Only Two More Sessions.

chicago. July 25.-At the opening Of the
Horr-Harvey silver debate to-day it was
announced that only two more sessions
would be held. and that for this reason the
daily bouts would be somewhat Iengthen-
ed in order to admit of the delivery Of
the number Of words agreed upon. The
debate to-day was marked by a more than
usually sharp encounter.
Mr.. Horr called his opponents attention
to a statement which he had made in his
criticism upon Senator Morgan, wherein
he stated that the silver dollars Of 4i2ik
grains were largely coined previous 10 the
demonetization OF silver in 1873, and after
the passage Of the law of 1853 making sub
sldairy coinage of less value than its face.
therefore, he inferred that Senator Nor
gan was mistaken in stating that
none of the 412l2-grain dollars had
been coined from silver metal in this coun-
Try. Mr. Harvey says the old dollars of 4l2i2
grains were coined for the people Of Ne
vada and California. Notwithstanding that
at that time the bullion was worth more
uncolned than coined. Mr. Horr then de-
MED that these dollars were coined from
silver mined in this country and sent to
the mint for that purpose. Congress had
provided that foreign coin should be re-
NCANSA ny llle government at a certain
fixed value, and further that such coins
should not be again put into circulation
but should be recoined at the mint. The
report of the director of the mint showed
that over five millions dollars in silver had
thus accumulated having been found in
the gold during the process of assaying it.
At this point Mr.. Harvey challenged Mr..
Horrs statement, saying that he had not
brought his authorities with him, and
therefore his aruIIr1anta xpara entitled "a
no standing in the debate. He then hand
ed Mr.. Horr a statement of the director
of the mint which, ne said. reported that
during the year 1870 4l2 462 silver dollars
had been coined at Carson .lty. Mr.. Har-
vey again called his opponents to task for
not contining his remarks 10 the order Of
debate originally agreed upon, and said
that he would not be diverted from this
order. He then entered upon a discussion
of primary and credit money, saying that
an overissue Of credit money caused a
drain upon the primary money for re-
demptiOn purposes. An example of this
had just been witnessed in this country
in the issue Of bonds by the present adj
ministraton for the purpose of maintain
ing the gold reserve.
Mr.. Harvey said he had received a let
ter within the last few days from a large
New York manufacturer, in which the
writer stated that all the money the bank
sent him 10 pay off his men was in silver
certificates.
Mr.. Horr took his opponent to task for
making a mistake in his figures by 100000
regarding the amount of silver dollars
coined in 1870 at the carson City mint,
and asserted that the mint report from
which the silver champion had quoted
sustained Mr.. Horr's proposition Mr..
Horr added: up to this moment Mr.
Harvey has not said one word upon the
u, ha IA 10 hoe
cessfully controverted a single statement
of mine He has nowhere proven any
act of bribery or the influence of money
in a single step taken during the progress
of the bill through congress. He or no
one else will, because there was none"