Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-07-25

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II. Harvey: mo, sir; he DOES not"
Ia. HOrr: Did he ever?''
Nj. Harvey: ''Never did"
II. HorF: "Well, 1t would not hurt him
\ lfShe had. would it,"
glssMr. Harvey; mo, SIR"
Mr.. Horr: HE could own stock In tia
bank and still keep honest, could not he7'
Nj. Harvey: 'sYes."
ssssMr. Horn: "a man could be successful
lnlife without creating In me any spirit Of
envy. I have learned that men who ac-
cumulate money and then invest 1t In build
Ing up great industries for the benefit Of
the people who earn wages bless this ma
tlon; and any system which Injuries them
necessarily Injuries the people who live by
daily toll Consequently am just as zeal
Gus in my efforts to prevent financial dis
aster to the BUSINESS men Of this nation as;
am to see to it that the wages of the
w0rkfngmen are not cut in two by using
debased and deprecated measure Of values.
tApplauseO When you divide the unit Of
measure, the value Of 1t, into two pieces,
ard make them take the half for the whole,
you have injured them in way that Is be-
yOnd computation"
Ar Harvey: "In the presentation of de-
monetization 1 have called attention to
the condition, morally, of congress at the
time OF the passage OF the act; to impeach-
ment charges againss Vice President Col.
fax, In 1873. for fraud in connection with
legislation. and to the resignation Of Secre-
tary Of War Belknap for bribery In 1873.
L.now proceed. after first sitting for Mr..
1orr.s information that DelMar, the Eng
lsh historian, says that the act Of 1916
denonetizing silver In England had clause
init that 1t might be relnstated by the
KING that that clause giving right to re-
lastatement was repealed In 1871, and that
tne act on which 1t was repealed was with
IN two weeks in the hands Of Mr.. Knox.
tne controller of the United States treas.
MY lapplause), and was In part the basis
@ the act In this country. There was an
e5a OF corruption in congress at that time.
Citation Colgate confessed before the ways
ana means committee OF 1873 to the use
q money to influence the incorporation of
special features in the internal revenue
OH, testlfyihg among other things that
Charles sherman of Ohio, a brother of
Ssnasor sherman had been paid $4,000 by
the New York stock exchange in connec-
tion with the. revenue bill. The officials of
tne STOCK exchange were subpoenaed, and
the Iacts developed that while the money
nad not been, paid. Judge Sherman had
rendered bill to- the exchange for his
sSsl'iees, and.. as he claimed. for securing
rne services of his brother, Senator Sher-
nan, to put the bill through (Applause)
would READILY exhaust the words of this
u u 10 go into all the Investigations Of
that notorious congress"
aorr Defends, Congressmen.
/ AAC dlIeupC Oh ME. Harvey 10
smirch the congress of the United States
ana make the people of this country be-
NeVe that the people who acted as members
OI congress In this country, as q rule are
corrupt, and have been subject to purchase
ana SAFE, can be characterized only as in
famous. tApplause) No nation on the face
o. tne earth ever had purer set of le2is-
lators than have been In. the congress of
this country during its existence. There sit
DeIore me several members Of congress who
served with me In several congresses, and
appeal to each and every one of them If,
during their entire services. they ever saw
OF instructed that money was being used to
purchase members of congress. served
SIX years without ever knowing that an In
stance of that kind had occurred during the
congresses In which l served. When men
start out with the proposition that, in or
der TO- prove their case, they must also
Il prove that majority of the best men Of
this country are -hieves and scoundrels,
they had better stop before they begin.
(Applause.) The people Of this country-and
the congressman Is no exception-as an av-
erage.. are upright, honest business men.
admit that Judge Sherman was guilty Of a
crime: That was never in any way con-
nected with his brother, John Sherman,
and you know it. They exonerated him.
Mr.: Harvey: Ibid they impeach Judge
| Sherman?'
4 Mr.. Horr: "Judge Sherman resigned i'm
mediately. They drove him from the
bench. (Applause.) The public opinion Of
this country would not permit a man to
hold public position who would do, thing
| of that Kind. But what has that to do with
the question whether Mr.. Knox openly and
1 squarely presented this bill to congress7
Mr.. Knox said himself: The coinage Of
the silver dollar piece, the history Of which
is here given, is discontinued in the pro.
posed bill 1t is by law the dollar unit.
The present gold dollar piece is made the
| dollar unit in the proposed BILL"
/ A voice In the audience: "When was, that
written?''
Mr.. Horr: sJust before it was sent to
congress, in 1870. 1t was part of the re-
port that Secretary Boutwell, sent to the
senate In the spring OF 1870. 1t accom-
panied the bill and was printed in the
public documents as being an explanation
| Of the bill by order Of the senate. Is there
anythi hidden in those statementsy'
Charged With Bribery.
Mr.. Harvey: "Among the many charges
Of corruption made at the period, 1873 there
was one of significance when. we consider
that silver was demonetized by a, single
l sentence being omitted from the report OF
l the conference committee and enrolment
OF the mint bill; and indicates the power,
/ In this instance, a corrupt clerk could have.
i George A. Bassett, clerk Of the ways, and
means committee. 1873, was charged with
having demanded $3.50 per month from
1 the bankers and brokers' OF New AOGR to
assist them in repeating the tax on borrowed
capital. and $4,000 when the act passed.
/ The Chicago Tribune Of Feb. p, 1873, the
very month in which silver was, demone-
tized, said: Turkish corruption under the
| pashas and beys, or Russian official rot
| tenness, could scarcely be worse than it Is
here {Applause).
Stands Up for Americans.
Mr.. Horn: "Mr. Harvey still continues to
rest his case upon an attempt to prove that
the human family is made up of scoundrels;
that there Is no such thing as honor among
the people OF this or any other country
The Infamous statement that every man
has his price ought to be branded upon the
brow OF every man who will quote it in
earnest because it Is a lie against human-
ity dong continued applause 1t Is equalled
only by the other statement that there is
no such thing as virtue among the women
OF the United States or any other country"
Mr.. Harvey: II don't make that state
ment.''
Mr.. Horn: s:That was motto that no.
| body but villain like Aaron Burr ever
could have originated. and am surprised
i that In the nineteenth century a man will
| stand mn before an American audience and
Il t,ts cnso unon the Dr0DOStion tbot