The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-07-25

Mr.. Harvey: s'No, sir; he does not"
Mr.. Horr; Did he ever?'
Mr.. Harvey: Never did"
Mr. Horr: well, 1t would not hurt him
II he had. would it?''
Mr. Harvey: "No, sir"
MT Horr: He could own stock in the
bank and still keep honest, could not he?"
Mr.. Harvey: Eyes"
Mr. Horr: "a man could be successful
IN life without creating in me any spirit Of
1 envy. ! 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
tion; 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
Worklngmcn are not cut in two by using
II aepased and deprecated measure Of values
i (Applause When you divide the unit of
i measure, the value of it, into two pieces,
and make them take the half for the whole,
/ you have injured them in way that is be-
i yond computation"
/ Mr. Harvey: SIN the presentation Of de-
m M I have called attention to
the condition, morally, of congress at the
l time OF the passage of the act; to mpeach-
! ment charges against Vice President Col
TAX, In 1873, for fraud in connection with
/ legislation, and to the resignation of Secre-
tary of War Beknap for bribery in 1873.
now proceed, after first stating for Mr..
Horr's information that Delmar, the Eng
nsh historian, says that the act Of 1916
demonetizing silver in Eng and had clause
IN 1t that 1t might be reinstated by the
! king; that that clause giving right to re-
lnstatement was repealed in 1871, and that
the act ON which 1t was repealed was with
IN two weeks in the hands Of Mr.. Knox
i me controller of the United States treas
usy lapplause), and was In part the basis
or the act in this country. There was an
era or corruption in congress at that time.
Cllnton Colgate confessed be fore the ways
/ ana means committee of 1873 to the use
l OF money to influence the Incorporation of
l special features in the internal revenue
bill, testifying among other things that
Sharies Sherman of Ohio a brother of
senator Sherman, had been paid $4,000 by
me New York stock exchange in connec-
tion with the revenue Till. The officials of
tne STOCK exchange were subpoenaed, and
the facts developed that while the money
nau not been paid, Judge Sherman had
lenuered Dill to the exchange for his
services and, as he claimed, for securing
Tue services of his brother, Senator Sher-
man, to put the bill through (Applause).
1t would readily exhaust the words of this
u ote to go into all the Investigations Of
mat notorious congress-"
HOrr Defends ConSressmen.
Mr. Horr: 1.-The attempt of Mr.. Harvey TO
ana make the people of this country be-
teVe that the people who acted as members
VI congress IN this country, as a rule, are
corrupt, and have been subject to purchase
ana sale' can be characterized only as in
famous. (Applause) No nation on tho face
vi the earth ever had purer set of legis-
iators than have been in the congress of
tnls country during its existence There sit
Defore me several members of congress who
served with me in several congresses, and I
appeal TO each and every one Of them if
uurlnS their entire services, they ever saw
. or mlstrusted that money was being used TO
purchase members of congress. l served
SIX years without. ever knowing that an in
stance OF that kind had occurred during the
congresses in which I served When men
start out with the proposition that, in or
: der to prove their case, they must also
prove that majority of the best men Of
this country are thieves and scoundres.
they had better stop before they begin.
(Applause) The people of this country-and
the congressman is no exception-as an ay-
| erage, are upright, honest business men. I
admit that Judge Sherman was guilty Of
crime. That was never in any way con-
nected with his brother, John Sherman,
and you know it. They exonerated him.
Mr. Harvey: "Did they impeach Judge
), Sherman"
$, Mr.. Horr: "Judge Sherman resigned i'm
II mediately. They drove him from the
I bench. (Applause.) The public opinion of
this country would not permit man to
hold public position who would do a thing
of that kind. But what has that to do with
the question whether Mr.. Knox openly and
squarely presented this bill to congress?
Mr.. Knox said himself: The coinage of
the silver dollar piece, the history of which
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: "Just 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 or 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
anything hidden in those statements?''
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 single
sentence being omitted from the report of
the conference committee and enrolment
of the mint bill; and indicates the power,
in this instance, corrupt clerk could have.
George A. Bassett, clerk of the ways and
means committee, 1873, was charged with
having demanded $3.50 per month from
the bankers and brokers Of New York to
assist them in repeating the tax on borrowed
capital, and $4,000 when the act passed.
Inc CnlcaSO IrlDune or teD. Il, 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.. Horr: ''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 lie against human
ity dong continued applause). It 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: 81 don't make that state
ment."
Mr.. Horr: '"That was motto that no.
body but a villain like Aaron Burr ever
could have originated, and am surprised
that in the nineteenth century man will
stand up before an American audience and
base his case upon the proposition that
no noon1n IF orr grand renuhlic a "