River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-25


gold commenced to circulate and we lost our
silver, and the peoplS Of this country. when
they talked about q liar after that, always
meant gold dollar; peg aeTsr meant silver
wednesday.
CHICAGO. July IA ehe second session OF the
Horr- Harvey silver debate began at o'clock
p. N Wednesday ri the auditorium OF the
Illinois club before tie same limited audience.
Mr. Horn began tby quoting Hallam's
Middle Ages" as authority TO proFe the
fallscy Of Mr.. HarveySs statements in his book
regarding the degenfracy OF the world COM
mercially in the fftes1th century as result
OF the depreciation II silver. He cited from
Prof James f. Ihorold Rogers to re-
flute the statemt n made by Mr. Harvey
from his book thai the price Of wheat
had fallen in that Ifriod and that the lot
of the toiIing masses became more miserable
with the passage fron the eighth TO the hf-
teentn century, as charged by Mr. Harvey.
Leber, Nautilus and I!yndman were also cited
in contradiction Of the silver champions
fifteenth century statements.
Mr. Harvey said he had not intended TO ar
que with Mr. Horr that the monetary COM
mission, from To ",rt OF which the quota
ing about ie declirSd TO have his mind di-
yerted rom tho regular argument
and logical arrangement of the debate
He declared thst the debate so
far had settled the Questions as 10 what was
the money of the constitution. what was the
unit Of value as faed by the trainers Of
the constitution. IA favor of his book
The contestants became involved in a short
and sharp argument as 70 the reason and I'M
DERIVING motive OF Mr.. Harvey in emitting
to state in his quotation OF the act making
legal tender OF foreign coin. that congress. in
the same act. aIso made gold coins legal ten
der. The New Yorker insinuated that the au-
thor did so TO mislead his readers into believ-
ing congress considered silver the most inn
portaDt, which was NOT true.
Mr.. Harvey retortee: When a man is dis
cussing cattle he uode not talk hogs When a
| man is discussing saver and the manner In
which II was treatedSby our forefathers. and
comparing il with Sthe way in which IL is
treated by Won epeUple now. II was
not necessary to refS TO how they treated gold
or copper" He ad led that he had left out
what was unnecessary for him to state in
est blishing the prirFiple that the laws made
| foreign silver legal tander
After some discussion as to whether the
| statute had been oSoted correctly IN Coins
! School, Mr. Horr proceeded In defense OF the
| law of 1879. and claiIted that no Law had ever
been p ssed by oongfess which was freer from
faint He deaed Nd Harvey TO produce one
/ sctntilla cf evidence IN proof OF
mis- charge that II 4as scheme 10 demon
etize silver eonc0.ted In London That
| law was passed befause experience showed
| that gold would not circulate under the ratio
OF 10 to !. The cheaper dollar, which was
silver, had driven tiss gold currency out OF the
| United States The history of that legislation
would bear him QUE in stating that that, and
| that only, was the reason for changing the
| ratio between the tvtN metals
Mr.. Haryey-Mr IHorr says that have no
proof that the schema was concocted in Lon
| don to demohetze 5 over In the United Stltes.
/ When | was a boy went into courthouse one
| day to hear original trial. and / heard n
1 lawyer say "Whentl crime IS committed and
| you want to deteotst the criminal look for the
| man that is benehtes by the crime. Reason
| ing by inductiont will more invariably
4 locate the crfmitd than any uncertain
/ human testimony Silver was demonetized in
/ England, and in England only, prior to the day
| IL was demonetlzed H. thi, country. That was
| where the movement started-th1t Is another
evidence London lknkers initiated the Paris
conference OF 1867. (which Mr. John Sherman
! was present: there ore have the right to say
/ the conspiracy Originated in London
! Thursday.
CHICAGO. July aO-Thursday's Harvey
| Horr debate was marked by considerable
acripnerSv on the par, OF both speaker. In be-
! grna5As, Nr. Horr said he had a perssssi ex-