The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-07-19
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| MT. HarNey-'ln the presentation OF
the demonetization act have called
attention TO the condition morally in
congress at the time of the passage OF
the act TO the impeachment charges
against Vice President ColfaN in 1873
| for fraud in connection with leglsla-
ton. to the resignation OF Secretary
OF War Belknap for bribery In 1873. l
now proceed, after first stating for Mr..
Horr's Information that Delmar. the
English historian. says that the act OF
1916 demonetizing silver in England
had a clause in It that It might be re-
instated by the king. that that clause
| giving a right 10 reinstatement was
repealed in 1871. and that the act in
which 1t was repealed was within two
weeks in the hands of Mr.. Knox. the
/ comptroller Of the United States trea-
sury, and was In part the basis of the
act in this country. There was an era
OF corruption in congress at that time.
| Clinton Colgate confessed before the
ways and means committees In 1873
TO the use of money TO influence the in
corporation of special features In the
internal revenue bill. testifying among
other things that Charles Sherman of
Ohio. brother OF Senator Sherman. had
been paid $4,000 by the New York
stock exchange. The officials Of the
stock exchange were subpoenaed and
! the fact developed that. while tho
money had not been paid. Judge Sher-
man had rendered a bill 10 the ex-
change for his services and, as he
claimed. for securing the services OF
his brother. Senator Sherman, to put
the bill through. Ii would readily ex-
haust the words of the debate to go
into all the Investigations of that noto-
rious congress-
Mr.. Horr-"The attempt of Mr. Har-
vey to besmirch the congress of the
United States and make the people of
| this country believe that the people
who acted as members of the congress
in this country as a rule are corrupt
and have been subject to purchase and
sale. can be characterized only as infa-
nous. No nation on the face OF the
earth ever lad a purer set of legisla-
tors than have been in the congresses
of this country during its existence.
When men start out with the PROPOSE
ton that in order to prove their case
they must also prove that the majority
OF the best men of this country are
thieves and scoundrels. they had better
stop before they begin. The people of
this country and the congressman is no
exception. as an average are upright.
honest business men. Admit that Judge
Sherman was guilty of crime. That
was never In any way connected with
his brother, John Sherman. and you
know 1t; they exonerated him"
Mr.. Harvey-"Did they impeach
Judge Sherman"
Mr.. Horr-"Judge Sherman resigned
Immediately they drove him from the
bench. The public opinion of this ccun-
try would not permit man 10 hold a
public position who would do thing
OF that kind. But what has that to
do with the question whether AIR. KICK
openly and squarely presented ;his kill
to congress. Mr.. Knox said himself;
The coinage Of the silver dollar piece,
the history OF which is here given. is
discontinued in the proposed bill. 1t
is by law the unit t'he present gold
piece is made the dollar unit iE the
proposed bill"
Mr.. Harvey-"When was that writ
ten?"
Mr.. Horr-"Just before II was sent
to congress In 1870. IL was part " the
report that Secretary Boutwell, sant to
the senate In the spring OF 1870. 1t
accompanied the bill ami was printed
in the public documents as being an
explanation for the bill by order IF tie
| Io lac h,1l Il,
those statements"
Mr.. Harvey-"Among tire many
charges of corruption made at this
period, 1873, there was one % slg1if.
canoe when we consider that silver
was demonetized by a single sentence
being omitted from the re1pr. OF the
conference committee AMI enrolment
OF the mint bill. and ind ,atas the pow.
er, in this instance, a corrupt clerk
could have. The Chicago Tribune OF
Feb. 81, 1873, the very morrh In which
silver was demonetiza1, said: 'Tm kish
corruption under the pishls AMI teys
or Russian official rottenuess could
scarcely be worse than 1t is mere Zap.
plause). The salary grab bin Iassed
March 3. 1873. The people rose en-
masse and forced congress to repeal
this bill. little dreaming at that time
that another bill had passed at that
congress that was TO rob them Of mill
ions Of dollars To make plain how the
fraud was practiced l copy into my
remarks sections 10 and IL of the bill
supposed to have been read when CT
It's passage. together with the words
fraudulently omitted, in brackets
Omit the words in brackets and yor
have the sections as they now read IL
the statutes, include the words II
brackets and you have the sections az
the bill was supposed to have passed
congress.
Mr.. Horr-"where is that form?
don't understand"
Mr.. Harvey-"I take the two section
as they now appear in the statutes an,
add between brackets the words tina
were erased from the BILL"
Mr.. Horr-"By whom"
Mr.. Harvey, tcontinuing)-"surr
titiously in It's passage"
Mr.. Horr-"By whom? What proc
have you that anything was erased?'
Mr.. Harvey-"I'll get to the proof O
that little later. The standard sllve
dollar was fraudulently omitted afte
the bill had passed both houses. |
will be questioned by our best citizen
that such fraud could be practiced
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