The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-26

purchAse members Of cona}sw. Il aefved
" tyean without ever 'knoWtsk that an In.
stAncs Of that kind, had oectr,et d6finr the
sonxresses IN which I ser}e& when men
start out with the propostlei that, In Or
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t,rine. That Wss nsSsfi r. Wy W.y ~; co,,. =
sected with :his brother, JdIs Hhernlan,
and you know II. They exonerked hiln.,'
ME Harvey: did they ineach Judge
shermani.ss @J u
Mr.. Horr: Judge Sherman assigned i'm.
mediately. They drove himt from the
bench. Appiausel The publiS opinion Of
lthi. country would not psrm3 man to
hold public position who woul( do 4 thing
,fs sthAt kind. But what has thai do with
the question whether Mr.. Knox ibenly aud
tsquarely spresented this bill tq|congressf
Ar. Knox said himself: THE ,,oinagc Of
the silver dollar piece, the hiseq!t Of which
posed BILL. 1t 10 By law the dSllar unit.
The present gold dollar piece at,made the
dollar unit In the proposed biIl,i'
v4,t,ss 4 ,s1ss :, iq The BE- aadiensf; was TINT
MF. dOrrs TyaaE: De10fenlt NAs sent to
port that Secretary Boutweii jant to the
senate In the spring fot .ls70 It accom-
panied the bin and was pripled in the
public documents as being an explanation
OF the bill BY order Of the senaA. Ia there
anything hidden in those statenHntsY''
CharEea WITH BrihsFy,
MT. Harvey: Among the mtny charges
Of corruption made at the period 1873, there
was one Of signifcanc~ when SO consider
that silver was demonetlsed Ny single
tsD sens omitted iem te rsR9Et
Of the mint bill; and indicates the power,
George A. Baslett, clerlof the ways and
means committee, 1873, !fas charged with
having demanded $3.50 jpeF month from
the bankers and brokera of New York to
assist them In repeating tie tax on borrowed
capital. and 1900 whst % the ., act ,,ps passed. ed
very month In which sAver was demOne-
tiled, said: Turkish corruption under the
pashas aud beys, or Russian official rot
tenness. could scarcely te worsc than 1t Is
here (Applauae).
stands, Up for mericans.
/ Mr.. Horr: "Mr. Harvey still, continues to
rest his case upon an attempt to prove that
the human family is mate up OF scoundrels;
that there ID no such thing as honor among
the people Of this or any other country.
The infamosls abatement that every man
has his price ought to " branded upon the
earnest, becanSe Il Is q lie agalnst human-
ity Qong continued applauscl. 1t Is cauailcd
only By the other statement that there Is
no such thing ~ virtue among the women
l Of the United States Ortany other country"
Mr.. Harvey: "T don't make that state
ment.". FL
Mr. Horr: ..That was motto that mo-
body but villain llke Aaron Burr ever
could have originated, and am surprised
that In the ninsteenth! century 4 man will
stand up before an American audience anl
base his case upon the p.oposltion that
Villains; because saysto you In all candor
the members Of conetess are fully up In
honesty and decency 70 the average Ameri-
can people. know it because have been
one myself. you know Gaughtcr). But what
has ell that to DO With whether this blu
am familiar with what Mr.. Kelley said
afterwards, but am now going to read
to you what he said when this bill was
up in the house on the report Of Mr..
Hooper. II is not a speech that was
foor Of tie house. It Is Impossible to re- re.
tain the double standard The value Of
gold and silver continually fuctuatcs; you
i cannot determine this year what will be the
relative value Of gold and silver next year.
They were IS to 1 a short time ago; they
are 16 to / now. Hence all experience has
shown that you must have one standard
i coin which shall be q legal tender for all
i others..'
The Act of 1873.
Mr.. Horr then took ue the history Of the
decentralization act and proceeded to show
the stages through which 1t had passed.
and that its anal@ enactment was not until
after 1t had been before congress for more
than thPAA YNaFA
j Nj. Harvey then fetnrned to the attack
upon the honesty Of legislators throughout
the country, including congressman In the
Colorado and Observation-Disclosures This ve-
naiity was sapping the foundations Of the
4 government as 1t had sapped the founda-
tlons and destroyea,e every republic Of the
Nj NJ: Horr again returned to the defssnse of
the honesty Of the American people. He
said Mr.. Harvey merely picked out few
corrupt men. and drew from them thc
proposition that the people Of the nation
lived in Jobs time he would have looked
over that unfortunate mans sores and would
have given. out and published Throughout
the world that all Challeq was an IMMENSE
carbuncle. g :
Mr.. Horr then. amid laughter said he
sion. and proceeded with the history Of the
demonstration act. pointing out how the
bill had been read In full several times and
printed separately eleven times and twice Id
the reports Of the controller Of the cusren.
cy. The debates In the senate On 1t occu.
pied sixty-six column. In the Cehsressiienal
Record. In the report 9f tho committee il
was stated that II had been examined line
BY line and wofd by word. aud was finally
passed. He would show that. In 10 doing,
the senate knew what It was about.
Nj. Harvey. In reply. said that Mr. Horr
would have TO retreat from his position
wheR the proper time came. In point of
fact. the bill about which he was talking
was not the bill finally passed. Judge Kel.
ley. In presenting the bill In hepyhouse.
said that It was merely codlhcation Of the
mint laws. In response TO q question.
Judge Kelly replied that the bill made no
chance In the value Of the coins of the
nation. In 1872, when the bill came up
again, It vas spoken Of as bill on a dry
subject. and members lost interest. It WAS
at that time, No appears from the Record.
that the hrst disclosure of the intention to
change the standard to gold was made In n
speech BY Mr. Hooper. But there was rea.
son to believe that the speech was not act
uaiiy delivered. but was printed by leave
that To-. It was read from manuscript and
these words omitted. But no reference was
made to the decentralization Of silver. On
the enrolment Of the bill. clause was
omitted which had the effect or limiting the
coinage Of silver.
Mt. Horr replying. charged. Mr.. Harvey
with quoting atsln1le sentence, and leaving
out the modifying context. The record
showed that the statement vas made In g
running debate. and was not under leave II
print. IN the very speech referred to ny
provided teF 4 standard 'ia single metal"
Instead N, q before. In two metals, and
that al! coins. except subsidiary coins.
should b. of sold, NJ. Horr then spoke Of