The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-07-27

when IL was passed. had the trade dollar IN IL
DO you deny that. And ala not that take tho
place OF the other dollarf t
Mr. Harvey NO. air. Q4nughtcr)
Mr. Horr-I defy you 70 show anywhere a
word that substantlates that position II was
simple piece OF legislation and bears that
impression on It's face The only men who op-
posed that bill In the house were GARRISON n.
Potter and Mr.. Brooks, both miliionaires from
Wall street. both representing tho very
men that you say were trying TO impose that
bill upon this country for the purpose
OF aiding men who are rich. Was anything
more contemplate than q proposition OF that
kind" He branded as pure invention the
whole bracket business" OF provisions which
were purposeiy omitted from the bill which
passed He declared that the bill met with
little opposition solely because no one cared
at that time very much about the silver dol
lar. t&
Mr. Harvey-Ths other day. when Mr. Horr
said that the bin before the senate. as shown
by the Congressional Record. only had trade
dollar In IL. replied that whom got to tho
senate proceedings he would have TO retreat
from that position, and now he retreats OF his
own accord
lie spoke OF the history OF the bin in confer
cnce committee. ''whero the dirty work was
done and the conspiracy culminated." The
committee was not supposed TO have reversed
the action OF the two houses on any points
"Butthey had. They had taken out the 38&-graln
dollar tho size of the French fve-franc pieceth
dollar that was 10 float around the world the
dollar that would have put our system on the
Same basis ratio with France and the Latin
union" The report OF the senate finance COM
mittce turned up so altered rs 20
show that tho committee reported an amend
ment 70 strike out the silver dollar, so as 70
furnish the foundation for the conference COM
mittees fraudulent action. although the Sec
tion In which this occurs was passed as agreed
IN vxffhouf any anne nd fnonf Mt tho time being
considered 10 It.
Mr.. Horr said he had never intlmated that
the 3sf-grain dollar was not al sne time In the
bill. but he denied that IL was In any draft OF
the bin mado anything but subsidiary coin,
and defied his opponent 10 prove that the
clause making the gold dollar the unit OF value
was ever erased from the bin In any OF the
proceedings.
II was now Mr.. Harvcy's turn ngain and he
continued reading from the Congressional Rec
ord on the passage OF the substitute adyo-
Gated by Mr.. Hooper In reply to a
bill made no changes in the exist
ing coinage laws. shortly afterward -
within the hour-the bill was passed without
being read. Mr.. Harvey now went into the
senate history OF the bill. Senator sherman,
he alleged. anG made frequent citations from
the records In proof OF his assertions,
made repeated attempts to accelerate action
on the bin when the matter was first
brought up In the senate, and to convince the
other senators that the bill was one OF no i'm
portanco whatever, and they need not give
over an hour altogether to its consideration,
land in these things" continued the speaker.
Tho succeeded"
CHICAGO, July 24-Although the weather
was cool and pleasant Monday the attendance
at the Horr-Harvey debate dwindicd down
very pcrceptibly. There were just ATTY
three persons present when Mr.. Horr
rcopencd the discussion, for the first
time since the beginning OF the debate read
ing from manuscript During the nineteenth
century all the great countries had adopted
a gold standard. he asserted, but had not dis
carded silver. However, none o. them had
opened their mints 20 silver. He then dipped
into tho history OF finance IN France ana was
still talking of 1t when interrupted by the bell
An attack on Senator Morrill, followed. He was
not very careful OF the truth, said Mr..
Harvey, when he stated that no sill
yer dollars had been coined for many
years prior TO is7a Copies OF the mint reports
for several years previous to 1871 we're here
submitted showing that several millions Of
dollars had been coined during these periods.
Now" said the author OF Coin" ~ Senator
Morrill, couldn't tell the truth IN one particular
have right to assume that he could not tell
II in any"
Ho said: when senator Morrill, mado the as
sertlon that there had been no silver dol
lars coined for many years prior 10
1873 he did not mean To be taken
literally. He meant that in comparison
to the amount OF gold coined there had been
practically none coined, and that is true. Mr..
Harvey has way do not like OF trying 20
smirch the character OF everybody who diners
from him IN opinion. Mr. Harvey admits that
he made one bad misstatemcnt In his book.
and, according 20 MS method OF argument,
have n right TO assume that no is wrong In
everything"
Mr.. Harvey turned 20 tho discussion OF BIZ
metalllsm, taking up flrst that brqnoh OF IL re-
lating to unlimited coinage, and Vent into the
history OF the matter among other nations
III makes no difference" said Mr.. Horr.
what tho history OF unlimited coinage is IL
Is admitted on every hand that all nations
have now closed their minis TO silver ana that
is the main point"
Mr.. Horr quoted from Mr.. Harvey's book
that tho objection TO Independent blmetal-
lism Is that the parity between tho two metals
can not be maintained nc our ratio Of 10 10 I.
that is. the gold % $40 grains In the
gold dollar will be worth more than