Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-23
1r. Harvey: mo, sir; he does not"
lr. HOrr: Did he every,

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Mr.. Horr: Did he ever?'
Mr.. Harvey: ''Never did,"
Mr. uorr: ''Well, it would not hurt him
If he had. would it?''
Mr. Harvey: ''No, SIR"
Mr.. Horr: HE could own stock In the
bank and still keep honest, could not he?''
Mr.. Harvey: Eyes"
''NIr. Horr: "A man could he successful
in life without creating in me any spirit of
envy. l have learned that men who ac-
cumulate money and then invest it in build.
ing up great industries for the benefit of
the people who earn wages bless this ma
t1on; and any system which Injuries them
necessarily Injuries the people who live by
daily toll. Consequently I am just as zeal
GUS In my efforts to prevent financial dis
aster to the business men Of this nation as
l am to see to 1t that the wages of the
Workingmen are not cut in two by using a
debased and deprecated measure Of values
(Applause.) When you divide the unit Of
measure. the value of 1t, into two pieces.
and make them take. the half for the whole,
you have injured them in a way that is be-
yond computation"
Mr. Harvey: "In the presentation of de-
MonetizatiOn I have called attention to
the condition, morally, of cong .ess at the
time of the passage Of the act; to impeach-
ment charges against Vice President COL
fax, in 1873, for fraud in connection with
legislation, and to the resignation of Secre-
tary OF War Belknap for bribery in 1873.
l now proceed, after first stating for Mr..
Horr's information that Dplmar, the Eng
iish historian, says that the act of 1916
demonetizing silver In England Lad q clause
ID 1t that 1t might be reinstated by the
KING; that that clause giving q right to re-
lnstatement, was repealed in 1871, and that
the act on which 1t was repealed was. with
III two weeks In the hands Of Mr.. Knox.
the controller of the United. S:a'es treas
ury (applause), and was in part the basis
Oh the act In this country. There was an
era OF corruption In congress at that time
CLINTON Colgate confessed b, fore the wavs
and means committee of 1873 to the use
OF money to influence the Incorporation of
speclai features In the internal revenue
OIL testlfying among other things that
: h"res Sherman of Ohio, brother of
senator Sherman, had been paid $4,000 by
.; .ne new YORK stock exchange III connec-
;ioh win the revenue bill The officials of
the stock exchange were sulnoeuard- and
,ne iacts developed that while the money
had not been paid, Judge sherman had
rendered bill to the exchange for his
services and, as he claimed, for securing
tne services of his brother, Senator Shcr.
- ,t'n' .,, ~ put the bill through (Applause)
i would readily exhaust the words of this
u. a. Datc TO go into all the Investigations of
that notorious congress-
HOrr Defends COnnressmen.
MI. Horr: 1.-THE attempt of Mr.. Harvey 10
sh'ifch the congress- Of the United States
ana make the people of this country be-
lie'e ne that the people who acted as members
corrupt, and have been subject to nurchSse
ana sale, can be characterized oniy as in
famous. (Applause) No nation on the face
OF the earth ever had u purer set of leris
lators than have been in the congress- Of
TINS country during its existence. There sit
pe1ofe me several members Of congress who
seiseu win me In several congresses, and
appeal 10 each and every one Of them IL,
during their entire services. they ever saw
or mlstrusted that money was being used tn
purchase members of congress. / served
Six years without ever knowing that an IN.
stance of that kind had occurred during the
congresses III which Il 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 :hieves and scoundrels,
they had better stop before they begin.
lApplause) The people of this country-and
the congressman is no exception-as an av-
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
Shcrman?''
Mr.. Horr: "Judge Sherman resigned i'm
mcdiately. They drove him from the
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
Is here given, is discontinued in the pro.
posed bill. 1t is by law the dollar unit.
The present gold dollar piece is made the
dollar unit in the proposed BILL" ,"
voice in the audience: 'When was that
writtcn?'
Mr.. Horr: "Just before it was sent to
congress- In 1870. 1t was a part of the re-
port that Secretary Boutwell, sent to the
senate in the spring OF, 1870. 1t accom-
panied the bill and was printed i'll the
public documents as being ain 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 enrollment
of the mint bill; and indicates the power,
In this instance, a corrupt clerk could have
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 OH borrowed
capital, and $4,000 when the act passed.
The Chicago Tribune of Feb. 21, 1878, 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). -
Stand. UP for Americans.
Mr. Horr: "Nr. 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 1t in
earnest, because it Is a lie against human
ity Qong continued applause). 1t 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 a motto that no.
body but villain like Aaron Burr ever
could have originated, and I am surprised
that in the nineteenth century q man will
base his case upon the proposition that
the people Of our grand republic are mostly
villains; because l say to you In all candor
the members Of congress are fully up in
honesty and decency to the average Ameri-
can people. / know it because I have been
one myself, you know Qaughter). But what
has all that to do with whether this bill
was properly presented and discussed?
am familiar with what Mr.. Kelley said
afterwards, but am now going to read
to you what he said when this bill was
up iii the house on the report of Mr..
Hooper It As not speech that was
printed by leave This took place on the
floor of the house. 1T Is impossible to re-
tain the ,~dOuble standard. The value Of
gold and silver continually huctuates; you
cannot determine this year what will be the