Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1895-07-27
copyright 1895, by Azel F. Hatch ]


copyright 1895, by Azel F. Hatch
CHICAGO, July 22.-After a days rest
for the participants, the Horr-Harvey
debate was resumed at o'clock Satur-
day afternoon.
Il wish to say" began Mr.. Harvey,
that 1 have not in the progress of this
debate yet made any charge against
the integrity of the American people,
but do not intend that those who are
corrupt in high places shall escape crit
icism by throwing around them as a
cloak the integrity of the American
| people" - 5y- ,. '.. !.
The discussion of the act of 1898, by
which silver was demonetized, was
then taken up, Mr.. Potter's part in the
transaction being the subject. The
author of "Coin" quoted freely from
the congressional record, to show that
Mr.. Hooper, of Massachusetts,, moved
70 dispense with the reading of the
sub-bill demonetizing silver. Here
was an attempt" said MIR. Harvey, ito
legislate on the life-blood of a nation
without reading the bill"
Mr.. Horr then devoted himself to a
defense of Mr.. Hooper's action on read
ing the bill of 1878.
1t was now Mr.. Harvey's turn again
and he continued reading from the
congressional record of the sub-bill
advocated by Mr.. Hooper In reply tc
question, Mr.. Hooper had said the
bill made no changes in the existing
coinage laws. Shortly afterward-
within an hour-the bill was passed
without being read. Mr.. Harvey now
went into the history of the bill. Sena
tor Sherman, he alleged, had made fre
quent citations from the records il
proof of his assertions, made repeated
attempts to accelerate action on the
bill when the matter was first brought
up in the senate and to convince the
other senator's that the bill was one O.
no Importance whatever and they neet
not give over an hour altogether to it.
consideration, "and in these things,
continued the speaker, she succeeded.
Resuming the discussion of the law
of 1878, the New York champion
quoted from w. A. Shaw's History O
Currency" in reference to the first in
ternational monetary conference helt
in Paris in 1867, to show that the sub
, ject was being agitated by the civil
! lied nations of the world. All the ma
tions except Holland declared in favo
of the gold standard after eight dali,
} sessions. 1t was after this action, il
which the United States participates
that the American experts commences
to examine the question and see wha
Legislation should be enacted. The bill
, of 1878 simply carried out resolution
of ali those civilized nations of th
world.
: The silver men from the start had at
5 tempted to smirch that bill by claim
} ing that the officials and members O
2 congress were all false to their duties
: There was not word of truth in tn
r yarn told by the silver people and pull
t lished in a thousand papers all owe
: the United States that man name
Ernest Seyd visited the United State
: and brought with him S5OO,00O in golC
= and that he paid that gold to secur
a the passage of that bill.
Mr.. Harvey-The report of the nor
t etary conference at Paris in 1867 wi
o contradict the history that Mr.. Hor
d has read from. AS to Ernest Seyd an
e letter found among Mr.. Hooper's e
n fects since he and Seyd died, remind
me of this: Suppose in the years t
e come some one would say that John
t Carlisle was bimetallist and in proc
e of it read from Mr.. Carlisles speecl
v 1.-The demonetization of silver is TIL
$ greatest crime of the age and it's col
d sequences for evil are greater than a
d the floods, and fires, and pestilences {
= the past" Would that prove that MI
o Carlisle was a bimetallist at partic,
= lar time when something might
charged against him when he acted {
= secretary of the treasury under M
e Cleveland?
D Mr.. Horr-A provision had been il
n troduced in the house and was appareI
d in the bill, for coinage of a dollar pr
If ciselv like the fve-franc piece in use
n France-no doubt about it. The sena