Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-07-23
the silver dollar was the unit Of value, and
tie record OF Yesterday shows that. Now.


@he record Of yesterday shows that. Now,
In view Of this attempt to try to twist
something back into the discussion by
which we arr to believe him as saying one
thing yesterd~ y and something else to-day.
! leave him to >such fate as the readers OF
this debate think is proper. (Applause.)
In his constant attempt to try to discuss
b1metallism, the relation Of silver and gold,
before we get to that which Is In the sec.
ond chapter Of the school, he Is trying to
mix the subject up. When we get there
We Will see that neither Mr.. Horr nor
Judge Vincent knows what bimetallism is,
ana many things that he is now mixing us
on Will then be cleared. and Mr.. Horr will
be even as babe. Applause.) We agreed
20 take up the subject Of demonetization,
the act OF 1873, in to-day's debate, and
naving waited for him to begin and he
not beginning, l will now start" ZAP
plause)
Mr. Horr: II beg pardon; you misquote
me- stated last night that had not got
through with the unit Of value; that had
some other things to submit In so many
words, and We did not agree to take up
any one subject at any particular session,
only that we would take them in a certain
order, and let them run until we had fin
ished them"
Mr.. Harvey: 'And the order was that the
crime OF 1873, as we call it, came next after
the discussion Of the unit"
Mr. Horr: II am not through with that
yet"
mr. Harvey: "Well, am, and will go
On (Laughter.) Words are our ammunition
IN this debate, 10000 words apiece being al
!oWed us, and If the readers think that
nave neglected some side issues that Mr..
Horr has introduced, want to tell them
now that do it III order to devote my part
OF the words in this debate to that which
VIII 10 them more good than following Mr..
Horr off on the side tracks," (Applause.)
Mr. Harvey then discussed at length the
act of 1873.
The LAW of 1873.
Mr.. Horr, following on this subject, said:
we now come to the discussion Of the law
which changed this nation from bimetallic
nation to single standard nation, the law
OF 1873, which Brother Harvey kindly
names crime. 1t has been called that so
long that therc~ls nothing novel in the
name. l purpose to show you during this
discussion that no law has ever been passed
by the American congress-, which was more
free from faint, which was more carefully
examined, which was more completely and
fully understood. than the law of 1873. The
statement which he read to you that the
scheme was concOcted in London Is sim
pie assertion upon which he cannot produce
one scintilla of reputable truth; not one
word. 1t has been good many years since
England dictated the legislation of this
country. They have had trouble to do it
ever since 177G U1aughter.) They would
experience as much difficulty now as they
did then If they should attempt it. The
law of 1873 had Its origin, as all such laws
have, in the brains of experts.
The question Of coinage, mintage, is
most intricate one. 1t Is one of the most
complicated problems with which nhi'o-
sophicHl men have eve; grapped It has
been Il process of Development from the
earliest stages of humanity down to the
present time, which has given US the per-
feet system of money. though not as per-
feet as has come to be at this time If
anybody will real H. reports of the Con-
federate congress Of tie United States. the
one that came mm: diately after the colo
NAL congress, they will find that all the
men who ever assumed to 'be able to dis
cuss the matter intel!igcntly could be
counted on the fingers of my two hands"
Charges 1t to London Bankers.
MIR. Harvey-"Mr Horr says that l have
no proof that the sch me WIS concocted in
London to demonetize silver in the United
States. When l was boy I ewnt into a
court house one day to hear criminal
trial, and heard lawye: say: When q
crime Is committed, AMI you want to detect
the criminal. look at the man who is bene-
1ted by the crime (Applause) Reasoning
by Induction will more inv ri ,by locate the
criminal than any Uncertain human testi-
mony. Silver was d nj. .nct'zcd in England.
and In England only, prior to the day it
was demonetiz d in thi ) ,ornt v. Tsat is
Wnere the movement sta: ted-that is an.
DINER evidence. Lond nkls Initiated
the Paris conferences Of 1871, Of which
John Sherman was preset. Ihei efore, /
nave the right TO say the conspiracy orig
mated In London.
"Mr Horr says that the science of money
Is hard to understand. Ever since the
money lenders of the world Shack!cd the
people Of the WOcltr they have taught thc
people that money was hard to understand
(applause); that it is one of those difficult
things, as Mr.. Horr once said in his speech,
1T gives me Il headache o~'thing of it.
Qaughter; and you are not competent to
study 1t or understand it, and as long :,s
they can make yous believe that they haze
you In their power. You who study chemis-
try and can understand the most difficult
problems of scierce-chemistry and other
sciences-that would make a bankers head
dizzy to contemplate, we arc told you can
not understand the simple proposition of
money, that which you come into the use Of
every day.
Mr.. Horr has only taught III this debate
proposition that it is the interest of
every selfish money lender in the world to
advocate and he Is here advocating it (ap-
plause). In 1873, when this treacherous act
was passed. there was no specie currency
In this county. During all the years from
1892 to 1861 when it was actually in use
and being tested for it's merit 10 one pro-
posed to demonetize cithcf of the metals
except some money lenders from Europe
who proposed it in 1854 (applause) But at
that time, 1873, when it was not in cir
culation and was not needed then, the
mn
and as one congressman said when the
bill was offered in congress we are not
using gold and silver as money, have not
yet considered an act for the resumption of
specie payment, and the Introduction of
this bill at the present time either means a
trick or is a farce worthy of being carica-
tured by Thomas Mast"
,r Third Day.
Chicago, July 20-It was knife to the hilt
to-day in the Horr-Harvey encounter Mr..
Horr opened up the sharp work right at the
start. He said his opponent stated:
=; -" Mr.. Horr has only taught in this de-
bate proposition that is III the interest of
every selfish money lender in the world to
advocate, and he is here advocating it,.
~ say to my opponent now, am no
money lender. 1 have not a dollars interest
In any banking institution or American
corporation or any other corporations on
the face of the earth. have spent nv en-
tire life In working for a living. All the
early part of that life wass..spent In hard
work on a small farm. commenced work
Ing for myself at $40 per month. There is
hardly any kind Of manual labor in which
have not at some time in my life engaged,
consequently my sympathies are with peo.
pie who live by toll. Z never meet a man
digging In trench but what I feel like
taking off my hat and salutihg him, be-
cause I once dug bitches for 4 living. /
never meet a brakeman Or !: i,agsaseman
without: feeling kindly towards him, be-
cause for months was brakeman on d
freight train night and day, and my first
promotion toza bagga genlaater was. onf. Of