Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-18
HARVEY AND H0RR.
The Currency Debate on the Boards at
Chicago.
AUDIENCE STILL h'"'
asIt,m'. "NiddIc Ages" and Other
.uthoritics Drawn on the SILVER
,-,..,,uion--CoId Advocate Charged
With Dodging the Issues.

(Copyrlghted. 1895. by Azel +. HatchJ
CHICAGO. Ill, July 1.-THE second
session OF the Horr-Haryey silver debate
began at 2 O'Clock IN the auditorium OF
me Illinois Club. before the same I'M
tied audience.
Mr. uorr began by quoting Han
f,,,,s .NIldGie Ages as authority
10 prove the fallacy Of Mr.
,I,rvoy's statement In his book
.ogordinc the dcgcneracy Of the world.
commercially, in the fifteenth century,
a. a result Of the depreciation Of silver.
ua cited from Professor James Etheold
r,,rers 90 rcfute the statements made by
Mr.. Harvey that the price Of wheat had
f,u.n I'm that period, and that the con-
,,.il, ~ the masses became more miser-
milo with the passage from the itteenth
g. the fourteenth century, as charged 10y
,fr Harvey. Hindman was also ciied
g. contradiction Of the silver champion
tffe.uth-contury statements. lie con-
Guided: Mr. Harvey and his free-silver
friends identify prosperity with the iot
o. the nobility Of Europe, ana not Win
that Of the toilers.
"Nlr. Harvey stands as the exponent Of
ihe rich. ana not Of the toilers' whose
welfare should first be considered by 'He
legislation Of the State
Mr.. Harvey replied that ne volunteereh
g. explain The preface to his book because
cold-standard papers all over the country
,,7 bis silver friends from New YORK
and elsewhere had declared that IL was
n forgery. and he aid not intend to argue
with Mr. H0rr that the monetary com
mission. from the report Of which 'he
,.,o,ation was made. did not know what
4, v,as talking about. He declintd 10
have his mind diverted from the resu.
I,r argument. and logical arrans emeht Oh
the debate. g.. no,
Ne declared that the debate so far hai
eottlod the question as 60 What was U''
money of the Constitution, when was
tho uni, Of values as hXed hy the trainers
80 D,e Constitution. The keynote when
ha wanted e. sound was that theie WIS
M good reason fur dcbaeiuE one ol 'hr
metals. when gold and silver hal nv"
honest money for centuries When uhner
free coinage and equal treatment b''h
had equal puTchdsng-pJ"er I'D l"e.r ON"
right ana when population ana 'ne u'
inand ON the money market N'"ii "'
growing every year.
Mr.. Horn. 10 "clinch this business.
which ne declared his opponent had not
done read from Professor george Gun
toms Wealth and Progress 10 show
there was "a rise instead Of "a IAN IN the
nricc Of wheat in the fifteenth century
uud "a corresponding increase in the early
mart OF the sixteenth century The prices
Ie auotel per quarter showed that wheat
had been steadily advancing instead or
falling. as claimed by his opponent.
lie resented Mr. Harycy's severe crit
cism Of Judge Vincent Tor oecidihS ih
fis remarks Yesterday the question
whether the trainers OF the bill az 1879
intended TO establish two measures OF
yalus. Ic he'd noticed that when people
got tho frec-silVcr craze they instantly
became sgotstical and abusive Of every
one who differed with them.
Judge Vincent had decided the Que8tloh
as submitted 60 him by individuals as he
honestly believed was right ana u was
right. hut Mr.. Harvey had called nm
dishonest.
UNIT or VALUE.
AIr. IIorr reod from "a letter Of Mr.
Leach. for many years director Of the
mint. who took precisely the same view
the unit Of value was inconsistent with
the bimctaiHc system. This decision was
exactly in accordance with the facts. The
laws authorized gold-dollar unit and
eilver-d0llar unit different from each
other in intrinsic value. That was the
reason IN. law of 1873 was proposed.
Mr.. Harvey. rcplyinE declared that
MT. Horr had admitted yesterday that
the silver dollar was the unit Of value
and the record showed IL. Now be- at
tempted 10 twist something back into
the discussion by which he was % be be-
ilevcd az saving one thing yesterday and
something else to-day Mr.. Horr was ac-
Cuscd of trying 90 mix things Dr dis
cussing bimctallism and The relation OF
silver and gold. which were in the second
chapter Of the book. lie asserted that
neither Mr.. Horr nor Judge Vincent knew
any more about bimeialliSm than baby.
re accused his opponent Of travelling on
side-tracks and negltcting 20 follow the
agreed order OF discussion.
He then introduced a discussion Of The
demonstration of silver and the crime
az 1873. lie iccused Senator sherman Of
I.ing tho arch-conspirat0r and European
Hnaucicrs his accOmplicCs.