River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-25

1867. 10 show that the subject was being agi-
tated by the civilized nations OF the world.
All the nat ms except Holland declared
In favor of the standard after eight daily ses-
sions. 1t was after this action, in which the
United States participated that the American
experts commenced TO examine the question
and see what legislation should be enacted.
The bill OF 1873 simply carried out resolution
OF all those civilized nations OF the world
Mr. Horr-A provision had been introduced
In the house. and was part OF the bill, for
coming dollar precisely like the fye-franc
piece in use In France-no doubt about it The
senate struck that provision out OF II and sub
st.tuted the trade dollar for that Ss4-grain doll
lar
Mr. Harvey-If you will show me from the
record OF the proceedings in the senate on
that day that the senate struck out that dol
lar. We VIII stop this debate right here
Mr. Horr-I have not the record. The law,
when IL was passed, had the trade dollar ia It.
Do YOU deny thatg And did not that take the
place OF the other dollar?
Mr. Harvey--No sir. CLaughier)
Mr. Horr-I defy you TO show anywhere a
word that substantistes that position Il was
simple piece OF legislation and bears thai
impression on its face The only men who OPP
posed that OIL in the house were Cllrkson y.
Potter and M Brooks, both millionaires from
Wall street, botn representing the very
men that you say were trying to impose that
II aiding men who are rich Was anything
more contemplate than proposition OF that
kind. He branded as a pure invention the
whole bracket business" of provisions which
were purposelJ 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 doll
lar
Mr. Harvey-Tne other day. when Mr.. Horr
said that the bill before the senate, as shown
by the Congressional Record, only had a trade
dollar in it. replied that when l got to the
senate proceedings he would have to retreat
from that position, and now he retreats Of his
own accord.
He spoke OF the history Of the bill in confer.
ence committee, where the dirty work was
done and the conspiracy eliminated. The
committee was not supposed to have reversed
the action OF the two houses on any points.
But they had They had iken out the 3s4-grain
dollar, the size of the French fvefrane piece the
dollar tn I was to loat 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
mittee turned up altered as to
show that the committee reported an amend.
ment to strike out the silver dollar, SO as TO
furnish the foundation for the conference COM
mittee's fraudulent action, although the Sec
tion in which this occurs was passed as agreed
on without any amendment at the time being
CouSl1efeu 10 IL.
Mr. HoTr said he had never minated that
the JSi-graln dollar was not at one time in the
bill, but he denied that it was in any draft of
the bill made anyt aing Cut a subsidiary cola,
ana fled his opponent to prove that the
clause making the gold do lar the unit of value
ever erased from the bill in any OF the
proceedings
1t was now Mr. Harvey's turn again and he
continued reading from the Congress sional Rec
ord on the passage of the substitute advo-
Gated by Mr. Hooper in reply TO a
question, Mr. Hooper had said the
bill made 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
seaate history Of the bill. Senator sherman,
he alleged, ana made frequent citations from
the records in proof of his assertions.
made repeated attempts to accelerate action
on the bill when the matter was frat
brought up in the senate, and to convince the
other senators that the bill was one o. no i'm
portance whatever, and they need not give
over an hour altogether to it's consideration,
land in these things" continued the speaker,
ne succeeded