The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-07-19

the English historian. SAYS that the act OF
1915 demonetizing silver In England had
clause In IL that IL might be reinstatsd by
the king. that the act giving a right 10
re reinstatement was repealed in 1911, and that
the act by which IL was repealed was. with
in two weeks, in the hands OF Mr.. Knox
the Controller of the United States Treas
ury (applause), and was in part the basis
of the act OF this country. There was an
era OF corruption in Congress at the time.
Clinton Colgate confessed before the ways
and means committee of 1873 TO the use OF
money TO influence Incorporation OF special
features In the internal revenue bill. testify
ing. among other things. that Charles Sher-
man. of Ohio. a brother OF Senator Sherman,
had been paid $4,000 by the New YORK
Stock Exchange in connection with the rev.
enue bill. The officials OF the stock Ex-
change were subpoenaed, and the facts de-
veloped that, while the money had not been
paid. Judge Sherman had rendered bill
10 the exchange for his services, and as ne
claimed, for securing the services or his
through. applause 1t would readily ex-
haust the words OF this debate 10 go into
all the investigations OF that notorious Con-
gress.
Mr.. Horr-The attempt of Mr.. Harvey to
smirch the Congress OF the United States
and make the people believe that the men
who act as members OF Congress IN this
country as a rule are corrupt and have been
subject TO purchase and sale can be char
acterized only as infamous. (Applause) No
nation on the face OF the earth ever had
purer set Of legislators than have been in
the Congress of this country during its ex-
istence. There sit before me several mem
bers OF Congress who served with me In
several Congresses, and / appeal TO each
and every one of them IL during their en-
tire services they ever saw or mistrusted
that money was being used srat to & purchase chase
without ever knowing that an instance or
that kind had occurred during the Con-
crosses in which served. When men start
prove their course they must also prove
that the majority of the. best men OF this
country are thieves and scoundrels taey @
plause.) The people of this country-and
the Congressman Is no exception-as an av-
ebase tbas Judge srs sRerman Was guilty Of
That was never in any way connected Win
his brother John sherman. and you know
Mr.. Harvey-Did they inpeach Judge
Mr. Horr-Judge Sherman resigned imme-
Satsly after they drove ebr nm onOio, IT0 tne
this country would not permit man TO
hold a public position who would Go
thing of that kind. But what has that to
openly and squarely presented this Dill 10
Congress. Mr.. Knox said himself: The
history of which is here given. IS discon-
tinued In the proposed DILL. 1t Is by law
the dollar unit. The present gid dollar
posed posed bili.'
A voice in the audience-Whcn vas that
written?-
gress In 1870. II was part of the report
that Secretary Boutwell, sent to the Senate
in the session of 1870. 1t accompanied the
bill and was printed IN the public dccu-
ments as being an explanation of the bill
by order of the Senate. Is there sr. thing
hidden in those statements?
HARVEY CRIES CORRUPTION.
Mr.. Harvey-Among the many charges of
corruption made at tiiis tine QsiS). there
was one of significance when we consider
that silver was demonetized oy a si,gle
sentence being omitted from the report
Of the conference committee and enroll
ment of the mint bill and indicates the
power. in this instance, a corrupt clerk
could have. George A. Bassett, clerk of
the ways and means committee, Of 1873.
was charged with having leriau:ed $50
per month from the bankers and brokers OF
New York TO assist them In repeating the
tax on borrowed capital and $4,000 when
the act passed Chicago Tribune of Feb.
was demonetized, said: Turkish ccrrup-
ton under the pashas and beys or Rus
sian official rottenness could scarcely be
worse than il is here" tApplauSe.) The
salary grab bill passed March 3, 1874. The
people lose en- masse and f0rcc1 Congress
to repeal this bill, little dreaming at the
time that another bill had passed at that
Congress that robbed them of millions of
dollars The peope could understand the
salary grab, but they could not understand
scientific spoliation OF their rights. Gap
plause.) To make plain how the fraud was
practiced, copy into my remarks Sec
tions % ana and 70 2 Oh the the oil, ,e as o II ~, Is sup
sage, together with the words fraudulently
enacted in brackets. Omit the words in
brackets and you have these sections; as as
the words in brackets and you have the
sections as the bill was supposed to have
Mr.. HorreWhere is that from? don't
understand.
Mr.. Harvey--I take the two sections as
add. between brackets. the words that were
erased from the bill
Mr.. Horr-By whom?
Mr.. Harvey continring(-surreptitious In
Mr.. Horr-By whom? What proof have
you that anything was erased?
a little later. The standard silver dollar
was frauduently omitted after the bill
had passed both houses. (Applause) 1t will
such fraud could be practiced and the
hesitancy with which they accept Its truth
attests the integrity OF our CITIZENSHIP. Be
fore offering my proof and i promise you
it shall be conclusive, / wish TO speak
of official crimes.
man OF the committee reporting the bill.
to show that in 1873 we were not using coin.
and that. neither house appreciated the
scope and magnitude of the bill or had
given 1t special study. particularly as it
was bill to reorganlze the mint. not TO re-
wise the coin money of the country. Con-
tnuing Mr.. Harvey said: Secretary OF
War Belknap committed a crime and con-
tessed II, as have many others u; high OFF,
cial life, and II is believed, because IL Is
confessed. The percentage OF those who
confess to those who are otherwise found
guilty and punished Is probably not to ex-
ceed l per cent, and only small proper
tfon of those corrupted are ever arraigned.
few years ago. and within our own recol-
lection, four prominent members of the
national legislature of France were found
guilty and sentenced 70 punishment for ac-
cepting bribes 70 control their votes in con-
nection with the construction of the Pan
anna canal No people are naturally more
tenacious of their liberties than the Irish.
vet through the efforts OF the INSCRIPTIONS
diplomatic. Lord Castlereagh, English gold.
chased the dissolution OF the Irish Parla-
ment Since then home rule in Ireland has
been prevented by the influence of the aris-
tocracy Of England side-tracking' the issue
OF home rule AS long as the dominant
power can prevent matters like this finan-
cal question coming TO political issue.
thereby deceiving the people with party
platforms. or by preveting an issue from
being made up. they can continue to ac-
complish the work already begun Home
rule In Ireland Is in that condition. The
paper. says: For all political purposes the
free-silver dogma Is as dead in the United
States to-day as the home-rule doctrine in
England. Both out of the range OF po-
practical politics. Such insidious state
rnents as that telling them that II is not
an issue-in other words. that they cannot
get an opportunity to vote for. that which