People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-18

corn. A unit Of value is the unit In
which values are expressed. The val
ues of both gold and silver are ex-
pressed in the act of 1892, so we have
two units of value. Ii both had not
been so expressed we could not have
bimetallism."
Mr.. Harvey.-"Yesterday at the
close, after | had quoted as authority
for silver being the unit the statute
itself the utterances Of Secretary Gal
latin, a decision by Chief Justice
Chase of the supreme Court of the
United States, and other numerous
authorities, including Roswell G. Horr
OF New York, Mr.. lIorr then admitted
that the silver dollar was the unit Of
value and the record of Yesterday
shows that. Now, in view of the at.
tempt to try to twist something back
into the discussion by which we are
10 believe him as saying one thing
yesterday and something else TODAY |
leave him to such a fate as the readers
OF this debate think proper. IAN.
plauSe.)
I'm his constant attempt to try to
discuss bimetallism, the relation Of
silver and gold, before we get to that
which is in the second chapter of the
school" he is trying to mix the sub.
Jects up. When we get there we will
see that neither Mr.. Horn nor Judge
vincent knows what bimetallism is.
and many things that he is DOW mixed
up on will then be cleared and Mr..
Horr will be even babe. (Applause.)
I'VE agreed to take up the subject
OF demOnetization, the act of 1873. in
today's debate and having waited for
MN TO 0egin' and he not beginning, l
Will now start" (Applause.)
Mr. HOrr; 81 beg pardon, you mis-.
quote me. | stated last night that I
had not got through with the unit of
value, that l had some other things
to submit in so many words and we
did not agree to take up any other
subject at any particular session. only
that we would take them in a certain
order and let them run until we had
finished them"
Mr.. Harvey: "And in that order
the crime Of 1873, as we call it. came
next after the discussion of the unit"
Mr. Horr: Il am not through yet"
Mr.. Harvey: "Well | am and will
60 on. (Laughter.) Words are our
ammunition in this debate, $4,000 words
apiece being allowed to us and if tie
readers think that | have neglected
some side issues that Mr.. Horr has in.
trOduced, | want to tell them now
that | do it in order to devote nv
part of the words in this debate TO
that which will do them more good
than following Mr.. Horr's side
tracks" (Applause.l
Mr.. Horr, following on this subject
said: 1--WE now come TO the discus.
sion of the law which changed this
nation from bimetallic nation to
single standard nation-the law OF
lS73-which Brother Harvey kindly
calls a crime 1t has been called
that 50 long that there is nothing
novel in the name. propose 10 show
you during this discussion that DO
law has ever been passed by the Amer.
lean congress which was more com.
pletely and fully understood than the
law of 1873. The statement which he
read to you that the scheme was con-
cOcted in London is a simple assertion
upon which he cannot produce one
scintilla Of reputable truth-not one
word. 1t has been good many years
since England dictated the legisla-
tiOn Of this country. They have had
trouble to do it since 1776. Laugh
ter.l They would experience as much
difficulty now as they did then II they
should attempt it. The law of 1873
had its origin ds all such laws have, in
the brains Of experts. The question
of coinage, mintage, is one of the most
complicated problems with which
philosophical man has ever grappled.
If anybody will read the reports OF
the Confederation congress of the
United States, the one that came i'm
mediately after the colonial congress,
they will find that all the men who
even assumed to he able to discuss
the matter intelligently could be
counted on the fingers Of my two
hands,"
Mr.. Harvey: "Mr. Horn says haze
no proof that the scheme was coneOct-
ed in London to demonetize silver in
the United States. When l was a
boy went into court house one day
to hear criminal trial and | heard
lawyer say: "when crime is CON-
mstted and you want to detect the
criminal, look for the man that is ben
Gifted by the crime. (Applause.)
Reasoning by induction will more
invariably locate the criminal than
any human testimony. Silver was
demonetized in England and in Eng
land only prior to the day it was de-