Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-07-22
Brings Forth Hot Words by Mr..
Dl6rF.
HARVEY STAYS NTH his NAN
While HOrr Drag, in Much Out
side Rubbish.

CHICAGO, July p In the cloee 8
the Horr. Harvey debate IA urday, in
the midst Of the discussion On the
act Of '73 HOrr insisted upon asking
"Ougbt we again to throw open The
minis TO the free coinage Of silver?
when I have read the prD.td
record Of " bat Mr.. Horr hes jusi said,
Mr. Harvey replied, at Will be tn p
enough for me to take up the sui jec'
am not done with the subject 1h'
aet Of 1853 served the purpO~e Of the
men who were seeking t. Overtbr
the standards If money ia this wsy
In 1853, on HcCs uBt Of the exportsIioh
Of our silver coins by ressOn ci iLF
French ratio Of Is! 20 Icing less lhfn
ours, 10 to L.. cOngrefs, L" . g
serve the silver uDit ordered, by s'',
that fractional silver, 80 cents and hfs.
should be cut down In 81" tu lie
french ratio io stop u txp"it. The
silver unit wss preserved and could he
preserved without even coming sin-
gle one Of them.
Now then, fractional silver bad It's
legal tender character taken from It
because II was not Of foil weight. IL
was not made full weight because +
the expectation, and IL was made Dcn.
legal tender because IL was not Of full
weight, awaiting further consideration
whether we would go to the French
ratio as q whole or not. So that when
tine bill in 1873 wss being considered at
the time when nobody Was thinking
about coins, and very few knew any
thing about them, these men who were
Steering the bill said: We are re-eu-
acting the act of 1883 The act OF 1873
served their purpose To get the ian
guage IN the bill concerning the frsc.
tlonal coir and the preceding clRure
that had the dollar In IL iutO the Ian.
guage Of the act OF 1873. so that all
they had 10 do was 10 strike out the
line that had the dJllar In 1t and,
they had an act without any free coin
age about IT.
II have before me tie iles Of the
Chicago TIibune from 1873 This bill
was passed In the senate January IL, 30
that the morning papers Of the 18th
would contain any news showing that
the fundamental laws Of the govern.
ment had been changed. The only
reference lhst appeared Ia that paper
10 Ia press telegram from Washing
ton, which Is this; Mr. sherman
9 .lisd up the bill 10 revise aud amend
she laws relating 10 mlnts, assay offices
aud eoinage of the United States, which
was amended aud passed
THAT II an, one ~ The morsy
IA stalls ~ the llniied states, as il i-
nsw conceded. was struck down W
that bill. ~ that ons ~ the moneys ~
tue constitution bal been oysrthrJSn
n lnformallon " lbs fact Was Goa
ysysd ~ the psope hot through the
assspapsfs ~ lhs epuntty."
re- Her, ia replying, said
"If ME Harvey shall sueesod Ia
proving that ths people ~ The 4 nllsd
\ slss 10 isIl wss nioslly 90 ~ coo
fspi sepusdfsls, snd that be- 10 nally
lhs anly puis and DpIiahi mao lsii il
lbs rlly ~ ChiraFo, q Won't svai hiui
sgyiblus ~ ihls ds,'sls.' p lhsss qsss
loas as poi lsfiinssl "a lbs qassiian /
D sdsg olspuis,n
Ths oanlss's0is lsieg olssIly 81 ioE
ssfhfsds - ~ lbs Ia,lni ~ discussion,
llfis fsfliisf pspsns, wss made unill /
,djaafam "a sas laksa uaii A indsy /
lluf, ls go mag as,iinsd a. sllos
a s,sg a. sssis as saml'isd sny /
I'slfnasoi ~ limsl's sblrh iiefi /
4 ia n asDg ii"u ii,rn i's'A ~ ihs
'is " lls iRls'ps 'r'ilsi aisnsis'l eip'
s,saes ln psils 10 1897. ~ wnirb ihf
; pllas aglAt 4 Dslioss ~ ihs sni'd
} - gspissssl'd ssd ls'ipisd sHi lnp',
Itsf iilslf eiu'lss' tliys, - 'sis'
lslsls.~ Il "a ssil 80 iissFsi, isrlu !
- il,s usH "a aisss, Fsisa uasf
! ,ss $50 ~ sssElips ~ ihs 90
smsisliss ~ nAlssd ~ fss . ~ $40
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