The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-07-31
0COLOITES CHACRINED
Iastigators Of the Horr.Harvey Debate
Are Deeply Disap-
pointed.
Yree Coinage Advocate Experiences 10
Difficulty in Downing His
Opponent

the gold champion in the HOrr-HarVey
debate has cried Hold, enough" And
with the third interruption, the debate
may be said to have practically come to
an end. Not that the war OF words is
by any means over, but the contest i'm
plying the use of argument by two sides,
is finished. On one side, argument has
given way to invective, sarcasm, ridi-
Guile and personal abuse, while against
this wofully mixed up torrent Of words
hurled at him by his opponent, Harvey
has steadfastly refused to diverge from
the path of cold logic which he laid out
for himself to establish the assertions in
"Coin's Financial School,"
What is perhaps more to the point the
very men who were instrumental in bring
ing about the debate, the men who dared
Coin-Harvey, after his successful bout
Chicago Times-Herald, to match swords
with the champion Of gold champions,
Roswell G.. Horr, these very men are the
first to throw up the sponge and confess
their candidate beaten.
And with true capitalistic gratitude
they take their revenge in the shape of
ridicule and insult, heaped upon the head
of the foolish man whom they persuaded
to leave the editorial sanctum of a New
York paper to set the Western world
Alright. If Roswell G. Horn does not re-
turn to New York convinced of the
criminality of the perpetrators of the
act of 1873, he certainly will admit that
the followers of the doctrines of that act
have queer IDEAS of what should consti-
tute hospitality, at least in Chicago.
From beginning to end it is disgusting
story, and should make Horr confess him
self like Falstaff thoroughly ashamed Of
his following.
When Professor Laughlin, of the Chi
cago University, undertook to set creation
Alright by means Of signed editorials in the
Chicago Times-Herald, his employer, H.
H. Kohlsaat, conceived the idea that it
would be brilliant advertisement for his
newly purchased newspaper to match
Laughlin against Harvey. The challenge
was promptly accepted by the latter, and
the bout resembled one of those famous
sparring matches which John L. Sullivan
used to get up for the glorification and
discontinue of would-be country pump
kin pugilists. Only Laughlin didn't last
even a single round. The knockout blow
delivered by Harvey was enough not only
to silence the wordy professor in the arena
OF debate, but even to put him asleep on
the editorial page Of the Times-Herald
-whefeon his tortuous sophistries are no
longer to be seen.
Then came council of war among the
goldbugs of Chicago. Silver and Harvey
must be squelched at all hazards. Who
SO potent to effect a double victory as that
veteran Roswell G.. Horn, who, according
to his autobiography, skillfully rung in
during this debate, had done all sorts Of
work from digging trenches to. being
bank president, and Sir-oracle Of the cap
italists from the forum of a great daily
newspaper. A courteous not to say flat
tering, invitation was sent to Harvey
asking him to meet the gold champion in
an exhaustive debate that should settle
forever and lay the accuracy, or other
wise, of "Ccin's Financial School,
Again the challenge was accepted, and
in due course the debate has taken place,
hilated Herr is longing for the end of his
horrible task and still more horrible pun
ishment.
AS might have been expected, the his
tory of the debate is but a succession of
instances of deceit, d.scourtesy and bad
faith in one shape or another towards
the young Virginian who has proved such
David to the monometalists Goliath.
Two or three weeks before the day OF
the debate. an emissary of H. H. Kohl
saat and E. F. Cragin-a hanger-on of
the Worlds Fair before the business men
of Chicago took that enterprise in hand
and bounced him-aproached Secretary
Bowen in Harvey's office with a propo-
sition. This was to the effect that in
order to give every possible advantage
and publicity to the debate, he had made
arrangements with Melville E. Stone, of
the Associated Press, for a two-coumn
story Of the subject Of the debate, which
should be sent to every newspaper in the
Associated Press. To make this story
absolutely impartial, each side should
subscribe to half of it in the shape of
thirty reasons why they expected to win
out in the debate. And as a means of
expediting matters, Cragin has written
out a summary of the silver side which
he left with Bowen to be corrected as
desired and to be signed by the silver
advocates.
"Now I want this story tonight without
fail" said Cragin to Bowen, "and it will
be all the better if we have any five or
six of the strongest men of each side to
sign it. That will give it local color,
and as these men have also national
reputation, it will add to it's weight in
the Associated Press papers, where it is
to be published"
To his own and Harvey's signatures,
Bowen succeeded in obtaining those of
four other silver men, and rushed the
signed document to Cragin's office so
that it might get on the Associated Press
wires as early as possible. Next day
Bowen bought every Chicago paper, but
not trace of the Associated Press dis
patch could he find. Cragin explained
that it had been too late the night be-
fore, but that it would be surely sent
that day. But the next day still no publ
cation appeared; nor the next, nor the
next, nor the next week, nor the week
after that, nor the week after that until
the day of the debate itself. Then the
two-column story of reasons" appeared
in the Chicago Times-Herald, with six
signatures to the silver side, and nine to
the gold side.
"And what makes the matter even
more disgusting" said Mr.. Bowen to
your correspondent, lis that I explicitly
asked Mr.. Cragin whether the matter
was intended for the Times Herald or
not, as informed him that under no cir
cumstances would 1 contribute to the
Times Herald after its unfair treatment
of us. He assured me as solemnly that
the matter was only for the Associated
Press, and that under no circumstances