The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-19
MR.. HORR GETS HOT
Mr.. Horr: .By whom? What proof
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Mr.. Horr: by whom? What proof
have you that anything was erased?''
!. Mr.. Harvey: III get to the proof of
/; that little later The standard silver
| dollar was fraudulently omitted after
| the bill had passed both houses ZAP
plause)
1T will be questioned by our best cit
liens that such a fraud could be prac-
ticed, and the hesitancy with which
| they accept its turth attests the integ-
rity of our citizenship. Before offer
ing my proof. and / promise you ii
shall be conclusive. 1 wish TO speak OF
official crimes
Mr.. Harvey quoted Judge Kelley.
chairman of the committee reporting
the bill, to show that in 1878 we were
not using coin, and that neither house
appreciated the scope and magnitude
OF the bill. or TO have given it special
study. particularly as il was bill TO
Te-organize the minis, not TO revise the
coin money of the country.
SIDE LIGHTS ON HISTORY.
Continuing Mr.. Harvey said:
Secretary of War Belknap commit
ted crime and confessed il. as have
many others in high official life. and it
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-
coed 1 per cent, and only small pro-
portion Of those corrupted are ever ar
raigned.
"A few years ago. within our own re-
collection. a few prominent members
of the national legislat ure of France
were found guilty and sentenced 10
punishment for accepting brides to con
troll their votes, in connection with the
construction of the Panama canal
mo people are naturally more ten
acious of their liberties than the Irish.
yet through the efforts OF the unscru-
pulous diplomat, Lord Castlerea gh.
English gold. supplemented by roy
alty's gifts of titles. purchased the dis
solution of the Irish parliament.
Since then home rule in Ireland has
been prevented by the influence of the
aristocracy of England side tracking
directing the issue of home rule. As
long as the dominant power can pre-
vent, 1t. like this financial question.
from coming to a political issue, either
by deceiving the people with party plat
forms, or by preventing an issue from
being made up. they can continue TO
accomplish the work already begun.
Home rule in Ireland is in that condi-
ton.
1.-The Chicago Post Of yesterday, a
gold standard paper, says: For all
political purposes the free silver dogma
is as dead in the United states today
as the home rule doctrine in England.
Both are out of range of practical poll
tics
such insidious statements as that.
telling them it is not an issue-in other
word, that they cannot get an oppor-
tunity TO vote for that which they have
a right TO vote for. is their method OF
suppressing popular liberty
MR. HORR TRUSTS FOLKS.
Mr.. Horr-"Mr. Harvey still contin-
ues 10 rest his case upon an attempt
to prove that the human family IS
made up of scoundrels; that there is no
such thing as honor among the people
of this or any other country.
THE infamous statement that every
man has his price ought to be branded
upon the brow Of every man who will
quote ii in earnest because ii is a lie
against humanity. Oong and contin-
ued applause.) And it is eQualed only
by the other statement that there is no
such thing as virtue among the women
of the United States or any other coun-
try
Mr.. Harvey-"I didn't make that state
ment."
Mr. Horr-"That was motto that
nobody but a william like Aaron Burr