New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21

bx the act Of 1873 on account OF the overproducton
Of silver se question b2 by M I IN Se third day OF
the debate, sixth. that NB,00o OF sil soha,e e
coined by our mnis 2rG5 to ,bss pdns of doubt
thai are more or less subjects OF eenet, ia con-
cussion. and brings us nearer to the Issue III o0''
wish in the way o., summary to say .yrI ,h mpon
the general integrity OF the American peoRIe d lie
do Intend that ihosc corrupt se IN cloak Of the
Integrity Of the American people for their prote,edo
Applause TOT DID v say a man haas his price
said that saying had lis origin in the corf ,es
English Parliament az aommo ee and M"r nearly all or
large nrSrortion Of the members OF that fai,n r
Went we're fus s"1 Rat the Integrity OF the American
people whole could oe impea oId he fruitless
IN ,he attempt II is on that integrity that we
rely. and 10 that integrity tha' we appear"
plause)
MIR. HORR'S FIRST BLOW.
A. H. v,,, to-day proceed with the discus
sion Of the law Of 1873 Ny opponent. after spen'
ING the whole nearly. | recollect, OF the Ia.
session I'm trying to smirch the people OF the D"'
States not only the American Congress- o'' ~
pcople Of the city where he now hVes' pes'"
take water and wants 1t understood that ne ooe'
M, intend 10 make on; that everybody Is wieN'''
I have shown you that this bill had It's ncipieh'y
among the experts coinage in the United o. az
The bill OF 1879 carried out resolution OF an
Civilized nations OF the world. ! showed TINS ~,
showed YOU how openly how completely that ol,i
was drawn in all fairness and submitted IN every
comes back by saying it was passed by corruPtionn
and he seeks to prove II because Stealing il
some time about that era were '""s"' ~
is Infamous.
"coIN" COMES IN AGAIN
Mr. Harvey am going 10 hold this argument
on the track II can. Applause) continue WIN
the presentation OF the Substitute bill by VI
Hooper, that he 80 solcitous should not ~
read In THE Record is this:
The Speaker-The gentleman from Massachuse'.S
moves that the rule be suspended and that the o'''
mass the reading thereof being dispensed win.
The question was put suspending the ru.rs anu
passing the bill without reading ana the '"'eS W."
rhe Record shows tina; the clerk began to r1 ,,l
the bill. when he was interrupt amr IN ,h saiis,
Ned themselves with asking him questions ana LIZ ti
roaiis 1 mis- nnesfon: before the question *
taken up suspendng the rules ana pAssins i '
explain the leading changes made by TINS DI III
the existing law especially IN rcirr'hce 10 y, e..
1t would seem II all the small coinage oil NJ ,i,'
country Is intended to be reco.ncd' To this NJ
Hooper replied The bill makes no change IN the
existing laws in that regard TINS gnc SnhT rras
then asked: rs not lae salary 81 in sr;S ased
this question: Does The gentleman say 1nA' ,h 10
saary Is increased by this bllly Then cam ms
question from another msnbcr Are 'he ica, any
How many minis are provided tor hy TINS %, on ,,
members the questions themselves indicating me
Importance they attached 70 tn. bill and shoTlns
we're more cor cerned over whether salary was
raised by the bill than anything e!ae-or SOM minor
mountaineering that none OF them compr"h"nd'd
that a fundamental question might be- inv3iv"d IN
The PHI And how eoud mex hnr OH nnd On" eassed
within the hour. without having been reaa. EN-. lhe
5 w on Sasa " INA IN" H. began Sy saying Con
gressional Globe" part !. third session NllId CON
seed to the Constellation Of the Mint bin as It is
commonly called. revising and amending the laws
Of he States. !
more than the time consumed in the reading OF IT.
on the subject Of abrasion OF coins, he said II
believe this is the only controv"rtci point In The
the cage OF silver coins was voted down he SAID.
"As the Senator's are SO patriotic nat they WI not
abolish the eagle hope they viii be perfectly VIII
INK to hurry along with The hill !" evident
that 1t was the intention OF senator Snern"n -
the bin was necessary ana IN this he succeeded ~
appears from something senator g"s,rry .Sa our
II is this: Il Will contest ~ win MIN fSn"rmnnp
attention to this subject" In answer 80 a qu"--
ton from Senator Cisacrly h' 'ali .onsf"'-
page so m the Senator Will a..ow me he VII see
that the preceding section prov lc' ior c,ln which
the fve-franc piece OF France: that Il. the I'VE
franc piece Of Franc vii be The exact eqaivaIen,
age"
WOULD HAVE sTrLTiFIED CONGRESS
Mr. Iorr-That IS right. Mr.. Harvey. The bill that
was reported to the Senate and that Trey were then
discussing had in II provision for the coming Of sill
ver dollars the silver dollars about which you talked
AT tn, last session Of this debate containing ~
grains ami they made. with all the Other silver
coins. subsidiary coins There va no provision i w
bin that time and do not believe you dare c"iii
there was for the free coinage ~ dollar or ~
grains Nobody ever had the "nrontefy 10 ,aiil
that the Amer! an Congress wouli nave ss"iui.''
itself In that way That provision hal p.'h ".'"
duccd into the House and II Was part Of H.
provision for coming dollar precisely IKE iT nv
The Senate struck that provision OUT, ana s.tsa-
tuted the trade dollar FOR that %igran dollar NOV"
havc you ever noticed that the oppos.;l.n 10 thAt
bni in the House came from carkson y Potter
Mr Harvcy~May interrupt you?
OF the proceedings OF the senate that day thai
the Senate struck out that dollar. We WI SOP ''S
debate right here. d"ne ana enthusiastic "p
Mr Horr-I have not the record. bu, can get
II. The law when II was passed had The trade dol
lar In f.. DO YOU deny that?
Mr. IIarvey-No sir do not.
Mr. Horr-And didn't that take the place OF the
Mr IIaTyeyy-;Noo: sir. G.agsshsero NOR, ,,vu,o-o
that substaniates that position. II was Il siHpi"
Eecss Of bin "nd 9eTr' c ih' the on o
amended. and the trade dollar was put In there a.
coined and used in trade with China. II was
put in at the instance Of the silver producers oil
the country
CONTEMPTIBLE PROPOSITION.
But you stopped me just | calling your at
tentiOn TO a TACT. Inc Only men VINO 'ipoA'i ''''
bill In the House were ClarksOn y. Potter ana Mr..
Brooks both millionalres from Wall Street bo,h
representing the very men that you say were trying
to impose that bill upon this country for the pur-
pose OF aiding who are rich. Was anything
ever mere contemplate than proposition OF that
kind? You would have ClarksOn n Potter rcm-
bling for fear the bill would help the millionaire
All wanted to investigate more carefully"
about? Mr. Potter stated In many words the
truth: he thought 1t nopporune put he says;
II am IN favor OF the gold unit. am In favor OF
that you are making such a fuss about.
But | must proceed. That bill became law 10y
the substitution OF the trade dollar the law In refer
enc4 - making the gold dollar the unit OF value was
never changed at any stage In the process OF the
bill They haven't even had ingenuity enough 10 put
such provision In brackets and will now say FOR
benefit OF the country that there Is wori
OF truth In that whole bracket business. No such
thing ever occurred IN the United States. and there