The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-07-25

villains; because I say to you In all candor
the members of congress are fully up In
honesty and decency 10 the average Ameri-
can neople. | know il because | have been
one myself, you know daughter But what
has all that to 90 with whether this bill
was properly presented and discussed |
am familiar with what Mr. Kelley said
afterwards, but | am now going To read
TO you what he said when this bill was
UP in the house on the report OF Mr..
Hooper 1t is not a speech that was
printed by leave This took place on the
ioor of the house. 1T is impossible TO re-
tain the double standard. The value OF
gold and silver continually huctuates; you
cannot determine this year what will be the
relative value Of gold and silver next year.
They were Is to / short time ago. they
are 10 to l now. Hence all experience has
SHOWN that you must have one standard
coin which shall be a legal tender for all
others"
The Act of 1873.
Mr. Horn then took up the history OF the
decentralization act and proceeded to show
the stages through which II had passed.
and that its final enactment was not until
after IL had been before congress for more
than three years.
Mr. Harvey then returned TO the attack
upon the honesty OF legislators throughout
the country. including congressman In the
Colorado and Illinois legislatures. This
nalty was sapping the foundations Of the
government as IL had Slapped the founda.
lions and destroyed every republic OF the
past
Mr. Horn again returned to the defense of
the honesty of the American people. He
said Mr.. Harvey merely picked out few
corrupt men, and drew from them the
proposition that the people OF the nation
were corrupt why, II Mr.. Harvey had
lived In Jobs time he would have looked
over that unfortunate mans sores and would
have given out and published throughout
the world that all Challeu was an immense
carbuncle.
Mr. Horr then anna laughter. said he
would return to the question under discus
| sion. aud proceeded with the history Of the
decentralization act. pointing out how the
bill had been read in full several times and
| printed separately eleven times and twice Ia
| the reports Of the controller of the curren-
cy. The debates In the senate on it occu-
pied siXty-siX columns la the Congressional
| Record. In the report Of the committee it
was stated that IL had been examined line
| by line and word by word, and was finally
| passed. He would show that. in so doing,
| the senate knew what ii was about
Mr.. Harvey, In reply, said that Mr.. Horr
| would have to retreat from his position
| when the proper time came. In point OF
| fact, the bill about which he was talking
| was not the bill finally passed Judge kel-
| ley, in presenting the bill in the house.
| said that IL was merely codltcation OF the
| mint laws. In response to a question,
| Judge Kelly replied that the bill made no
| change in the value Of the coins OF the
| nation. In 1872. when the bill came up
| again, IL was spoken Of as bill on dry
| subject, and members lost interest. Ii was
at that time, as appears from the Record.
| that the first disclosure OF the intention to
| change the standard to gold was made In a
| speech by Mr.. Hooper. But there was rea-
| believe
| lally delivered, but was printed by leave
| that is, IL was read from manuscript and
| .hese words omitted. But no reference was
| made to the decentralization OF silver. On
| The enrolment Of the bill, clause was
| omitted which had the effect Of limiting the
| coinage Of silver.
| Mr.. Horn replying, charged Mr.. Harvey
| with quoting a single sentence, and leaving
| out the modifying context. The record
| showed that the statement was made In
| running debate. and was not under leave "a
| print. In the very speech referred to by
| Mr.. Harvey the speaker said that the bill
provided for a standard ''in a single metal,
| instead Of, as before, In two metals, ana
| that all coins, except subsidiary coins.
| should be of gold. Mr.. HOrr then spoke OF
| the characterization Of silver in 1916, as the
| result Of experience in the use OF the double
| standard. In 1871 Germany adopted the
gold standard, and threw on the market
| $500, 100000 In silver. 1t was this that set
the world to considering the silver question
| not any gold-bug conspiracy. The finan-
| cial policy Of no great nation was ever
| dominated by conspiracy.
| Questioned by Spectators.
| In replying to the large assortment or
| questions put to Messrs. Horn and Harvey
| by spectators, the most interesting cOloquy,
| perhaps, was at the very end of the days
proceedings This conundrum was put by
| Mr. l.. g. Powers OF Minnesota:
| You said yesterday my answer is, first,
| that | did not say that | had forced them
| TO change II or to correct any mistake.
| In Coins financial school up to date page
| l52. you say: Coin here explains how an
| error had crept into the official report or
| the treasurer that he has since forced the
| treasury department to correct that error.
| Please explain the manifest discrepancy.
| Nj. Harvey: THE answer is. Coin. lit
| tie boy in knee pants, represents the cause
| Of bmetallism; he does not represent me
| Applause and groans on each side or the
| house respectively. | would not have the
| egOtism to claim that l represent Coin In
| the many arguments and sentiments ana
/ kind things said about the little boy by the
| author, and when Coins influence Is exer-
| csed at Washington or San Francisco or
| Memphis IL means the influence or bimetai-
/ lism and humanity"
| On the request Of Mr.. Horr the further
| hearing OF the debate was adjourned to
| p. m, Saturday.