Morris tribune., 1895-08-14
SUMMED UP.
Horr and Harvey Put the Finishing
Touches ON Their Debate.
Copyrieht, 1895, by Azel F. Hatch.

Touches on Their Debate.
Copyright, 1895. by Azel F. Hatch
CHICAGO Aug Sin accordance with the
agreement entered into by the silver and gold
debaters, Messrs. Harvey and Horr, governing
their recent contest In this city, each was to
prepare reorganization of the points made In
their respective arguments, not exceeding
$500 words each, and to complete the same
within week from the close OF the contest
This has been done, and in substance the sum-
mary of Roswell G. Horn is as follows:
MIR. Horr's Claims.
Mr.. Harvey admits that the book Is pure
fiction. He repudinteS It's motto by declaring
that 1t does not mean what 1t says. His state
ment that primary money only is the measure
of value he has not even attempted to
sustained, though his proof has been called for
repeatedly. Mr.. Harvey next based his case
was a crime, and stated that it had
its origin in fraud and its birth through
bribery and corruption. He introduced
no evidence in support of either proposition,
and he stands convicted Of making every one
of these charges without any proof that would
be received in any court OF justice. He stands
convicted by his own statements OF an effort
to deceive the people Mr. Rarveys state
ment that free coinage creates un-
limited demand is not true. because there
can be unlimited demand for no human
productions Mr. Harvey fails entirely to
ure of value is an experiment He utterly
failed to show fall in the price of single
article which is not fully accounted
for by cheaper cost of production,
improved transportation or increased
supply. He inadvertently admitted the
great value Of banking facilities, which was
an entire "give away Of his whole rant and
fustian against banks He misled people by
partial statements which led to false conclu-
sions, when the whole statement would have
been perfectly clear to any one The civilized
world is clearly on my side of this issue.
Mr.. Harvey's Summary.
Mr.. Harvey, in summarizing the debate
says: 1T settled the proposition that gold and
silver are the money of the constitution. Mr..
Horr did not controvert this. The silver dol
lar was the unit of value in our coinage Sys-
TEN fixed by the act OF 1872 Mr. Horn adj
mits this. Silver and gold were the meas
ure of value of all other property until 1873 and
the debtor had right to pay in either
metal The act Of 1873 was surreptitiously
passed. 1 have made good all the PROPOSE
passed. For all time of which we have any
knowledge gold and silver were treated equal
ly as money until 1916, when England closed
her minis to silver, and 1884, when the
United States, Germany, France and the
Latin nations followed suit The prices of all
property are now measured in gold alone, and
are substantially one-half what they would be
under the bimetallic system. Mr.. Horn fire.
quently in debate substantially makes this
admission hive made good all the PROPOSE
tions set forth in my opening statement Mr.
Horn found no errors in my book except
the statement that the silver coined
prior to 1878 was sos, 100000 instead
of S143, 900, O000 If Mr.. Horn had followed
me in the logical arrangement of the debate as
by the book we were discussing, 1
would have been able to furnish data more
fully justifying points in the School at
tackled by him. The first object in the way of
this financial subject is sel1shness. Mr. Horr
shows that he does not yet know what bimet-
allisIn is -
MIR. Horr in his rejoinder, said his opponent
took two days to discuss crime which never
existed, and had no time to defend many
errors in his book repeatedly pointed
out, and which he promised to explain
later He now tells what wonders he would
have done had he not been driven from
his essays, which he calls his regular order
In his summary he goes out Of his way to viii
body In the United States which he had not
Nowhere has he shown the advisa-
bility OF this nation freely coming sill
yer at l6 to /, nor can he do it His
summary, like his debate. attempts to dispar-
age, honest industry, thrift and solvency.
Mr.. Harvey in reply, declared he made no
st atement as to the condition of the people OF
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. reading
only statement from the report of the none
sary commission of 1876 to show what the
preface in the School was quoted from Mr..
Horr is exceedingly mixed as to the order in
which presented the crime of 1879 Ibid not
Slain that any one was bribed.