People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-07-25

to prove that the demonstration of
silver was accomplished with a sur
Righteousness that was criminal.
Here is what Mr.. HOrr said prepara-
tory to springing the chief issue:
There are some things about
which Mr.. Harvey and myself agree.
He thinks that our ferefathers estab-
lished a single measure of value and
that that measure was 9Th grains of
pure silver and gold was made a SIM
pie companion metal of silver and
that its value was to be all the time
measured by a silver dollar. | be-
lieye those early patriots attempted
to establish a measure of value out of
two metals, gold and silver, and that
they supposed they had hit upon a
ratio which would secure the use of
both gold dollars and silver dollars
side by side. We agree that up to
1873 the measure Of value In actual
use in this country was the silver dol
lar. | assert that in 1894 the ratio
was changed, that the gold dollar was
made smaller.
He admits that. l insist that when
the gold dollar was cheapened it be-.
came the actual measure OF values in
this country and remained so up to
the suspension of specie payments,
that the silver dollar, though still a
legal measure of value, was not used
in this country as the actual measure
after 1884. He denies that. We both
agree that from 1862 to 1879 the
domestic business Of this country was
done by using the greenback dollar as
the measure Of values, which was
during none Of those years equal in
value to either the gold dollar or the
silver dollar. He states that 10 his
bOok-we both agree. Now mark.
We both agree that in 1873 the coin
age of silver dollars was stopped by
law and that since 1879, since the re
sumption Of specie payment, the
domestic and international business
OF this country had been done on a
gold basis. We agree that Great
Britain has been on gold basis since
1916; no dispute about it. | claim
that Germany ceased the coming of
of silver in 1871, and he claims that it
was not done until later, in 1873, but
we both agree that since Jan. l, 1874,
Germany has been entirely upon a
gold basis. We agree that the na-
tions which compose the Latin union,
to wit: France, Belgium, Switzerland,
Italy and Greece are all Of them to-
day gold standard countries. There
is no dispute between us that British
America and Australia are also gold
standard countries. We agree that
Mexico, China, Japan and several
of the republics Of South America are
silver standard nations. There is TO-.
day no nation on the face Of the earth
that is actually using a double stand
ard. The actual measure Of value in
each OF the countries Of the world is
either gold alone or silver alone, ex-
cept in some countries where depre-
ciated paper money is the only circu-
lating medium and metal money is
bought and sold as commodity, just as
was the case during the suspension Of
specie payments. Mr.. Harvey claims
the law Of 1873 was secretly and
fraudulently passed. He won't deny
that he claims that. l have denied
it and still deny it. l say there is not
a grain OF truth In such statement.
But we both agree that the law was
passed and is in force today. Now
the important question before the
American people at this moment and
the one we are here to discuss is this:
Ought the law be repealed? Ought
we again throw the minis Of the coun-