Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-07-25

Colorado and illinois lesfs1aturas This re-
nality was sapping the foundations Of the
government IS it had snpped the founda-
lions and destroyed every republic Of the
past.
Mr.. Horr agafn returned to the defense OF
the honesty Of the American people. BIZ
said Mr.. Harvey merely clicked ost fesDs
corrupt men. and drew som them the
proposition that the peopiS VI the nation
were corrupt. Why, II MIsN Harvey had
lived in Jobs time h9x would have looked
| over that unfortunate mans sores and would
have given out and published throughout
| the world that all Chslleu was an immense
carbuncle. IT,
Mr. Hofr then,l amid laughst, SAID he
would return to the question ue AeEdiseus-
| sion, and proceeded with the hiS f53 Of the
characterization act, pointing out how the
printed separately eleven times and twice in
the reports of the COZ troaler OF the curreR-
cy. The debates Is me senate on it occu-
pied sixty-six coEpns in the Congressional
Record. In the T. s.t Of the committee IL
was stated that pad been examined line.
passed. He would show that. in so doing,
| the senate knew what 1t 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
| ley, In presenting the bill In the house,
| said that it was merely a. codifcation of the
mint laws. In response to- question,
Judge Kelly replied that the bill made no
| change In the value Of the coins Of the
nationt In 1872, when the bill came up
| again. 1t was spoken of as bill on dry
| subject. and members lost interest. 1t 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
speech by Mr.. Hooper. But there was rea.
son to believe that the speech was not act
ually delivered, but was printed by leave
that is. 1t was read from, manuscript and
these 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 single sentence, and leaving
out the modifying context. The record
showed that the statement was made in q
running debate, and was not under leave to
| MIR. Harvey the speaker said that the bill
provided for standard 'in a single metal,
| instead Of, as before, In two metals. and
that all coins, except subsidiary coins.
should be of gold. Mr.. Horr then spoke OF
the decentralization 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
$500 200, 600 In silver. 1t was this that set
the world to considering the silver question
not any gold-bug conspiracy. The fnan-
cial policy Of no great nation was ever
dominated by conspiracy.
Questioned by Spectators.
In replying to the large assortment Of
questions put to Messrs. Horr and. Harvey
by spectators, the most Interesting colloQuy,
| 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 I had forced them
to change it or to correct any mistake
In Coins financial school up to date page
1872, you say: "Coin here explains how an
error had crept into the official report OF
i the treasurer, that he has since forced the
treasury department to correct that error
| Please explain the manifest discrepancy"
Mr. Harvey: ''rhe answer Is, Coin, lit
tie boy in. knee pants, represents the cause
Of bimetallism; he does not represent me
applause and groans on each side OF the
house respectively. 1 would not have tho
| egotism to claim that I represent Coin IN
the many arguments and sentiments and
| kind things said about the little boy by the
author, and when Coins influence Is exer.
cised at Washington or San Francisco or
l Memphis it means the influence Of bimetal-
| lism and humanity"