The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27

MI. dOTT-O016SS your treatment Is
such that you are misleading your
readers as to the manner of legislation
upon that subject.
Mr.. Harvey - You are misleading
yourself.
Mr.. Horr-No, I am not. What
made you stop with your 'etc"?
Mr.. Harvey-Because had quoted all
of the statute necessary to show that
they had made foreign silver legal ten
der.
Mr.. Horr-No, you hadn't; you had
quoted all there was necessary to show
that they had made legal tender certain
coins if there had been nothing at
tached to it.
tached to it.
Mr.. Horr-There is; I will read it.
Mr.. Harvey = You refer to the
amounts for which the Spanish coin of
such name is received in American
money, and the Mexican coin for so
much, the British coin for so much,
meaning to tell the American people
how much they could pass that coin for
as expressed in our money. That is
not necessary in order to establish the
principle was stating that foreign sill
yer was legal tender in this country.
The point is this: Our minis tested
these foreign coins and valued the sill
yer that was in them. The alloy of
much of that coin was different from
our alloy, so it was necessary to assay
those foreign coins and see how much
they were worth in our money; that the
minis did and mt I'M
| act how much a certain foreign coin
was worth in our money, and that is
stated in that statute that he accuses
me of leaving out what was unneces-
| sary for me to state in establishing the
principle that our laws made foreign
silver legal tender. (Applause.)
Mr.. Horr-When you left out that
you left out the very fact which showed
that number of foreign coins were not
legal tender, because none were made
| such except they came up to a certain
standard. But away on ahead you
speak of 1873. Now, up to 1873, you
said that they had made all these a
legal tender. Did you think so? Here
! is the law of 1857, passed upon that
same subject, when they declared that
| none of them should be legal tender,
| and required the minis of the country
to melt up and recon them all, and re-
pealed the very law that he has been
talking about. (Applause) That is
the fact about it. Now, I admit that
| this is serious matter, admit that I
| had no idea for moment that he could
defend the proposition. To me it is
preposterous. Do you claim that all
the silver coin that was in the United
States at that time was a legal tender
! Why, not anywhere near half of it was
ever legal tender.
Mr.. Harvey Defends His Statements.
Mr.. Harvey-Mr. Horn accuses me of
Misrepresentation. Now, I never have
attempted yet in dealing with the pub
lie or any one else to mislead them.
And in dealing with this financial ques-
ton have looked at both sides of the
question to judge it from it's merits.
But 1 will settle one question of mis-
representation that I am charged with
right here, because it settles several at
once, and will leave Mr.. Horn to explain
something. In reading this section
that I quoted in the book as TO foreign
coin, he asks me why I didn't put gold
in along with silver, and said that the
statute SO read, gold and silver, and that
I had stated gold. Now, call Mr..
Horr's attention to the statute that ]
/ quoted, and gold is not in it. 1t says
silver only. (Applause) A man is not
guilty of Misrepresentation every time
somebody accuses him of it. CAD
plause.) On that same page said that
the statement made by gold standard
advocates that only So 900 900 of silver
was in circulation prior to 1873 was not
true, and that instead of So 900 900 in
silver being in circulation prior to 1873,
there was $105, 100000 in silver in cir
culaticn prior to that time coined at our
own minis. Now, he says that that
$105,00 900 is not correct. What is the
correction? I did make a mistake. The
treasurer had made a mistake in the
book that I copied it from. When he
corrected the mistake six months after
wards it read $143, OOo.OUv. (Applause.)
That is the only Misrepresentation that
the book is accused of.
Mr.. Horr-Mr. Harvey, am sorry to
have to take you back again to this
statute, but I know you desire to get
this thing correct. I cannot think you
Intentionally try to mislead these peo-
pie and the people of this country. The
law which you marked and sent to me
is not the law at all that you quote in
your book.
Gold and Silver Clause.
Mt Harvey-How do you know it is
not?
Mr.. Horr-It is not; it is not the same
language, it is not the same words
Take your book and 1 will read worG
for word: there is a gold clause pre-.
ceding this silver one.
Mr.. Harvey-That has a silver and
gold clause.
Mr.. Horr-That has, but that is moi