Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-25

before we get TO that which Is in The sec
ond chapter of the school, he IL trying to
mix the subject up. When we get there
we win see that neither Mr.. Horr nor
Judge Vincent knows what bimetallism Is,
ard many things that he is now mixing us
on viii then be cleared, and Mr.. Horr will
be even as a babe. tApplause.) We agreed
to take up the subject Of decentralization.
the act of 1873, in to-day's debate. and
having waited for him to begin and he
not beginning, l will now start" TAP
plause.)
Mr.. Harvey then discussed at length the
act of 1873.
The Law of sra.
Mr.. Horr, following on this subject. said:
we now come TO the discussion of the law
which changed this nation from a bimetallio
nation TO a single standard nation, the law
OF 1878, which Brother Harvey kindly
names a crime 1t has been called thai so
long that there Is nothing novel In the
name. l purpose to show you during this
discussion that no law has ever been passed
by the American congress. which was more
free from faint, which was more carefully
examined which was more completely and
fully understood, than the law of 1873. The
statement which he read TO you that the
scheme was concocted in London is a SIM
pie assertion upon which he cannot produce
one ~scintilla OF reputable truth; not one
word. 1t has been a good many years since
England dictated the legislation of this
country. They have had trouble to do IL
ever since 1T76. LauGhter.) They would
experience as much difficulty now as they
did then II they should attempt 1t. The
law of 1873 had It's origin, as all such laws
have. In the brains Of experts.
The question of coinage, mintage, IL q
most intricate one. 1t Is one Of the most
complicated problems With which philo-
sophical men have ever grappled. Ii has
been a process of development from he
earliest stages OF humanity down to the
present tine, which has given Us the per-
feet system of money, though not as per-
feet as IL has come TO be az this time. IL
anybody will read the reoorts of the Con-
federate congress Of the United s ates, the
one that came Immediately after the colo
NAL congress, they will find that all the
men who ever assumed to he able to dis
cuss the matter intelligently could be
counted on the fingers OF my two hands"
Charges Ii TO LOndon Bankers.
Mr.. Harvey-"Mr. Horn says that | have
no proof that the sch me was cOncocted In
London 70 demOnetize silver in the United
States. Wher | was a boy | ewnt into a
court house one day to hear a criminal
trial, and | heard a lawyer say: When a
crime is committed, and you want to detect
the criminal, look at the man who Is bene-
- ~ INV al NHppidlSt.l htuSOIlH2
by induction will more Invariably locate the
or minaI than any uncertain human testi-
mOny. Silver was dtmGnet Zpd in England.
and in England only, prior to the day il
was demonetiz d in this comfy. That is
where the movement startcd-that is an
other evidence. London bankers initiated
the Paris conference of 1871, Of which
JoEl Sherman was present. Therefore, l
have the right TO say the conspiracy or G.
mated in London.
MT. Horr says that the science OF money
Is hard to understand. Eve since tho
money lenders OF the world shackled the
people Of the world they have taught the
people that money was hard 20 understand
(applause); that 1t is one Of those difficult
| things, as Mr.. Horn once said In his speech,
1T gives me a headache to thing Of it.
| 0aughter); and you are not competent TO
| study Ii or understand II, and as long as
they can make yOus believe that they haze
you in their power. You who study chemis-
try and can understand the most difficult
| problems of science-chemistry and other
| sciences-that would make a bankers head
| dizzy to contemplate, we are told You can
not understand the simple proposition Of
money, that which you come into the use of
| every day.
Mr.. Horn has only taught in this debate
a proposition that 1t is the interest OF
| every selfish money lender I'm the world TO
| advocate and he is here advocating 1t (ap-
l plause(. In 1873, when this treacherous act
| was passed, there was no specie currency
| In this county. During all the years from
| 1892 to 1861 when it was actually in use
/ and being tested for It's merit, no one pro-
| posed TO demonetiZe either of the metals
| except some money lenders from Europe
who proposed 1t in 1854 (applauseL. But at
\ that time, 1873, when 1t was not in cir.
| c~ulation and was not needed then. the
movement was begun and consummated.
and as one congressman said when the
| bill was offered in congress we are not
using gold and silver as money. have not
| yet considered an act for the resumption Of
specie payment, and the Introduction of
| this bill ut the present time either means a
trick or is a farce worthy OF being carica'
tured by Thomas Most"