River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-25
wILtIAMtHoPE HARVEY.

PLANTATION to make He quoted the following
paragraph from b opponents argument OF
Wednesday:
These princpleskre for the selfish inter-
ests of money lendefs and Mr. Horr is here ad-
vocating them
: Mr.. Horr said he tEok this as reflection on
his character lie Continued
II am rot a monef lender | have inter-
est In any bank on other institution of like
character l was rsised on a farm, and my
first work was donekor SO month used to
dig bitches for a living and was at one
time brakeman on a railroad. When
l was elevated IL the position OF bag
gagemaster 1t was te proudest moment Of my
life. 1 therefore cone into this debate, as my
friend will find out Before he gets through, to
advocate those principles which Will be for
the best intefests ~ the wot,ing classes from
which come deeire to say. however, that
have no prejudice s&gainst any man who has
been more fortunate than | do not think a
man is necessarilyta scOundrel because he
saves more than he Ispends. even go so far
as to say a man Gamble a director of a national
bank and still m lin Jain hts integrity
Mfr Harvey explained that when he said Mr.
Hbrr advocated the brinciples of money -lend-
ers he did not meartto say Mr.. Horr himself
was a none flendsf lie thought, however,
In giving the History OF his life, Mr.. Horr
should not have OMITTED to state that he had
at one time been 9ank president
Mr. harvey also aid: Mr. Horr and numer-
Gus employees OF newspaper corporations and
other corporations Sire In plrt, many OF them,
representing theirIhonest convictions. and
accord that TO the honorable gentleman from
New York. Many 4 them never stop to ana
lyze the question: the great principle that
must make or unm1ke the republic in which
they live Ii Is onlySa question of salary which
they consider.
The value of tie debate Wednesday, vas
this: A studied instrumentation has gone
before the people u the United States that
there was only 81 Ot geo OF silver coined bv the
United States gove'nment prior TO 1873 Now,
meeting face TO face with representative Of
the other side OF HE question, this debate
now carries to the People OF the United So ties
the admitted fact 1T thsra was Siis,0)),0W OF
silver coined prior b. is78"
Mr. Horr took upthe question OF the origin
of the law OF 1873 lie said it was drafted after
consulting IargJ number OF experts, who
were apt to know ahittle more about the mon
etary question thtn those who had never
studied It at AHA He denied that the
bill had its orkin in England or any
where eXcept In t1e brains of the people
who we're loolsii. AFTER the coinage intere Is
of tn United states. he defed Mr.. Harvey.
not bF assertion 80 prove one single item
that had anv kference to the British
people controlling Dr. directing the matter.
Mr. Harvey-..Bt examining the records Of
the day and the nek suapers we find there was
an era Of eorruptton in congress at tfat time.
Clinton Colgate confessed before the ways and
means committed Of 1873 TO the use
of money to influence the Incorporation
of speei / featurts in the internal rev.
enue bill testifyfnf among other things that
Charles sherman. N Ohie, a brother NJ Sena-
tor sherman. had tNen paid $1,000 BY the New
York stock exchanfs IN connection with the
revenue bill. The sact developed that while
the money had not been paid Judge Sherman
had rendered billito the exchange for his
services as he claifed for securing the serv-
ices of hts brother ISenator sherman to put
the hill through .hidee sherman was then a
United states district judge
After denouncinItbe attempt Of Mr. Harvey
to asplirch the cons ress OF the United States
a. infamous Mr. rtorr said: The people OF
this country -aud he congrsssmln is no ex-
eeption-as an faverage are upright
honest business I men admit that
Judge Sherman VII guilty OF crime That
was never in an, u wav connected with his
brother John sheridan and you know il They
exonerated him. t.Judge sherman resigned
Immediately. thef drove him from the
bench But who has that to do with
the question whether NJ Knox openly and
sauarely presented this bill to congress' IL
was debated n tbd senate for three days IL
came to a vote IN "A senate January 10. 1874,
and passed bv a vek and nay vote Z he SEMI
tors from the Pactfc slope voted for it and
Senator sherman ytted against il. The Fifty
first congress Cied tithout action having oeeh
taken on the bin"
Mr. Horr-"TporI the face OF his own bill
there is proof hat TO any man who has
studied this oueStiou Is conclusive The
whole attempt to hrove that any such bill
ever went from theIhouse and senate is false
Does any man lin his senses believe
that they ever Undertook to give free
coinage of'silver "A a standard dollar OF Ssi
grains The old dollar was not reInstated. but
the silver dollar a Is reduced In weight from
4i2ls grains 10 asI s4raius and made a subsid-
larry coin like all tlk other silver coins OF the
United States.
The discussion q. the act Of 1873 was con-
tinued until I o'cloSk. when at the request OF
Mr.. Ho-r adjOurnmrn int was taken untll III d m
Saturday
saturday.
CHICAGO. July sgs-Af:er days rest for the
partici PANTS. In, sHorr-Harvey debate was
resumed at / to'clock Saturday after
noon
The discussion A. the act Of 1873 By which
silver was demonelzed was then taken up. Mr.
Potter's part In nd transaction being the sub
iect The author IL coin quoted freely from
the Congre ssional Record to show tht Mr..
Hooper. Of MaSsael ,setts moved - dispense
with the reading H. the substitute bin de-
monetizing silver I Here was an attempt"
said MIR Harvey 1 TO legislate on the life
blood OF a nation nktbont ~ ding The biiL
Restgming the di4 huSsion Of the law 81 ie's'
Nj Horr quoted I'm W A shaw History
Of Carrencr-' in r. ! renee to the first interna-
tioaai monetary cokference, held IN Paris In