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OFFICIAL OKOAN OK OKLAHOMA DKMOUKAOV.
OFl'lOK OF I'Ulll.K'ATION. HAKKtSON AVKNUK.
GUTHKIE OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY MORNING JULY '21 1895.
NO. 44
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TAYLORS TRIAL BEGUN.
JURYMEN CHOSEN STATEMENTS
MADE AND WITNESSES CALLED
RAPID PROGRESS MADE.
Ten runners unit Two City Men Will
llerldo the Cine Colonel little Mnkcs
1IIII Wrct Klrnt Stories Told
by Ultitcmici Iilttle Nellie
Meek l!u lulled I'roin
the Court ltotiiti.
Cahiuh.i.ton Mo.. July 2Ci. At 8
o'clock yesterday the eoitit opened
and tlio Taylor jury was announced as
follows: Ji J. Calloway. F. I). Caesar
T. M. Hngeton Jolin Mrtlge. ('. XV.
Shank. (J. T. Morris XV. 11. Vaurjhn
Oeorpjo XV. l'reomnn 11. C. Dulaney
0. XV. Craig Jo Shelby Helm and It.
O. Kvans. They are all farmers with
the exception of XV. II. Viiufflm who
Is a bank olcrlt and the youngest man
on the jury and II. ' Dulaney who is
a lumber deuler from Hale. They
were put in charge of deputy sheriffs.
.1 limes F. tiraham and Colonel A. W.
Myers counsel for the dofense are
both sick at their homes nnd are not
in attendance.
Attorney Conkling of the defense
said that ho had issued u subptena for
the pistol of lius Meeks and It was an-
nounced that tlio pistol had been pro-
duced. The rule of the court at the previous
trial was that witnesses bo excluded
from the court. Mae Wilson for the
defense asked that the rule prevail at
tliis trial.
The court asked every wltnoss in tho
room to arise. Nearly every man nnd
woman present did so. Over Sift) men
and women left the room nnd their
places were promptly filled by tlio
crowd outside who had been untiblo to
get in.
Theie are sovonil new lawyers In
tlio case for this trial. Tho defense
have II. 1 I.ozler J. V. (Inilinm .1. I.
Joyce and T. M. Itrinkluy and tho
state J. I j. Minnls state representative
of Carroll county In tlio last legisla-
ture and a vory bright young man.
Prosecuting Attorney llresnehen
made the first statement in the case.
He detailed In n graphic manner the
story of the murder of the Meeks fam-
ily. As he talked the Taylor boys
watched the jury closely. Hill's eyes Unil-. eame in tho sluipo of the follow-
were cold and steady; (ieorge's not so ing tele- ram to Hon. Hoke Smith:
steady. As the recount progressed in i "Investigation now In progress lends
all its details members of the jury us to urge you to susi end approval of
looked frequently at Hill Taylor. Tho leases of Winnebago lands made by
only tiuio ho showed any emotion was Captain Heck mid to promptly sub-
ulinn his MmtHts to Lret rill of. Cus ' pond further eviction until wo com-
Meeks were told. (Jeorgo seemed in
different us though he was tired of tho
whole thing.
Colonel John H. Hale made the state-
ment fur the defense though lit
the lust trial the defense made
no opening statement l'nr twenty
minutes ho neeuted the news-
paper of the country of trying all
criminal eases. Ho was culled down
lather sharply and told to keep
within the law. He then eliangeJ to
a statement of the merciless and tin-
MTlllMihiilMie&s of the state in its
endeavor to erush the Taylors. He
&aitl that there had been nil attempt
to Intimidate the witnesses for the de-
fense He scored Jerry South as a bad
combination of iiotiticiau deceiver and
lawyer. He indicated us a line for the
defense the lliglit of the Taylor boys
as necessary to avoid deatii at the
hands of the mob ami not as all evi-
dence of guilt. He adroitly took up
each point lu the evidence given at the
last trial and showed by it a natural
net on the part of one or the other of
the Tinlorsund not tending to show
guilt. "As he talked Hill Taylor
straightened up and looked interested.
He culled attention to the confession
of the lunatic in the Durrunt case and
declared that it t-honcil the worthless-
liess of cireumstautlal evidence and
proceeded to argue the present case on
that basis Ho wus promply told to
proceed to make Ids opening state-
ment and leave argument to the
proper time.
lolonel Halt) then proceeded to tell
of Hill Taylor's good education good
breeding good surroundings mid gen-
eral good qualities. As his compli-
mentary lemarks proceeded Hill's pale
face Hushed and ills uyoa fell. Then
he spoke of Hill's good leoordlnthe
legislature. Several members of tlio
Thlrty-llfth general assembly have
been subpoenaed to attest to his
Mantling in that body.
Colonel Male iniiieuten mat one oi
the leading theories of the dofenso
would be that Mocks was murdered by
some one. not lu any nay connected
with the Taylors to secuiu jUou which
Meuks was to have received from the
Taylors or leaving tlio country. In
closing his statement to the Jury lie
inndo an eloquent peroration on the
horror ami gloom of death and espec-
ially Hie eini of ainnnsent to his death
in expiation of u crime. During tills
tears tilled the eyes of Hill Tuylor and
rolled down his eliccks. Ho hid his
hend and wiped Ills eyes with his
liuiulherc!iief. tiuorgo wns unaffected.
Ilule spoke nearly two hours.
When the uusa opened thirteen law-
yers were crowded Into tho tinall
bpace reserved for them.
Little Nellie Meuks has not boon
nen in court at tills trial Shu is cure-
fullv excluded and no one whoever is
allowed to see her.
The evidence so far Introduced by
the state duo nut differ from that pre
Eoutud at the first trial.
Kuropu's lVln.lrmii Trade 111 bled
ft- I't rKiitiiiuu July 3(i. It I an-inutitwi-tl
that an agreement has been
reachul at Paris between American
and Kusfciun petroleum firms by which
itli of the kuioscue trade of tlio Med-
iterranean Swwlen nud Norway will
be given to Iliissia. To tho remainder
ul Luropc. ltussia is to seud thirty-five
Kr cent and America sixty-five per
xreit of the kerosene ueedpd.
Nu Kilter fH4itluil for Oregon.
Voim.AMi Oregon July 20. The
Democratic state central committed
will not call a convention to take
Action on the silver question.
AN EXCITING SCENE.
Cnptnln llrrk nnd the Nebraska emigres-
slotml Delegation llmcim Altercation.
l'nNDi-.n Neb. July I'll. Captain
lleek and the congressional delega-
tion hail a stirring session yesterday
inoiniiig nnd violence was imminent
for several minutes at tho Winnebago
agency. He offended the entire Ne-
braska congressional delegation In his
olllee and would have ordered the sen-
ators and congressmen from tho room
had It not been for Senator Allen. The
proceedings began wlien Senator
Allen stated that the two senators and
three representatives of tlio congres-
sional delegation of Nebraska had
come for the purposo of informing
themselves as to the condition of
affairs. In reply to this Captain lteck
made a short statement. He stated
that the L'lournov coimmnv lind sys
tematically robbed the Indians nnd
that It was a corrupt concern general
ly laptain neck sahl the members or
the I'Mouriiov company nnd every one
of Its friends and spmimlhls'crs were
infamous liars and scoundrels. Just
as the captain linlshrri John I.
Meyers tho tieasurer of tho company
entered tho ofllro.
"You are not telling the truth and
you know it" lie said.
If n giant firecracker had been ex-
ploded under the captain's feet he
could not have been more excited.
"(let out of here'' he cried; "get out
of here. Tills Is my olllee. I will not
have you in It. I am master here.
You have been nrrested by tho I'nited
States marshal and ought to bo In jail.
1 will not have you here. (let out be-
fore I have you thrown out."
An exciting scene ensued. Senator
Thurston remarked: "I wish to know
whether or not tills convention repre-
senting n majority of the members of
the Nebraska congressional delega
tion Is to proceed without a repetition
of such scenes as the one we have just
seen enacted. Wo are amply able to
pieserve order without tho interfer-
ence or assistance on tlio part of any
one. If this delegation is here without
right tho right of American citizens
to know how their own affairs tiro be-
ing conducted I for one am ready to
retire at once."
Captain Heck jumped to his feet and
excitedly exclaimed that ho did not
recognize tlio authority of the delega-
tion t
"Sit down." Senator Alton spike
tho words. The captain sat down.
Tho investigation proceeded without
further trouble. Captain Heck sub-
mitted letters and telegrams to show
that he had tlio approval of the In-
tel in1 department In everything ho
did.
The sentiment of the Nebraska eon-
gnsiiii.al delegation Investigating
the I'lournoy leases of liuiolugo
uiiiuleatu with you furthoi. Evictions'
will result in treiudndous loss of crops
to innocent settleis.
Thetelegiani was signed by all tho
delegation and will be followed by a
letter detailing the entire situation.
(Milter mill Cuttle IhliX'H .Meet.
I'khhv. (He July -'0 A posse of dep-
uty sheriffs had a fight with Keoral
cattle thloves north of hero late yes-
terday evening. Several shots were
! tired but uo one seriously hurt. Tho
officers got twelve head of stolon eat-
tlo and two horses from the baud but
tlie thieves got away. They htolo ".no
cattle in the Osage country nnd were
making their way south to sell them.
ltifllliillni; t tit-- Income Tin.
WAsiitNno 1 illy 'A). The secretary
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ill 1111 111.13111 iur 'l.l iiiiiwum
that the money paiii into mo treasury
on account of the income tax be re-
funded to tlio persons and corporations
respectively entitled thereto upon tlm
filing of refunding claims.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Government assays of ore aro to bo
investigated.
I if a contest In France gasoline won
against steam nud electricity as a mo-
tor for vehicles.
Mr. and Mrs J. H. l'ritclmnl were
killed by lightning near Gainesville
Texas.
Japan has ascortnlnod that attacks
on foreigners in llilna were inoitcd by
the Imperial government.
General passenger agents of the
truus-mb-souri lines met nud decided to
form uu independent association.
The board of railway commissioners
has ordered the abolition of tlio bridge
arbitrary charged by tlm Missouri Kan-
sas and Texas at HimjiivIUo. Mo.
St. Louis Democratic Sound Currency
Club Issued uu address tid vising sound
money Democrats not to heed tho com-
ing stutc convention at Perth Springs.
Texas anti-silver Democrat are or-
gnni.ing sound money clubs.
Sugar Trust HaveuioyerU tlio backer
of a i-t uoo.ooo hotel that is going up at
)trtress Monroe.
Mrs Amelia Mueller died in tho
Adams county. Illinois poor
housu.
She left an estate valued at gflO.OOO.
Father McCilll. one of the best
known Catholic priests of New York
nto found dead in bed.
Millionaire John D. Hates of Hoston
muiried Mary Clarklu his cook and
Hoston society is all agog
Jesse McDaniel aged IT. and Oertio
Ilonii aged 10. of (iacltc Mo. eloped
to Wcllsville and were married.
A Scientific Truth
Till tlie lull and n.'taii"t uillgiow
'I real tlie scalp ana I lie liair wol yrou .
Uuilrrstunil ?
lite IliiiJi-lne magic hair gruwer and scalp
..! mil tour ruufiileuoe will eiour. One but
tle will ronvluce tlie'lontivst Mandlng tiald
li.-nil on earili that it wilt da tlie work. Sml
forour Irre trsatUe nit tlio cauoe of baldiii.
ur sciKUtllic syiiapfciti of tlie cilp aiij liiiir
Oar printed contract for frre ticttment vtr
Wc will mail the Danilcrlne Herald a monthly
paprr. t any address lire for one year. Da ti-
ll rine is fur sale by drvi?i;Uls and fully iru.tr-
att'rrd I" all dlsaiuf tlieMSlpaiidbalitne.
'kudld. thai Iwnt' glosty hair is prolufwl ouljr
bv II. ndsrine.
Kunnllou llaiulrrino Co
Cu hrle.Olc
Til HID DAY'S TALK.
Hon
nnd Harvey Discuss
Demonetization Act.
the
WAS IT PASSED IN CONSPIRACY!
lUlnirt) Inim the Speeches Made Iltirlnie
In I.mii: Cnimlilrrnllnii by emigres
llm llnc r tliu Clnliu of Colltinlmt unit
l'rnuil lliiivny l'.nlnrgcs mi Legislative
Corrupt Inn nml Clmrg" Tltut the ltltl
lisrl Wn Mittlliili'il Iit"r.
Gopyilitlit 1! h" Aol R llntrli.
Mr.IIorr had tlio floor nRnln at tho bo-
BlnalnB of tho third day's debate on tlio
ullver question and began tho day's talk
with a personal oxplanatlon. Ho Bald:
"Previous to entering upon n dlseusiiloii of
the law of 1873 t desire to state uonicthing
as to my pernnal relations In this debate
lieoauto my opponont yesterday stated "Mr.
Ilorr has only taught In this debate a prop-
osition that is In tho lBtorwit of every
nelfltih money-lender In tho world to advo-
cate and he is hero oiUocntlnR It' That
Is a part and parcel of tlm method usual
ly adopted by the advocate) or ireo smcr
for tho purpose n' creating a prejudice
against oery pereon who has honest con-
victions on tho othor sldo of this miertlon.
I nay to my opponent now I am not a
nioncy-londcr I hao not a dollar's Interest
In any IxmkhiK Institution or American
corporation or any utlur corporations tin
the face of tho oarth. 1 have spent my en-
tire life In working for a living; alt tho
early part of that llfo was spent hi haid
work on a small farm; I commenced work-
ing for myself at $10 a month there Is
hardly any kind of hard manual labor In
which I hac not at stmio time In my llfo
engaged consen.uently my sympathies aro
with people who llvo by toll.
"1 can meet a dudo on the ptrect and
pass mm u wiiiioui any peculiar -tlon.
I never moet a man digging In a
trench but what I feel llko taking off my
hat and saluting him beosnso I ono dug
ditches for a living. I can 'tans by a rail-
road president the superintendent of Pull-
man ears without any emotion but I never
meet a brakeman or a baggageman with-
out feeling kindly toward him. because for
month! I was braUctnau on a freight train
night and day mid my promotion to bag-
gagomaster was ouo of tho proudest mo-
ment of my life. From my boyhood up
I liavo lived or tried to on what 1 earned
and consequently I romo Into this debate
for tho purpose of defending tho Inti rents
ns my friend will learn before I finish II
of tho men who live by honost toll. I ad-
mit that at' presont I am employed by a
large newspaper corporation of tho United
State; if It will do him any good I will
odmlt that they pay me every day for my
wirk more than I used to get for two
months' hsrd labor. Am I to hlamo for
that? My policy has alays been.: 'Tftko
any Job you can set ro sb to get an hoi.cs.t
living and nocr refuse to take a better
one whenovor tlie clianio is ouerou ou.
I Is that wrong? I havo another motto too.
' .l.n . ....... .... T ii.i I tttnrlnir fnr n Imrtum or
UIUI M lll'lll) - Mil. Huv...r --. .
corporation I am a good dual more anxious
to oarn all or more than I got than I um to
ho worrying round about oro".dlng up my
wages. My experience has been that If I
do good work they will reiugalse my inor-
IU and pay mo for it. and that Is all 1
havo'any right to ask for in this world."
Proceeding and concluding Ilorr said he
had no prejudices against men who had
been more fortunate than he; a man did
not necessarily become a scoundrel becauso
ho saved iart of his earnings; ho did not
think it anything against a man even If ho
bceimo K stockholder In a national hank.
A suggestion that Harvey's father was
audi a stockholder btought from Harvey
an emphatic denial with tho admission
that It would uot havo hurt htm It ho had
been. Ilorr closod by saying that thoso
who accumulato monoy and build up great
Industries aro a blessing to tho country
and ho wob Just as zealous to prevent finan-
cial dlsoKtor to thoso as to soo that wages
are not cut In two by a dolmsed dollar.
Harvoy In reply said his remarks of the
day beforo nuntnd by Ilorr had no personal
application at all. A man could adocato
a pernicious prlnclplo without himself be-
ing necessarily a bad man. Paid Harvey
continuing: "This great question Is not
going to ho deoldod for tho American poo-
pin by any advocate pnradhiH himself be.
foro them as having been a horny listed
working man at one tltno In his life. I do
lint object to Mr. Ilorr giving tho evolution
of his life. 1 do think it was a llttlo un-
fair to havo omitted that In that evolu-
tion he finally became a bank president;
that statement should have gono with the
balanco In thn play to popular favor. I do
not deny that Mr. Ilorr and numerous self-
ish hank presidents have at ono tlmo been
tillers of the soil.
"Mr. ilorr and numerous employes of
nnwsper corporations and other corpora-
tions are In lrt. many of them represent
ing their honest convictions and I ueeord
that to the honorable gentleman from New
York. Many of them never stop to ana-
lyze tho qtiostlon the great principle that
mutt make or unmake the republic In
which they live. It Is only a question of
salary that they consider." Harvey then
wild the value of tho debate of tho day
previous was that It had demonstrated tho
statement that there verc only i8u00.000
In silver oolned up to UTS to be false and
that the real quantity was JUS.OOu.OQO.
Ilorr replying to Harvey's criticism that
ho had not Included having been a bank
president said It was not omitted because
he was ashamed of It. He had been a bank
president; the bank had gone down In tho
crash of 17 J and his competency went
with It. After a few more words regard
( nK his proout history he took up the de
monetlzatlon aet of 1873 saying: "That
bill first orlg.uated little before the year
180. It was drafAsl after consulting a
large number of experts. In the first day
of our discussion Urother Harvoy went
back on his baby theory and told us that
babe did not mean babes at all that It
meant pure and undefined people but now
he returns to bis old motto and claims that
roonty really Is so simple a thing that
label can understand it or that people
who have not studied it can team all about
It; and he is faeetloipi because I have
statwl that the question has given uie the
headache. I did state that Ilut mark you.
Ilretber Hartty it was the study of tbe
question that made my head aebe not writ-
ing such stuff as Is In this book. That
would net give any man the heacUehe.
"Now this bill was prepared after sub-
mitting the question to a largo number of
experts all over the United States. We bad
never had a rt vision of tho mint laws for
a great number 61 years and the men In
oherge of the mint thought that th time
had come when something should he dono.
Among the men who were consulted upon
the question were Mr. Houtwell the uccre-
tarj of the treasury Mr. Knox deputy con-
troller of the currency Mr Lladerman
tho director of tho mint; Mr. l'arsoni.
superintendent ot the mint at l'hlladelpbla.
Tho plan was submitted to these gentlemen
and a large number of others for the estab-
lishment of a new system of mintage and
yet tho freo sliver papers ot this country
Intimate tbat this law must have been
wicked becauso It was tacked on to tho ro-
vlslon of tho mint laws. Why that li
where It belonged. That was the place to
And It.
"Now was thoro anything socict about
It? I deny that It had Its origination In
Kngland or London or anywhere except
4a the brains of the people who were look-
ing after tho coinage Interests of tho
United Statci. And I defy Mr. Ila.-vcy--not
by assertion to prove one single Item
that had any reference to the Ilrltlsh peo-
ple controlling or directing this matter.
After a correspondence with a large num-
ber of theso experts upon mints and coin-
age tho bill w.as framed and with tbe
correspondence was submitted to congrcts
In the most complete form and with an
elaborate report from Mr. Knox which ex-
plained all Its provisions. Every step taken
In tho Inclplency of this mcasuro was as
open as the light.
"I am now reading from my own articles
and consequently I use tliutn without quo-
tations. Thouands of copies of the bill
were sent broadcast to all parts of iho
country. Tho Hankrr's Magarhio In Its
number of July. 1870 printed this report
ot Mr. Knox and commented on the same.
Tho bill prepared by Mr. Knox was en-
dorsed by Secretary Houtwell of the treas-
ury and transmitted to tho scnato on
April 25 1870. The bill as It was at that
lime drafted dropped tho dollar silver coin
of tho United Mutes and changed the unit
of value. That was In the original hill as
It was sent to tho senate with a letter from
tho secretary. Now nobody tried to cover
up that fact. In Ihli report of Mr. Knox
were found all tho letters of theso different
experts to whom had been sent a draft of
tho bill and who had been asked for their
opinion upon It. Thoso lettcm were all
printed by order of tho senate In connec-
tion with tbe carefully prepared report of
Mr. Knox."
Harvey hero asked if Ilorr had the bill
and letters with him. Ilorr thought hs had
them In the city and would produco them
It ho did havo them and continued as fol
lows: "Mr. Patterson wroto to Mr. Knox
and was -rlnled In tho public documents
for I will say to this house that every
sln;ic document I have referred to I copltd
from the hr.oka of tho go eminent In the
city of Washington myself. Individually so
I know what I am talking about. Mr. Pat-
terson said' 'The sliver dollar half dime
and three-cent piece are dispensed to lib. by
this amendment fold becomes the stand
ard of money of which the gold dollar is
tho unit. .Silver Is siibstdlarr embracing
coins from the dlmo to the half-dollar.' Can
anything bo more plain than that? Was
there nny covering up of anything In that
letter?"
In reply Harvey proceeded- "In the In-
terrupted presentation of demonetization I
had called the attention of the people to
tho condition morally of congress at the
time ot the passage of tho act. I had re-
ferred to Impeachment charges against
Vice President Colfax In 1S73 for fiaud In
connection with legislation; to the resigna-
tion of Secretary of War Htdknap for
bribery. I now proceed after first stating
for Mr. lion's Information that l)ol Mar
the lhigllsh historian says that the act ot
1816 demoiietUIng wllvcr lu Ihiglaud had
a clauto In It that It might bo reinstated by
tho king that thut cluuso giving a right to
reinstatement was repealed la 1871. and
that tho pet In wldoli It was repealed was
within two weeks In tho hands of Mr
Knox the comptroller of tho United Btates
treasury and was In part tlio basis of tho
act In this country."
Harvey repeated that thero was an era
of corruption lu congress at that time.
"Clinton Colgato confessed before the ways
und means committee of 1873 to the uso of
aionoy to Influence the Incorporation ot
special features In the Internal revenue bill
testifying among othor things that
Charles Shorman of Ohio a brother of
Senator Sherman had been paid 110000 by
tho New York Stock Exchange In connec-
tion with tho revenue bill. The ofllclals ot
the stock exchange wero subpoenaed and
tho facts developed that while the monoy
had not been paid Judgo Sherman had ren-
dered a bill to tho oxchsngo tor his serv-
ices and as ho claimed for securing the
services of his brother. Senator Sherman
to put tho bill through Colgate when he
tcstlflcd knew of tho transaction apd sup-
posed tho bill had been paid. As Judgo
Sherman was then a United Statos district
Judgo tbe ways and moans commltteo
turned tho wholo matter over to tho Judi
ciary committee directing it to take action
looking to his Impeachment."
Ho hero read a letter from Judge Sher-
man to a member of tho stock exchange
In which tho Judgo claims to have been
largely Instrumental In securing the re-
peal of certain taxes on bankers and brok-
ers. Including the stamp tax. The Judgo
Incloses a letter received from the father
of tho man he was writing to Uald father
having died Just before the judge's letter
was written). In which tho Judge was asked
to work for tbe legislation desired and a
consideration promised. Tho judge tells
his correspondent that he went (o work
In consideration of what was nth! In his
correspondent's father's letter and "had
Interviews with Mr. Houtwell with John
Sherman chairman of tho senate tlnancn
committee with General Oarlleld and
other prominent members of congress and
the result was that It beoamo the policy ot
tho administration to repeal not ouly tho
tax In question but the stamp and other
obnoxious taxes."
Harvey concluded with the words; "It
would readily exhaust tbe words ot this
debate to go Into all the investigations of
that notorious cobgress"
Ilorr rejoined as follows. ''The attempt
of Mr. Harvey to smirch tho congress of
the United States and make the people ot
this country believe that the people who
acted as members of congress In this coun-
try as a rule are corrupt and hare been
subject to purchase and sale can be char-
acterized only as Infamous. There sit be-
fore mo several members of congress who
served with me in several congresses and
I appeal to each and every ono of them If
during their entire service they ever saw;
or mistrusted that money was being ufod
(o purchase members ot congress. When
m-jH start out with the propot. tlon tbat la
order to prove tbelr case they must also
provt that the majority of the best men ot
this country are thieves and scoundrels
they had belt r stop before they begin.
"I admit tbat Judge Sherman was guilty
of a crime. That was never In any way
connected with his Lrotner John Sherman
apd you know it. They exonerated him"
Jrvy asked; "Did tbey Impeach J.iidse
Sherman?"
err replied: "Judge fibertasn resigned
Immediately; tbey drove htm from the
bench."
"Ilut what has that to do with tlm on...
tion wnctner tur. ruiox opettiy ami niumn-
ly presented this bill to congress' Mr
Knox sold himself- 'The coinage of the
sliver dollar piece tho history ot which Is
hero given ! dlseonnued in the proposed
bill. It la by law tho dollar unit' jou
read that yestrrdav 'and assuming the
value of gold to ho & times that ot silver
being about the mean ratio for the last
six years. It Is worth In gold a premium of
about 3 p'cr cent. Its valuo being $1 0113
and Intrinsically morn than 7 per cent pre-
mium In our other silver coin. Its valuo
thus being 1 1.07 13. The present laws con-
sequently authorise a gold dollar unit and
n silver dollar unit differing from each
other In Intrinsic alne. The present gold
dollar piece Is made tho dollar unit in tho
proposed hill and tho silver dollar piece U
discontinued.'
A voice In the audlonco: "When was that
written?"
Horr: "Just before It wns sent to con-
gress In 1870. It was a part ot the report
that Secretary Houtwell sent to tho senate
In the spring of 1870; It accompanied the
hill and was printed In tho publlo docu-
ments as being an explanation of the bill
by order of tho senate. Is thero anything
hidden In those sentences?"
Ilorr then gavo Sherman's statement In
tho senate lu August 1893 showing tho
course of the bll In that body the reports
thereon the fact that six senators from the
Pacific coHst made no objections to the
bill tho frequency with which It was print-
ed etc. Horr then followed the bill Into
the house after being passed by the senate
by a yea and nay vote. Senator Stewart of
Neinda. voting for It. It reached the house
Jan. 13 Hl. and was printed on motion
of Wlllllam D. Kelly chairman of tho
iicuso coinage committee; a report In the
meantime of a substitute was made but
that congress expired before final ai tlon en
tho hill. At the extra session lu ls"l It
was introduced ugaln and -again no aitlon
wai taken. Kelly Introduced It.
Harvey then took tho floor again and re-
ferred to the charge against Oeorge A Ha"
sett clerk of the ways and means com-
mittee In 1873 of having demanded l-'"iO
per month from Now York hankers and
brokers to nsslst them In repealing tho tax
on borrowed capital nnd quoted n Chicago
Tribune Washington correspondent ns fol-
lows: "Turkish corruption under tho pa-
shas and beys or Uusslan official rotten-
ness could scarcely be worse than It Is
here." Ho rofcrred also to tho "salary
list" bill and said It was at this congress
that silver was demonetized. Then ho said
that the bill as passed was pot the bill
supposed to have been passed. He quoted
sections 16 and 21 of the hilt with tho
words In brackets tho omlsidon ot which
demonetized silver as ho claimed.
He said- "As the bill passed both houses
tho unit wns on gold and freo and unlim-
ited coinage of both metals wns provided
for. Ilut as enrolled the mints wero ohmed
to free and unlimited coinage of silver ex-
cept as to the trade dollar afterward abol-
ished. Tho standard Hllver dollar was
fraudulently omitted uftcr tho bill had
passed both houses."
Horr said tho statement was prepostor-
ous. Ho quoted tho words ot Kelly of
l'ennsylvenU In 1872: "We proceeded with
great deliberation to go over tho hill not
only by sections but line by lino and word
by word." Hooper was also quoted. April
'J 187.2. that section 1C re-enacted "the
provious existing by-laws except In rela-
tion to tin silver dollar which Is rcduoed
In weight from I1SH grains to 381 grains
thus making n subsidiary coin"
Ileplylng Harvey quoted from Kelly
May 10 1878 "It (the demonetisation bill)
wus sil without allusion In debate to
tho question of the retention or aliandon-
ment of tho standard silver dollar."
Horr then quoted what Kelly said In tho
running debate lu tho houso (not "by
leave") as follows: "All experience has
shuwn that 7011 must havo one standard
coin which shall be a legal tender for all
others. I again call tho attention
ot tho houso to tho fact that tho gentlemen
who oppose this bill Inslct upon maintain-
ing a silver dollar worth 3 cnts more
than tho gold dollar and 7 cents mora than
two silver half-dollars and that so long as
tlioso provisions remain you cannot keep
sliver coin In the country."
The above was said by Kelly pilnr to the
passago of tho bill. After another dsov
tatlon by Harvey on tho wickedness of hu-
manity Horr follow tsl tho demonetization
bill back to tho senate and to Its flnal pas-
sage after being before congress for three
years Harvoy tl en quoted Kelly as say-
ing during tho debate on the hill tlMt It
mado no change In the exlstlnu valuo of
coins. Harvey said. "While the record dis-
closed tbe Intcntlou to change tho unit to
gold. It nowhere revealed tho Intention to
closo tho mints to silver." He further
said: "Tho clause providing for the Mi
grain dollar with tho right to unlimited
free coinage was surreptitiously orasnd
from tho bill In 1873 before It was en
rolled."
Horr then rpjotoi Hooper as saying dur-
ing tho debute: "This bill provides for the
making of changes in the legal tender colu
of the country and for substituting a legal
tender of only one metal In lead as here-
tofore of two."
Horr proceeded "I submit to this audi-
ence there Is right there In that sjwteh
positive proof that that bill was well un-
derstood by the peoplo who were lelslatlng
upon It. Mr l'ottor opposed tlie bill but
ho was frank enough to state that one pro-
vlslon lu the bill met with his hearty ap-
proval and that was the vary provision we
are debating here today. No Iwlter proof
tan possibly be given that that bill was.
like all the bills iiasced In that coogrws.
examined carefully conscientiously."
This ended the debate for tlie day and
Judge Miller announced tbat questions
from tho audlenoe would be now received.
Charles C-offln of Arkansas was tlie first
questioner. He asked I(arr why he op-
posed the America) people acting on the
free silver Question. Ilorr replied tint he
had never on the face of the earth opposed
such action.
J. C. Sibley of 1'eunsylvanla ask! why.
If the silver dollar was at 1 per cent pre-
mium In 1873 gold moiuimetallsU claimed
that tbe sllvtT.dulIar was demonetised be-
causo silver was depreciating In value?"
Horr ropllod tbat the geld wen sever
claimed anything of thu kind. No nation
that ad demonetized silver gave that m u
reason.
In reply to another question Ilorr sahl
it was true that Jefferson said to congress
when he discontinued the coinage of the
silver dollar a rejiort of tbe director ot tho
mint. In which the reason assigned 'or dis-
continuing the oolaage was the scarcity ot
small change. Another reason In tho re-
port was "to prevent tbe exportation of tho
specie of the United States to foreign een.
tries."
Op the rlt of Mr II rr tho further
bearing ot the debate was adjourned to I
o'clock Saturday
Unlike roost other boys of his age the
Oerniaa crown prince Is allowed so
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