Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — How It Was Done. [ARTICLE]

How It Was Done.

Judge Holman, the Democratic nominee for congress in the Fourth Indiana district, w s a memb r of the ’ower house when the a< t of 1873 demonetizing silver was put through congress on a rapid transit time schedule, in a recent interview the judge described how the act was passed. He said: Beyond the shadow of a doubt it was done surreptit'ouslv, and before this campaign is overthe American people will become enlightened upon this issue, and when they are, the friends of s Iver have nothing to tear. It was a ease of out-and-out class legislation, and the Congressional Globe of Feb 12, 1873, will bear out what I nave said I remember the passage of that net as clearly as if it was yesterday. It was in the closing hours of congress and along tows ard mid. ight wneu the vote upon it was taken The bill was not debatable and had already cone to its third reading. Being slightly in the dark as to its full import and meaning, I asked Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts, if there was anys thing in the bill changing tne currency. To this inqu ry Mr. Hoopei replied: “Thereis nothingwhatever of that character in the bill,’ and ve' that is the measure which brought upon the common people our present deplorable condition, and which is as yet an iucjraplete ca amity.