Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — AGAINST “COIN.” [ARTICLE]

AGAINST “COIN.”

Referee Vincent So Decides in the For-rest-Hopkins Contest. 'At Chicago, Referee William A. Vincent has made public his decision in the L'orrest-Hopkins wager, in which the veracity of “Coin” was the question at Issue. Mr. Vincent, decided against “Coin.” The bet came about in this way: ExMayor Hopkins, William S. Forrest and Sigmund Ztisler were engaged in a discussion on the money question. “From 1792 to 1873,” said Mr. Hopkins, “silver was the unit of value in the United States.” “What is your authority?” demanded Mr. Forrest. “ ‘Coin’s Financial School,’ ” replied the ex-mayor. “I’ll bet you any amount of money at 2 to 1 that ‘Coin’ lied,” said Mr. Forrest. “I’ll take $lO of that,” said Mr; Hopkins, nnd the S3O was put up in Mr. Vincent’s hands. Mr. Forrest being called away, he left Mr. Zeisler to draw up the wager. Mr. Vincent hold's that two units of value were expressed from 1792 to 1873. W. H. Harvey, author of “Coin,” saya Judge Vincent’s decision is a farce.