Your horn button is usually the ground that when depressed completes the circuit allowing the horn to honk. If you have a wire coming out of the steering column it's probably the horn button wire. I would try connecting it to the wire going to the horn & see it that works. It's possible the PO put the button on the side of the column because the stock button didn't work correctly.

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