The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-21
NEWS SUMMARY
THE SILVER BILL.


The text of Che bill remonetizing th silver \
dollar, as it passed the Senate of the United |
States, is as Follows
BE 1T eaGc6ea by the Sescate and House Of &2epre
sentatiues Of the United States of America I'm Con-
gresS assembled That there shall be coisd at the
several miEGs of the United States silver dollars OF
the weighJ'of 412 grains troy, of standard silver,
as provided in the act of Jan. 18, 1881, on which
shall be devices and ssuperscription provided by
said act which coins, Stogether with all silver dol
lars heretofore cone&tby the United States Of Nike
weight end ineness esna be legal Fender'at tAeir
nominal value for ell debts and dues, pubhc$and
private, except where otherwise expressed
and stipulated in the contrast; and the
Secretary of Tie Treasury us authorized
and directed to purchase, from time to
tnrs silver bullion, at the market aIceFthereof, not
lessshan ,GGc worth per mons, nornaoCe than
$LG90,000 worth ger month, and cause thesame to
beecoined monthly, as fast as sc purchaEed, into
such dollars, and sum sufficient to carry out the
foregoing provisions of this act as herebyeppropri-
;stdout of any money in the treasury nototherwise
appropriated ;ead any gain ocsseignofTsy,e arising
from this Coinage shall be accounted ifer and paid
into the tre@sru.y provided under existing laws
relative to the subsidiary coinage sprevided that
THE amount ot money at anyone time invested iHt
Tsuch silver bClion exclusive oeu6h resulting coin,
sha not exoeod S. 0o0, 900; and provided, furthe1
hat nothingn this act shall e construed to author
Sze the paypscnt silver Of certificates of deposit
atssued under the provisions Of secsgS4 of the Be
vvised Statutes.
SEQ. q AL acts and pages Of aacts inconsistent
with the provisions of this actars hareby repealed
SEC. 3. Tgiat, immediatelyaftet theg9assage ofSis
act the President shall invite the Governments of
the countries composing thelIatH Union SO call ed
and of such other European nationses he may deem
advisablec join the United States in conference to
adopt OSgrmon ratio between gold and silvec for
the purpose of establishing internationally tsa use
of bi-metaIac money and securing ixity.@s the
relative E&lIe between those nnetas such CENTER
ence to be held at such place in Europe or
in the United States, at rsush time within
Six months as may be mutually agreed upon
by the F.Myecutives of the Governments Joining
in the same, whenever the Governments invited,
or any thrSe of them, sha1 have signed ts n will
ingness toaUnite in the same. Tke President shall
by and WIKI the advice &ndconsent of the Senate,
appoint three Commissioners, who shall ate I'd such
conference behalf Of the UNITED States; and shall
report hie doings thereof tcsthe President, who
shall transmit the same to Congress. Said Com
missionersGhall each receive the sum offs 500 and
their reasonable expenses, tohhe approve by the
SecretaryG State, and tae amount necessary to pay
such compensation and expenses is hereby appro-
priated oUcf any money in tee treasury not other
wise appropriated. 4,
SEC. f. That any holden ,of1 she coins at shorized
by this acaay deposit the Sans with the Treasurer
or any Assls5ant Treasurer of Sae UnitedS& ates in
sums of nSless than $l0 ErI Neceive therefor GER
dfcates of not less than $10eaach. corresponding
with the der ominations of SEKaited STATES notes
The coin deposited for representing tks certif.
Gates shall s retained in the ,4seasuryfcr the pay
ment of the demand. Said certificates
shall be receivable for customs taxes and AL public
dues, andy Ws- SO received, meg be reissHnd.
Followinga3 the vote ontne passage of the
bill:
YeG6-ANisen, Armstrong, Bailey, BeeE, Booth
SBruce, CaGosrcn (Pa), Cameron wis, Chatfee
eCockrell Godi, Conover, Aavts Tll], Davis wv
RVa) Denns5 & orsey, Eustis, Ferry, Garland, Cor
don, Grover, hereford, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston
1cnes (F1a}, JoEes (Nev.), Kellogg, Kirkwcod, Nc
sGIeery, McDSnald, MCMILLAN, s1aatthews Maxey
Aerrimon, EQrgan, OglesE8g }Z9addock, Plumb
Salisbury, Saunders, Spencer Teller, Thurman
VOORHEES,, Wallaee, Window Withers--4S.
" ays-Anthong, Barnum, RsN&ad, Blaine, Burn
si@o, Christianoy, Conkling, Dawes, gEdmunds
Riarnlin, Hoar, Herman, Lamar, GE4Rherson, Mitch
ell, Morrill,, RaR6oph, RollinGg Sargent Hadleigh
Whg5e-2I.
8olitically thelEote was as doI-owsy including
those paired and absent Forsthe bill, ERepnb-
hoans, 26; Democrats, 26 nass, .RephI3icans,
Id; democrats, 80, Twenty-Five States voted
unanimously for &the bill, nacaaiy: Virginia,
Ohio, NNorth Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alabama,
Iowa. sFlorida, Colorado, Kentucky, Indiana,
Tennessee, Minnesota, Arkansas, Neaxaska,
Louisiana, Wisconsin, Texas, illinois, West
Virginiel Kansas, A-ssouri, and Nevada; and
eight States gave half their vates &c. the
bill delaware, Maryland, South lCaudina,
Georgia, Mississippi, Michigan, Cdiiforgie.and
Oregon.