The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-17
THE SILVER BILL
Passes the Senate by Vote of
4S to 81.
Full Text of the Bill Relating to the DOL
lar of Our Dads.

I 4,
Beck, Booth, Bruce, Cameron (Pa. J,
Cameron (Wis.l, Chaffee, Cockrell,
Cook, Conever, Davis Qll.), Davis (w.
Va.), Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry,
Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford,
ingalls,, Johnston, Jones fila. J, Jones
New, Kellogg, Kirkwood, McGTeery,
Mcdonald, Mcmillan, Matthews, Max
ey, Merrimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Pad
dock, Plumb, salisbury, Saunders,
Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees,,
Wallace, Window and Withers-4s.
Nays-Anthony, Barnum, Bayard,
Blaine, Burnside, Christiancy, Conk-
ling, Dawes, Edmunds, Hamlin, Hoar,
Herman, Lamar, Mcpherson, Mitchell,
Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins, Sargent,
Wadleigh and Whyte-21.
Messrs. Harrison and Patterson, who
would have voted in the affirmative,
were paired with Hill and Butler, who
would have voted in the negative.
Ransom, who would have voted in the
| ffirmative, was absent on account of
sickness.
The following is the full text of the
bill as passed:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States
Of america in Congress assembled, That
there shall be coined at the several
mints of the United States silver dol
lars of the weight of 412t grains, Troy,
of standard silver, as provided in act of
January IS, 1887, on which shall be the
devices and superscription provided by
said act; which coin, together with all
silver dollars heretofore coined by the
United States of like weight and fine
ness shall be legal tender at their
nominal value for all debts and dues,
public and private, except where other
wise expressed or stipulated in the con-
tract; and the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry is authorized and directed to pur-
chase, from time to time, silver bullion,
at the market price thereof, not less
than two million dollars worth per
month nor more than four million dol
lars worth per month, and cause the
same to be coined monthly as fast as
so purchased into such dollars; and q
srn sreic;ont 10 corr, ont ,ho forooo-
inc nroy;oions Of tbio oc+ 10 horohv on
propriated out of any money in the
Tro.s,,rr not otbor,,,;so onrrorr;a+od.
and ony ooin or so;rnioraro or;oinr
from the co;n,oa sba1 bo accornted
for and maid into the Treasnrv as nro-
vided nnder existing laws relative to
tbe snbsid;.rv coinage. nroyided tbot
tbe amount of n,orev Of on, ono +ino
inyested in spcb s;lxer brl,;op exclr-
s;ve of sucb resultino coin sb,u NOT ex-
coed five million dollars. and nrovided
further that nothing in this act shall
be const rued to .utbor;ze the navmenr
in silver of certificates of denosit issned
undar the nrov;sion of section e5al of
Revised Statutes
Sec All acts and na,ts of acts
inconsistent with tho nrovis;ons of this
oct oro bore,,r reneaIed
Soc Tbot immediata1v after the
nossoge of tbis act the President shall
invite +ho ooyorrmen+o Of tho countries
oor,nooino tbo .tin rnion so-oollad
ond Of .nob otbor Furoneon nations az
ho NOV doom advisable n ioin the
ITn;tod Statos IN conforence 70 adont
= oon,uon rot;o hetwoon oold and sill
WOW for tho nrrnose of estab,isb;ng in
ternationollv the use of bi.metallic
monoy and secnrino fixitv of relative
vo1re hetween those metals sucb con-
ferenco 70 he hold at sncb mace in En-.
,onn Nv IN tho TIn;tod states .t sncb
- ,,;.,;r ,;,, ,,onths :. nov h. mn
tmnI,u oarood mon hv tho oxecrtives Of
49, 49,. .:,''e',s,.sontS - io;n;nn n Tho samo
WI WI ero,on w. tho ,,orornmert. On iry;ted
anI, 60 90 thon, sho1I hove siori
ga a. t,oir nri,,;nnness to rnite in the
aana tha pres;dent shall Inv and with
tha odrioa ord consent of the senate
anno;nt throo oonmissioners who shall
"t.o..', "ep .,'at oovfaronoo On hah.lf of tho
Trn;toa St.to. .nd oho,l renort tbe do
tvs thoroof to the President who shall
commissioners shall each receiye the