The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-02-21
The Bland Bill Passed the
Senate!
The Tables Of the Money
Changers Overturned!
Soon We Will Have the Silver
Threads Among the Gold.

Saturday morning By vote of 4S
ayes to 81 nays. The following is the
vote on the passage of the bilI:'
Yeas-Allison, Armstrong, Bailey,
Beck, Booth, Bruce Cameron (Pa. },
Cameron (Wis). Chaffee, Cockrell,
Cook, COnover, Davis (lll.), Davis CIV,
Va). Dennis, Dorsey, Enstis, Ferry,
Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford
Howe, ingalls,. johnson. Jones (Fia.) J.
Jones New. Kellogg. Kirk ood, Nc
Creary, Mcdonald, Mcmillan. Mat
thews. Maxey. Merrimon, Morgan,
Oglesby, Paddock, Plum, salisbury
Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman,
Voorhees,, Wallace, Window and
Withers-4S.
Nays-Messrs. Anthony, Barnum,
Bayard, Blaine, Burnside, Christiancy,
Conkling, Dawes. Edmunds, Hamlin,
Iloar, Herman, Lamar, Mcpherson,
Mitchell, Morrill,, Randolph, Rollins,
Sargent, Wadleigh and Whyte--2l.
Messrs. Harris and Patterson, who
would have voted in the affirmative,
were paired with Messrs. Hill and
Butler, who would have voted in The
negative.
Mr.. BsnsOm, who would have voted
in the Affirmative, was absent on ac-
count OF sickness.
The following is a full text of the
bill as passed:
Be it 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 dollars of the weight of
4I2la grains troy of standard silver as
provided by the act of January 18th,
1887, on which shall be the devices and
provided by said act,
which COINS, 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 9th.
erwise expressly stipulated in the con-
tract and the Secretary of the Treas
ury 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
dollars worth per month, and cause the
same to be coined monthly as fast as SO
purchased, into such dollars and
sum sufficient to carry out the fOrcgo.
ing provisions Of this act is hereby
appropriated out OF the money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated
and any gain or seigniorage arising
from this coinage shall be accounted
tor and paid into the Treasury as pro-
vided under existing laws reliiive To
the subslding coinage, provided that
the amount of money at any one time
Invested III such silver bullion, eAciu-
sive of such resulting coin, shall not
exceed five million dollars; and pro-
vided iurther that nothing III this act
shall be construed 10 authorize the
payment in silver OF certificates of de-
pOsit issued under the provision OF
section 254 of the revised statutes.
SEC. 9. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions OF this |
act are hereby repeal d.
SEC. :. That Immediately after the |
passage Of this act the President shall !
invite the governments OF the countries |
the Latiu Union, so called,
and OF such other European nations a.
he may deem advisable, TO join the
United States i'll conference to adopt 81
common ratio between gold and silver
Or the purpose OF establishing inter-
,atioaally the Use of bi metallic money
md securing the fixiiy of the relative
value between those metals. Such
to be held at such PLACE in
Europe or IN the United States at such
ime within six months as may be n,.-
ua!ly agreed upon by the executives
'f the governments joining in the
ame. Whenever the governments so
nyited, or any three of them. shall
laye signified their willingness 10
mite in the same, the President shall
~ and witt; the cOneent of the Senate
IppOint thee Commissioners, who
hail attend such conference on behalf
II the United Statea, and shall report
he dOIngs thereof TO the President,
Who shall transmit the same to Con.
ress. Said Commissioners shall each
eceiye the sum OF 81 500 and their
easonable expenses, to be approved
y the Secretary of State, and the
mount necessary TO pay such COM
ensation and expenses is hereby APP I
r0priated out OF any money in the /;
'reasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. That any holder of the coin
by this act may deposit the Q
ame with the Treasurer, or any {
Assistant Treasurer of tho United /
tates in sums not less than ten dollars
nd receive therefor certificates of not
ess than ten dollars, each correspond
lg with the denominations of the
United States notes. The coin depos-
ed for or representing the certificates c
hall be retained in the Treasury for ,
he payment of the same on demand.
aid certificates shall be receivable Tor {
ustoms, taxes and all public dues, 1
nd when so received may be re issued. +
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