Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-21
SILVER SCORES A vICTORY.

Following is the text of the Vest free
coinage bill. as passed by the senate by
a vote of AZ to 80, January Is. The
measure was introduced by Senator
Vest, ldemocrat) of Missouri, as sub
stitute for the bill presented by the FL
nance committee. which, on account of
the numerous amendments relating to
banks, the issuing of bank notes, the
notification of foreign nations of the
action of the government in remonotiz-
ing silver, and other republican devices
not only calculated to defeat the ex-
pressed wishes of the people but make
it an absolute impossibility to say what
it would be when all the amendments
were voted on and adopted
The democrats and republican silver
men are IN great glee over the passage
of the substitute, and all unite in call
ing it The Vest free coinage bill:n
SECTIoN1. That, FROM and after the date of
! the passage of this act the unit of value in the
United States shall be the dollar, and the same
may be coined of 4l21I grains of standard sill
yer, or of 25.S grains of standard gold, and the
said coin shall be legal tender for all debts,
public and private. That hereafter any own
er of silver or gold bullion may deposit the
same at any mint of the United States to be
| formed into standard dollars or bars for his
benefit and without charge. but it shall be law
full TO refuse any deposits of less value than
800 or any buliions so base as to be unsuitable
for the opei auons of the mint.
| SEC. 2. That the provision of section of
"A fO fhe af1ff ba
ard silver dollar and to restore it's legal tender
character (which became law February %,
| 1873 is hereby made applicable to the coinage
| in this act provided for.
SEC. 3. That the certificates provided for in
the second section of this act shall be of de-
nominations Of not less than 81 nor more than
| 500, and such certificates shall be redeemable
| IN coin OF standard value A sufficient sum to
carry out the provisions of this act is hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated. So much of
the act of July II, $780, entitled An act direct
ing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue
| of treasury notes and for other purposes" as
requires the purchase of 100000 ounces of
silver bullion per month be and the same is
hereby repealed.
Sec 4. That the certificates provided for in
this act and all silver and gold certificates al
| ready issued shall be receivable for ali taxes
and dues to the United States of every des-
| criptlon, and shall be legal tender for the
payment of ali debts, public and private
| SEC. .. The owners of bullion deposited for
! coinage shall have the option TO receive coin
or its equivalent in the certificates provided
for in this act, aud such bullion shall be subse-
quently coined.
When the above bill reached the
HOUSE,, Mr.. Bland (democraU) was in
stantly on his feet demanding Imme-
date action thereon, but ''Gold Bug''
Reed refused to recognize the gallant
Missourian and referred the bill to the
House Committee on Coinage, major
/ ty of which is under the Speakers
thumb; and as said committee will not
meet until to-day t.Jan. 2l), Its fate re-
mains an enigma for future solution.
The following Republican senators
voted for the bill: Allen, Cameron, In
gals, Jones, Henderson, Mitchell, Pow
ers, Mcconnell, Paddock, Plumb,
Saunders, Shoup, Stanford, Stew
art, Teller and Wolcott-16. The fol-
lowing democrats voted against the
bill; Gray, of Delaware, Mcpherson.
of New Jersey, and Wilson, of Mary
lands.
The following senators were pared
and consequently did not vote: Col
quit and Dawes, George and Blair,
Kenna and Farwell, Hearst and Petit
grew, Squire and Blodgett, Brown and
Chandler, Carlisle and Pierce, Ransom
and Moody.