The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-08-26
Legislative Record Of Hon. Knute Nelson
coNTRAsTEp THAT OF
HON. ICNAT|US DONNELLY.
(CONCLUsION.
THE DEMONETIZATION OF SILVER.

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One OF the great questions to-day question:
Silver had
In February
corrupted by England
banker named Ernest Syd
secretly that the president the
afward that he did anything
kind the bill when When
outcry up for the repeal of the bill demonen
time both the republican parties opposed
repeal because the
be rendered valuable by thereby reducing
value all kinds of belonging people,
NELSON will either have ignore the whole subject in this campaign
Putocay scheme people, arguing
law 1873 demonetng
silver must not monet and cannot be without the
country
HOW NELSON VOTED IN 1878
1873 fourteen
and five after silver had stricken down Congress-
only Hon KsUrE NELSON and Hon
republican and democratic members of the
and repubican voted favor Of the repeal
gress Of 1873, demonetizng silver.
page
l18 Wednesday, January 9th 1875
"Mr Donnelly offered the following
Resolved
atves coneung that Senators the Of the United
@ sss aa the
s % the a S
~ full all debts public and private the United States
opposed resolution party
sd together that they could anything ontrag
OF the nation and the resolution up
later Jan 17h 1878 26 of Jouna Senator Edgon repu
Judge appointed by
republican president offered substitute for Mr. DoNNELY resolution
Here is the record
Edgerton following
Resolved Congress be instructed and our Rep
for repeating the act February 12
The question n fs being @ a @ h it, a submitted BY
Bailey Clement ough DoNNELY Doran Drew Edgerton
f aedda SG0 sn Hail. % H Mssss %
NELSON Page sbu Rice shaeen swanstrom Waite waldron and
Those negative
republicans while
wasa democrat
With what Mr. NELSON declare against the full
repeal
1878? Does it not show that es now suboang his ud
1873
the OF this the popular demand
necessity the silver 1892 than
party
silver question what have the
OF the corporations and moneypower
elected governor? it worse to be the tool OF Jim Hill than to
be slave OF Jay Gould?
will be noticed that besides Donny Judge Macdonald of
following leading republicans
Coug the republican candidate for Lieutenant
nor Judge Edgerton Dairy Commissioner
wards leading republican federal lngdon OF Minneapolis
Pury Gov Rice voted monetz silver while such
Lenau Ma did the They
all hard at work fighting free silver.
NELSON GoIDBuG
people fully following upon thede
great
gold
and the therefore buy everything by the OF
The into their mortgages though the
money lent gnbas edeemabe national bank that the
debt principal and interest be paid in gold
off this the Puocrats Mr. DonneIy
resolutions the State Senate March 3D. 1876
4 heeupon Senator Hill OF Winona democrat offered
442 Senate Journal 1850
M Hill offered the following substitute for the rsouton offered by
Mr.. Donnely
Resolved Thatn the opinion the Senate all due in this state
gold
States Bank bills United States
redman United States standard of value and that all
implied the day Of 1879
o& Payisf 5 sGt a%s e sa paid "
the amendment the table the
called there a. follows Those who voted
affirmative
SssS ss.sy %s.
Yale
Clark DoNNE-
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