The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
GOVERNOR M'KINLEY
Voted for Free Coinage in the House
on November 5th, 1873, Being Mr..
Bland's ResolutiOn-Statement by
Mr.. A. McGregnr.

Mr.. A. McGregor.
To THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS: A friend
enquired of me the other day whether Cover
nor Mckinley voted while in congress in 1877
for the free coinage of silver, saying that Mr..
Bland in a recent speech said 50.
We agreed if Mr.. Bland so said II was un-
doubtedly the case but remarked that it was
in 1878 as | remembered Accordingly / in
vestigated and found in Appleton's annual
cyclopedia for 1878, page las, the following,
which, by publishing, doubt not you will
oblige others as well as myself. The people
should know, for knowledge in this matter is
becoming important.
'In the house on November 5th, Mr.. Bland,
of Missouri, moved to suspend the rules so as
to enable him to introduce and the house to
pass bill to authorize the free coinage of the
standard silver dollar and to restore its legal
tender character.
THE first section provides that there shall
be coined at the several mints of the United
States the silver dollar of the weight of 4l2I
grains troy Of standard silver, as provided in
the act of January Is, 1887, on which shall
be the devices and superscriptions provided by
said act; which coins, together with all silver
dollars heretofore coined by the United States
of like weight and fineness, shall be legal
tender at their nominal value for all debts ol
dues, public or private, except when otherwise
provided by contract and any owner of silvel
bullion may deposit the same in any United
States coinage mint or assay Office to be coinet
into such dollars for his benefit upon tn,
same terms and conditions as gold bullion il
deposited for coinage under existing law.
Section 2 provides for repeating all acts anC
parts of acts inconsistent with the provision
of the act.
Mr.. Bland: "This is the bill which passet
the house last winter"
The Speaker: Neither debate nor amend
ment is in order; the clerk will proceed to cal
the role"
The question was taken and there were yea
1853, nays "a, not voting 93; as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Atkins, Baker, Ban
ming, Bell, Bicknell, Bland, Blount Boone
Bauck, Brentana, Bridges, Bragden, Browne
Buckner Bundy, Burdick, Cahell, Cain, j. w
Caldwell, w. X. Caldwell, Calkins, Gambler
Cannon, CARLISLE, Carwell, Chalmers
Clarke of KY, Clark of NO., Rush Clark, Con
ger, Cook, j. D. Cox, s. S. Cox, Cravens, Crit
tenden, Culberson, Cummings, Cutter, Dan
ford, Darrall, Davis, Deering, Dibrell, Dickey
Dunnell, Eden, Elan, Ellis, Ellsworth Evins
Ewing, FELTON,, Finley, Farney, Foster, Frank
lin, Fuller, Gardner, Garth, Giddings, GlOner
Goode, Hamilton, Harris, Harrison, Hartridge,
Hartzell, Haskell, Hatcher, Hayer, Hazleton,
Henderson, Herbert, Hewitt, Hooker, Hause,
Hubbell, Humphrey, Hunter, Hunton, Ittner,
l. T. Jones, " S. Jones, Keifer, Keightly,
Kelly, Kenna, Knapp Knatt, Lathrop, Ligan,
Luttrell, Lynde, Mackey, Maish, Manning,
Marsh, Martin, Mackenzie, MCKINLEY, Nc.
Mahon, Mills, Nancy, Monroe, Morgan, Nor
rison, Muldrew, Neal, Oliver, Pacheca, Page,
Patterson, Phillips, Pollard, Pound, Price,
Pridemare, Rainey, Randolph, Rea, Reagan,
Rice, Riddle, Robbins, Robertson, Robinson,
Sampson, Sapp, Saylor, Scaler, Sexton, Shelly,
Singleton, Slemons, Smith, Spader, Springer,
Steele, Stewart, j. w. Stone, J.C Stone, Strait
Thonburgh, Throckmorton, Upton, Amos
Townsend, r. w. Townsend, Turner, Vance
VanVorhes, Waddell, Welch, White, Willets
G. G. Williams, J. n. Williams, Willis, Wren
Yeates and Young,-163.
The "a voting nay it is not necessary TO give
and the 93 members who did not vote on the
question also omit.
1t will n seen that Mr. Carlisle, now secre
tary of the treasury, voted for free coinage
Today he begins a stumping tour against fire.,
coinage We read that 'evil comm unication'
etc. Men may and do change; principles
however, do not
Mr. Mckinley it must be admitted, unlike
Mr.. Carlisle, avoids the silver question thesC
days. Mr.. Mckinley is prudent in this. 1t il
said too that he is not very fierce now on pro
lection would not like to trust him though
A. MCGREGoR.