The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-27
nm SHERMAN

..,.nd Leader, 10 " my"
, ,tss coinage Of silver at . - ''
. .l belong. beg to state '.
"oss,ble, how this question
~ is demonstration u, appears
" ,hs country. believe there
a...tul study and earnest desire
= ,..' nets here among our farmers
I, people than in the larger
,re all eager and watching
* and the truth.
rnrssrstand the gold basis tho
lament. II Is something like
silver formed no particular
real monetary system. from
:, ~ 1873, because there was
A. of, We hear the old story
,ysr again about there being
"A silver dollars ever coined
ar eighty-one years, TO 1913,
mole silver coinage was in
M. Sherman anu others clear
10 10 have us now conclude
IND for the first time they have
for campaign PURPOSES a new
shen silver was really demon
Nav that the two metals got
one another away back in 1881,
IN 1865, and that silver was
1i,orced from gold with no no
ii proc .e1ings whatever. Real
I'd practically demonetized at
as years earlier than they sup
gT have discovered old Rip Van.
sor Scnneider's skeleton aud II
{e,riy tha, silver has slept forty
~ instead OF sleeping twenty
n since 1873.
b. the facts? And | am open TO
for any mlSstatement.
81, minis were open 10 free and
.0lnage Of silver. including all
lions OF coin from a hail dime
lr from 49, 10 1858.
esr nints were open to free and
oInase OF silver dollars from
81
ron il92 to 1873 the only stand
.s,ar existing was 371i4 grains of
~.
every gold coin ever made from
~ was legally brought to and
|ar1en, to the silver collar unit.
eilal. Gold WIS brought to sll,
slyer to gold. DhoCe never was
pat tine standali unit gold
be All We're simply made equal
|ter dollar unit and given full
L., ralle or power.
|till silver coins gro n a half dime
|1r we're q run legal tender fol
'fH nom NV o 1875.
IHon llG 10 mob there was coined
IN all. N.ODO0O Of dollars, every
''ilhtr. Of one denomination Or
! llll legal tender.
! the total coinage of gold from
" was only g2,QlNu00. and 20,-
lhs was colnei in lSR.
nom 1855 TO lSl3 trerc was coined
aollars alone S5,-Il. "A. ana that
X years nj an1 tS12 inclusive
n this amount was coineG Just
we Of demonetization.
The total silver coinage Nom
Twas 5leM,0Ol.
sese facts are from the United
'a'ury accounts and ! take them
net. We see that rs late aa ISiS
r Ia ,he time n.5ld vas .I;saa,.i
a,gely in T,lifStnis ID c, ''1,r'
mi others in INA eVan ,,,,,,e 81 |
d our whole monetary evsten, |
ppon silver and polI S,n,5iIv "
cause The law of iS5g stopned |
III dollars. quart -. dimcr ard |
1 on private account. and ho- /
tsly did net drop or chnnre The !
dollar unit, aud horause tins |
lars alone were the ONLY silver
! admitted to coinage free clog
nseded 10 divert ,hc people's
v ,Ss r isIi 'r I'm. 81 iS'Si We arr
wy W. feaiiy cemo'ieli2ed in 1893.
NY really auihori3rh tho coin
sMeunl OF quarters, dimes and
n y s :. FAY ~ '1 ~, secretary rover
asSsraS ~ ~ ia ne p Iehi PIECES
!, Nh " Nv s US i'alu Vsq ", "hH eA-
r am II. , SUM on SUI.
&, aas hn, ,l 90 now Una / from
!, IN XXI m ", ~, co,iled rom s.
In do ,ii's I'd s' = W. nm " ~
d we hav. bc7r5 sl ~ ,,,,c IN
this IL the mo w. H q - ~ !" W. ~
coined as II had i,6 "', ~, 10