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THE SOLID SILVERITES
The National Silver Party in Con-
vention at st. Louis.
Synopsis of tho Proceedings-A Solid Sil
yer Platform Adopted and Bryan
and Sewan Nominated by
AcclamatIon

ST. Louis, July 22.-The conditions
governing entrance to the silver con.
vention were almost as rigorous as
those at Chicago on the opening day
OF the democratic convention, although
the demands for ndmittance were Sc
few that ut five minutes of twelve
there was no one in the gal
lery but the band, and on the
foor, scarcely more than 200 per.
sons, including visitors.
At 1915 Chairman Dr. Mott, of New
York, and Secretary Kenney, of Cali
fornia, came on the platform, and ar
rangenents for opening the conven-
tion Were speedily made.
FIRST DAY,
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Permanent Chairman I'm. 2. 81. Join.
populist convention. to take up the questions
OF difference between the two parties for the
purpose OF coming To some rational agreement.
to the end that the domination Of Bryan and
Sewail might be ratified by the two conyeu-
tlonS.
a delegate from Illinois offered as n Substi-
tute for Bakers motion one TO the eject that
each state delegation select u member Of This
conference Committee. and that the populiSt
convention be notified Of the action, with q re-
quest that 4 similar committee be appo. utrd
by that body
A delegate from Illinois urged PROMPT
action: Faint heart nc'er won fair lacy"
either in love, war or politics lie wanted
the convention to go ahead regardless Of con-
veut!onaiiiies, and without regard to whether
or not somebody else had stolen its Platform
Of principles or had fOrsla!!cd il in the move
ment which it bad started.
The previous question was orGercl on the
motion Of the delegate from Illinois. which WIS
accepted by the author Of tho original motion
and it was agreed TO. The roll o. state, WAS
called and the members .: the committee ON
conference named
At 5:"5. on motion OF Mr. Cornell. Of Colo
rado. the convention adjourned unit! 10 n IN.
Thursday. over the objection Of Il number o!
delegates who wanted another recitation from
Miss Pierce who was on the platform during
the afternoon session
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Tho Proceedings,

AT 12:2s Dr. Mott called the convention to or.
der, announcing that proceedings would be
opened with the reading OF the call for-the con
Veniion by J. NJ Devine, secretary Of the Bi.
metallic league, which was accordingly done
by Mr.. Devine.
AT 1875 DR. Mott introduced Hon. Francis
g. New.anls. representatiye In congrcss from
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. ST. Louis, Jnly 26.-Thc national
silver party, before it ijourned, issued
an address rcpudiating assertions that
their convention was gathering of
repudiators, rcvolutionistS and an
archists, and asserting that in our
delegations are 4 veterans of the Mex
lean war, 70 cX-cGnfcdcratcs and l!6
Union 2rluV vctCran.."
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ST. LOUIS, July 26.-The expenses OF
the national convention of the silver
party were fonnd to exceed the receipts
by $500. Suggestions as to how to
meet the deficiencies were being adj
yanccd when Mr.. Lane. of California,
settled the matter by presenting his
check for the amount.
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The Modern WAY

Commerds itself to the weIl-irforred, to
do pleasantly and efrectuaIly what was
formerly done in the cfudest manner and
as well. To cleanse the sys-
TEN and break up colds. headaches and fe-
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of Figs. Manufactured by California Fig
SyrlD COmpaDy
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Just before the sine die adjournment Col.
Pace. of Nebraska offered a resolution declar.
ing 1t to be the sense OF the convention that as
the democratic party had arranged to notify
Bryan and Sewail in New York, the silver
party notify them in Bryans home at Lincoln
The resolution was agreed to-
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THIRD DAY.


ST. LOUIS, July q
Tie chairman raped FOR order at 1870, and
introduced Rev. W. II. Covert, Of the Missouri
delegation, who opened the session with the
Lords prayer
Alr Baker, OF California, chairman OF the
committee Oh conference announced that the
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The River,
The Crtiinsst.

I'm az happy as 4 lark IN May.
What is it makes mo 50?
I've asked my love to be rat wife.
And she has answered No"
Then why should l be jubilant?
Met!EAks l hear you say.
St.h IN as happy as a lark
That sings its song in May.
For. when . maiden says she won't,
Nou know she means She will.
Therefore. though Ihave bccnrefysed.
She is my daI,lTg Stil.
Cleveland Leader.
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"EvERYTnISd IS marked down these
days." remarked Mrs. Bargain Hunter.
Yes" assented her husband. Even plain
ordinary goose feathers" " Pittsburgh
Chroniclc-Tclcgraph.
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and therefore the convention would not have
the pleasure Of listening to him. II trus, We
are all in the spirit Of prayer" he added.
| Mr.. NewlandS. Of Colorado. stating that he
understood the expenses OF the convention had
not been provided FOR moved that a committee
on ways and means be appointed 20 provide
| the necessary funds. Agreed to.
| Chairman st. John then introduced to the
convention its vtco-chairman, Hon. Charles \.
| Towne. Of Minnesota. He was received with
| great applause, and spoke at some length
| Calls were made for Gov Stone Of Missouri
and W. II. COIN Harvey. but neither was in
the hall Ex-Gov. J. p 81. John, Of Kansas,
| responded To the calls for Il speech and greatly
entertained the delegates.
| Mrs. Cougar told n story 10 illustrate the
| money question from Il wOnIans standpoint.
| and charged that breworicS and dis'illericS,
| nine-tcnths Of which in this country are
| owned by British capital. were doing more
| than all else combined 10 degrade American
citizenship, homes anl industries.
| Judge Joseph Sheldon, OF Connecticut. one
Of the 81 guers of the silver resolutions and ad-
dress issued from Washington last winter n
| venerable gentleman, read prepared speech
| upon the financial question TO the convention.
Vice Chairman Towne took the chair 1T this
| point Chairman 81. John temporarily retiring.
| The following resolution was proposed by
Judge {. J. Hiilycr. OF Washington, D. G., for
| Tue coHS!uerat!oH OF tnc delegates durlHg re-
| cess:
Rssolced. That In the present situation this
| organization logically in the coming campaign.
| must be the peculiar representative Of iade-
| pendent free silver republicans and that the
| Efforts Of the national committee should be
| Chiefly directed to combining and aug'rnentin.
| this republican element as an indc pendent
| force cooperating with tho others for tho
| election Of the candidates which this conyen-
| tion shall name for president and vce-prcsi-
| dent and free silver congress.
| The convention, 1T l2:i5. took a recess until
2:30 p. IN.
| Afternoon Session.
| When Chairman It John called the conven-
| tioh to order at 30 O'Clock, there were more
| ladies present than at any previous session.
| but fewer delegates.
The band played what the leader called Our
| New American Hymn In lieu OF the march 10
| to L., which had been composed since the con-
| vertion met yesterday. but ali the parts OF
which had not yet been written out.
{. 6. bradshaw, OF Montana, presented n
| resolution OF thanks to DIR. j. ]. Mott chair
| metallic league In appreciation of his serv-
| ices i'll arranging for the convention.
| The resolution was seconded by Wedierburu
| OF Virginia ard Hess. OF Illinois. VINO COM
| pared him TO Socrates and Lincoln for great
ness. II was passed by u unanimous rising
vote.
Responding to calls for n speech. Dr. Mott
| said he hoped and believed the silver men
| would win the fGb: and expressed his thanka
fnS the vote Just given
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KIND TO THE isabel, why did
you give your grandmother a pale-pink
umbrella on her birthday" II expect TO
carry it pretty often myself."-ChicaGo
Record
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SECOND DAY.


ST Louis July y.
The National Silver convention was called
10 order III io:.' o'clock hy Chairman -. John
He stated that Rev. Joseph NiccoilS, who had
been asked to open the proceedings with
prayer, had Suddcaly been called from the CITY
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On the first aud third Tuesday of each
month till October about haIf-rates for
round trip will be made to points
In the South by the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad. Ask your ticket agent
about it, and If he cannot sell you excur-
sion tickets write to c. p. Atmore. Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky. or
Geo. B. Horncr, d. P. ~, st. Louis, Mo.
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THOMAS .-Tcacber-"Where Is the
capital of Great Britain, Thomasi' Thomas
Most of it's ia this Chicago
Do.,or1
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BILLsoN-''I know where you can find q
remarkably cheap piano mover" Briggs
"How did you discover himi" BillsOn-'I
let my piano rent get behind. d."-Cleyeland
plnipfaula1
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Tho Isctte- Part.
Worldly gear IS yours.

Worldly gear is yours.
Its Pleasures / resign:
Heavenly joys my share.
With Gary's hands in rnine.
Threadharc IS my coat
It's empty pockets fout me;
Still DO l rejoice.
With Mary's arms about me.
The man by men forgot
Their rctice never misses:
He finds sweet reward
In Ionny Marys kisses.
You from all your gold
Grim Death shah shortly sever:
Mary's love is mine
Forever and forever,
Frank Putnam. in Chica so Timcs-Ierald.
The River.
ami hirchcs,
Into the towns past the houses and
churches.
On through the night while the curfew Is
toliiEF,
The river goes buhbling and foam:ng and
rolling
Under the bridges and ovcr the stones.
Winding through swarrlant! that nobody
owns.
Spraying. and splashirg, and murmurine
free
onward it speeds from the hills to the seal
-Ii2rrcr's Round Table
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SOLID FOR SILVER,
Platform Of tho National Bi-Metnllc Par.
tv Adopted at tho National Silver Com
vention at st. Louis July 20, 1906.
The Platform.

4
| The National Silver party in convention as
semb!ed makes this the declaration Of its
| principles:
Flrst-The paramount issue at this time In
| the United States IS indisputably the money
| question. 1t is between the gold standard,
, gold bonds and bank currency the one side,
| and the bimetallic standard. no bonds and
| government currency on the other
On this issue We declare ourselves to be in
favor Of a dstinctively American system We
nre unalterably opposed to the single gold
standard and demand immediate return TO the
! constitutional standard Of gold and silver, by
restoration by this government, indepc ndently
OF any foreign power, Of the unres. .rictei COIN
age OF both gold and silver into standard
money, ut the ratio of i6 to |, and upon terms
OF exact equality, as they existed prior 70 1873;
the silver coiu To be fun legal tender equally
with gold for all debts and dues. public and
private, and we favor such legislation as VIII
prevent for the future the decentralization OF
any kind Of legal tender money by private con-
tract.
We hold tina. the power to control and
regulate paper currency is nSeparable from
the power to coin money; and hence that all
currency Intended 10 circulate as money should
be issued and its volume controlled by the gem
cral government only, and should be legal
tender.
We are unalteraby opposed to the issue by
the United States of intercst-bcarin bonds In
time of peace, and We Gonouncc as a bluntier
worse than crime the present treasury
policy. cuncurred In by n republican house. of
plunEing the country in debt by hundreds OF
millions ia the vain attempt to maintain the
gold standard by borrowing gold. and we de-
mand the payment of all coin obligations Of the
United States, as provided by existing laws, in
either gold or silver coin, at the option OF
the government, and not at the option Of the
creditor.
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Frs stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. kliue's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free 50 trial bottle
a. treatise Dr. KLINE, a33 Arch St Phila Pa.
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a Great lnduaf~.

The Stark Bros Nurseries, this city and
Rockport, H., is veritable beehive. Tho
propagating plants of the Two Pikes,s en-
farged. "Old Pike's'' statesmen work FROM
New York Westward. The Office force is
hurrying out 5000 new style canvassing
outfits, photos Of fruits, trees, orchards,
packing, fruit painted from nature. etc. Sew
eral departments give all their time to Be-
curing salesmen. Stark Bros have room
for energetic solicitors. With such progress,
and millions Of fruit trees, dull times un-
known.-Louisiana Missouri Press
STRANGER-"Well, boys, how did the game
go todayi' Boys-''We lost" Stranger
"What have you got in that bundle1" Boys
-tvTbe umpire ,,
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THERE are in business three things neces-
sary- knowledge, temper and timc.-Fei-
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Children for idoption.

If you desire to adopt nice child Of any
age address l. q. Home Society, 234 La
Sale st Room 20l, Chicago, Ill. Enclose
2cent stamp for reply with circular.
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Tho Crime OF -,

The decentralization of gold in 1873 enor-
mouSly increased the demand for gold, en-
hancing its purchasing power and lowering all
prices measured by that standard. And since
that unjust and indefensibIe act the prices OF
American products have fallen, upon an aver
ase. nearly 50 per cent, carrying down with
proportionately the money value OF all other
forms of property.
Such fail Of prices has destroyed the profits
o. legitimate Industry, inJuriug the producer
for the benefit OF the non producer. increasing
the burden Of the debtor: swelling the gains of
the credi'o or. para!yziag the productive ener-
gies Of til" American people, relegating 20
iGlcncss vast numbers OF willing workers,
sending the shadows OF despair into the home
OF the honest toilcr. filing the land with
traups and p.UYcrS and building up colossal
fortunes n lIc mULcy ccntcrS.
In the EFFORT To maintain the gold standard
the country has within the last two years in y
time Of peace AID plenty. been loaded down
with s:t2 ot'.0 e Of additional ntercsi-bcarng
debt under such circumstances as to allow a
syndicate of native and foreign bankers to
realize net profit Of millions on single deal
1t stands confessed that the gold standard can
only be upheld by 50 depicting CIR paper cur
rcncy aS - force the prices uf our products be-
low the European, and even below the ASiatic
level, Ia enable Us To sell IN foreign markets.
thus aggrava;iug the very evils Of which oar
people 50 bitterly complain. degrading Amer
lean labor and striking ut the foundations OF
Our civilization itself.
The advocates 81 the gold standard perSis-
teGtly claim tfGt the cause of our distress is
"verproductlon-th that We have produced
much tha; Il has made Us Iuur-w which implies
that the true remedy IS 10 close the factory.
abandon the farm ana throw the multitude of
people out OF employment. y doctrine that
leaves Us uEucrvcd and Gi~hcGrtcued and abSo-
lu:cly without hope for the future. We
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Malarial disease is invariably supple
meEted b. disturbance Of the liver, the
bowels, the stomach and the nerves. To
the removal of both the cause and its cf-
tec.s, H1Stctter'S Stomach Bittors IS fully
adequate IL fills the bill as no other
reneGv does. performing its work thor
ougili-. Its ingredients are pure and who.e-
some. and j, admirably serves to build M 4
system broken by i'll health and sho-n of
strength. Constipation, liver and kidney
complaint and nervousness are conquered
by it.
GERMAN FRIESD-.Dc b:cture you hat
bainted is most butiful; dere is only Won
word IN dc English lanc!:Ciige vich de-
scribes tend 1 baf TorgoIten it."-Tit-
Bits.
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CLARA-..Oh have you heard about Cora
CARROT She is going to marry a rich
widowcr with six children Dora-'.Shs
always was greedy Lhing. .n-Tit-Bits.
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SEA air rorghcns the skin. Use Glenn's
Sulphur : sap
Hills Hair and Whistler Dye, so cents.
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THE secret of success IN modern ert is 10
he cray IN an original way.-Fliegcnde
a
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PIso's Cure for Consumption is an A No.
Asthma ;DCdicine-W. X. WILLIAMS, An
tioch, ILL.,, April IL, 1894.
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NOTES AND

In less than six weeks William Jep-
nings Bryan will know his fate.
Isn't it about time for David B. Hill to
get off the ridge pole at Wolfert's Roost ?
Germany has her "Dutch up" on the
Turkish question, but John Bull is still
waiting for somebody else to knock the
chip off the Sultan's shoulder.
For age, beauty, dignity and the single
gold standard, the Palmer and Buckner
tic kst has a monopoly. But then it ought
to have something to compensate for it's
absence of votes.
There are no "keep off the grass
signs in Major McKinley's front yard.
This ought to encourage Gen. Coxey and
the other Commonwealers to vote for
him if they mediate another raid On the
National Capita.
The Tammany tiger seems to have in
vaded Wolfert's Roost and torn a few
tail feathers from Senator Hills candi.
date for Governor. The Senator is busy
now 'Thacher-n" the 1oof against any
further inyasions.
Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, in a
speech at Canton the other day, said he
had it on good authority that American
capitalists were already depositing gold
in Canadian banks, to be ready for a nice
''spec" should Mr.. Bryan be elected, by
selling it to those who will be obliged to
buy gold to make specified payments. In
such IN event they would realize 81 SO
for zach dollar. However, we expect to
disappoiut them.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25

The Gloucester County Republican pri-
maries, held on Saturday, resulted in the
nomination of Hon. Solomon Fl. Stranger,
for the past three years a member of the
House of Assembly, for the Senatorship,
to succeed Daniel J.. Packer. His Compel
itor was Wm. P. Haines, of Mickleton,
the lighting Quaker" and he appears to
have shaken up the political bones in old
Gloucester pretty well. The vote was
1713 for StaDger TO 1926 for Harris. The
fight for the Assembly nomination was
between ex-Mayor D. o. Watkins and W.
x. Robertson, both of the Third ward, of
Woodbury.. The former was not a favor
tie of the party leaders, but that difficulty
was overcome by his personal popularity,
and he got a majority of 395. The vote
stands Watkins, 1712; Robertson, 1917.
The three-cornered fight for the nomina-
ton for Sheriff was a surprise to many
who had prophesied no election. VIM.
Collins received a majority of Ala. The
vote was: Collins, 1881; Locke, 1896;
kugler, 281. Thomas J. Gaskill was NOM
mated for Coroner without opposition.
The contest was one of the most spirited
ever held in the county, the vote polled
falling short only 600 of that cast for Gov
ernor Griggs. The nominations are made
under the Crawford county system. The
ticket is a strong one and will no doubt
poll the full Republican vote in the
county, which will elect it by a handsome
majority.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
Rich Discoveries of Gold

At Cripple Creek, Colo. and elsewhere.
are being made daily, and the production for
1896 will be the largest ever known, esti-
mated at Two Hundred Million Dollars.
Cripple Greek alone is producing over One
Million Dollars a month, and steadily increas
ing. Mining Stocks are advancing in price
more rapidly than any other Stocks, and many
pay dividends of IS to so per cent. They
offer the best opportunity to make a large
profit or a small investment.
]. TALLMAN & CO.. IS Broadway,
New York, are financial agents for the Pru
dental Gold Mining Co., and others in the
famous Cripple Creek district. They will send
you free, interesting particulars OF the Mining
Companies they represent also their book on
speculation in Stocks, Grain and Cotton, con-
tanning many new and important features.
Send for these books at once if you are
interested in any form of speculations or
investments. They may prove profitable to
YOU.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
The Buzzing of the Drone.
EFrom the New York Sun.

tRAOu II . 1oIh oubsl
"Tbe farmers should stand together, %
says William jennings Bryan, "and pro.
tsct themselves from the drones of society,
who produce nothing but laws"
In professional life Mr.. Bryan, we
believe, is a lawyer, and in public life he
has been for two terms a Representative
in Congress from the State of Nebraska.
1t was as a Congressman that he be-
came known to the country at large, and
yet 10 Congress, according to his W
social classification, he was simply one of
''the drones of society who produce moth
ing but laws"
In his speech at Dover, in Delaware, On
Monday, Mr.. Bryan warned the farmers
to be on their guard against these drones.
"Just as long as the n~on-producers make
the laws" he told them, sit will be more
profitable to be a ~non-producer of wealth."
Is this why he has himself been a law.
maker instead of a farmer, a drone of
society, according to his own definition.
instead of a wealth-produoing workers
1t strikes us that the buzzing of this
drone sounds very much like the humm.
ing of a humbug.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25

The action of Gov. Hastings, of Penn
sylvania. in pardoning John Bardsley,
tue embezzling Philadelphia City Treas.
urer. is ~unfavorably commented upon by
the press of that city. One of the pleas
made for executive clemency was the
prisoners failing health, but an exsmi-
nation by experts proved the falsity OF
this, and in granting the pardon the Gov
ernor seems to have turned a deaf ear to
pablo sentiment, and acted from motives
inspired from other sources. The sem
tence was for fifteen years, and only
about one.third Of that tine has been
served. There are no doubt cases among
criminals where the pardoning power
can justly be exercised, but it is q pre-
rogative that should be used with the
greatest care, and only then when every
shadow of doubt as to its wisdom has
been removed.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25

The later returns of the election in
Arkansas have very materially reduced
the Democratic plurality in that State,
that was at first claimed to be 65, 900.
The official vote, with two counties miss
ing, shows a plurality of 3s, $40 for the
Democratic candidate for Governor. In
1894 the two missing counties gave DEM
ocratic pluralities aggregating 1882, and
II this ratio should be maintained this
year the Democratic plurality in the State
would be less than 40, 900. Two years
ago, in the September election, it was
4S, 724, and in 1892 the magnificent plu-
rality of Sc, All was reached. The falling
off has been due to Republican gains in
the total vote, which show al increase Of
ove 90, 600 this year over the party vote
of 1894. All of which indicates tina the
cause of protection and sound money is
making handsome gains in the Southwest
as we'll as in New England. Look out
for a landslide in November.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
The Money Question

we quote some utterances from we'll
known 0rainy statesmen of past years.
reiative to the issues now claiming the
attention of the two dominant political
parties, aud we ask for these se~lections
from the September number of THE
careful. unbiased consideration.
dold is the most useless metal in the
world. Fit only for plugging teeth and
ornamenting fools.-Dr. Franklin.
nav met and conquered all the allied
armies of Europe, but England's paper
money sent me to st. Helena.-Napoleon l.
whoever controls the volume of money
OF any country is absolutely master of
all Industries and commerce. James A,
Garfield.
The bank is the union of the govern
ment and the money pOwer-a union far
more dangerous than Church and State.
john G. Calhoun.
Anythtng upon sohtcb the government
places its stamp and declares it a full legal
tender in payment Of all debts and tares is
money!; no matter Wh0t the material MAJ
6e.-HENRY CLAY.
Ii a government contracted a debt
with a certain amount of money in circu
lation and then contracted the money
volume before the debt was paid, it is the
most heinous crime that a government
could commit against the people.-AbrG-
ham Lincoln.