The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23

at the ratio of 16 to 1, provided the
silver at that ratio was in the market
worth 81.
The next time we have the records
of Mckinley and Lind is on June 7,
1890, when the Sherman act, FL. r.
967S, was under consideration, when
Mr.. Bland submitted a resolution:
"That the bill be recommitted on
coinage, weights and measures, with
| instructions to strike out all after the
enacting clause, and insert in lieu
thereof the following: that from and
after the passage of this act, all
holders of silver bullion of the value
of $50 or more, standard tineness, shall
be entitled to have the same coined
into standard dollars of 4l2 grains troy
of standard silver to the dollar upon
like terms and conditions as gold is
now coined for private holders. J"
ICON. Record, p. 5Sl3.)
Mr.. Bland, thinking that the form
of this bill for free silver might be OBJ
jectionable, submitted in lieu of it
the following resolution:
"ResOtUed, That the bill referring
to the Sherman act) be TecOmmitted
to the committee on coinage, weights
and measures, with instructions to re
port back bill for the free coinage 0
silver" Con, Record, p. 5S13.)
Here, then, was a square on free
silver. By voting for the resolution
it would resubmit the Sherman act
to the committee, and require it to
draft substitute measure embOdying
free silver, and the question of free
silver was squarely presented for vote.
Mckinley and Lind voted no. ICON.
Record, p. 1914, June 7, 1907 This is
Mr.. Lind's second vote against free
silver.
Third-On June %, 1890, the senate
returned the house bill, the Sherman
act, amended by striking out the first
section and substituting the following:
''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 be coined
4124 grains standard silver, or 25.8
grains of standard gold; and the said
coins shall be legal tender for all
debts. public and private. That here
after any owner of silver or gold bull
lion may deposit the same at the mint
of the United States to be formed in
to standard silver dollars or bars for
his benefit without charge"
This amendment provides for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to land was squarely
submitted to the house for it's concur
renee to the senate amendment. Mr..
Mckinley and Mr.. Lind voted against
the senate amendment. (Con. Record,
p. 65O3, June Is, 1907 This is the
third vote of Lind against free silver.
Mr.. Mckinley, IN advocating the Sher-
man act, and speaking against the
senate amendment said:
"Now l believe, Mr.. Speaker, that
we should preserve these two moneys,
side by side. And it is because [ want
to preserve these equal standards of |
value that have opposed, and shall |
oppose, concurrence to the senate
amendment. do not want gold at a
premium; l do not want silver at dis
count; or vice versa, but want both
metals side by side, equal in purchas-
ing power and in legal tender quail
ties; equal in power to perform the
functions of money with which to do
the business and move the commerce
Of the United States. To tell me that
the free and unlimited coinage of the
silver Of the world in the absence of
cooperation on the part of other COM
mercial nations will not bring gold to
a premium is to deny all history and
the weight of all financial experience.
Whatever dollars we have in this
country must be good dollars, as good
in the hands of the poor as the rich;
equal dollars, equal in inherent merit,
equal in purchasing power, whether
they be paper dollars, gold dollars or
silver dollars or treasury notes." ICON.
Record, p. 6503, June 25 1907
The foregoing record requires no
further comment. The quotation
from Mckinley / submit for the con-
sideration of William Jennings Bryan.
III. A. ECKHOLDT.
This showing from the record dis
poses Of Mr.. Limbs statement of the
great love he has always had for free
coinage. When he had chance to do |
effective work for it, he voted against |
it, Will he explain the reason why
tomorrow night?
Another matter which Mr. Lind has
been referring to in his speeches has
been the H. & d. land matter, and |
the position of Gov. Clough thereto.
The FREE PRESS has already shown
that the state holding these lands in
trust had nothing to do with the mat
ter, and if Mr.. Lind was governor and
lived up to his oath of office he could
do nothing. Congress is the only BODY
which has the power to enact law
FORGETTING this land grant. As a mem
Der of congress for six years, Mr.. Lind
had a splendid opportunity to push