The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-19
.oinage. and. unhappily. mostly Demo

! coinage. and, unhapply. mostly Demo-
/ cratic free coinage.
We do not mean TO say that the Demo-
cratic party can elect It's nominee In No
vember under any circumstances. but we
do mean to say that its only hope of
clccting him Is for 1t to cut Itself entirely
loose from free silver and unequal income
taxes That VIII give u a good show.
1t is interesting 10 follow this discus
sion with the following article from the
New York Journal Of Commerce showing
the exact course which free silver as
run in Congress:
"On December g. 1876 Nj. Bland's hill
10 resume coinage OF The silver "oiaI
passed the house Dy los 10 af. 'h
January ~. 1913, the resolution OF
Senator Matthews. the author Of the
question, W nat 90 we care Tor ahroaa
that the bonos were payable In Sill
yer donars, which had ALREADY passed
the senate. was agreed 10 ~ Inc
House by "a vote Of lN 10 -. ON rcbfu-
AIRY y. 1873. the Biand-Allison bill passed
Hayes by 1875 To -. on March D. lb'e, IN
SPITE of the fact that the coinage dGes-
uOn had been settled by the Biand-AllisOn
compromise, springer ; free-coinage bill
secured 40 votes to lO2 against, but old
not pass because the suspension OF the
rules was necessary and the majority did
not reach two-thirds On May y. eis.
A. J. Warmers tree coinage bill passed
the House by ia TO 81. ON February -.
$50. the House refused to consider bill
looking 10 the suspension OF silver COIN
age. On April \. 1855, BANDS free com
age bill was beaten In the House by
vote Of 10 TO 1853. on June :. ls5o, Bland
moved 20 recOmmit the Window silver
purchase bill and report free coinage
substitute. hut was beaten by vote OF
ll5 to iiO. Twenty days later the Senate
amendment providing for free coinage
was defeated in the House by a vote OF
l5i 10 1872. The House agreed 10 the Sner-
man silver purchase law, a compromise
arranged by tse cOnferees on the House
silver purchase bin and the Senate free
coinage bill. July 18th, by vote OF ~ 10
90. ON March :, 1862. i'm spite OF flibus-
tering by the sound mOney men, IL
House agreed by vote OF $50 20 ~ IL
make Tree coinage bill a special ORDER
for March 18th. on that day Nh. Burrows
motion 10 lay the bin on the table was
defeated by i4S TO l49. Mr.. Outhwaites
motion 10 adjourn was defeated-M 10
1873. Mr.. Bland moved 20 lay on the table
a motion 10 reconsider the vote on Mr.
Burrows motion. and the vote was tie.
The motion TO reconsider then prevailed
bv 80 10 liS. Mr.. Burrows motion was
then defeated again by 10 20 l49. Inc
time set apart for the consideration OF the
bill was used uD in these and other dila-
tory motions. and finally Mr.. Bland gave
up the fight and moved the adjournment
Of the House. which was carried. ON
August sth. the repeal Of the Sherman
law being before the House a free coin
age proposition was votcT town bv i2l 70
221 After various alternative propositions
were tried. the silver purchase law Vas
repealed by 2S9 10 JOS on March ]. 1894.
the House passed Mr. BANDS bin TO coin
the seignioraCe by ljS 10 l29. The vote
10 pass the bill over the veto was IA 70
ll4-not twO-thirds. on February :, 1875.
the House refused TO pass the bill author
izing bond issue by 1875 TO 162. one
week later II rejected the resolution 10
make the bonds issued 10 the Loan
Syndicate payable IN gold by a vote Of
go to l67. on Friday the House concluded
twenty years Of silver agitation by giving
a majority Of l2j against free coinage, the
vote being 30 to 2lJ.