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REPUBLICAN LEAFLET NO. l6.

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What was The Crime of 1872"
> Was it really a crime?
" Was it committed secretly?
E Why WIS it enacted? :
; accepts the charge that silver was secretly demonetized Or the coinage of
The silver dollar stopped by stealth.
From the passage CT or first min.age act in 1892 down to 1870 there $
" had been dozens Of changes in our coinage laws, until the sautes gov
" erning the production Of the coins OF the United states looked like a
" crazy quilt In 1870, with a prospect that the nation would soon e.
e turn to le use Of metallic money, which had been suspended during
" the war. the treasury department recommended to congress that it =
pass general act governing the production of the coins of the United
e States, and a bill was sent to congress for that purpose.
This bill omitted the standard silver dollar OF which scarcely any
= hal been coined for many years, and none had remained in circulation. "
e he report which accompanied the bill when sent TO congress specih- =
caiy called attention to the fact that Inc silver dollar was omitted.
O Tho bill was submitted to the leading officials ana ey-oncills of the
g mint and they discussed the omission of the dollar in written comnun-
= i0'ions TO ne committee Of the senate, after which the committee re
" ported the Hill to The senate, saying in its report The coinage of the sill "
" Yer dollar piece is discontinued in the proposed bill. = The y
q present gold dollar piece is made the dollar unit in the proposed hill =
" and tho silver dollar piece is discontinued"
q The bill was discussed over and over again in the senate and house.
q was printed no less than IS times by the treasury department and :
" congress. the debates in house and senate filled IA columns Of. the Con- =
-" gresslonal Globe and the final action on it was not had until two years :
and 10 months after its presentation TO congress.
" The following table shows the number of times the bill was officially "
" before congress during its consideration. Read it and SET if you a be- .
lieve that there vas anything secret, in its passage:
SUMMARY OF PROCEEDURE-ACT OF 1s73.
Submitted by Sec. of Treas............. Apr. 2, 1870 ...... =
d" Referred to senate committee. ........ Apr %, 1870 .........
500 copies ordered printed. .......... May {, 1870 ......... "
: Submitted with report. .......... ........... June %, 1870
+ Reported, amended, printed. ......... Dec. 1, 1870 .......
" Debated ........................... Jan. 9, 1871 ........ $
= Passed senate, vote sc to ............ Jan. 10. 1871 .........*
= Senate bill ordered printed. ........ ........... Jan. 10, 1871 .
= Reported with substitute. ......... ......... Feb. %, 1871
q" Original bill reintroduced. 80. ....... ........ Mar. 9. 1871 =
Reported and debated. ....... .....w. Jan. 3, 1872
lecommited .''.:................ .......:.,.. Jan. 10, 1872
> Reported reeommitted ................. ,............ Feb. 9 1872
" Reported, amended, printed. ......... ......... Feb. 10, 1872 .
# Debated 1890. .......:............. ...... Apr 8. 1872 .
s. Reported, amended, printed. ...... ..... Dec. 16. 1872 .......
" departed amended, printed 800. go. .... Jan. :, 1873 ......... =
Printed with amendments. ...... ......: .......... Jan. 81, 1873 F..
= Conference committee appointed ...... AN. 27, 1873 Jan. 2, 1873 .
" Conferehce report adopted. ......... Feh c. 1873 Feb. 7, 1873 T.
Became a law Feb, y, 1s7s............. ".... .......... >
" $ = s. = 3 " Z"