The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-26
CARLISLE vs.. CARLISLE


One of Previous Date.
Editor Pos' There IS nothing new IN.
d'r the sun. Under date If September 10
Hon. John q. Carlisle has issued the fol-
lowing:
Mr. James p. Helm, Lou sville. Ky:
bnr iiarh9r Me- p.ember Y. lS96.-My
Dear Sir; Your letter. asking HOY; nhc
SILVER dollars, VIII ch contain a uu1ntitv
Hi bullion commercially W1rtil>nnly about
% cents each, are ma,ntaioed at a pat,
W.h E3la, nolwithstand nr tho fact that
~ Nv government does not directly redeem
mem or ccriiicases issued upon thonl I'm
Eou received. and, as a great many
d5rle,rl9S upon the same subject are adj
dressed TO me daily from different rei.t.,
ol the country. VIII oh IT IS imprarticable
/ 10 answer IN detail, will take tdvnntar,
OF your faN n 70 answer shem all At once.
M Ne standard silver dollars i3susl
! frcm the m'nts since the pasS;ige of ths
&C., or 10 now amounting to more than
S,oS,V.',,1". nave hceH ind on publ nc
count from Eullh1n purchased Nv the roy
eminent and are legal tender In pavlnenf
81 an debts. pubic AMI priva,a without
/ regard TO the amount, except when other
| wise expressly stipulated in IN. contract
/ between the parties Trey bt!1ng to thu
! EoNernmcnt when coined and .hev arc
! p3.t on, nN the government at parity
| M,lH Elid for property and scrvicos OF ON
| kudS. ana rec tiyod from the y onle a, a
| par ~ with god in the payment OF ali
/ plblc Dues aud demands. The govern
/ Went mas made no discrimination what
nIg HaHf 40
gold having been paid on its coin oblifr,
IONS when gold was dernan ed and I'll
YER ba{ hs been pa when SILVER was de
This IS the Hon. John G. Carlisle writ
ing from Bar Iarhor, Me
John G. Carlisle. secretary If Tho t,o,e
ury' wrote TO Hon. John w DARRELL a
senator of the United States, as the same
APPEARS the C9rsr,ss 'oual Record. Chat
there Is no STATUTE or practice of this
department by which a silver dollar can
DO converted into a gold dollar" and an
swering the converse OF .hat propos .tior
ne admitted that possibly the treasury.
IF Vt had silver" would give A silver dol
i"r iof gold This S Carlisle vs.. Carlisle.
In connection with the above NAV he
'eao the following correspondence b.
tween mon Of equal standing with MIR.
Carlisle:
hon, Charles Devons, Attorney General.
; r. beg leaYe to can your attonIion
a., '!u AK your opinion upon. the follow
iiis Questions, growing out OF the refund
lhs act OF july II, lS10, to-wit: Can
,lIpGilt,e in the body OF The / per cent
noI"S 'tGti tneN shan be redeem able In
com OF the present standard value, thai
Is the standard value { INC date Of nor
'siHt, or must it be the dlte of the law?
~ may hecoino nportalt to the puD.ic
lulolest TO make the new bonds payahle
81 u cci TIN standard, th4d IT, au.u 90 H.
"I ic uounts nave been expressed uron
Wnejhor pT9Nlous honds ISSUED uuuer &c. IS
prlnr to 1913 are not payable in silver coin.
rms question may h' come important, as
aAy doubt on the legal terms OF a uubi:c
security affects Is ynme Very respect
ltl'E' John sherman. Secretary
he attorney general TO this rcpncd:
Ai DgF' IT en- q Justice Washington,
letter OF the list ms amt. rcauesting NV !
ol'hi9n upon the following question, grow
;ug on; of the reGundns al OF ju9y H. |
al n hi InlI a
Of the per cen, bonds about to be is |
SUED ihai hey small he redeem abe III co.n |
o. me present value. that is, the standard |
value al the date OF their issue, nr must |
Il be the date of the law?" / have the |
n9nor to reply:
me ac- provides for the issue of hon,,s
rtdeem1bie IN coin of the present stand. |
ara value" The wort present" untiouht- |
ume when the act was passed. and nor
10 the me when the bonds we're here
after issued. 1t contemplated that ~ long |
period would elLpsc before woitl1 dns',S9
be carried into effect, and mat oranges
c IN N" ,, G"lhhigS or ny country might
w hateVor changes la the coinage should
occur these bonds were. however to be
A. ~ existed al the date of the act EV
ihls rrov sion the holder was .sutr!r,i
* tliiSl any depreciation thai might take
piace N the value Of the coin. and the
government would not he cumpeIled io
Pay me additional value should The coin
matter what was the d..c wnen su m3
bonds were .ssned. Each was 20 be re
the au,horized ccinalc of the colIni,-y al
mo dhle referred to. &. hc51g II th, N Ip' |
9rd value as i thcn existed Since the
10" was passed no chanSv has taken pla.o
IN the sHndnrd value Of the ruin IN -
understood that there has been a ccrinin
UhihSG IN the coinage of the country a~d
that SILVER dollars have now c,l.td tn
eN 50 practically ~ com.
u ~ 3, been further provided by the stat
TOW N..1 81.
seci.o &i'5. 3ies' thai mo sjlvnr Co'n,
OF 'hc llltcl states shall he a legal IN,
Not EXCEEDING s. IN AM one n ,,,,!,i
NO." ithstandtns this prlcrcai cnancr 4,
sage ot I'M" act IN regard To legal lond, IS.
the form OF bond Ia be issued by YOU
IN which u Is to be redeemed IS ,,5orernrT
u was not y. ended that tins 5h"ilid ~,
NatSd a'oorung TO- the changes which
definite rule was given by refcr,,.t,,,...' a
the c' u Of particular dat. TN ,,Lttp
VIZ phy me .' bonds heretofore issued under
n,9y Scro w, PfS the bonds whi, ~ ycu
~, u can no, he aaHthoritaliycly said that
in G so %Gs are p e9niS e1 m Go9 or ayabe
~ VIZ NNtitle Even " this La O Ion
ton nl>' on ne ques ion who ,her bon1s
rc,i"rrahil'o" v en- si HIS AZ arc or pra no,
Wh.eh eNi ied July H. 800 II h., r er
he h9'oS WIZ !, Is IN your over 20 lcn'o4,
"F' ~ Wo''A m fNa hou1 ,,,t,., !
nan those which this auto rro,..' fon''
VINE | comprehend the l'fnf3itv s,',.
! nat mere light Re in moving nv ,' ,i,,
81. ulon ma matter NJ ihc,H, 49,,
9a ne onin,on that It woulI no. bc ' .'ro q
{W $50 We bonds. except as rc ',o.,,' Sp |
W T9in OF Tho ,taniRrd va'ue M mn,
,. is,o Very RESPECTFULLY. yo'r q Ivy c
-, Charles boNens, Attorney G n,rl
"p"' nor satisfied with ;hl-. ihe con- {
sress OF the uni oil States -, ia |
uon OF Stanley Matthews. s.,srw, ,'o 9