Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-06

voting for these resolutions was Will
liam Mckinley, now president Of The
United States The resolutions reed
as follows:
"Whereap, BY the act entitled, IAN
act to strengthen the public credit
approved March IS, 1869, it was pre-
vided and declared that the faith Of
the United States was thereby sol
EMMY pledged to the payment in
coin or its equivalent, of all the in-
terest-besring obligations Of the
United States, except in cases where
the law authorizing the issue OF such
obligations had expressly provided
that the same be paid in lawful
money or other currency than gold
and silver; and
Whereas, All the bonds OF the
United States authorized to be issn-
cd by the act entitled IAN act TO au-
thorize the refunding Of the national
debt" approved July H. 1870, by the
terms Of said act were declared to be
redeemsble in colo of the then present
standard value, bearing interest pay
able semi.annually in such com; aud
Whereas, All bonds Of the United
States Huthoriz d to be issued under
the act entitled San act to provide
for the resumption Of specie pay
ments," approved January Ia, 1875,
are required to be Of the description
Of bonds OK the United States de-
scribed In the said act of congress
approved July IA, 1870, entitled "An
act to authorize the reiunding Of the
national debt" and
Whereas, At the passage Of said
act Of congress last aforesaid, to-wit,
the 14th day of July, 1870, the coin
OF the United States Of standard
value of that date included silver
dollars Of the weight Of 4l2s grains
} each, ss declared by the act approved
January IS, 1887, entitled San act
supplementary to the act entitled AN
: act establishing a mint and regulat.
3 ing the COINS Of the United States,'"
: to be a legal tender OF payment &C.
: cordlng to their nominal value for
! any sum whatever; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the senate (the house
t Of representatives concurring there
3 in) that all the bonds Of the United
I States issued under the said acts of
E congress herelnbeiore rected, are
payable, principal and interest, at
5 the option Of the government Of the
!. United States, IN silver dollars Of
l the coinage Of the United States
3 containing 412t grains each Of stan
dsrd silver; and that to restore to it's
coinage such silver coins as legal
: tender in payment Of said bondp,
s principal and interest, is not in vio-
I lation Of the public faith nor in
q derogation Of the rights Of the pub.
o lIc creditor"
= Here is clear and emphatic de.
: claration on the part Of congress that
= the bonds Of the United States are
payable in silver. 1t was made by
I republican senate and a republican
D house. That was The republican
: party's position on this question just
l twenty years ego What is it today 7
t II is striving to make these same
r bonds payable in gold alone. In
}, standing squsrely on these resolu-
9 tions, Senator Teller represents the
: original republican doctrine. Those
!, who antsgonlze him represent the
r party's submission to the gold power.
8 All that any ''sllvsr lunatio" demands
4 today is a compliance with the reso.
+ lutions presented by partisan re-
publican and passed by republican
congress by such decisive msj9rlties
in January, 1878. Twenty years have
9 worked many changes IN the standing
? Of parties on this question.
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