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A political party named for this was able to get two governors elected in Nevada in the early 20th century. William Hope Harvey's pamphlet Coin's Financial School argued against the "Crime of '73" named for an act that led to sharp decline in the price of this; that decrease led to the passage of the Bland-Allison Act, which ordered purchase of this substance by the US Treasury. That act was superseded by 1890 legislation named for an Ohio senator that increased government purchases of this, but didn't provide for its "free coinage." FTP a "purchase act" named for John Sherman called for US support of what precious metal
History