CONGRESS. (FREE COIXAGE.) 



207 



Taylor, Terry, Tillman, Townsend. Tucker, Tuni.T, 



Walker, Warwick, Washington, Watson, Waii^h, 



.k, Wheeler of Alnliuiiia, White. Whiting, 



Wikc. Williams of N..rtli Can-Una, Williams of Illi- 



iii>i-. Wilson <>!' Washington, Wilson of Missouri, Wil- 



\\.-t Virginia, Wiiin, \Sisc, WrL'ht, Yoiimans 



190. 



N \vs A merman, Andrew, Barwig, Beltchoover, 

 Bciitlcy, lirickncr, Buchanan ot New Jersey, Bunt- 

 inir. Bnshnell, Cable, Campbell, Castle, CatiM-y, 

 Cliapin, ( 'lii]>inati, Clancy, Cobb of Missouri, Colmrn, 

 Cookran, Coolidge, Coombs, Covert, Cox of New 

 York. Crosh\. Curtis, Daniell, I>e Forest, Dunphy, 

 Durborow, Elliott, F.nglish, Fitch, Funston, Geis- 

 lenhainer, Greenleaf, Grout, Hall, Hallowell, llarmcr, 

 HartiT, 11 ayes of Iowa, llcrlicrt.il oar, Hopkins of Penn- 

 sylvania, Honk of Ohio, Johnson of Ohio, Kctchain, 

 Jxribbs. Lapham, Little, Lock wood, Lynch, Mo A leer, 

 McDonald, Mckintiey, Miller, Mitchell, Newberry, 

 I'.N.il of Massachusetts. O'Neill of Pennsylvania, 

 Outhwaite, Pa!_ r c ot Rhode Island, Page of Marylaiul, 

 Payne, Pearson, powers, Kay. Rayncr, Rev burn, 

 Ku'sk, Sperry, Stahlnecker, S'tevens, C. W. "Stone, 

 Storer, Stump, Tavlor ot Illinois, Taylor of Tennes- 

 see, Trncey, Van llorn, Wmlswoith, Warner. W'heeler 

 ot Michigan, Williams of Massachusetts, Wilson of 

 Kentucky 85. 



NOT VOTING Atkinson, Bacon, Bingham, Brawley, 

 Brcckinridge of Arkansas, Breckimidge of Kentucky, 

 Brosius, Brown, Brunner, Buchanan of Virginia, 

 Bunn, Cadmus, Caldwell. Chcatham, Compton, Craig 

 of Pennsylvania, Cummings, Dickerson, Dingley, 

 Donovan, Fellows, Gillespie, Henderson of Illinois, 

 Holinaii, Houk of Tennessee, Kendall, Lagan, Lane, 

 Lester of Virginia, Lodge. .Manner. McGann, McKaig, 

 MeKenna, Meyer. Mills. Morse, Mutchler, Pattison of 

 Ohio, Peel, Quackcnhush, Reed, Reilly, Robinson of 

 Pennsylvania, Rockwell, Russell, Sanford, Scull, 

 Shell, Shonk, Springer, Stout, Turpin, Wever, Will- 

 cox, Wolverton 56. 



The bill was brought up on March 22 for dis- 

 cussion. It was reported as follows : 



He it enacted,etc., That the unit of value in the United 

 States shall be the standard silver dollar as now coined, 

 consisting of 4121 grains standard silver, or the gold 

 dollar of L'.VS grains standard gold ; that the standard 

 gold and silver coins of the United States shall be a 

 leiral tender in payment of all debts, public and pri- 

 vate. Any holder of gold or silver bullion of the 

 value of $100 or more, of standard fineness, shall be 

 entitled to have the same struck into any authorized 

 standard , coins of the United States free of charge 

 at the mints of the United States, or the owner of 

 the bullion may deposit the same at such mints and 

 receive therefor coin notes equal in amount to the 

 coinage value of the bullion deposited, and the bullion 

 thereupon shall become the property of the Govern- 

 ment. That the coin notes so issued shall be in de- 

 nominations not less than $1 nor more than $500, and 

 shall be legal tender in like manner and invested 

 with the same monetary uses as the standard gold 

 and silver coins of the United States. 



i. That after the passage of this act it shall 

 ii"t l>e lawful to issue or reissue gold or silver eer- 

 titicates or Treasury notes provided for in the act of 

 July 14, 1890, entitled " An Act directing the purchase 

 of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes 

 thereon, and for other purposes." That all such cer- 

 tificates and Treasury notes when received in the 

 Treasury shall be canceled and destroyed, and coin 

 notes provided for in the first section of' this act shall 

 Ke issued in lieu of the certificates and Treasury notes 

 so canceled and destroyed. I'r<>ri</,,/, That nothing 

 herein shall lie construed to change, modify, or alter 

 the legal-tender character of such certificates or notes 

 now issued. 



SKC. 3. That the coin notes herein authorized may 

 be reissued, but the amount at any time outstanding 

 shall not he irreater or less than the value of the coin 

 and the bullion at coining value held in the Treasury. 



That the said coin notes shall be redeemed in coin 



on demand at the Treasury or any suhtreu*ury of the. 

 I'nitcd States; and the DallloO de|..-it. .1 shall be 

 coined as fast as may be in -,.. -an for such redemp- 

 tion. 



SEC. 4. That any holder of full Icj/al-tcndc-r gold or 

 silver coins of the United State* to the amount of 

 $10 or more may dcpo-it the same at the Tn-a- 

 any subtreasury or the United States and r 

 therefor coin notes herein author! zed. 



SKC. 5. That the act of July 14, 1800. hereinbefore 

 cited, be, and the same is here'l.y, rcj>calcd. 



SEC. 6. That so soon as France shall reopen her 

 mints to the free and unrei-tricted coii HIM- of silver at 

 her present ratio, namely, l.'i pounds of silver to be 

 worth one pound of gold", trov, it shall be the duty ( 

 the President of the United States to immediately 

 make public proclamation of that fact, whereupon 

 the said ratio shall be the legal ratio in tin; United 

 States, and thereafter the standard silver dollar shall 

 consist of 400 grains of standard silver, and the laws 

 relating to the standard silver dollars of 41*Ji grains 

 standard silver shall be applicable to the new dollar 

 of 400 grains standard silver. That the silver dollars 

 of 41'Ji grains then in the Treasury or thereafter com- 

 ing into the Treasurv shall immediately and as fast as 

 practicable be coined into dollars of 400 grain.-" stand- 

 ard silver. Any gain or seigniorage arising there- 

 from shall be accounted for and paid into the Treas- 

 ury. 



SEC. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is here- 

 by authorized and required, to make such rules and 

 regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect 

 the provisions of this act. 



There was an interesting discussion of the 

 measure during the three days set apart for its 

 consideration. On . March 24 came the test of 

 its strength, when Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, 

 moved to lay the bill on the table. That motion 

 was lost, the vote of the Speaker making a tie. 

 The yeas and nays were as foljows : 



YEAS Amerman, Andrew, Atkinson, Bacon, Bar- 

 wig, Belden, Belknap, Beltzhoover, Bentley, Bergen, 

 Bingham, Boutelle, Bowman, Brawley, Brickner, 

 Brosius, Brunner, Buchanan of New Jersey, Bunting, 

 Burrows, Bushnell, Cable, Cadmus, Caldwell, Ca>tle, 

 Causey, Chapin, Chipman, Clancv, Cobb of Missouri, 

 Coburn, CocKran, Cogswell, Coolidge, Coombs, Cov- 

 ert, Cox of New York, Craig of Pennsylvania, Cros- 

 by, Cummings, Curtis, Cutting, Dalzell, Daniell, De 

 Forest, Dingley, Doan, Dolliver, Dunphy, Knglish, 

 Fellows, Fitch, Flick, (ieary, Ceissenhainer, (iillespie, 

 Grcenleaf, Griswold, Grout, Hall, Hallowell, Hamil- 

 ton, Hanner, Harter, Hautren, Hayes of Iowa, Haynes 

 of Ohio, Henderson of Iowa, Hi'tt, Hoar. Hooker of 

 New York, Hopkins of Pennsylvania. Hopkins of 

 Illinois, Houk of Tennessee. Hull, Hull, Johnson of 

 Indiana, Johnson of North Dakota, Ketcham. Kril>l>s, 

 Lagan, Lapham. Lind. Little, Lock wood. Lodge, Loud, 

 l.vnch. Ma-rner, McAlcer. McDonald. McGanti. Mc- 

 Kaig, McKeiii'a. McKinney. .Mc\er. Miller, Millikcn, 

 Mitchell, Mutchler. Xcwb'crry. 'o'Honnell, O'Ncil of 

 Massachusetts, O'Neill of Pc'nnsy 1 vania, Outhwaite. 

 I'airt of Rhode Island, Page ot Marvland. Pattison of 

 Ohio, Payne. Perkins, p.-st. Powers, tjuackciihush, 

 Raines, Randall, Ray, Rayner, Heed, lleyl-uni. Rife, 

 Robinson of Pennsylvani'a, Russell. Scull, Scerlcv, 

 Shonk. Smith, Spefry. Stcpheiisoii, Stevens, C. W. 

 Stone, Storer, Stout, Stump, Taylor of Illinois, .1. 1>. 

 Taylor, Tracev, Walker. Warner. Waqgh, Wever, 

 "Wheeler of Michigan, Willcox. Williams of Massa- 

 chusetts, Wilson of Kentucky. Wilson of Washing- 

 ton, Wilson of West Virginia, Wolverton, ^ right 

 148. 



NATS Abbott, Alderson, Alexander, Allen, Ar- 

 nold. Babbitt, Uailcv. Baker. Bankhead, Bartino, 

 Keeman. Blanehard. Bland, Blount. Bowers, Branch. 

 Brcckinridgc of Arkansas. Breckinridgo of Ken- 

 tuck v, Bret/, Broderiek, Brookshire, Bryan, Bu- 



