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CONGRESS. (SPECIAL SESSION THE SHERMAN ACT.) 



The first amendment was as follows : 

 Provided, That all holders of silver bullion of the 

 value of $50 or more, and not too base for the opera- 

 tions of the mints, shall be entitled to deposit the 

 same for coinage at the mints of the United States, 

 and to have the same coined into the legal-tender 

 standard sil ver dollars of 41 2i grains standard silverto 

 the dollar, on the same terms and conditions on which 

 gold bullion is now deposited and coined. 



That silver certificates shall be issued on such 

 dollars in the manner now provided by law for the 

 issuing of certificates on standard silver dollars. 



This amendment would fix the ratio between 



fold and silver at 16 to 1 ; and it was defeated 

 y the following vote : 



YEAS Abbott, Aitken, Alexander, Allen, Arnold, 

 Bailey, Baker of Kansas, Bankhead, Bell of Colorado, 

 Bell of Texas, Black of Georgia, Blanchard, Bland, 

 Boatner, Boen, Bower of North Carolina, Bowers of 

 California, Branch, Bretz, Broderick, Brookshire, 

 Bryan, Bunn, Burnes, Caminetti, Cannon of Cali- 

 fornia, Capehart, Clark of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama, 

 Cockrell, Cotfeen, Conn, Cooper of Texas, Cox, Craw- 

 ford, Culberson, Curtis of Kansas, Davis, De Armond, 

 Denson, Dinsmore, Dockery, Donovan, Doolittle, 

 Edmunds, Ellis of Kentucky, Enloe, Epes, Fithian, 

 Funston, Fyan, Geary, Goodnight, Grady, Hall of 

 Missouri, Harris, Hartman, Hatch, Heard, Henderson 

 of North Carolina, Holman, Hooker of Mississippi, 

 Hudson, Hunter, Hutcheson, Jones, Kern, Kilgore, 

 Kyle, Lane, Latimer, Lawson, Lester, Livingston, 

 Lucas, Maddox, Maguire, Marshall, McCulloch, Mc- 

 Dearmon, McKeighan, McLaurin, McMillin, McRae, 

 Meredith, Money, Montgomery, Morgan, Moses, 

 Murray, Neill, Newlands, O'Ferrall, Puynter, Pence, 

 Pendleton of Texas, Pickler, Post, Richardson of 

 Michigan, Kichardson of Tennessee, Bobbins, Robert- 

 son ot Louisiana, Savers, Sibley, Simpson, Stallings, 

 Stockdale, Stone of Kentucky, Strait, S wanson, Sweet, 

 Talbert of South Carolina, Tarsney, Tate, Taylor of 

 Indiana, Terry, Turpin, Tyler, Wheeler of Alabama, 

 Whiting, Williams of Illinois, Williams of Missis- 

 sippi, Wilson of Washington, Woodard 124. 



NAYS Adams, Alderson, Aldrich, Apsley, Avery, 

 Babcock, Baker of New Hampshire. Baldwin, Barnes, 

 Bartholdt, Bartlett, Barwig, Belden, Beltzhoover, 

 Berry, Bingham, Black of Illinois, Blair, Boutelle, 

 B rattan, Brawley, Breckinridge of Arkansas, Breckin- 

 ridge of Kentucky, Brickner, Brosius, Brown, Burrows, 

 Bynum, Cabaniss, Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell, Can- 

 non of Illinois, Caruth, Catchings, Causey, Chicker- 

 ing, Childs, Clancy, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb of 

 Missouri, Cockran. Cogswell, Compton, Coombs, 

 Cooper of Florida, Cooper of Indiana, Cooper of Wis- 

 consin, Cornish, Cousins, Covert, Crain, Cummings, 

 Curtis of New York, Dalzell, Daniels, Davey, De 

 Forest, Dingley, Dolliver, Draper, Dunn, Dunphy, 

 Durborow, Ellis of Oregon, English, Erdman, Everett, 

 Fellows, Fielder, Fitch, Fletcher, Forman, Funk, 

 Gardner, Gear, Geissenhainer, Gillett of New York, 

 Gillett of Massachusetts, Goldzier, Gorman, Gresharn, 

 Grosvenor, Grout, Hager, Hainer, Haines, Hall of 

 Minnesota, Hammond, Hare, Harmer, Harter, Haugen, 

 Hayes, Heiner, Henderson of Illinois, Henderson of 

 Iowa, Ilendrix, Hepburn, Hermann, Hicks, Hilborn, 

 Hines, Hitt, Hooker of New York, Hopkins of Illinois, 

 Hopkins of Pennsylvania, Houk of Ohio, Houk of 

 Tennessee, Hulick, Hull, Ikirt, Johnson of Indiana, 

 Johnson of North Dakota, Johnson of Ohio. Joy, 

 Kiefer, Kribbs, Lacey, Lapham, Layton, Le Fever, 

 Lilly, Linton, Lisle, Lockwood, Loud, Loudenslager, 

 Lynch, Magner, Mahon, Mallory, Marsh, Martin of 

 Indiana, Marvin of New York, McAleer, McCall, Mc- 

 Cleary of Minnesota, McCreary of Kentucky, McDan- 

 nold, McDowell, McEttrick, McGann, McKaig, Mc- 

 Nagny, Meiklejohn, Mercer, Meyer, Milliken, Moon, 

 Morse, Mutchler, Northway, Gates, O'Neil of Massa- 

 chusetts, O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Outhwaite, Page, 

 Paschal, Patterson, Payne, Pearson, Pendleton of 



West Virginia, Perkins, Phillips, Pigott, Powers, 

 Price, Randall, Ray, Rayner, Reed, Reilly, Reyburn, 

 Kichards, Ritchie, Robinson of Pennsylvania, Rusk, 

 Russell of Connecticut, Russell of Georgia, Ryan, 

 Schermerhorn, Scranton, Settle, Shaw, Sherman, 

 Sickles, Sipe, Smith, Snodgrass, Somers, Sperry. 

 Springer, Stephenson, Stevens, C. W. Stone, W. A. 

 Stone, Storcr, Strong, Talbott of Maryland, Tawney, 

 Taylor of Tennessee, Thomas, Tracey, Tucker, Turner, 

 TJpdegraff, Van Voorhis of New York, Van Voorhis 

 of Ohio, Wadsworth, Walker, W anger, Warner, Wash- 

 ington, Waugh, Weadock, Wells, Wever, Wheeler of 

 Illinois, White, Wilson of Ohio, Wilson of West 

 Virginia, Wise, Wolverton, Woomer, Wright of Massa- 

 chusetts, Wright of Pennsylvania 227. 

 NOT VOTING/ Graham, Shell 2. 



The second amendment was in the following 

 terms : 



Provided, That all holders of silver bullion of the 

 value of $50 or more, and not too base for the opera- 

 tions of the mints, shall be entitled to deposit the 

 same at the mints and to have the same coined into 

 silver dollars containing 438'CO grains of standard sil- 

 ver to the dollar on the same terms and conditions as 

 gold bullion is now deposited and coined. That said 

 dollars shall be a legal tender for all debts and dues, 

 both public and private, and silver certificates shall 

 l>e issued on said dollars in like manner as silver 

 certificates are now issued on standard silver dollars. 



The clause in regard to legal-tender quality 

 was necessary because the coin provided for 

 would be a new dollar. This amendment meant 

 a ratio of 17 to 1, and it was defeated by a vote 

 of 101 yeas to 241 nays; not voting, 11. 



The third amendment was identical in terms, 

 except that it provided for the free coinage of a 

 silver dollar of 464'40 grains, and so would es- 

 tablish the ratio of 18 to 1. It was defeated 

 by a vote of 103 yeas to 238 nays ; not voting, 12. 



The fourth amendment was worded in the 

 same way, save that it provided for the free 

 coinage of a silver dollar of 490'20 grains, and 

 so would establish a ratio of 19 to 1. It was de- 

 feated by a vote of 104 yeas to 238 nays : not 

 voting, II. 



The fifth amendment provided for the free 

 coinage of a silver dollar of legal-tender quality 

 containing 516 grains, and so would establish a 

 ratio of 20 to 1. It was defeated by a vote of 

 121 yeas to 222 nays; not voting, 10. 



The sixth amendment provided for a return to 

 the policy of what is known as the Bland act, and 

 was as follows : 



Provided, That the act of Feb. 28, 1878, entitled 

 " An Act to authorize the coinage of the standard sil- 

 ver dollar and to restore its legal-tender character," 

 requiring the purchase monthly of not less than two 

 million and not more than four million dollars' worth 

 of silver bullion and the coining of the same as fast as 

 purchased into standard silver dollars, be, and the 

 same is hereby, revived and re-enacted into full force 

 and effect. 



This amendment was defeated by the follow- 

 ing vote : 



YEAS Abbott, Aitken, Alderson, Alexander, Allen, 

 Arnold, Bailey, Baker of Kansas, Bankhead, Bell of 

 Colorado, Bell of Texas, Black of Georgia, Blanchard, 

 Bland, Boatner, Boen, Bower of North Carolina, Bow- 

 ers of California, Branch, Bretz, Brookshire, Bryan, 

 Bunn, Burnes, Caminetti, Cannon of California, Cape- 

 hart, Clark of Missouri, Cobb of Alabama, Cockrell, 

 Cofl'een, Conn, Cooper of Texas, Cox, Crawford, Cul- 

 berson, Davis, De Armond, Denson, Dinsmore, Dock- 

 ery, Donovan, Doolittle, Edmunds, Ellis of Kentucky 



