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section 73 of this act, and being in the course of 

 transportation from one State to another, or to or from 

 a Territory, or the District of Columbia, shall be for- 

 feited to the United States, and may be seized and 

 condemned by like proceedings as those provided by 

 law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of 

 property imported into the United States contrary to 

 law. 



SEC. 77. That any person who shall be injured in 

 his business or property by any person or corpora- 

 tion by reason of anything forbidden or declared un- 

 lawful' by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit 

 court of the United States in the district in which the 

 defendant resides or is found, without respect to the 

 amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold 

 the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, 

 including a reasonable attorney's fee. 



Coining 1 the Seigniorage. Mr. Bland, of 

 Missouri, introduced in the House of Repre- 

 sentatives a measure " directing the coinage of the 

 silver bullion held in the Treasury, and for other 

 purposes." which was reported from the Commit- 

 tee on Weights and Measures, Feb. 7, 1894. A 

 substitute was offered by Mr. Bland on Feb. 12. 

 which was afterward adopted instead of the 

 original bill. It was as follows : 



Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treas- 

 ury shall immediately cause to be coined as fast as 

 possible the silver bullion held in the Treasury, pur- 

 chased under the act of July 14, 1890, entitled u An 

 Act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the 

 issuing of Treasury notes thereon, and for other pur-_ 

 poses," to the amount of the gain or seigniorage of 

 such bullion, to wit, the sum of $55,156,681 ; and 

 such coin or the silver certificates issued thereon 

 shall be used in the payment of public expenditures ; 

 and the Secretary of the Treasury may, in his discre- 

 tion, if the needs of the Treasury demand it, issue sil- 

 ver certificates in excess of such coinage : ProKi<tl. 

 That said excess shall not exceed the amount of the 

 seigniorage as herein authorized to be coined. 



SEC. 2. After the coinage provided for in the first 

 section of this act, the remainder of the silver bullion 

 purchased in pursuance of said act of July 14. is'.io. 

 shall be coined into legal-tender standard silver dol- 

 lars as fast as possible, and the coin shall be held in 

 the Treasury for the redemption of the Treasury 

 notes issued in the purchase of said bullion; that as 

 fast as the bullion shall be coined for the redemption 

 of said notes, the notes shall not be reissued, but shall 

 be canceled and destroyed in amounts equal to the 

 coin held at any time in the Treasury derived from 

 the coinage herein provided for, and silver certificates 

 shall be issued on such coin in the manner now pro- 

 vided bylaw: Provided, That this act shall not be 

 construed to change existing law relating to the^ legal- 

 tender character or mode of redemption of the Treas- 

 ury notes issued under said act of July 14, 18!)0. That 

 a sufficient sum of money is hereby appropriated to 

 carry into effect the provisions of this act. 



Filibustering was resorted to in order to pre- 

 vent the adoption of a rule limiting the time for 

 debate on this measure and bringing on a vote ; 

 and it was not until Feb. 28 that a quorum voted 

 and action was insured. The opposition was 

 composed of a majority of the Republicans and 

 a minority of the Democrats. The measure was 

 passed by the following vote, March 1 : 



YEAS Abbott, Aitken, Alderson, Alexander, Ar- 

 nold, Bailey, Baker of Kansas, Bank head, Bell of 

 Colorado, Bell of Texas, Berry, Black of Georgia, 

 Black of Illinois, Bland, Boatner, Boen, Bowers of 

 California, Branch, Breckinridjre of Arkansas, Breek- 

 inridge of Kentucky, Bretz, Broderick, Brookshire, 

 Brown, Bryan, Burin, Bynum, Cabaniss, Caminett'u 

 Cannon of California, Caruth, ditchings, Clark of 

 Missouri, Clarke of Alabama, Cobb of Alabama, 



Cockrell, Cotf'een, Conn, Cooper of Florida, Cooper of 

 Indiana, Cooper of Texas, Cox, Crawford, Culberson, 

 Curtis of Kansas, Davey, Davis, De Armond, Denson' 

 Dinsmore, Dockery, Donovan, Doolittle, Durborow 

 Edmunds, Ellis of Kentucky, Ellis of Oregon, Enloe, 

 Epes, Fithian, Forman, Funston, Fyan, Geary, Good- 

 night, Gorman, Grady, Gresham, 'llall of Missouri, 

 Hammond, Hare, Hartman, Hatch, Heard, Henderson 

 of North Carolina, Hepburn, Hermann, Ilolman, 

 Hooker of Mississippi, Hudson, Hunter, Hutcheson. 

 Jones, Kem, Kilgore, Kribbs, Kyle, Lacey, Lane, Lat- 

 imer, Layton, Lester, Lisle, Livingston, Lucas, Mad- 

 dox, Maguire, Mallory, Marsh, Marshall, Martin of 

 Indiana, McCleary of "Minnesota, McCreary of Ken- 

 tucky, McCulloch, McDannold, McDearmon,McGann, 

 McKeighan, McMillin, McNagny, McKae, Meredith, 

 Money, Montgomery, Morgan, Moses, Murray, Neill, 

 Newlands, Paschal, Patterson, Paynter, Pearson, 

 Pence, Pendleton of Texas, Pendleton of West Vir- 

 ginia, Pickler, Post, Price, Reilly, Kichards of Ohio, 

 Richardson of Michigan, Richardson of Tennessee, 

 Ritchie, Robbins, Russell of Georgia, Sayers, Settle, 

 Shell, Sibley, Simpson, Snodgrass, Springer, Stalling*, 

 Stockdale, S*tone of Kentucky, Strait, Swanspn, Sweet, 

 Talbert of South Carolina, Tate, Taylor of Indiana, 

 Terry, Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Turner of Vir- 

 ginia, Turpin, Tyler, Weadock, Wheeler of Alabama, 

 Whife, Whiting, Williams of Illinois, Williams of 

 Mississippi, Wilson of Washington. Wise, Woodard, 

 the Speaker 168. 



NAYS Adams of Kentucky, Aldrich, Apsley, 

 Avery, Babcock, Baker of New Hampshire, Barnes, 

 Barwig. Belden, Beltzhoover, Blair, Boutelle, Brick- 

 ner, Brosius, Burrows, Cadmus, Caldwell, Campbell, 

 ( 'annon of Illinois, Causey, Chickering, Clancy, Cobb 

 of Missouri, Cogswell, Compton, Coombs, Cooper of 

 Wisconsin, Cornish, Cousins, Covert, Cummings, 

 Curtis of New York, Daniels, De Forest, Dingley, 

 Dolliver, Draper, Dunphy, Erdman, Everett, FieldeV, 

 Fletcher, Funk, Gardner, Gear, Geissenhainer, Gil- 

 let of New York, Goldzier, Griffin, Grout, Hager, 

 Hainer, Haines, Harmer, Harter, Haugen, Hayes, 

 Heiuer, Henderson of Illinois, Hitt, Hooker of New 

 York, Hopkins of Illinois, Hopkins of Pennsylvania, 

 Ilulick, Hull, Johnson of Indiana, Johnson of North 

 Dakota, Johnson of Ohio, Joy, Kiefer, Lapham, Lock- 

 wood, Loud, Loudenslager, Lynch, Magner, Mahon, 

 McAleer, McCall, McEttrick/McKaig, Meiklejohn, 

 Mercer, Meyer, Mutchler, O'Neil, Outhwaite, Page, 

 Payne, Perkins, Phillips, Pigott, Quigg, Randall, Ray, 

 Reed, Reyburn, Robinson of Pennsylvania, Ryan, 

 Schermerhoru, Scranton, Shaw, Sherman, Sickles, 

 Somers, Sperry, Stephenson, Stevens. C. W. Stone, 

 W. A. Stone, Storer, Straus, Strong, Talbott of Mary- 

 land, Tawney, Tracey, Updegraff, Van Voorhis of 

 Ohio, Waclsworth, Walker, W anger, Warner, Waugh, 

 Wells, Wever, Wheeler of Illinois, Wilson of Ohio, 

 Woomer, Wright of Massach usetts 1 29. 



NOT VOTING Adams of Pennsylvania, Allen, 

 Baldwin, Bartholdt, Bartlett, Bingham, Blancbard, 

 Bower of North Carolina, Brattan, Bundy, Burnes, 

 Capehart, Childs, Cockran, Crain, Dalzell, Dunn, 

 English, Gillett of Massachusetts, Graham, Grosve- 

 nor, Hall of Minnesota, Harris, Henderson of Iowa, 

 Ilendrix, Hicks, Hilborn, Hines, Houk, Ikirt, Lawson, 

 Lefever, Linton, Marvin of New York, McDowell, 

 McLaurin, Milliken, Moon, Morse, North way, Oates, 

 Powers, Rayner, Robertson of Louisiana, Rusk, Rus- 

 sell of Connecticut, Sipe, Smith, Tarsney, Taylor of 

 Tennessee, Thomas, Van Voorhis of New York, 

 Washinsjton, Wilson of West Virginia, Wolverton, 

 Wright of Pennsylvania 56. 



The measure was debated in the Senate, and 

 passed that body without amendment, March 15, 

 by the following vote : 



' YEAS Allen, Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, 

 Butler, Call, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, D 

 hois, Faulkner, George, Gordon, Ilansbrough Hams, 

 Ilunton, Irby, Jones of Arkansas, Kyle, Lindsay, 



