Proceedings of the First National Silver Convention (Volume 1); Held at St. Louis, November 26, 27 and 28, 1889 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: had or ever will have too mnch gold and silver coin; therefore, be It Resolved, That the Fifty-first Congress be requested by this Convention to provide at its first session for opening the mints of the United States to the free coinage of standard silver dollars, of the present weight and fineness, to be a legal tender for all debts, public and private, equally with gold, and that until such provision is made the Secretary of the Treasury be required to coin the maximum of $4,OOO,OOO worth of silver per month, as now authorized by law. By Mr. Bland. On consultation with the gentleman from Iowa, Mr. Weller, he has stated that he desires his report and resolution to be printed as part of Theaunority proceedings of the Convention, and will Jfeport. = have no further opposition to the adoption of the report of the majority. [Applause.] I ask that his views be printed with the proceedings of the Convention. The Chair. The gentleman from Iowa will be at liberty, with the consent of the Convention, to withdraw his minority report, and the Convention can authorize the printing of it. Mr. Weller, of Iowa. I desire that to be done in the interest of harmony and the work of the Convention. The motion to print the minority report was carried. It is as follows: Mr. Weller, of Iowa, respectfully submits a minority report of the full committee on the substitute to the sixth resolution, submitted by the gentleman from Colorado; and further submits: 1. That said substitute be amended, and its language modified by the adoption of the amendment submitted by him, reading as follows, to wit: 2. And that said amendment be by this Convention adopted as an indorsement of the system practiced from 1834 to 1873, to wit: A silver dollar of 412 grains, 9-10 fine, and...