We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold,... The Review of Reviews - Page 141edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
| 1896 - 866 pages
...the platform of any political party was that recently adopted at Chicago, which reads as follows: " We favor such legislation as will prevent, for the future, the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. " The evident intention of this sentence is to render the so-called... | |
| 1896 - 542 pages
...the courts arc now menaced by a considerable body of public opinion which demands that congress enact "such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract," which declaration appears to mean, that congress prohibit... | |
| Anson Phelps Stokes - 1895 - 302 pages
...silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the...obligations of the United States the option reserved bylaw to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. We are opposed... | |
| 1895 - 694 pages
...а few banking Institutions In Europe ana America. Resolved, That Jt should declare Its opposition to the policy and practice of surrendering to the...obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the Government of redeeming such obligations In either silver coin or gold coin. Resolved,... | |
| 1896 - 430 pages
...silver coin to be a full legal tender equally with gold for all debts and dues, private and public, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the...any kind of legal-tender money by private contract. 16 I'l, ill OlUl SILVER PABTY— Continued. We hold that the power to control and regulate a paper... | |
| Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) National committee, 1896-1900 - 1896 - 424 pages
...dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and ire favor such legislation as will prevent for the future...any kind of legal-tender money by private contract." And this is the statement of principles to which McKinley adheres: " We are unalterably opposed to... | |
| Democratic National Committee (U.S.) - 1896 - 240 pages
...Government to the necessity of paying its debts in depreciated money ; its platform declares for " such legislation as will prevent for the future the...any kind of legal-tender money by private contract." This is to say, it proposes to do its best to make unlawful all promises between individuals to pay... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - 1896 - 636 pages
...obligations in standard silver dollars as well as in gold coin. Upon this subject the Chicago platform reads: We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United St&tes the option reserved by law to the Government of redeeming such obligations in either silver... | |
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