Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — SILVER MEN ON TOP. [ARTICLE]

SILVER MEN ON TOP.

FREE COINAGE BILLfPRESEfiITEb ;n the Senate. Members of the Senate Finance Cstnmittee Adopt a' , SnbStltnte for ths Cariff BUl—Action Taken on Proposltion of Hr. Vest. ——- Substitute G* ven Ike Senate. The belated tariff bill emerged from ths Senate Finance Committee Tuesday and made its appearance soon after the session opened. Chairmaif Morrill made the repo.rf, stating that a free silver amendment had taken the place of the original hill. Mr. 'Quay had remained standing while Mr. Morrill spoke and at once followed with a motion to recommit bill and substitute back to the Finance Committee ivith instructions to report the original bill and amendment separately. The silver substitute to the tariff bill reported to the Senate was Suggested by Senator and was agreed to in the Finance Committee by a, majority of 1, Senator Jones (Nev'.j voting avith the Democrats for the substitute and all the Republicans present voting against it. Senator .Wolcott (Colo.) was the only Republican absentee and he was recorded as voting against the substitute. Senator Jones (Ark.), the ojnly Democratic member not present, Was recorded as voting for it. The substitute agreed to is in the exact words of the silver substitute for the bond bill which passed the Senate on Saturday. It pro Video for the free coinage of silver at The ratio of 10 to 1; directs the immediate coinage into standard dollars offthfl’ silver seigniorage in the treasury accumulated by the purchases under the Sherman act; prohibits the issuance of national bank notes of a smaller denomination than $lO, ami directs the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem greenbacks and treasury notes in either gold or silver exclusively, at the option of the Secretary, and to reissue greenbacks.