Senate bill to make foreign and domestic coins full legal tender
Senator Butler introduces a bill to make Mexican dollar and Japanese yen and the trade dollar full legal tender, arguing Congress long ago allowed foreign coins as tender and that heavier coins shift purchasing power. He cites coin weights, mint data, and warns of gold mortgage burdens, urging state action if Congress stalls.
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Butler
Senate
Mr. Hale
Mr. Bauer
Hele
United States
Congress
Mint
Colorado
Dr. Tellier
Onion
Sherman
Mexico
Japan
Gonrite
Asia
Straits Settlements
China
India
Bill
Shylick
Committee On Finance
Jasc
People’s Party
A. Guthrie
Telegraph monopoly in this country shocks investors
The telegraph monopoly in this country is, proportioned to investment, the most extraordinary monopoly on the face of the earth.
Legal Tender by States and Constitutional Inquiries
Maj W A Guthrie argues that States may legally declare gold and silver coins, including foreign coins, as tender in debts within their borders. He cites constitutional provisions, contrasts Trade Dollars with Standard Dollars, and urges North Carolina and others to reclaim monetary sovereignty by legalizing silver and foreign coinage for debt payments. He recalls Tyler and Jackson to condemn modern banking and calls for a state-led coinage plank.
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W. A. Guthrie
Congress
United States
United
Mint
United Sister
North Carolina
People’s Party
John Tyler
Grover Cleveland
Tyler
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
Spain
Great Britain
France
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Jackson
United States Bank
William Henry Warrison
Ben
Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
Cuperes
Riscal Bank of the
Senate
House of Representatives
Fiscal
White House
Washington
Jobn Tyler
Republican Party
Republican Democratic Party
Grover
Buncombe Populists Reject Republican Candidates Support Butler Silver Plan
Buncombe county Populists meet in Republican Club room and unanimously back Senator Butler's cooperation on Republican terms, pledge support for free silver at 16 to 1, and refuse to send delegates to the Raleigh convention. They vow not to vote for any candidate who backs the gold standard. The group plans another meeting soon.
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Butler
J. N. Morgan
T B. Long
Republican Club
L J. Candler
Republican Party
Epons
United States
Burcombe County
Buncombs County
Raleigh
Jon
T. J. Candler
W.L Henry
Durham
W. L. Henry
T. J. Candier
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John Cleveland
Buncombe Populists
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