53rd Congress > Senate > Vote 80
Sponsor: VOORHEES, Daniel Wolsey (D-IN)
Description: TO PASS H.R. 1, (28 STAT 4, APP 11/1/1893) AS AMENDED, WHICH REPEALS SO MUCH OF AN ACT, APPROVED JULY 14, 1890, (26 STAT 289) "AN ACT DIRECTING THE PURCHASE OF SILVER BULLION AND THE ISSUANCE OF TREASURY NOTES THEREIN," AS DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO PURCHASE, FROM TIME TO TIME, 4,500,000 OUNCES OF SILVER BULLION ,OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE OFFERED EACH MONTH AT A MARKET PRICE NOT EXEEDING ONE DOLLAR FOR 371.25 GRAINS OF PURE SILVER, AND PROVIDING ALSO, THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHALL USE BOTH SILVER AND GOLD AS STANDARD MONEY, AND SHALL COIN BOTH INTO MONEY OF EQUAL INTRINSIC AND EXCHANGABLE VALUE, SUCH EQUALITY TO BE SECURED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT OR BY PROPER LEGISLATION, AND THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A SAFE SYSTEM OF BIMETALLISM AS WILL MAINTAIN THE EQUAL POWER OF EVERY DOLLAR COINED. (P. 3306-1, 1383-2)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 25-3, p. 2958; Senate Journal vol. 53-1, p. 89B;
