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Show IHNOItlMI Mi 1'tlltLl.lSMSS I IHJMAIIUV. iTIhegnat controvrrty relating lo tllver now agitating the country refer, enru la made frequently to the demon-etlrallon demon-etlrallon act of Inn. Advocate of free anl uullmlted coinage of tllver claim thlt thlt nit waa turret tltloii.le aeahy goldltea.nul that the loun-try loun-try wai not fully aware of Ha rial nature na-ture uullliomeyiartafterwardi. Ilia almllted, however, li nil ban la, that a all ver dollar lu 1871 naa worth three rent, mire than a gold dollar, Thu antl free tllter nitiiiUIni that Ihla act had iiclhlng ti tin with the ileinomtliatloii rf tllvur, and Ihal It did not Intirfern with tho ttaulnrl tllver dollar. That la all true, hut It only authorlted the rolnago of tllver Into half and quarlor dollart and illnnt, according to tbe ttandaldof 18.V1, aud Into a traJe dollar aluvn Ihe tlau lam of Iho unltdolUr, and rohlbilcil time coin from I thu a legal tender for more than live dollart lu any onejay. ment. The act, It la true, contalnel no change In the old unit dollar. It Imply omitted to mention It at one of theoolni to be ma In at the mint. Hectlon 17, of tho I III real,. ".No colnt either of gold, tllver, or minor tolnage, ahall heraalur le Utued from Ihe mint, other than tbote of the denomination!, ttau lardt, and weight-, Li rein tit forth " The unit dollar wat not mintloiiel In the lilt, therefore under thlt cli no It coul 1 not he laiurd from the mint. From the limn of Iho paa.agi.of Hill bill alive, legan to di-iKlat.,anlnl570lliquittlouoflhlt di-iKlat.,anlnl570lliquittlouoflhlt ilemonelltatloulecameatolo of ilia cuuioii throughout the national Itrgi. In a lengthy nddreet on "rillvir money aud Hi rotation to the com. uniio anl progreu of the world," al Colorado Hprlnga a few daya ago, the I lou Charlea H. Thuinaa touched on Ihe bill of 1SJJ llo tald that for a rlodof tomo tlmu yeart thereafter, Ihe gnat majority of the leading men of thu nation wiro Ignorant of the fact that by it tllver ha 1 1 ecu demonilled. In lb7l I'retldent Grant did not kuow It, nordllHenatora llawley anl Hoar. ItilSTO I.audert of Indlaoa, Garlleld or unto, Hlainu or Maine and Coukllug of New York did not know It, and openly confetti! 1 their Ignorance lu order lo ihnw that thla wat thocatc, Mr fhomatquotel a Ulnloguu which look lace lu the Unlled Htatit Henate on March U), lt)7tl. II readt at follow i Mr Conkllng ill tho Senator allow nittoa.khlinurtomo ilhor Senator a que. II. mt la it trno Hut thero li now by liw no American doll ir? An I, If to, It It true thai Iho oirmt of thla I III U to bo, lo nilUe hall dollara an I quarter d ill ir the only tllver coin whiih am bo uaed aa a logallonder? Mr Hherman I will auiwer Iho Senator Sen-ator from New "l or k tint Unco tliol.iv. i( ISM tho uao of the tilt or whole dollar but leeu dlaoontlniitil, anl none haa been l.auidi tl at lu. been ao iluco lal. Mr tonkllng-It there power to Itiuo If Mr Shcruun-rlierolano ilor, and 1 aa boon iiono. Mr lligs Tho power to laauo exUted I rnm IS3 m Is" 1, bill liiu 1973 1 think t lien. lia t en no ni er Mr Mierniaii liioru hat beennotllver liar laaued tin m Js&l, an I my !m r, . . mil lln Iho Ian or 14VI ill n,i e,,i,f,r iio Hiwor to Nana II Hio aeuutorlhlnUa I dldcinrertho)er, but tho law of l""3 cm ott tho power. In my Judgment, ltUciUlo.1 Mr JoimolNoialt-Ilio law of IWI ithorltod tho vohuge ol Ihe tllur ilollur, mil It waa ,tiir dem nitlol until 1 obruary, I-T3, hut It nmn iu lawlcprnent)lofrini wilnlng m. li a I. liar for u. In but new, tin na umlhir dollar ti Iw gut i or Ipil eont cheaper I lio people ill I, In I.C anl up lo In 1 Inc. th I m tin, i II b an I r.r tin it I fill u l lit liter I II r n i, ' ik. n n 1 flila lute Iho turn in u iin hill, u II thowt roncliitlvcly Hint the ttatrtmen of twenty yeart ago did uot give that attention to flriauilal and currency quettlom thit It itevolol to them to day, Anl when tucliamtnatltotcoe lonkllng waa hoodwinked, It la little wonJir that Hie ltcpr.i. nUtle.e form Katitaa and Tixaa were alio mloled. Tbcruli another thing dltcloiedty riN:tnt dl.iuiilon of Ihl tuljerl nud tint It that national legltlalora like thoio of tome Hlalta aud Teirllorlei give their tauetlJii to nuaturea of piramount Iniiurtauco without under-ttanllng under-ttanllng their true Inwardueu and thilreflect tipiii tho puipln whom three lawmaker! nrechottnto reprc-tent, reprc-tent, .Much cirleuueii lii leglilatlon It luly depl iri'ile at I o m 1 1 ll l I'lle. |