Deseret Evening News | 1900-02-09 | Page 1 | Introduced Free Coinage Bill

n INTRODUCED FREE COINAGE BILLo Senator Jones of Arkansas Presents a Measure as a lute tute to tile the Pending Currency Coinage S I Without Specifying 16 to I Ratio S I WashIngton Feb Peb Jones ot of Arkansas today introduced 1 a tree free sit sll er coInage substitute for tor the pending currency bill The substitute provIdes that from and after the passage of this net act the tho mints ot of the United States shall Le be open to the tho coinage ot of silver and there shall be coined dollars ollan ot of the weIght or of grains tro troy of oC stan standard duN dard silver fine as provided by th the act of oC 19 18 1531 1137 and upon the terms t and nd subject to the lImits limita limitations lions and provIsions of oC law the and legal tender quality ot of gold rho substitute also provides that I wh never the tho sliver silver coins calM shall bo be re calved ched Into the treasury certificates may be Issued for tor them In the manner now prescribed by law In