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Show r'ro. t'olnuife Itlll Introduced. Senator Jones of Arkansas has introduced intro-duced a free silver coinage substitute for the pending currency bill. The substitute provides that "from and after the pussage of this act the mints of the I'nited States shall be open to the coinage of silver, and there shall be coined dollars of the weight of 41:2 ',' grains troy of standard silver, 9.10 fine, as provided by the act of January IS, ls:.'7. and upon the same terms and subject to the limitations and provisions of law regulating the coinage aud legal tender quality of gold." The substitute also provides that whenever the silver coins shall be received re-ceived info the treasury, certificates may be issued for them in the manner now prescribed by law. |