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...silver presented, and return it to owner. (b) All history shows that the unlimited coinage of an article has never been able to raise it to a level with gold, the market price having been beneath gold (Fiske: Critical Period of Amer. Hist. 1784-89; Blaine: Thirty Years in Congress, Vol. I.; Macaulay's History, Vol. I, II). (5) Free coinage would not give us bimetallism. (a) All our gold would be exported or hoarded, according to Gresham's Law. (Newspapers during panic of 1893). (b) We would be on a silver monometallic basis. (c) International bimetallism would be made...
Poughkeepsie has been finally settled upon as the course for the quadrangular race, as the bill authorizing the detailing of revenue cutters to protect passengers on excursion steamers, and to keep clear the course during regattas, has been passed by Congress and has received the approval of the President. The Harvard quarters at Poughkeepsie have already been chosen and are now being prepared...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Shays Rebellion. Mr. J. P. Warren.- The Old Congress. Mr. A. R. Sheriff. University...
Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Shays Rebellion. Mr. J. P. Warren.- The Old Congress. Mr. A. R. Sheriff. University...
...majority of the committee to be an unsafe place for the race, as the Hudson is navigable at that point and is used by many large steamers. Mr. Richards, however, representing Columbia asked for time before the final decision in which to try to have a bill passed in Congress policing all navigable waters during regattas. This bill passed the Senate, and the prospects for its final adoption were so good that the committee unanimously decided upon Poughkeepsie. Mr. Watson, representing Harvard, had been opposed to the Poughkeepsie course unless it could be made safe, and only voted...