 | 1893 - 852 pages
...Congress, in which, besides declaring them legal tender for Government dues, it is recognized that the maintenance of the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present ratio is the established policy of the United States. This being so, I adhere to the... | |
 | William Brough - 1894 - 184 pages
...understood and accepted that no intelligent person can be misled by an act which in one clause declares for the maintenance of " the two metals on a parity...authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in either metal at his discretion. In the exercise of this discretionary power the Secretaries have uniformly... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1894 - 668 pages
...Congress, in which, besides declaring them legal tender for Government dues, it is recognised that the maintenance of the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present ratio is the established policy of the United States. This being so, I adhere t,)... | |
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the two metals on a parity with each other," and in another authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay in eiffier metal at Ins ''discretion. 