 | William D. Harpine - Political campaigns - 2005 - 244 pages
...from a platform, where he called for "free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth. " 2S Such statements typify radical rhetoric that makes uncompromising, personalized attacks... | |
 | Alan Ware - Political Science - 2006 - 5 pages
...to the young westerner William Jennings Bryan, and the party adopted a bimetallic party platform. ( "We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ration of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation," stated the party platform.)... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - History - 2006 - 521 pages
...July, and after a most exciting session chose William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall, and declared for "the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 10 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any othet nation." A great defection followed this... | |
 | Stephen Skowronek, Matthew Glassman - United States - 2007 - 464 pages
...fairly easy to write. As placed before the convention, the most salient section of this plank read: "We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both...waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. ":' While there were other issues to be resolved, they were clearly secondary to the monetary issue.... | |
 | Richard Franklin Bensel - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 312 pages
...heart of the silver plank was fairly easy to write. As placed before the convention, that section read: "We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 1 6 to i without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation."9 While the platform endorsements... | |
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We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. 
