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Bland, Richard Parks, -1899
Lawyer; born near Hartford, Ky., Aug. 19, 1835; received an academic education, and later settled in Nevada, beginning the practice of law in Virginia City.
Removing to Missouri, he practised law in Rolla in 1865-69, and then at Lebanon.
He was a member of Congress in 1873-95, and from 1897 till his death; and was the recognized leader in the House of the free-silver movement.
At the National Democratic Convention in 1896 he received many votes for the Presidend then at Lebanon.
He was a member of Congress in 1873-95, and from 1897 till his death; and was the recognized leader in the House of the free-silver movement.
At the National Democratic Convention in 1896 he received many votes for the Presidential nomination, which was ultimately given to William J. Bryan (q. v.). Mr. Bland was the author of the free-silver coinage bill, which afterwards became known as the Bland-Allison act. He died in Lebanon, Mo., June 15, 1899.
See Bland silver bill.
Bland silver bill,
The original title of a notable financial measure drawn up by Representative Richard P. Bland, and passed by the House of Representatives in 1877.
It was the culmination of a long agitation in and out of Congress for the free and unlimited coinage of silver by all the mints in the United States, and the bill originally provided simply for such coinage.
The coinage of the silver dollar had been abandoned since its demonetization by an act of Congress in 1873, and the leading bimetallists were anxious to have it restored and placed on an equality with the gold dollar as a standard of value.
Under the provisions of the Bland bill these objects were expected to be accomplished.
When, however, the bill was sent to the Senate, it received a treatment directly opposite to its original purpose, because the clause providing for the free and unlimited coinage of silver was stricken out; but the bimetallists in the Senate succeeded in amending the bill to the extent t