This increased the world gold supply and caused the inflation that free coinage of silver was supposed to bring.
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In late 19th century United States, the Free Silver movement advocated the inflationary policy of free coinage of silver.
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This, combined with the halved supply of primary money from silver losing its free coinage, made new debt all the riskier.
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Tall, attractive and eloquent, young Bryan had a mission to add to the Democratic platform a plank demanding the free coinage of silver.
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In 1878, responding to pressure from western interests, the United States Congress passed the Bland Allison Act authorizing the free coinage of silver.
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In a largely undistinguished term as a senator, he continued to advocate the free coinage of silver and tried to advance the state's agricultural interests.
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The Silverton branch, as it became known, struggled under D & RG ownership following the Panic of 1893 and the end of free coinage of silver.
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Groups were formed that demanded the free coinage of silver ( or " free silver " ) in order to inflate the dollar following the Panic of 1873.
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In 1896 he indicated that he supported the free coinage of silver, a position closer to Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan than to his own party's candidate, William McKinley.
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In 1894, Clardy defeated Judge Samuel Vance and William McClain for the Democratic nomination to represent the the free coinage of silver as long as it could be kept on parity with gold.