With Arizona calling for bimetallism and the Cleveland administration dominated by supporters of the gold standard, opposition to Arizona statehood proved too great to overcome.
32.
They opposed imperialism and U . S . overseas expansion, fought for the gold standard, and opposed bimetallism and promoted hard and sound money.
33.
During the almost three years the bill was pending before Congress, it was rarely mentioned that it would end bimetallism, though this was not concealed.
34.
Many in the United States came to believe the gold standard too rigid to deal with economic hard times like those, and sought to restore bimetallism.
35.
Laveleye's name is particularly connected with bimetallism and primitive property, and he took a special interest in the revival and preservation of small nationalities.
36.
However, as bimetallism increasingly fell out of national politics, the party lost much of its influence and many Silver Republicans returned to the Republican Party.
37.
The retained weight in the dollar coin was a nod to bimetallism, although it had the effect of further driving the silver dollar coin from commerce.
38.
"' Limping bimetallism "'was a monetary system in the United States that was partially dependent on silver but primarily dependent on gold.
39.
Part of this was in reaction against the conspiracy theories that were circulating about the " Crime of'73 ", as advocates of bimetallism called the act.
40.
Beginning in March 1876, former newspaper editor George Weston published letters asserting that bimetallism was mandated by the Constitution, and questioning how the Coinage Act had passed.
