Republicans nominated, had voted in Congress for the free coinage of silver, was widely known as a bimetallist, and was only with difficulty persuaded to accept the unequivocal indorsement of the gold standard which was pressed upon him by his counselors. From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States] Reference
How much, and where will it come from? asks the bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
But he declares himself to be a bimetallist in the true sense of the term. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
It is rumoured that the Goose that laid the Golden Eggs has become a bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
He decides in favour of gold and silver, and shows himself an unquestioning bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching] Reference
Mr. Leonard H. Courtney, one of the monometallist members of that commission who signed the report, has since become an avowed bimetallist, as have many other prominent Englishmen. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
'There,' people of wide experience would say, 'There goes the sallowest bimetallist in Cheshire.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Napoleon of Notting Hill] Reference
Senator Sherman is an international bimetallist and a pronounced opponent of independent silver coinage. From Wordnik.com. [American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)] Reference
It was well known that Mr. Balfour, Leader of the Administration in the House of Commons, was an earnest bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2] Reference
"Dr. Polycarp was, as you all know, an unusually sallow bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [The Napoleon of Notting Hill] Reference
The bimetallist replies that such is, in truth, the natural tendency; but when the dearer metal is thrown out of use as money it thereby becomes cheaper, and as the cheaper metal must take its place, a vastly greater demand for it is created, and so it becomes dearer; thus an alternating action keeps the two near a parity, provided that the ratio corresponds nearly with the relative amounts of the two metals in the world's stock. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
That is all that any bimetallist claims. From Wordnik.com. [If Not Silver, What?] Reference
A bimetallist. From Wordnik.com. [An Ideal Husband] Reference
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