Definition of Silverite. Meaning of Silverite. Synonyms of Silverite

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Definition of Silverite

Silverite
Silverite Sil"ver*ite, n. One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq. or Cant]

Meaning of Silverite from wikipedia

- The Silverites were members of a political movement in the United States in the late-19th century that advocated that silver should continue to be a monetary...
- opening the way for a Republican landslide in 1894 and for the agrarian and Silverite seizure of the Democratic Party in 1896. An anti-imperialist, Cleveland...
- a bimetallic money system making use of both silver and gold, called "Silverites", sought coinage of silver dollars at a fixed weight ratio of 16-to-1...
- multipartisan basis. A Silverite, Lemuel Allen, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats and Populists sided with the Silverites to organize the chamber...
- Cleveland. A two-thirds vote was required for the nomination and the silverites had it in spite of the extreme regional polarization of the delegates...
- rural Democrats wanted silver, especially in the South and West. The silverites took control of the 1896 Democratic National Convention and chose William...
- of sound money, he found himself defending Cleveland from attacks of silverite Mississippians over the 1893 repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act...
- Gold standard Bimetallism Metallism Monetary policy Monetary economics Silverite John Law (economist) Kindleberger, Charles P. (3 June 2015). A Financial...
- Frankenstein's monster in an editorial cartoon, 1896, an allegory on the Silverite movement displacing other progressive factions in late 19th century U...
- not increase as quickly as the po****tion, the result was deflation. Silverites, who wanted more money in circulation to raise the prices farmers received...