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William McKinley: “I earnestly recommend, as soon as the receipts of the Government are quite sufficient to pay all the expenses of the…”

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I earnestly recommend, as soon as the receipts of the Government are quite sufficient to pay all the expenses of the Government, that when any of the United States notes are presented for redemption in gold and are redeemed in gold, such notes shall be kept and set apart, and only paid out in exchange for gold.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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McKinley advocates for a system where redeemed notes are reserved for gold exchanges only.

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