What are some of the failures/shortcomings of Grover Cleveland when he was President?
One of the most volatile issues of the 1880s was whether the currency should be backed by gold and silver, or by gold alone.[93] The issue cut across party lines, with western Republicans and southern Democrats joining together in the call for the free coinage of silver, and both parties’ representatives in the northeast holding firm for the gold standard.[94] Because silver was worth less than its legal equivalent in gold, taxpayers paid their government bills in silver, while international creditors demanded payment in gold, resulting in a depletion of the nation’s gold supply.[94] Cleveland and his Treasury Secretary, Daniel Manning, stood firmly on the side of the gold standard, and tried to reduce the amount of silver that the government was required to coin under the Bland-Allison Act of 1878.[95] This angered Westerners and Southerners, who advocated for cheap money to help their poorer constituents.[96] In reply, one of the foremost silverites, Richard P. Bland, introduced a bi
