Cleveland and 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.
Cleveland og hans finansminister, Daniel Manning, stod fast på guldstandarden og forsøgte at reducere mængden af sølv, som regeringen var tvunget til at udmønte efter Bland-Allison Act pr. 1878.