2004 HALL OF FAME John Bell -- Ethics Really Matter

The printing industry has the failed political aspirations of "Silver Dick" Bland to thank for The Ovid Bell Press' contributions in short-run publications. As some followers of late 19th century U.S. politics are well-aware, Rep. Richard P. Bland (D-MO)—a.k.a. Silver Dick or Honest Dick, who gained notoriety for the 1878 Bland-Allison Act that brought us the Morgan silver dollar coin—made a run at his party's 1896 presidential nomination. He ultimately lost to fellow Democrat William Jennings Bryan (who himself was to presidential bids what the Buffalo Bills were to Super Bowl bids: wildly unsuccessful). Three years later, Bland died.