Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-30
Candidates for Office.

the WaitOn law, unOer which the
spring elections will be held. to file
notice of their candidacy with the
clerk twenty days before the election.
In replying to correspondent on this
question, the Richmond Dispatch says,
'as we understand, Attorney General
Scott interprets the law to mean that it
is the duty of persons wishing to be
candidates in county elections to file
their names with the County Court
Clerk at least twenty days before such
election; or, in case of elections in
Of the Hastings Court; and that. as in
the case of candidates for county or
national offices, it is required of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth to
furnish to the secretary of the Elec-
toral Board list of the candidates for
those offices, SO in the case of city and
county elections he CONSTITUTES it to be
the duty of the county or city clerk to
furnish the secretary of the Electoral
Board in his county or city with the
list of the candidates whose names
have been filed with him as provided
in section of the Walton hillr
Presidents Special Message.
The President sent message to Con-
gress Monday on the financial condi-
ton in which he said
While l am not unfriendly to silver
and while desire to see it recognized
to such an extent as il consistent with
the financial safety and preservation of
national honor and credit, am not
willing to see gold entirely banished
from our currency and finances To
avoid such consequence | believe
thorough and radical remedial Iegisla-
ton should be promptly passed. l
therefore beg the Congress- to give the
subject immediate attention. In my
opinion the Secretary of the Treasury
should be authorized to issue bonds of
the government for the purpose of pro
curing and maintaining sufficient
gold reserve and the redemption and
cancellation of United States legal ten.
der notes and the treasury notes issued
for the purchase of silver under the
law OF July IA, 1890 We should be re-
lieved FROM the humiliating process Of
issuing bonds to procure gold to be
Immediately and repeatedly drawn out
on these obligations for purposes not
related to the benefit of our govern
ment or our people. The principal and
interest of these bonds should be pay
able on their face in gold, because they
should be sold only for gold or Its rep
resentative and because there would
now probably be difficulty in favorably
dispOsing of bonds not containing this
stipulation. suggest that the bonds
be issued in denominations of twenty
and fifty dollars and their multiples
and that they bear interest at rate
not extending three per cent. per an
mum. l do not see why they should
not be payable fifty years from their
date. We of the present generation
have large amounts to pay if we meet
our obligations and long bonds are
most saleable. The Secretary OF the
Treasury might we'll be permitted at
his discretion to receive on the sale OF
bonds the legal tender and Treasury
notes to be retired and, of course, when
they are thus retired or redeemed in
gold they should be cancelled. These
bonds under existing laws could be de
POcAtC0 ny udbtOudl DaLkS dS security
for circulation; and such banks should
be allowed to issue circulation up to
the face value of these or any other
bonds so deposited except bonds out
standing bearing only two per cent. in
terest, and which sell in the market at
less than par. National banks should
not be allowed to take out circulating
notes of q less denomination than ten
dollars, and when such as are now out
standing reach the Treasury. except
for redemption and retirement, they
should be cancelled and notes of the
denomination of ten dollars and up
wards issued in their stead. Silver
certificates of the denomination of ten
dollars and upwards should be replaced
by certificates of denominations under
ten dollars. As a constant means for
the maintenance of reasonable sup
ply of gold in the Treasury our duties
on imports should be paid in gold, al
lowing all other dues to the government
to be paid in any other form of money