Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-07-24

THE MIDDLE RIVER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
VEST DELAYED BY RAIN-THE FREE
SILVER QUESTION &C.

i THE MIDDLE RIVER POsTMASTERS-HAB
VEST DELAYED BY RAIN-THE FREE
SILVER QUESTION &C.
Reported for tho staunton v1ND1cAroR.1
FORT DEFIANCE, July 14.-Durin.
the excitement of the political scra,
at New Hope on the 18th there was ;
quiet little side convention of the Fourth
Class Postmasters of Middle River District
who met to get acquainted with each othel
and propose plans to improve their condi
ton and broaden their views, A call was
made for convention of all the 4th class
Postmasters of Augusta Co., to be held al
the Post Office at Staunton on Monday, july
9th. to complete the organization and
adopt such steps as are necessary to have
them put under Civil Service Rules,
There is very little local news. Our
farmers have been extremely busy with
their harvests, and very much DELAYED in
their work by the heavy rains. Much
wheat is spelling in the shock and the hay
crop is being badly damaged by lack of
sunshine, but the prospect for great crop
OF corn is encouraging as each stalk has
from to ears and we already hear that
corn will be zoe per bushel.
notice an article in the editorial column
OF todays "News'' against the free coinage
plank Of the Chicago platform and beg to
say that the people of the county do not
agree with it. We believe that silver and
gold can and will be kept at fixed parity
by law and that his argument comparing
silver with wheat is not fair argument.
Wheat is produced and its supply can be
multiplied indefinitely from year to year.
While the supply of silver and gold is fixed
by natural laws and can not be reproduce
ed. He also ignores the fact that silver has
always been a money metal and
wheat never that wheat has
only one value, silver has two. and the
effort of the Democratic party is to COM
bine the two values and make them the
same. This is right and should be done.
II the News" will study the silver ques-
ton and endeavor to give the people some
Information instead Of repeating platitudes
which are not borne out by facts it will
thereby become useful. l want to say that
silver and gold were kept on a parity by
law from 1901 to 1873 and silver did not
decline until after it was demonetized and
wheat declined with silver. And we believe
that if silver is restored to it's proper place
wheat Will go to it's proper price s.. 90 per
Oushel, but as long as we have So cent silver
silver dollars, we will have SIC wheat.
We Democrats are for an honest silver
1ollar and can only get it by statute. The
silver dollars we now have are not honest.
ls they have bullion value of SIC and a
;ender value Of $1.00, and we believe that
With free coinage the bullion and coinage
1alue will both be $1.0O.
l have been a Democrat all my life and it
'rieves me to see democratic papers of
'taunton denouncing the party platform
II sitting on the fence. The people love an
lonest man. no matter which side he is on.
md the time has come when every news
'aper must take its stand on one side of
he question. The common people are for
rec coinage and they intend to have their
lights, they are in this fight to stay and they
ave faith in the justice of thei-- cause.
Viii the democratic papers of Staunton
dvocate the cause of the people or of the
copies enemies? Who is not for US is
galnst us. REX.