Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-07-17

She Chicago platforln-the free silver and
the 5eaQnciati0n Of The Civil Service
which We are not If owe with. But we
hone it IS equally adperhuous to assure
.elee ..s -. +. II give the Chicago
Ms ,aa III. 4sl,4 5he most loyal aud
ea. eal.,cg5 o. vt- Ca we arc capable,
4lazs iet US say q few words in the
Il most kindness 10 our fellow gold-pngs
Don t 4ae sashiy and DON'T say something
tl.at ..ele5 ger y9u mag wish you lad not
sal. Az 5Els sabbph r0u see raised over
the werll at Chicago vii soon have died
away, there is nc 3e sion for it and i'll
cameo ~ chicago convention
ads5atei aa nj = oocratic platform
anz seead 7aYo4 & 4lsc life long Democrats
vii er their Democratic
rec fb.l point Of view you
are excuse.
AGAIN, about The 'larm" it will do the
country. Remember that both parties
have always. held hat bimetalism was
most desirable il Il was feasible-that is ii
the other nations would join in it. The
difference between The two great parties
lodar is shat the Uenlocrats have deter
;nined net to wait foC European co-opera-
.ti0n. Don't be betrayed into talking about
this action as reputation and populism
or anything else, but st what it is. The
Nisest man in the United States does not
understand this currency question suf1i-
cientlt to say what viii come Of any cer-
tain action taken. We were told by the
Republicans that the coinage under the
Sherman law would restore the price OF
silver. 1t did not VIZ were told by Presl'
dent Cleveland that The thing to restore
good times WIS 6ha Zeal of the Sherman
,aH, nat, Toe, failed of verification. We
were told that the g0ld standard action OF
the National Republican convention would
start up the buying % Europe. 1t did not.
Ne were told that ICE silver declaration
81 Chicago would slut down all European
hpyiug. IT did not N short the people
have received ali sorts Of assurances from
the people who ought to know and they
have f4iie(}. ID was & en that the Demo
cratic Hqltv resolved 10 make the free silver
experiment.
IA chafaet ariq ne IS experiment it is
vel enough to lg oafe.ul. We gold bugs
have nos Aaj all ihe " owledge in the party
ana In tie world on ssubject Weshould
remember that ID 1t Britain, in Ger
asany. in france, in al European countries,
the business commuu ~ is greatly divided
on The question OF froo coinage. 1t is not
at 81 . one sided affair. We have just been
reading some NGgLisI Blmetalljsts' views
which were cabea % the n. Y. World
after Inc adoption ef he free silver plat
fora at Chi cage. lE Il. Greenfel who
repgesentad Great 9 ain at the Brussels
Moaetary ConfeIeae5 says:
8 My ONu nHu-ble ou ion is that the United
States are big enough ID strong enough and
rich enough 10 maintain par of exchange.
It is not impiobable tAat panic would be or
gained and that Their would be a selling Of
American securities by ignorant people and a
buying OF them by wise ones but L believe
there would be such 5imulus to trade and
such an increase IN exports of the Uuited
States that COLA would begin to flow back in
a natural manner. I lieve that the way for
the United Sta les to p their gold is to go
on to silver. Fufthern ore believe that the
United States would soon be joined by other
countries"
Another important opinion was cabled
by Sir Moreton Frew n, as follows:
cat the recent conf ance of bimetallists at
Brussels, which i tended, the opinion
prevailed that il t11 United States would
open her minis &c sI1 the minis of France
and India would follow suit, while number
of the European cuu les, especially Russia
and France, wouid r,,l chase annually fixed
amount Of silver TO he used as full legal ten
Ger coins. 81 gar lovitch declared that
Russia would gladly Ike 2O,OoOooo ounces if
she could get them
SO you think t-en. that free coinage by
the United States sing .e handed, might assist
an international t nent?"
Il Ch{nE IT NuuAu. II many reasons. Oh
see, here IN Eng lal.l III financial authorities
suppose that free 81 lTtt at Is to 1 must result
III gold premium ga New York, and such
premium as wo0a oolerably hamper all
our export trade t3 II country. In other
words they suppose at the calamity which
has destroyed oui 13t-on trade with India
and made bimetalHsts of all Lancashire,
@oUlu CONFRONT us also In exporting to the
west gold premium in New York would
be worse than an Mckinley tariff, as it
would annihII&te sou entire free list. This
being tiie view nero after full discussion
III your new CoNgfa7s you are to go to free
silver early in 1895. + merchants here will
RAISE d Sfta5 e4aCar II an Immediate confer
ehes ana Il settlement along the best lines
posoipi1; auA Nc JiiT our merchants, but
ooi AliaD0'St3 "I>I- hey can not afford to
ieb the tiItttU 9l&1tS make a failure of her
currency Ielv'hi' ere IS far too much at
H'"Ne' F0 H"'S t'"' ABLY not less than six
'uh"te' IL ti"i-S 81 llng-the amount, say,
OF our natloual 1e9i- invested in America
80 5ou sSe tnal latfOrm requiring free
coin"2t u s'IFei Hds distinguished advo-
oAYeS ~ 4'I9l't Is not product Of
opu4ish'' and nut that ''Populism,'
JoS@ one "0rJ. Democrat WHO at
'''4' UIe pas the National Demo
o'a'io i'''i rs ze' I'D with "Populism''
'-'-,, ''.1iis -=-'s fe'' and advises Demo
''1' 70 'o'e tH@ " q Felnley Platform of pure
'''''' """' ul,ti ei' communism-for pro
10, S1'-- 'Nl-t ''-<e men. in order to give
"'47A men money is nothing but commun-
'oii'' IVA petIei ue crate before he enters
on an exchange Of itheks.
About Tie CLicago platform we feel with
%-@"-'s tesanan Iom johnson of Ohio,
I eVii Vt!le{e ID iome of the things you
@ant, but I believe Lis is a great move
HieAe i'll ale lntofeSt Of humanity. and
|aeleiofe am " lta YOU" And as far as
illinan foresi eags 60. the prospect is that
this great noyeraent d, the interest of
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