Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — TELLER THEIR MAN. [ARTICLE]

TELLER THEIR MAN.

SILVER PEOPLE URGE HIS NOMINATION. ■ •” . ’ ' ' , ' f A Definition of Their Position Bet Forth in an Address to the Voters of the Countr*y— Views of • Those Who "Bolted.” Silver Men’s Manifesto. The silver men who walked out of the Republican convention, with others of the same faith, have Issued a statement addressed to the people of the United States and the national conventions yet to bo held. They say in part: “There 11 no sanctity in a mere party name, and the mark of decay is set on individual strength in the nation when an absolute rule of a political organization coerces men from the truth for the sake of expediency and establishes an Insincere submission to partisan rule for the sake of power. “There has been growing in this country, and swelling with each recurrence of the national elections, a«great mass of Independent thinkers and voters, which, falling within itself to control, has gravitated between the two great parties. Since 1872 (excepting possibly 18'6) the pendulum has swung from side to side each four years. In 1872 the Republican party elected its President. In 1876 Democracy claimed the election. In 1886 the Republican party elected. In 1884 the Democrats elected. In 1888 the Republicans elected, and in 1832 the Democrats elected. In 1898, until within a few weeks, it has been conceded that the Republicans would elect.” The signers say this is because party promises made were broken to tfie people by party performance. They declare further: “During all this period we have lacked a great constructive administration. It becomes a source of reproach to any man that he should dare to renounce allegiance to an organization.. Men have been expected to submit their views to the dictation of conventions, although It is of common knowledge that conventions have been swayed to the views and declarations not most approved by the mass of people flor for their welfare.” The silver men further declare: “The time has come for the performance pf a duty to the country. Parties may outlive their usefulness, but truth never becomes obsolete. Every generation of free men has a right to affirm the truths of past knowledge and present acquirement, and if the enforcement of those truths shall make necessary a departure from the party organization, the people have this right and will exercise it until the old parties shall return to the truth or new parties be created to enact it Into law.

“We hold that in the great work of social revolution In this country monetary reform is the first requisite, and no policy, however promising in good results, can take its place. The continuation during the next four years of our present financial system will bring down upon the American people that cloud of Impending evil to avert which should be the first thought of statesmen find the first prayer of all patriots. Our very nstltution is at stake. With a rapidly increasing population, with widely swelling demands, the basis of our money Is relatively contracting and people are passing into t. servitude all the more dangerous because it is not physically apparent. “The nation Itself, as to other nations, is losing the sturdy courage which could make It defiant in the face of injustice and Inteznational wrong. From the farmer and tradesman to the Government, there Is an apparent shrinkage from glvjgg offense, lest the vengeance of the offended financial bowers descend. Business must yield some portion of its International rights lest some mighty foreign creditor make a destructive temand.

“Where will all this end if the people decline to assert themselves? The country cannot much longer exist free and independent against all the rest of the world, nor can Its people much longer be free In the noblest sense of the term, If the United States as a debtor nation shall follow the policy dictated by the creditor nations. “Wo produce all the necessaries of life, while other nations consume our products. In the race for existence It Is a constant struggle between the producer and the consumer. Our present system of money deliberately submits to the desire and profit of the creditor nations, leaving us en masse and as individuals a prey to the money gathering and deadly cheapening of the old world. As our debt to creditors abroad Increases on the masses of the nation, the price of human production on the farm and in the workshop decreases with appalling rapidity, exacting more and more toll from our citizens to meet a given demand and holding over their heads the threat of confiscation to meet their obligations, leaving then* bare and defenseless. “The only remedy Is to stop the falling prices, the deadliest curse of national life. Prices never will cease falling under a single gold standard. The restoration of bimetallism by this country will double the basis of our money system. In time it will double the stock of primary money of the world, will stop falling prices and steadily elevate them until they regain their normal relation to the volume of debts and credits In the world. “We have endeavored In a plain way to set this matter before the eyes of our fellowcitizens. We Invoke a union of all men and all parties who believe the time has come for the triumph of justice." The signers then pronounce a eulogy upon Senator Teller and suggest him to all national conventions yet to be held as a candidate for the Presidency. POPULISTS INDORSE TELLER. Issue an Address Calling on All Silver Men to Support Him. As the result of a series of conferences between the committees appointed by the secedtfig silver men of the recent Republican convention and a committee composed of prominent Populists, an address has been issued from the headquarters of the People’s party national committee in St. Louis, advising Populists throughout the country to name Henry M. Teller of Colorado their national standard bearer. Immediately after the silver men walked out of the convention they appointed a committee, of which Charles S. Hartman of Montana, Senator R. F. Pettigrew of South Dakota, O. F. Cannon of Utah and Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho were members, to confer with a similar committee of Populists. That evening at the Planters’ Hotel they met H. E. Taubeneck of Illinois, chairman, Dr. Howard 8. Xfaylor of Chicago and Thomas M. Patterson of Denver, of the national Populist committee, and as a result of that and subsequent conferences the address was issued. Chairman Taubeneck in an interview said: "The seceding silver men of the Republican party and the Populists have, as the result of our conferences, come to a perfect agreement as to the future, and henceforth we will work along the same lines.” He predicted victo»y for a ticket with Teller as its leader.