Show ROUSING 1 T ADDRESS to the people of the united states II 11 ENRY 11 TE LLE 11 iris ills sterling qualities are arc buelt that ire ile would be an ex cellena president ST sr lome june jane 19 the silver men continued in conference today and report that they havethe signatures of twenty six dele delegates eates to their declaration of independence which sets forth their principles and recommends that all parties and organizations opposed to the gola cold standard BuviD support ort teller for president Pies ident there is a strong effort being made to get legates relegates Ie who did not withdraw from the convention to sign this appeal there has baa been a conference with the be representatives of the populists lists and the bimetallic leafae to get them to endorse teller and make euch a strong auf focion ion against the gold standard as to induce the democratic national convention also to endorse T ler ier the address is ae follows to the people of the united states obeying the he call of duty and justified by the common citizenship of this republic we address this com communication aaion to 10 the people and the forthcoming 2 conventions vent ions of the united states I 1 in 12 do doing ing eo 60 we claim no authority or right othel tuan that which belongs to every man to 0 express personal convictions bu bat t we respectfully solicit the operation cooperation co of nl all who believe that the time has hag come tor or a return EO 10 the simpler and more direct method of naming men for nat waal onal bervice than has bag obtained I 1 in recent yeara veara political party organization is necea eary because without it the individual voter is dumb but bat the party is on only ay the means not the end it is the voi voice ce and not the sense banse As the ghe world advances to this wonderful epoch of intellectual development and physical improvement there is a constant requirement for bet er things the individual feels that requirement and heeds it or fails in life s ea endeavor deavor parties must also obey the ame tame t law it follows therefore that he moment a party shall choose to stand baill or retrograde it also becomes inefficient to achieve the end to which he die people are necessarily destined there is no sanctity in mere varty name and the mark of decay is set bet on ind individual iid in the nation when the absolute rule of political organization cogs coerces men from the truth for the sake of expediency and establishes insincere to partisan rule for the sake of power recognizing the value and aba splendid achievements of political parties in this abis country as elsewhere wa are yet constrained con trained to believe more than twenty years no one of them has been entirely sufficient for the needs of the people the great trl trend nd to better things resting in the heart and purpose of all men has been stayed during daring the latter part ot of this generation by the failure of barties to express in their achievements the highest hope and aspirations ol of the mass of the people who constitute the parties and there has been growing in n this country swelling with each recurrence of national elections a great nass mass of independent and voters which failing within itself to control has gravitated between the two great patties pai ties since 1872 except excepting inz possibly poa the election of 1676 the pendulum has hai swung from side lo co side with each four years in 1872 the tha republican parly pany elected the tha president in the democracy claimed the election in 1880 the republican party elects elect ed ea in the democrats elected in 1888 the R elected in 1892 the democrats Demo crata elected in 1896 anict antil mithu a few weeks it has been conceded that the republicans would elect what has baa been the cause causa of thia ibis mighty oscillation of a mass which this thia year bas bag proba probably oly obtained cont controlling proportions every man can answer to him belf if he has been an observer if he has felt a hope to 10 see greater justice done and has seen that hope blasted if he be knows the general dissatisfaction has arisen from the fact that party promises made were broken to the people by performance he knows that as soon as the election was over and successful candidates installed they become the servitors of the party and the advocates of a narrow and progressive non policy within which alone there seemed to be an assurance of selfish safety and partisan approval daring all this period we lave lacked a great constructive administration no now social tru troth th has been put forward in an effective way while in all the departments of physical life there have been developments and achievements of ease and comfort to the favored of mankind in the still greater and more important domain of social reform we haye have stood still or retro betro graded it is not that the people have n not ot felt the stirrings of determination that this inaction has endured but because of the rule of party parly w which has largely controlled men in and out of office it has been a source of reproach to any man that he should dare to renounce aile biance c to tion men have been expected to submit their views to the dictation ot of convention alt although bough it atia is common knowledge that conventions eions have h ve been swayed to views and declarations de clars not the most approved by the mass of people nor progressive for their welfare we do not ar s to ourselves one iota mere of intelligence patriotism or courage than is possessed by other of our fellow citizens but we feel that the time has come for the performance 0 a duty to the country and for our part though we shall egand alone we will make an endeavor in the direction of that duty parties may mat outlive their that truth troth never becomes obsolete every gener generation aion of free men has the right to affirm the truths of nast knowledge and present acquire ment and dif if ane enforcement of these truths shall make necessary a departure from party organization the people ale have the right and will exercise it until all parties shall return to the truth troth or new parties shall be created to effect it into law if the voices which have founded to us from every state in this union are an indication of the real feeling this year is the appointed time for the people to assert themselves such mediums as aa may etive best beat promise of the achievement of justice ju stica but whether we are mistaken or not concer concerning ning the general sentiment in the unit united tad states we have not mistaken our own duty in withdrawing from the republican convention ven tion feeling that it is better to be ight and with the minority in apparent defeat than to be wrong with the majority in apparent triumph tri we hold that in the great work of social socia I 1 evolution in this thia country monetary reform stands as the first requisite no policy however promising of good results rasa its can take its ite place continuation during the next four years upon the present financial system will brinz brine down upon the american Ams rican people that cloud of imena ing evil to avert which should be the first thought of statesmen and the first prayer of patriots our oar very institutions are at stake today with the rapidly increasing population ula tion with widely swelling demands the basis of our money is relatively contracting and the people axe are p into a servitude all the more dangerous because it is ia not physically apparent toe the nation itself as to other nations is ia losing the sturdy courage which could make it defiant in the lace face of injustice and internal wrong prices never will cease falling under the single gold standard the restora tion of bi by this country will wil 1 double the basis as our money system in time it will double liae stock of primary money of the world will stop atop fall me ing prices and steadily dily elevate thern bem until they will rega regain in 1 their normal re lation to the volume of deits debts and crea its in the world bimetallism will help to bring about the great hope of every social reformer every balie belie veer in tha advancement of the race who realizes that the instability of prices has been the deadly foe of our toilers boilers and the servant of the foreign interest ga gathers thera bimetallism will help to brins bring the time when a certain expenditure of human to toil w will ill produce a certain financial result who among the great masses ot of our people in the united states but feels that his bis lot would be ba made better his sapi aspiration ration take new wings if he be could know in the performance of his labor what would be the price of his product Is not this purpose worth the attention of the people leopla as individuals and worth the attention of political conventions vent ions yet to be held in this year 1896 la Is not this so great an end that all who belieka in the possibility of cl attaining it by the means proposed can yield something ol of the partisan hip I 1 both in conventions and at the palls it is ia in the hope that the tha mas maws s and the remaining 3 courage and the generosity to unite for this purpose that we have dared to offer our oar views to the people of the united states and because in the past there has lacked a rallying point for the mas see who hold as we wa do to t this nia belief we venture an act trusting that it will bo be received in the same spirit of conciliation concession and hope with aich we put pat it forth we have endeavored in a plain way to set the matter before the eyes of fellow citizens we invoke the union of all men and all parties who believe that the time has come for the triumph of justice ilisan it is an hour boar wb n the people may speak for themselves as indi visuals and through conventions convention i yet to be held it is the right ot of every citizen to indicate his bis preferences with this in view wa offer to the tb forthcoming conventions and to the people the name of a man for the presidency of the united states whose chos a life in public and in private represents those distinguish ed virtues which adorned the days davs and the deeds of the earlier time ot of ibis republic a return to which virtues are requisite for the prosperity and contentment tent ment of the people and the perpetuity and example ot of free that name is henry 31 teller a man of the people and for the people he is of no section his experience peri ence and service his devotion de fotiou to tho the common justice justic e and the common cause of his follow fellow citizens has been as wide as aa the country countr y we believe that the people of the united states have him in their hearts as he ha has had their interest in lis purpose through all the work of an exalted life it is not merely as the exponent of monetary reform that we present this man to the tha people it is true that he has waged a mighty war for the restoration of the money of the constitution and his namo has been identified as that of no other living man with this thia great cause but had bad his bis services been less demanded and less lees noticed in this direction the tha people would still have recognized in him for other lab labors ors a statesman of the purest typo type 1 his only poverty his has been that of big bia parse in other things lu in the atles or of man to pasa ilmi in kindla a 4 c of of 1114 fellona tel fel lowa and in the study and doings of a mighty career he be has been ony one of tha most moat opulent of american citizens of any age in sub bub misting this name to the people wa remind them that just a generation ago from the heart of the boundless boun le west and touched by the finger finder of gad there arose an emancipator who was power lul in the work of human deliverance by bv his wisdom and courage co provident directed millions milli ors were set tree and the nation kept in its holy union if others shall see this opportunity as na we see it if our fellow citizens shall see this duty as aa we see it that sublime history may be repeated and another mau man clothed cl in the majesty of dev devotion oticia to the race will be ba lifted to power where by his aia om and courage providentially directed more millions may be made freb from chains as galling galline as those of actual slavery and the nation may be preserved in the tda unity ol of its mission to the world the following fol lowin g are the signatures to the silver address issued today i fred fredt T dabols R F pettigrew frank J cannon cana on charles H hartman ben E rich clarence E allen alien A H Eo robertson bertson A 0 cleveland willis sweet Aiji Aji assa 0 campbell Cana are archia hie M stevenson enos St othar james M downing charles charies H thomas learose 0 J hart littleton price jack J elliutt elliott 0 J salisbury sal abury J B overton Oy erton frank U goudy john F vivain J W fellow john M williams and L M earl |