Show SILVER VS PARTY The Officers of or tho tim Colorado State Silver Siver League Issue an Address Addess The Thc executive committee of of- the thc newly organized or er- cr- cr Colorado State Stat Silver Siver League Leage have hae Issued an nn address to the voters of Colorado which is Interesting reading rending They take strong ground In favor of supporting the thc silv er cause regardless of party affiliations We quote below belOv the most Important parts of the address address address ad ad- dress which is signed by M. M H. H Slater chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man Denver Denter Archie C. C risk Fisk Denver W. W C C. Wynkoop Denver Henry Paul Aspen J. J II I Ernest Waters Telluride Year after year er we vre have bave gone regularly to the polls and persistently fought foght each ench other while working for the supremacy of one or orthe orthe orthe the other of tw two o geat great political parties partes instead I of standing shoulder to t shoulder to meet and resist the attacks of one common enemy Those parties partes as they exist at present deem the spoils of office of paramount Importance to t the welfare of the people They are maintained main maIn- tamed chiefly for the benefit of the self seek sel ing log politicians whose most lofty ambition Is I paltry office If I a traveler was wa ever l er robbed on the highway highway highway high high- way then the silver siver miners of our country country- loyal patriotic citizens citizens are are now being robbed lobbed by bv the thc government at the rate of 20 00 a a year If I then ten the sIlver stiver siver mIners have bave just cause for complaint what shall we say of the cotton growers of the South who lose more moie than four times times' that amount annually annually an an- 01 or 01 of the wheat growers glowers of the North and West AVest who year after year have bae filched cd from their earnings s more than five times the annual loss of the silver miners 1 Figures grow bewildering But Dut if the miners planters and alli farmers have suffered a loss that the human human human hu hu- hu- hu man mind cannot comprehend what shall we say of the of idle Ide 1 laborers ers Not less than han 2400 a ls the lo WU tre n tiG to Hr or 1 e Il lard no no convInced f that further furter submission to these grievances Is s simply to toto toto t to t bare our backs to the lash lah of insatiate greed Yes it would be to pursue a course unworthy of Americans and Unworthy of the manhood which we boast boat There are arc at this time In the state of Colorado Cole Colo Colo rado upwards of forty partisan non non silver lver clubs and the number nuber Is I daily daly Increasing They have an aggregate membership of over voters Each member upon joining pledges himself hImsel in w writing riling that until this question ques ques- ques tion lion shall be settled and silver restored to its rightful position In the money of the nation naton lIe he will vote ote for candidate for wI no any ani Important important important tant position who is not fully committed to the of silver siver In addition additon to t I this representatives of the various clubs lubs assembled assembled as as- as In the city of Denver on the In Instant Instant instant In- In stant and perfected the organization of a State Silver Siver League They also issued a call cal f for fora rl a state stat sliver silver siver convention to assemble In Inthis Inthis inthis this city on the of April Apri upon a basis bais of representation from the thc various county and local or organizations This organization however asks no member member mem mem- ber to forsake his party affiliations until the forthcoming national convention of his party I Ishall shall have neglected or refused to t comply with our request for the nomination of ol a free- free coinage candidate for the presidency on a free coinage With that end In view we urge the most perfect county and precinct 01 organization We Ve urge the thc most faithful and diligent attention to the primaries primar primar- lee ies to the thc end that the county and state stale stat conventions conventions con eon may not be conti controlled oiled by professional politicians We urge uge that the thc delegations to t the national conventions shall be composed of the very ver best men that the respective c parties partes In our state can produce produce always always giving due I notice however that no candidate whom such national convention shall nominate shall receive receive re re- re- re our lur support at the polls unless he shall unqualifiedly favor the full ful of silver siver and shall stand squarely on a free free- fret coinage platform We AVe further urge that Colorado delegations to the thc national conventions shall make snake it t a point to t confer with the delegates from flom all al the other Western Wester and Southern Souther states who states who should represent the producers instead of the money to power power- to o join them tem in caucus to the end that they may act as a I unit in making their demands deman and representing the thc sentiments senti meats ments ment of the of ot their respective states and territories And finally we urge upon each Individual member of our organization to regard his written pledge as a absolutely sacred and to t be faithfully redeemed at the polls in November next even to t the support of a n third party candidate for the thc presidency should such a course be necessary Now we come to t you and respectfully but earnestly urge your jour our heart hearty and prompt cooperation co cooperation co- co co operation In inthis this great work We ask ak you to organize at once Organize silver sIver clubs In lu luevery t every city town tw village or mining camp yes in every eer neighborhood Let county conty camp and state stat organizations follow immediately after Organize at once in order ordel to do effective work at the primaries primaries both both Republican and Democratic to to the end that your voices may unite unie w with wih ith ours and that thaI our combined Influence erce once ence may maybe be felt at nt both Minneapolis and Chicago If I the thc hitherto Republican states w west cst of the Missouri river will wi but enter into this work w with wih Ith the same spirit that perv pervades ades the voters voter of Colorado w we e will wI pi pre present ent a a force at Minneapolis that will wl at least leat command re re- re ra peet Remember that the vote of these states is absolutely necessary to t the life le of the thc party pary Then if I the thc voters of ol the new south southwill will wI on their part enter as a heartily Into Int the work they can accomplish ute quite as a much if I not more at Chicago Only a few da a 1 since the thc commercial price of silv sliver siver erf fell ell below belol 00 91 0 cents an ounce ounce tue the lowest 1 price rlee i reached cached in the thc of the w world orld From that pint point it has constantly constanty cud and rapidly fallen flen until at this thU writing it is i worth but 85 83 8 cents cent an ounce and amI the thc linger finger of the oppressor still stI points point downward For or that reason mines arc are being closed close miners miners' wages are aie ne being i educed u-educed stud and ld in many instances in In- Instances stances they arc ure being di dt Within the ranks of oC th this class then tho the force of this appeal w will 1 be felt leI But the bus bus- bus iness incas man will wi be brought to a 11 realizing sense sene of oC the situation In very short order Business stagnation is Inevitable The farmer farer will plant and amI rea leap eat but bt his crops w wilt wi rot on out 01 wi his hands or be sold at a price far fur below the co cost coat t of production More laborers wilt wI be out ot of em employment N ow look lok around arund j you JOU ou and ad judge for 3 your our ourselves selves whether or not this appeal is timely Politicians tell tel you jou ou that the tariff Is the loading leading Issue Isue The Te tariff tariff like like the poor poor poor-is por-Is por te is always with as us We as assert ert that sliver silver Is the issue Isue Ful Fully forty millions of the thc American people demand Its It Immediate Shall Ihal we continue to act at cross cros puro purposes es or 01 shall we join han hands s for the co common on good goot oo f |