Show tetter tatter als a bolter henry M teller in coming out oat solidly for bryan and sewall has proved himself the ideal bolter of this era em of bolts mr teller takes with him a choice bunch of mavericks ready to offer their senatorial and congressional flanks to the branding irons of democracy senator teller and his confreres contreres con freres are am the only men so fax far developed in either of the three parties or innumerable sub parties who have demonstrated that they possess courage as ag well as conviction so far as can be observed the other balters have talked threatened cajoled implored demanded and defied and then have calmly submitted to their party collar with occasional weak splutter ings of disgust not so 90 with senator teller he neither threatened nor ex postulated after he found the sentiment of the st eft louis convention against him he shook hands with the chairman told the delegates he had been republican tor for thirty five years but could not swallow gold and then left the platform and the hall once outside of his party he has not sought to gain control of it by forming a new branch or by holding another convention he has simply accepted the logic of the situation and being in earnest has har adopted the surest method of defeating that which he could not support right or wrong on the intrinsic merits of the case senator teller has demonstrated the way in which balters from either side of the question should go he believes believe tree free silver to Is right and Is doing all in his bis power to defeat gold the st louis balters are an not straddling or attempting to beg the question and their course cannot but commend itself to fair minded met men iv honesty of purpose sincerity and courage chicago dispatch |