People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-12
A LESSON TO POLITICIANS.

The Silver State, of Winnemucca.
" Colo, gives an object lesson to sew
eral Georgia politicians who also SUP
port pronounced opponent to con.
stituhonal silver money after having
vowed they never, no, never, would
do so traitorous thing:
If Senator Teller of Colorado had
visited Denver at any time during
this session of Congress before the
meeting of the Minneapolis conven-
ton, he would have met with such
hearty welcome and demonstrations
Of approval and admiration from an
Intelligent people, without distinction
OF party, as are seldom accorded to
a public servant. He had made a
most determined and gallant fight
for silver and had araigned Harrison
and his administration for their al
nance with Wall street and England
in such terms as left no one to doubt
his sincerity, honesty and high in
tegrity as a man and Senator. He
had placed principle above party and
stood shoulder to shoulder with Sena-
tor Stewart and other earnest free
coinage members for the Stewart bill
against the great power of the adj
ministration and the great array of
Senators in his own party. But, in
an evil hour, he fell. Doubtless the
same influence that demonetized
silver and kicked the silver sentiment
of the country out of the Minneapolis
and Chicago conventions pulled
Senator Teller down from the high
stand he had taken and the high
position he occupied before his con
stituents and the country, to the
level of sell-out ward political
manipulation, and induced him to
stand for party and Harrison rather
than principle and the best interests
of his State, which he had so nobly
represented, but now so ignominious-
ly disgraces.
A few days ago he returned home
to Denver and announced his inten-
ton to support Harrison for re-elec-
ton. Ten thousand people had
gathered from the outside portions of
the State to greet General Weaver,
the only free coinage candidate for
President. A grand convocation Of
the people of that grand old State
was celebrating upon the great sill
yer issue of which the Senator had
been COloradO's great champion, and
a motion was made to inyite him to
address the convention. Instanta-
neously the membership of the whole
convention were upon their feet
shouting No! No! No! and Kissing
their contempt for the duplcity of
Colorado's traitor and venal repre-
sentative. The opposition was so
determined and unanimous that the
chairman ignored the motion.
Senator Teller, by betraying silver,
principle and his State, has invited
and is receiving the merited anath-
emas, indignation and curses of a
brave people, who once idolized HIM.
His name and memory will be Kissed
and go Sizing down along the cor
ridOrs of time as traitor to his peo-
pie, a time serving and fawning sy-
cophant and mercenary creature of
the debauched and debauching gold
bug variety oligarchy. In the esti-
nation of true, self respecting men
and women and all angels of
heaven, in fervent prayer and suppl
cation to the throne of Almighty
God for generations to come, could
scarcely raise him to respectable
degree Of degradation. Let Nevada
politicians take warning; learn les
son and profit thereby. The temper
of the people of this State will per-
NIT of no trhing. For they are too
intelligent not to see through the
base receptions of any man who pro-
fesses to be in favor of free coinage
and at the same time favors the cleo
ton of a gold-bug candidate for
President. A protested friend who
gives aid and comfort to the enemy
is the meanest kind of traitor, and
not to be trusted In public or private
life with public or private concerns.
Past services are no paliation for
present treachery.