The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-20

st. Louis, Mo-, June 19.-The silver
men did not want to give out their ad-
dress to-day because they have not had an
opportunity to get the signatures of all
wanting to join in the movement. As
most of the delegates have left, and there
will be further conference it was finally
given out with the signatures of twenty
six delegates. There were only twenty
three who walked out of the convention.
The silver conferees claim they have not
more than half the signatures that were
promised.
The address which is very long, is in
part as follows: TO the people of the
United States-Obeying the call of duty,
and justied by the common citizenship of
this republic, we address this communi-
cation to the people and the forthcoming
convention of the United States. In do
ing so we claim no authority or right
other than which belongs to every man to
express personal conviction; but we re-
spectfully solicit the cooperation of all
who believe that the time has come for II
return to the simpler and more direct
method of naming men for national serv-
ice than has obtained in recent years
Political party organization is ncccs-
sary because without it the individual
voteris dumb; but the party is only the
means, not the end; it is the voice and
not the sense. AS the world advances in
this wonderful epoch of intellectual de-
vclopment and physical Improvement.
there * Il constant requirement for better
things The individual feels that re
quirement and needs it, or he falls in
lifc's endeavor.
Where will this end if the people shall
decline to assert themselves? Where
will 1t end if the older parties in their de-
termination to maintain themselves in
power for powers sake alone, shall refuse
To recognize the right and the hope of hui
manity. This country cannot much
longer exist free and independent against
all the rest of the world, nor can its peo-
pie much longer be free in the noble sense
of the term if the United States, debtor
nation shall follow policy dictated by
creditor nations.
We produce all of the necessaries of
life. Other nations consume our product
In the race for existence it is IL constant
struggle between producer and consumer
Our present system of money deliberately
submits to the desire and the profit of the
creditor nations leaving us in the mass
and rs Individuals n prey to the money
gatherings and the deadly cheapening of
the Old World.
Every believer in the advancement of
the race realizes that the instability'of
prices has been the deadly foe of our toll
ers and the servant of the foreign inter
est gatherer. Bimetallism will help to
bring the time when certain expendi-
ture of human toll will produce II certain
financial result.
Is not this purpose worth the attention
of the people as individuals and worth
the attention of political conventions yet
to he held in this year, 1896?
1t is in the hope that the masses and
the remaining conventions will have the
courage and the generosity to unite for
this purpose that we have dared to offer
our views to the people of the United
States. and because in the past there has
lacked II rallying point for the masses
who hold as we do to this belief, we ven
ture an act, trusting it will be received in
the same spirit of Cancellation, concession,
and hope with which we put it forth.
We have endeavored in plain way to
set these facts before our fellow citizens.
We invoke the union of all men and all
parties who believe that the time has
come for the. triumph of justice. 1t is an
hour when the people may speak for