The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-20

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. July 19-Hon.
Thomas NJ. Patterson, chairman Of the
regular Colorado delegation to the Pop
ulist convention. arrived today, and
with others began a crusade in behalf
of the nomination of Messrs. Bryan
and Sewall by the Populist conven-
ton.
During the evening Mr.. Patterson
and his co-adiutors prepared and is
sued an address in reply to Chairman
Taubeneck's appeal to maintain the
autonomy of the party by taking po-
sition against the nomination or en-
dorsement of the Democratic candi-
dates The address of the Bryan fol-
lowers. as prepared by Mr.. Patterson,
is as follows:
I'VE agree with Chairman Taubeneck
that the all-absorbing question with
Populists is and should be how can
they assist in the speedy restoration of
silver to its former place and at the
same time maintain and advance their
party organization. We believe that
The Peoples party is necessary to the
country. and should it be disbanded or
become inconsequential for want Of
numbers the money power would re-
sumo complete sway over both the old
parties. and the masses be deprived OF
a protector from the greed OF corpora
tions, trusts and syndicates.
But we emphatically disagree with
him as to the means by which these
ends are to be secured. To nominate
an independent ticket-one IN oppoSl-
ton as much TO Bryan and Sewall as
it would be to Mckinley and Hobart
would not only make it impossible to
RESTORE FREE COINAGE OF SILL
YER
during the life time Of the youngest
in the coming convention, but it would
practically ann5hilate the Peoples
party as far as followers are neceS-
san-y to make a party. The leaders
might hold frantically TO the organiza-
ton during the campaign, but at its
close they would find its followers in
full fellowship with the Democratic
party. and having voted its ticket I'M
der the name and emblem of that par
ty if Bryan should be elected they
would find little obstacle to continuing
with il.
Instead of nominating others the
Peoples convention should nominate,
not endorse, Bryan and Sewall. The
convention should make these two
men its own nominees-the party nom
;nees. 1t should adopt it's own plat
form of principles and place them upon
1T as their choice for president and vice
president Having done this, the del
egates can return to their homes and
LOOKING CONSTITUENTS IN THE
FACE
say: we have made this partial sac
rifice of party pride to make certain
the enactment into laws of one or more
Of the great measures for which our
party has struggled. In doing this we
have proven that our party stands
ready to do whatever is necessary to
secure practical relief to a suffering
country even to the extent of support
ing candidates nominated by other par
ties. No greater test of party devotion
to principle can be devised and meas
ured by that test the Peoples party
is pre-eminently worthy of the peoples
confidence and support"
''The proposition of MIR. Taubeneck
that whenever one party endorses the
national ticket of another il has No
further use to exist is wholly without
precedent to sustain it. The chairman's
logic is simply this: The restoration
of free coinage to silver is known to
be absolutely necessary to bring back
the country's departed prosperity The
Democrats and Peoples party are both
agreed upon this and some other vital
questions; but otherwise they differ.
The Democratic party adopts a plat
form and selects presidential candi-
dates
PLEDGED AND KNOWN TO BE SIN
CERE
in advocacy of these vital measures.
The Republican party is pledged to
measures the extreme reverse of those
upon which Democrats and Populists
agree and unless Democrats and Popul-
lists unite, the Republican party will
win and its policy Of ruin indefinitely
continue Now, because the Peoples
party in its organized capacity to