Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-06-25
THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, THURSDAY JUNE U.s. 1896
TELLER FOR PRESIDENT.
FREE SILVER A BALM FOR ALL OF
POveRTY'S WOUNDS.
Is tho Remedy the Boiling siiverites
Would Force Upon the Country-Their
Action Not Well Received add
Hut Little Feared.

st. Louis, June 19.-At a secret confer
ence of the boiling silverites yesterday
and last night an address to the people of
the United States was prepared and auth
orized to be given to the press. The adj
dress declares that this year is the APP
pointed time for the people of the country
to assert themselves and demand the cess
sation of the existing financial conditions.
Continuation during the next four years,
the address says upon the present iinan-
cial system will bring down on the Ameri-
can people the cloud of impending evil
The basis of our money is declared to be
relatively contracting as the population
increases and the people are passing into
servitude all the more dangerous be-
cause 1t Is not physically apparent. The
address declares the nation itself is losing
the sturdy courage which should make it
defiant In the face of injustice and inter
nal wrong Our present system of money
deliberately submits to the desire and
profit of the creditor nation leaving us in
the mass and as individuals prey to the
money gathering and the deadly cheaper
ing of the old world The only remedy is
10 stop the falling Of prices-the deadiest
curse Of national life. Prices will never
cease falling under the single gold stand
ard with tho restoration of blmctalism
this country will double the basis of our
money system. In time II will double the
stock of the primary money of the world
viii stop the falling of prices and will
steadily elevate them until they regain
their normal relation to the value of cred
It's and debts in the world Bl-metalism
VIII help to bring about the hope of every
social reformcr
Concluding, the address invokes the
union of all men and all parties who be-
licve the time has come for the triumph
of justice and offers to the forthcoming
conventions and to the people as a can
IL f1n toe fgN,- IA. tt
ator Henry NJ. Teller of Colorado, "a man
who mas had the confidence of the people
In his purpose through all the work of
an exalted life" Tho address is signed
by Fred T. Dubois, r. +. Pettigrcw. Frank
j. Cannon, Charles S. Hartmann, Clarence
e. Allen and 81 other delegates.
Senator Teller of Colorado feels the need
OF rest inter his cxacting duties of the
past fortnight In pursuance of this pur-
pose he VIII leave tomorrow for Fulton.
ILL.,, near which place his aged mother is
residing. There. he will spend n week or
more. 1t is his intention to participate ac-
lively in the campaign after the Chicago
convention shall have made its nomina-
tons and the issues between the two par
| ties are fairly joined. 1t is doubtful If he
VIII go East. lie believes that the great
Middle West offers n promising field for
missionary work and It is in that region
| that he Will be most generally employed.
| SILVERITES WILL GAIN NOTHING.
washington. Juno ia special from
| carson, New, says: The general opinion
among republicans In this city is that
| nothing Is to be gained by the boiling of
the silver men of the convention. Many
prominent men even go so far as to say
That silver is not the leading question of
Nevada. Ex-Secretary of State Grey as
serts that Nevada would not be benefited
1 frAn ell
| twice as much gold as silver and three
times as much wool as silver: consequent
| ~, protective tariff will be of more bene-
fit. Chief Justice Bigeow is of the same
opinion and the leading politicians seem
to agree with him and Grey.
HANNA ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
| st. Louis June 19-Marcus Aurelius
! Hanna was to-day elected chairman of the
republican national committee.