The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-06-25
MEN SPEAK
THEY ISSUE AN ADDRESS To THE
PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY.
they Review the Causes Which Le"
10 Their Leaving the
Party-SenntOr Teller Is Decided
VDOn As Their Choice for Presi-
den, and They Hope That He
Will he Endorsed.

81. Louis, June 20.-Thc boiling silver
men to-day issued the following address;
10 rhn People Of the United states:
! Chewing the call of duty, ana j~uStihed
by the common citizenship or TINS re2uo'
lie. ne address this COMMUNICATION 10 the
people aud the Forthcoming conventions
of the United States. In doing so we
) claim no authority or rigat or otheF tuah
which belongs to every man TO express
; nersoual conviction but we respectfully
solicit the 90 operation OF all who believe
that the time has come for a return "
the simpler and more direct method OF
naming men for natiohal service tnah has
obtained In recent years
! Political party organization il necessary,
because without It the individual voter II
dumb; but The party Is only the means
not the end, Ii IS the voice ana hot the
sense. As the world advances in this won
derrul epocht Of intellectual development
and physical Improvement there Is Il con
slant requirement for better things. Inc
individual feels that requirement ana needs
IL. or he fails ia lifC'S cndeavor. Parties
must also obey the same law. 1t follows.
therefore. that the moment a party shaIi
choose 10 stand still or retrosress. It Is no
longer cticicnt TO achieve the END 10 Wnich
the people are necessarily destined There
is no sanctity in mere party name.
and the mark Of decay IL set % lndiVluuaI
strength in IA nation, when the absolute
rule OF political organization coerceS man
from the truth for the sake OF expedlency
and establishes insincere submission 10
par,Isan rule for the sake Of power.
RcCognizinng the value and the splendid
achievements OF political parties IN this
country "a elsewhere we are yet conStralneh
to believe that FOR more than twenty years
no one OF them has been entirely sum
lent for the needs Of the people. The
treat trend to better things, resting In
he heart and purpose or all men. mas
been stayed duriug the latter part or TINS
generation by the failure or parties 10 ex-
press in their achievements the hishest
hope and aspirations OF the mass or the peo-
pie who constitute the parties. And there
has been CROWN, in this country
with each recurrence or national
) election-a great mass Of Independent voters
and thinkers which failing within itself
to control, has gravltated between the TWO
great parties. Since 1872 excepting posi-
bly, the election Of 1876, the pendulum has
swung from side 70 side with each four
years. In 1872 the Republican party elected
the president; in 1876 the Democracy
claimed the election: in 1880 the Repub-
lican party elected; In 1884 the Democrats
elected: In 1892 the Democrats elected:
In 1893 until within IA few weeks IL has
been conceded that the Republicans would
elect.
What has been the cause OF this mighty
oScllla ton Of IA mass which this year has
prOO3Dly ODtilneu tDnlIDillus pIpVptliohH'
Every man can answer TO himself, If he
, has been an observer: If he has had inter
ests that have been affected: if he has felt
a hope to see greater Justice done ana
has seen that hope blasted; IL ne knows
that the general dissatisfaction has arisen
from the fact that party promise made
were broken to the people by party per-
Torrance. He knows that SO soon rs the
election was over aud successful candidates
Installed they became the s~eryitors OF the
party and the advocates OF a narrow and
non-progressive policy within which alone
there seemed TO De an assurance of selfish
safety and partisan approval.
During all Of this period We have lacked
n great constructive administration No
new social truth has been put forward in
an effective way. While in all the depart
ments of physical life there have been de-
volopmcnts and achievements Of ease and
comfort to the favored OF mankind; in the
still greater and more important domain OF
social reform We have stood stu or rctrn-
crossed.
1t Is not that the people have not felt
the STRINGS Of determination, that his in-
action has endured: but because Of the
rule Of the party which has largely con-
trolled men liz and ont OF Office. IL las
become a source of reproaCh TO any man
that he should dare TO renounce all ngitncc
TO organization Men have bceL expected
to submit their views TO the ~iictatioi e
INV A''' II ~ W hhi'h htEv
edge that conventions have been s~uyel
to views and declarations not the most np-
proved by the mass Of the people nor pro-
greSsive for their welfare.
We do not a~grOgutc to ourselves one iota
more Of intelligence, patriotism or courage
than is possessed by any " our fellow Citi-
ZenS. But We feel that tie time has come
for he performance OF a duty 10 the Coun-
try; ana for our part. though we shall.
stand alone, We will make an endeavor in
the direction Of that duty. Parties may
outline their usefulness: the truth never
becomes obsolete. Every generation OF free
men has the right to affirm the truths OF
past knowledge and present requirement;
and II the enforcement Of these truths
shall maze necessary a departure from
party organization, the people have this
right aud will exercise II until other parties
shall return 10 the truth or new parties
shall be created To effect IL into law
lf the voices which have sounded 70 IA
from every state in this Union are an lndI.
cation OF the real feeling, this year il the
appointed time for the peoplp 70 ossar.
themselves through such mediums as NAV
give best promise Of the achievement of
justice. Bat whether we are mistaken or
not concerning the general sentiment in the
United states, we have not mistaken orr
own duty In withdrawing from the Renpb.
Incan convention. feeling 1t is better 10 be
right and with the minority in apparent do.
feat than to be wrong with the ma inrit, 4,
apparent triumph.
We hold that in the great work of socia,
c'ol,'''" II 'h'S country, monetary reform
stands as the first requisite. No poIjrv
:. however promising of good results. can
take It's place. Continuation during the
next four years upon the present financial
system wiiI bring down upon the Anericau
people that cloud VI impending evil 70 avert
which should be the first thought 90 80
men and the first prayer Of patriots, ON
very INSTITUTIONS are ~ stake. To-day, with
the rapIiiy increasing population with
widely swelling demands. the basis or ann
money Is relatively contracting opd 81