The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-20
SILVERITES ACTIVE.
Address to the People of the
United States.
TELLER DOOMED FOR PRESIDENT,

the cold standard Are Recommended to |
support the Colorado senator for Presl-
dent-The Address Signed by Twenty
six Delegates-Some of the Principal
Points stated Therein.
ST LOUIS, June 20--rhe silver men
outinued in conference Friday and re-
'ortcd that they have the signatures of
Wenty-six delegates to their declaration
# independence, which sets forth their |
principles end recommends that all par |
les and organizations opposed to the gold
standard unite in supporting Senator |
Teller for president The silver men will |
continue their conference day or two |
md will keep up their work till all the
national conventions have been held,
with view Of perfecting general fu-
sion. The silver conferrees claim that
hey have not more than half the sig
natures that were promised 1t is also
known that there is difference of opin-
ion among the silver delegates and some
who dcnouncc the gold standard are not
in favor of the Independent movement.
The address is as follows;
"To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES:
Obeying the call of duty, and justified by
the common citizenship of this republic,
we address this communica ton TO the
people and the forthcoming convention of
the United states. In doing so we claim
no authority or right other than that
which belongs to every man to express
.a..,,,ft.tt,n. lint racnpcffnllV
solicit the cooperation of all who believe
that the time has come for return to tho
simpler and more direct methods of nam
ing men for national service than has OBJ
tanned in recent years.
Party Organization Necessary.
political party organization is neces-
sary. because without it the individual
voter is dumb: but the party is only the
means. not the end. IL follows, there
fore, that the moment a party shall choose
to stand still or retrogress it Is no longer
efficient TO achieve the end to which the
people are necessarily destined. There II
no sanctity In mere party name; ana the
mark of decay is set on Individual
strength in "A nation when the absolute
rule of political organization coerces mar
from the truth for the sake of expediencN
and establishes insincere submission Il
partisan rule for the sake of power"
Continuing, the address says that recog
nizing the value and splcnded achieVe
mcnts Of political parties we are yet con
strained to believe that for more lha'
twenty years no one of them has been eh
tircly sufficient for the needs oil the pee
nile. Attention Is called to the growing
mass of independent thinkers and voters
to the frcauent changes during the pas
twenty years, and asks what has been IN
cause of the mighty oscillation oil mas
which this year has probably obtalne
| controlling proportions.
| Promise. Brolen After Election,
sThc answer is that party proinis'
made were broken to the people by par'
| performance; that so soon as the elecuio
was over and successful candidates i
| stalled they became the seryitors OF u
nortv and the advocates of narrow al
non-progressive policy within which aloi
tbcrc seemed to be an assurance OF scli'
snfetv and partisan approval. During
this ncriod we have lacked great co
structive administration. No new soci
truth has been put forward in an enec1i
way. While in all the departments
physical life there have been ueVelu
ments and achievements oil ease anu COZ
fort to the favored of mankind; In I
stilI greater and more important donna
of social reform we have stood stlll
retrogrcssed.
ar tbe voices which have sounded
-, frnn every state in this Union are
indication of the real feeling this year
tho onnointcd time for the people TO ass
thrmselyes through such mediums
may rive best promise of the achleveme
of instice. But whether we are mistaF
or not concerning the general sehtiin'
In the United states, we have not u
taken our own duty in Withdrawing ir
thc Republican convention leeiihg 10
bcttcr to be right and with the minor
in onnarent defeat than TO be wrong
the minority in apparent tlinmph.
,,,,.ry Rcform the First Requisit
.\ye hold that in the great work OF
cial evolution in this country hionoU
reform stands as the first requisite' NJ
uv however promising OF goou resu
can take its place. Continuation uur
rho next four years upon the present III
oial system will bring down upon
American people that cloud OF linpeh'
o,u I'm avert which should be the
thareht of statesmen and the first PR
80 natriots. Our very institutions ar
e,oEc Today, with the rapidly increa
,,ulotion. with widely swelling
ards the basis of our money is rela
i i,'a,,,tractinr and the people are pas
- y snrvitIIdc all the more dange
\ hocause II is not physically apparent:
.,,+ior itself. as to other nations. IL 10
i ,ho sturdy courage that would make
defiant i'm the face of injustice ana u
nal wrong. From the FARMER onu
i tradcsman to the government there l.
narent the shrinking from giving on, y
icst the vengeance of some onenueu II
cial power should descend
Ian Constant struggle.
,.,,,-,. o,,,rtrv cannot much longcl
ist free and independent against a.,
rcst of the world, nor can its peopio
longer bc free in the noples, senso
term il the United states, uep,or n'
shall follow policy dictated py ore W
nations. We produce all the ncoos'
nf life Other nations consume our
uct In the race for existence ie u
s,ant struggle between produces anu
suucr our present system OIL ihon'
uhcrntelv submits To the uesiro ""'
n ,,ro0t of creditor nations, leaving
ip,o ,,ass and as individuals, prey
III ',,onev gathering and the deadly enc
n a., ~ the old world. As the dept oo
N ,"s hroad increases on the mas
~, nation the price of human prou'
'n' - ear,n and i'm the workshop
II w a,d "a with appalling rapidity, ex'
T,'% ,,o,.e and more toll from our ,,t c,tlze
Y meet meet the given demand and holding
.'oS ,ncir heads threat of the day
n tnc,p a.aation TO meet their oblig
.,,,Il leave them bare and defcnseless ,
VIZ WI, rcmedy is to stop falling price
n SnadIcst a. curse Of national Ire.
u .,',li never cease falling under the
n cold standard ,,,,i,s, n