The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-24
LOOKS LIKE FUSION.
PROMINENT POPULISTS ISSUE
AN IMPORTANT ADDRESS.

AN IMPORTANT ADDRESS.
Hon. Henry VI. Teller of Colorado Mem |
toned for Presidential General Fusion
is Urged OF all silver Men in the
| United States.
St. Louis, Mo-, June 22.-As the resuit
OF a series of conferences between COM
mittees appointed by the seeding silver
men of the recent Republican COnTen-
ton and a committee composed OF
prominent POpulists, the following ad-
dress was issued from the headquarters
of the Peoples Party National com
mittee in this city. Immediately after
the silver men walked out OF the con-
yention they appointed a committee Oh
which Charles s. Hartman of Montana,
Senator r. +. Pettigrew CT South Da-
kota, C. f. Cannon of Utah and Fred I.
Dubois of Idaho We're members, to con-
fer with similar committee Of Popu-
lists That eevniug at the Planters no.
tel they met II. T. Ta,lbeneck Of Mi
nOis, chairman; DR.. III. S. Taylor OF
Chicago and ThOs. NJ. Patterson of DGn-
YER of the National Populist commit
tee and as the result of that and sub
seQuent conferences the following ad-
dress was issued:
''Expressly d:sclaiming any purpose
or right to bind any party or person by
the views here set forth, we but yield
to Cln oyerpowe'ing sense Of duty In
saying what We do to the members OF
the Peoples Party and to all other good
citizens who, experimenting the APP
proach Of mOmentous crisis in our
country's life, are willing to avert it by
acts of exalted patriotism. We came to
st. Louis as citizens, members OF the
Peoples Party, to be present at the
meeting of the National Republican
convention that We might determine
more definitely for ourselves the true
aim of that organization i'm the present
struggle. Here we have seen the boss
in politics more securely enthroned,
more servilely obeyed and more dicta-
: torial as to candidates and policy th1n
has ever before been witnessed in the
fed of national politics.
"One man, the perfection of his type,
representing the millionaire3 the banks,
the corporations, the trusts and every
other remorseless and plutocratic ele-
, ment in our country's life, has through
the power eff money dict2ted the nomi-
nation of William Mckinley and shaped
the platform of his party.
. This convention, slavishly respond
S ing to the will of the money power, has
t forced am issue which must be met. 1t
:. is a challenge to the yeomen of the
4 land. If lit is declined, or if the move
|, ment shall succeed, the fetters OF a ty.
n ranny more grinding than that of czars
Il or emperors would be driven upon the
plain people of this country; fetteri
e which must he indefinitely worn with
y the contemplate spirit inseparablefron
e willing serfs, or in the end he broker
n with the irresistible power of mighty
# revolution.
: THAT issue is formulated within tn
= demands that "the existing gold stand
e ard must be preserved and for the en-
actment of call measures designed t.
. maintain inyiolably the obligations o
g the United States and all our money
l, either coin or paper-at the presen
j. standard" This means that silver shal
$. be permanently degraded into mer
q coinage of change and that it be de
: prived of its legal tender quality, eX
IA cept for some paltry sum. That TN
j. greenback and all other forms of gov
eminent paper money shall be redeem
4 ed and destroyed; that the nation:
y banks shall be swollen into powe
=, triple their present ability to contraC
TO- the volume of money; to absorb til
- earnings of industry and to grip tn
~ throat of all industrial and CONNER
n cial life, while from time to time
y terrorizes the voters into the choice {
= it's tools for It's Legislative, judicial an
administrative positions. The none
=, power has forced this issue now, bt
-, cause, in it's judgment, those whom il
= policy will enslave are divided int
M hostile political families, which cal
- not be united in time to resist it's OF
- set 1t regards it as impossible tn:
:; harmonious action can be secured b.
4 tween different organizations that Il
- vor monetary reform and resistance
- their insatiate greed. With Populist
silver Democrats and independent b
metallists supporting the differe
nominees for president and the n
," tional congress it feels assured of vi
~ tory and it has determined to pre-
'n now, and without abatement, the a
~ vantage which this apparently lamen