The San Francisco call., 1896-06-21
With the enactment of our proposed financial

with the enactment of our proposed financial
reforms.
We see in the private and official life of
Henry NJ. Teller a beacon, brightly burning,
warning the people off the threaten ing shores
of d1ssension. He has but now publicly
abandoned the Republican party, with which
he has been associated since its first organiza-
ton, entering it when led by conscience to
strive for the overthrow of human bondage
and leaving it when Lincoln's teachings were
swallowed up in the greed and cruelty OF the
money kings. For twenty years he las been q
commanding figure in the Nations life, Cabi-
net officer and Senator of the United States.
Nominally a Republican, he has many times
openly defed his party when its members
sought to make it an instrument OF injustice
and oppression.
"For twenty years he has stood as a bulwark
against the tyrannical encroachments OF the
National banks; he has never hesltated TO
declare that tn ey should be deprived of all
authority to issue money and to control It's
volume; he is an unfinching advocate of the
duty of the Government to maintain and ex-
ercise exclusively for the people the sovereign
power of emitting all money-gold, silver and
paper. He holds that to issue bonds in time
of peace is q stupendous wrong to the people
and the country.
''When to this official record are united an
unsullied private life, character without
blot or stain, grateful and generous nature,
patriotism that knows neither State nor sec
ton, we feel we are but performing duty to
our beloved country in thus calling attention
to Mr.. Teller's merits and availability as
candidate for President, one upon whom ali
PopuIists may consistently unite, while they
strenuously preserve and strengthen their or
ganization.
1.-The necessity and wisdom of a dispassion-
ate consideration of his claims upon the sup
port of the American people have become the
more apparent since the patriotic Republican
leaders who abandoned their party under his
inspiration have announced him their
nominee for President of the United States.
''We beg our fellow Populists to calmly con-
slider the suggestions we have made. 1t is our
fervent hope that the patriotism of our mo-
tives will, in their judgment, justify the course
of communication we have taken. Let us all
so act that, if in the wisdom of an inscrutable
providence the union which we may tender
and of which our suffering country stands in
such trying need, may not be affected, we can
at least declare in the presence of God and our
country that we did our duty as patriots and
the fault OF failure does not lie at our door"
H. E TAUBENECK, Illinois.
J. II. DAVIS Texas.
NJ. c. RANKIN. Indiana.
7. NJ. PATTERSON, Colorado.
J. HUGH MCDOWELL, Tennessee.
JOHN P. STELLE. Illinois.
THOMAS FLETCHER, Arkansas.
HOWARD S. TAYLOR, Illinois.
HOMER PRINCE, Arkansas.
J. W. DoLLIsoN, Arkansas.
Nj. r. COFFMAN, Arkansas.
J. A. EDGERToN, Nebraska.
r. A. SANKEY, Kansas.
CHARLES Z. PALMER, Illinois.
F. D. EAGER, Nebraska
j. D. HESS, Illinois.
A. l. MAXWELL Illinois.
GEORGE NJ. JACKSON, Arkansas.
S. J. Wright, Texas.
S. P. V. ARNOLD, Illinois.
EUGENE SMITH, Illinois.
W. J. QUICK, Missouri.
CALVIN K. REIFsSIDER, Missouri
FRANK E. RICHEY, Missouri.
W. J. PLAT Tennessee.
HORACE C. CLARK, Colorado.