The herald., 1896-07-07
low is the time TO prove its sincerity.

now is the time TO prove its sincerity.
There is a candidate upon whim the
votes of all friends of free silver can be
united, if all those who have the cause at
heart will yield something of their ex-
treme partisanship and place the cause
flrst' and complete party success second.
He is candidate who, having given
more than twenty years to a devoted
struggle for this cause and for finan-
cial reform, has shown that he can put
his devotion to his principles above all
party ties or party success. He stepped
out of his party when it declared for the
single gold standard, apd, standing as he
does, untrammeled by party affiliations,
and devoted to the cause, which the
Democratic party now, by a majority.
declares the supreme question of the
hour, he above all men becomes the log
zeal candidate upon which all who love
this cause can unite. He is able, COM
petent tried TRUE, earnest, reliable and
can be triumphantly elected. To nomi-
nate straight Democrat in a divided
party, when millions of honest citizens
stand ready to support a non-partisan
candidate, is a mere reckless expert
ment, not only an act of supreme folly
in this hour, but a defiance to all pru-
dence, and cannot but be construed as
meaning that the Democratic party de-
sires to conjure with the magic of an oc-
casion and prefers defeat for the cause,
in a spirit of harrow partsanship, to
succeed by a rational act of union upon
a candidate who can certainly succeed
The Peoples party has other princi-
pies, and it has within the states which
are surely for silver coinage a following
tjas great as that of the Democratic par
ty, when it's vote in the gold states is
eliminated.
We feel confident the peoples party is
willing to open the path to q union upon
Henry NJ. Teller and If this rational.
patriotic opportunity for success be re-
| jected by the Democratic convention in
| the determination to seek complete par
| tisan success regardless of an open path
to victory, then we call the true friends
of the cause to witness that responsible
ity rests on those who reject this op-
portunity and that it is a conclusive
proof that we who championed this
cause for years, who are united for it's
support. are it's safe defenders and will
carry it to success.
| Whatever may be our individual wish
es in the premises, we are forced to say
after an earnest endeavor to inform our
selves about the sentiment of the Peo-
pies party of the country at large that
the party cannot be induced to indorse a
candidate for president who has not
| severed his affiliations with the old polit-
ical parties.
III. e. TAUBENECK, Illinois,
J. B. WEAVER, Iowa,
MARTIN QUINN, Oregon,
A. J. sTREATOR, Illinois,
EDWARD s. GREECE, Michigan,
A. w. NICHOLS, Michigan,
THOMAS Y. GATOR, California,
b. o. FLOWER, Boston,
A. L. MAXWELL, Illinois,
y. NJ. Full WELLER, Illinois,
CHARLES E. PALMER, Illinois,
7. q. NAGARELL, Illinois,
I. J. MILLS. Fenton, Louisiana,
J. M. EWING, Michigan,
j. C. ROBERTS, Illinois,
JAMES E. M'BRIDE, Michigan.
EDWARD TAYLOR, Illinois,
JAMES WINNIE, Michigan,
EUGENE SMITH, Illinois,
w. w. WEAVER, Illinois,
CHRIS O'BRIEN, Illinois,
HERMAN ALSHULER. Illinois,
ROBERT -BALL, California,
M. NJ. MILLER, Illinois,
c. B. MATTHEW'S, New York,
H. d. ANDERSON, North Dakota,
o. X. LAPHAM, Virginia,
C. J. JONES, Oklahoma.