The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-20
BLAND Is HIS MAN
JESSE N. HAYMAKEH TELLS WHY
He WANTS SILVER DICK.

He Does Not Want to Go Outside of the
When q Warrior EqsaI to Teller Is
Found Within it's Ranks-To Nominate
Teller wsuId be Like the Tail Waggine
the Dog-He Wants Teller for Vice
President or Else Given Assurance That
be VIII be Made Secretary of Treasury
Jesse ". Haymaker Of this city and
one of the delegates to the national
Democratic convention at Chicago says
that the national convention should
nominate Dick Bland of Missouri as its
candidate for president and that Hon.
Henry II. Teller Of Colorado should be
nominated for vice president. In con-
versation with a reporter for the Eagle
AFR. Haymaker said:
'T have read with pleasure the speech
Of Henry N. Teller and have only words
of the highest commendation for the
sentiments expressed. They were hon
est, noble, conscientious and spoken
without malice or prejudice. Even
those who differ with him had 10 agree
that his reasoning was able and found
ed upon the history of the country. He
drew the picture SO vivid that even
those who held that the great issue Of
the campaign was the tariff were driven
to the conclusion that the real issue
was finance and not tariff. HIS address
was the calm deliberations of a matured
mind and for this reason carried con-
viction with it, The address Of Mr..
Dubois was the ablest argument, but
IL did not carry the conviction as did
the address of Mr.. Teller.
az know there are plenty Of people to-
day who are advocating that the right
and proper thing for the Democratic
party to do would be to nominate Mr..
Teller for the presidency. They argue,
and with considerable reason, TOO. that
this would cement all the opposition to
the gold standard platform. Now II
the Democrats in national convention
should nominate Mr.. Teller ! would sup
port him with my whole so1, but l
cannot advocate his nomination in the
national convention.
my reasons for this determination
are: First, God never made tail to
wag the dog, but made the dog TO wag
the tail Now, the Democracy. with a
silver plank comes to the electoral col
lege with 154 certain electoral votes.
This is a majority. The Democratic
party has always been the silver party.
When silver was demonetized eight out
of every ten of the Democrats in con-
gress voted against the act When
BANDS silver bill, which provided for
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver.
was before congress II was supported
by two-thirds Of the Democratic vote.
The Democratic party cannot be held
responsible for the decentralization OF
silver. Second, in the Democratic party
] find a man whose record has been as
clear, whose efforts have been as heroic,
and who has been a friend 10 silver
every hour of every day for twenty
long yesrs-Hon. Silver Dick Bland or
missouri. If any person can show me
single instance where Mr.. Teller has
done greater or better work for the res
toration of silver than Mr.. Bland then
i am willing to cast my vote in the con-
vention for Mr.. Teller. Third, Mr.. Tel
Ter Is not a member of the majority
party. The Democratic party is as old
as the country. 1t is the only national
gparty today. There is not a county in
the United States but Democrats are
found there This cannot be said or
any other party.
with these views I cannot see the
necessity OF going outside of the party
for candidate when the record of the
party has stood for 100 years as a friend
to silver and in the ranks of the party
is found such heroes as Mr. Bland, and
hence 1 shan advocate the nomination
OF Mr.. Bland or some other sound friend
OF silver. Provided that a plan can be
perfected whereby Mr.. Teller can be
nominated for vice president, or given
an assurance that he will be made sec
Tetary of the treasury ii will meet with
my hearty approval.
Il will leave for Chicago July l. and
viii be on the ground early. Personally
never felt more hopeful of the success
OF the party in my life than l do at
sliis time. l believe the northeast Will
20 for gold by large majority but the
west and south VIII unite and the cOun-
try will be saved. There viii be new
faces in each of the parties this year"