Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-27
ADDRESS OF SILVER BOILERS
Teller Put Forward to Lead the
New Party.
They See Certain Ruin If Gold Is
Not Beaten.
An Appeal 10 All Believers in Free
Silver TO Support the White
Money Candidate--.Ex-
coriate the Repub.
Iican Party.

ST. Louis. June 19.-The following ad-
dress vas given out today by the silver
delegates who bolted the republican ma
tIonal convention yesterday:
r the people of the United States:
Obeylng the call of duty, and justified
by the common citizenship of this re-
public, we address this communication
to the people and forthcoming conven-
ton OF the United States. In doing so,
VIC claim no authority or right other
than that which belongs to every man
to express his personal convictions; but
we respectfully solicit the co-opera ton
of all who believe that the time has come
for a return to he simpler and more
direct method OF naming men for IA
tlonal service than has obtained in re-
cent years.
Political party organization Is nee
cessary because without IL the individ-
ual voter is dumb; but the party Is only
the means, not the end; It is the voice
and not the sense.
A the world advances In this won.
derful epoch OF intellectual develop
ment and physical Improvement there
fs a constant requirement. for better
things. The individual feels that re-
quirement n heeds IL, or he fails in
LIES endeayors. Parties must also obey
the same law. 1t follows, therefore,
that the moment q party shall choose TO
stand still or ~retrogress, II is no longer
efficient to achieve he end TO which
the people are necessarily destined.
There is no sanctity In mere party name:
ana the mark OF decay Is set on lndivid-
ual strength in a nation when the abso-
lutte rule OF political organization coer-
ces man from the truth for the sake OF
ehpediency n establishes insincere
submission rule for the sake of power.
"Recognizing the value and the splen-
ala achievements of political parties in
this country, as elsewhere, we are yet
constrained to believe that for more than
twenty a no one OF them has been
entirely sufficient for the needs OF the
people. The great trend to better things,
resting In the heart and purpose of all
men, has been stayed during the latter
part OF this generation by the failure OF
parties to express in their achievements
the highest hope and aspiration of the
mass of the people who constitute the
parties. And there has been rowin in
this country, swelling with each recur-
renee OF Ito election, a great mass
Of independent thlnker and voters,
which falling Itself TO control, has
gravitated between the two great par
ties.
Since 1872 excepting possibly the
election Of 1876 the pendulum has swung
from side TO sid with each four years.
In 1872 the republican party elected the
president; In 1876 the democracy
claimed the election; In 1850 tho repub-
lican party elected: in 1884 the demo-
Gratis elected; In 1895 (untll within a
few weeks) il had been conceded that
the republicans would elect.
What has been the cause OF this
mighty oscillation of a mass which this
year has probably obtained controlling
proportions? Every man can answer
to himself. II he has been an observer.
IL he has interests that were effected:
II he has felt a hope to see greater JUS
tice done. and has seen that hope blast
ed, he knows that the general d~lssatis-
faction has arisen from the fact that
party promises made wore broken to
the people cow a. s sns ne
over and successful candidates Installed
they became the servitors OF the party
and the advocates OF a narrow and non
progressive policy within which alone
there seemed TO be an assurance OF sell
fish safety m partisan approval.
During all this period we "a lacked
a great constructive administration.
No new special truth has been put for
ward I'm an effective way, while in all
the departments OF physical life there
Ia been developments n achieve
ments of ease n comfort to the IA
vored of mankind; in the still greater
more important domain of social
reform we have stood still or retro
gressed.
ut is not that the people W. not
felt the STRINGS OF determination, that
this inaction has endured. but because
OF the rule of party. which has largely
controlled men In and out of Office. 1t
has become a PURGE of %reproach to any
man tina he should dare to renounce al
legiance to organization. Men have been
| expected to submit their views to the
dictates of conventions. although Ii Is
common knowledge that conventions
have been swayed to Views n declar-
atoms not the most approved by the
mass OF the people, nor progressive for
their welfare.
1--WE do not arrogate to ourselves one
lota more of intelligence, patriotism or
courage than is possessed by n OF our
fellow citizens. But we feel that the
time has come for the performance. of
a duty to the country. and for our part.
though we shall stand alone. We will
make an endeavor in the direction of
that duty.
Parties may outlive their usefulness:
the truth never becomes obsolete. Ev-
cry generation Of free men has the right
TO affirm the truths OF past knowledge
and present requirement: and IL the en-
forcement of these truths shall max
necessary the departure from party or
ganization. the people have the right.
and will exercise 1t, until old parties
shall return to the truth, or new par
ties shall be created to effect II into
law.
IF the voices which ave sounded to
us from every state In this union are
an indication OF the real feeling. this
year is the appointed time for the peo-
pie to assert themselves, through such
mediums as may give best promise of
the achievement of justice. But wheth-
er we are mistaken or not concerning
the general sentiment In the United
States. we have not mistaken our own
duty In withdrawing from he epubli-
can convention, feeling that 1t Is better
to be right and with the minority In p
parent defeat. han to be wrong with
the majority In apparent triumph.
Continuation during the next four
years upon the present financial sys-
tenn will bring down upon the American
people that cloud Of impending evil, to
avert which should be the first thought
Of statesmen and the first prayer Of a
triots.