Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-06-25

ST. LOUIS, June 2O.-The silver men
continued in conference and report that
they have the signatures Of 26 delegates
to their declaration Of independence,
which sets forth their principles and
recommends that all parties and or.
CARNATIONS opposed to the gold stand
ard unite in supporting Senator Teller
for president. There is strong effort
being made to get delegates who did
not withdraw from the convention, to
sign this appeal to the people. There
have been conferences with representa-
tives of the Populists and of the bi-
metallic league for them to endorse
Teller as the fusion against the gold
standard and to induce the Democratic
national convention also to endorse Tel.
Ter as the fusion candidate for president.
The silver boilers have been conferring
with ex.Governor Francis, and mem
bers of the Democratic national com.
mittee relative to their action. They
have no assurances from the Demo.
cratic managers, but have been invited
to send representatives to the Demo.
cratic natiDnal convention at Chicago
next month to confer with the party.
The silver men say that Senator Teller
is the man, in their opinion, on whom
all the anti-gold men could unite, but
they are willing to cooperate where
they can consistently do SO, to defeat
the gold standard, and they are not
seeking to press Senator Teller 80 much
@ they are to secure relief from the
power Of the gold men. The silver
men will continue their conference and
will keep up their work till all the ma
tional conventions have been held, with
a view to perfecting general fusion.
The address follows:
To the People of the United States:
Obeying the call Of duty, and justified
by the common citizenship of this repub.
lie, we address this communication to the
people and the forthcoming conventions
Of the United States. In doing 90 we claim
no authority or right other than belongs
to every man to express his personal con.
victions; but we respectfully soliccit the
attention of all who believe that the time
has come for q return to the simpler and
more direct method Of naming men for
national service than has obtained in re-
cent years Political party organization
10 necessary because without 1t the indi.
viduAl voter is dumb; but the party ia
only the means, not the end; it is the
voice, and not the sense. As the world
advances In this wonderful epoch Of intel.
lectual developmentan and physical improve
ment there Is q
Constant Requirement for Better Thiags.
The individual feels that requirement
and he heeds 1t or he fails In nfes en-.
deavor. Parties must also obey the same
law. Il follows, therefore, that the mo-
ment party shall choose to stand still OF
rstrogress, it 10 no longer efficient 70
achieve the end to which the people are
necessarily destined There is no sanctity
in mere party name and the mark Of de-
cay 10 set on individual strength in q ma.
tion when tho absolute rule Of political
organization cOerces man from the truth
for the sake of e1pediency andestablishes
insincere submission to partisan rule for
the sake of power. Recognizing tho value
and the splendid achievements Of political
parties In this country, as elsewhere, we
are yet constrained to believe that for
more than 20 years 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 achieve
ments the
Highest Hope and Aspiration.
Of the mass of the people who constitute
the party. And there has been growing in
this country swelling with each recur-
renee of national election-a great mass of
independent thinkers and voters which,
failing within itself to control, has gravi-
tated between the two great parties. Since
1872 (excepting possibly the election Of
1850 the pendulum has swung from side
to side with each four years. In 1872 the
Republican party elected the president;
in 1876 the Democracy claimed the elec-
ton; in 1880 the Republican party elected
in 1884 the Democrats elected; in 1883 the
Republicans elected; in 1892 the Demo
Gratis elected; in 1886 (until within II few
weeks) it has been conceded that the Re-
publicans would elect What has been
the cause Of this mighty oscillation of a
mass which this year has probably oh
tanned controlling proportions? Every
man can answer to himself If he has been
q manufacturer, if he has felta hope to
see greater justice done and has seen that
hope blasted; If he knows that the general
disnffection has arisen from the fact that
party promises made We're broken to the
people by party performance, he knows
that so soon as the election was over and
successful candidates installed they
became the Servitors of the Party
and the advocates CT a narrow and not
progressive policy within which alone
there seemed to be an assurance of selfish
safety and partisan approval During all
this period we have lacked II great con-
structive administration. No new social
truth has been pu. forward in an effect
I've way While in all the the depart
,nenfS Of nhySicnl life thtsrl have been de-