The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-08-22
Mr.. 0U.NN'S LETTER.
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question had weight in influencing the
election OF delegates to the national
conventions, you permitted Senator
Teller to stand alone and rot until the
last moment ct the St. Louis conven-
tion did you perform the simple act
that won for you an ovation which in
the light OF recent evcuts stands out as
n OF the prose farces Of the year.
Senator Mantle has asserted in a
pubic speech shat there was not a
moment u time during the months
leading up TO the national Republican
contention that you and he and Senator
Garter were not in perfect harmony
that each understood perfectly the
position which the others were to take.
You confirmed this statement by tell
Ing the people that Garter and Mantle
were as loyal to silver and entitled to
as much credit as yorr5eif-a state
ment which | believe 10 be absolutely .
true. Ifyou told the truth, a. I believe. |,
regarding the comparative merits OF
yourself and your political associates,
why did you not return with them and
| permit them to share the honors which
an indulgent people heaped upon you: !
Ifthey are not entitled to as much
credit as yourself you have falsitied the
| facts and stand ont in the light Of a
SnoOiol ,plaa1nr for +hn anoYninS nf fhn
people. Choose your horn of the
dilemma.
You insist upon saying that | am a
candidate for congress. While | have
never caught the Office seeking disease.
l desire to say to you that should fate
have in store a seat for me in congress
| would e%ndeavor, when elected, to per-
form my duty to the great silver cause
with the same consistency with which
| hope I have performed it as a writer
for the press.
I would not. as you have done, vote
for the election of Tom Reed, the arch
gold bug. to the speakership Of the
house. in preference to Charles +.
Crisp, the splendid silver champion.
l would not, as you have done. cast
my vote for the transfer of the legis-
lative machinery Of the house from sill
ver's friends to silver's enemies.
would not, as you have done, refuse
for over a year to un~equivocally indorse
the non-partisan stand taken by Senator
Teller or n other noble leader. who
cast party aside in the interests of BIZ
metallism.
would not, as you have done. intro
duce a proposition applying the
old g~reenback exception clause to the
silver dollar when in contact with the
commerce of the gold standard nations,
thus surrendering to the goldites the
entire fundamental principle upon
which the silver Issue rests.
I would not, as you did, intimate tc
an intelligent, self respecting people
=, that unless they elected to the national
convention delegates of my naming
would raise the white flag of surrender
n and nrove a coward in the fight.
If elected on party pledges which my
g party in national convention ignored Oh
violated. would not expect members
n of the party which in national convcn
ton honored and redeemed its pledge:
l. to step to the rear and surrender to me
the fruits OF victory.
. yIyLs1o o1,sr,s - ~ 80 1n n =, inInnOrGnn
. champion of silver I would not attend
- partisan meeting and consent to a.
u agreement whereby the gold men wer
recognized as the true representative
: of my party nor would I meekly submit
= to an understanding by which the si
~ YER men were to be put in the light c
boilers.
You say that on Sept. 20 you wi
. cave for the east to espouse the caus
- of silver in Minnesota and other state:
% For over a month you have been PFC
claiming your desperate desire I
. invade the eastern states and thereb
!" pose as a martyr whom some heartle:
- villains may oppose during your al
>" sence, and I am informed by those in
y position to know that railroad train
" have been running eastward every da
since your first declaration. Yet, yt
now inform us that you will not catch
train until Sept. 20. Why this della.
The campaign has been open for ov'
a month. There is work to be dol
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