The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-21
Chairman Patterson Issues an
Address to the Populists.
SILVER SUCCESS AT STAKE
1t Depends Upon the Hearty
Support of Bryan.
HIS ENDORSEMENT AT ST. LOUIS
indefinite Ruin to the PopulIsts and
Election of Mckinley Would be
the Result of Any Other
Course.

St. Louis, July 20.-Hon. Thomas NJ.
Patterson, chairman of the regular
Colorado delegation to the Popullst
convention, arrived yesterday with
others, and immediately began cru
SADIE in behalf of the nomination OF
Messrs. Bryan and Sewall by the Popu-
list convention. During the evening
Mr.. Patterson and his coadJutors pre-
pared an address in reply to Chairman
Taubeneck's appeal to maintain the
autonomy of the partyby taking a po~
sition against the nomination or en-
dorsement of the Democratic candi-
dates. The address of the Bryan fol-
lowers, as prepared by Mr.. Patterson,
is as follows:
Eve agree with Chairman Taube
neck, that the all-absorbing question
with Populists is and should be, how
can they assist in the speedy restora-
ton of silver to it's former place, and
at the same time maintain
and advance this party or
the Peoples party is necessary TO the
country, and that should it be dis
banded or become inconsequential for
want of numbers, the money power
would soon resume complete sway over
both the old parties and the masses
be deprived of a protector from the
greed of corporations, trusts and syn
dicates.
FREE COINAGE WOU LID BE DE
FEATED.
But we emphatically disagree with
him as to the means by which these
ends are to be secured, TO nominate
an independent ticket, one in opposi-
ton as much to Bryan and Sewall as
it would be to McKiley and Hobart,
would not only make it impossible to
restore free coinage of silver, during
the lifetime of the Youngest in the
coming conyenti on but it would prac-
tically annihilate the Peoples party,
so far as followers are necessary TO
make party. The leaders might hold
frantioally to the organization during
the campaign, but at its close they
would find its followers in full fellow
ship with the Democratic party, and
having voted it's ticket under the name
and emblem of that party, If Bryan
should be elected, they would find lit
tie obstacle to continuing with it.
Instead of nominating others, the
Populist convention should nominate
rot sindorse' Bryanand Sewall. The con-
vent,on should make these two men its
own nominees -0he party nominees. lt
should adopt its own platform Of prin-
ciples, and place them upon it as their
choice for President and Nice-Presi-
dent. Having done this, delegates can
return to their homes and looking
their constituents in the face, say:
I'VE have made this partial sacrifice of
party pride to make certain of the en-
actment into laws of one or more of
the great measures for which our party
has struggled. In doing this we have
shown that our party stands
ready to do whatever is nee
essary to secure practical relief ia
the suffering country, even TO the ex-
tent of supporting candidates nomi-
mated 10y other parties. The greatest
test of party devotion to the principle
can be devised and measured by that
test, the Peoples party is pre-emi-
nently worthy of the peoples conf
dence and support.
TAUBENECK'S ARGUMENT RE
FUTED.
''The proposition of Mr.. Taubeneck
that whenever one party endorses the
national ticket of another, it has no
further use to exist, is wholly without
precedent to sutain it. The chaiIman's
logic is simply this:
THE restoration of free coinage to
silver is known to be absolutely neces-
sary to bring back thee ountry's de-
parted prosperity. The Democratic
and Peoples parties are both agreed
upon this, and some other vital qnes-
tions; but otherwise they differ. The
Democratic party adopted a platform
and selects Presidential candidates,
pledged and known TO be sincere in
advocacy of their vital measures. The
Republican party is pledged TO meas
ures the extreme reverse OF those upon
which Democrats and Populists agree,
and unless Democrats and POpnllsts
units, the Republican party will win,
and its policy of ruin indefinitely con-
tinue. Now, because the Peoples par
ty, in it's organized capacity TO make
certain of obtaining these measures.
knowing that if they are lost now they
will be lost for generations, and see
ing no other channel through which
their success is equally assured, adopts
the Democratic candidate, it has no
further use TO exist
at is true that, should the Demo
cratic party be successful, the Popu-
lists might not be in q position to de-
mand' appointments Of office from
President Bryan, but who can doubt
his sense OF Justice and recognition of
obligation :; patriotic duty well done
by members of The Peoples partY'
BRYAN AND THE OMAHA PLAT
FORM.
Grant that the Democratic party
will not be likely to provide for paper
money that is not redemable in coin;
but Mr.. Taubeneck is mistaken in his
claim that outsideof free coinage of sill
yer, all other reforms advocated by the
Peoples party will be forced to await
the formation and victory of some new
party pledged TO their support. If he
will read the Omaha platform and
compare it with the platform upon
which Mr.. Bryan was nominated, he
will find that the latter makes solemn
pledge to the country of every
reform advocated in the former, except