People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-25
He APPEAL.
cOmHendS a Union of All
,rees Against GOIdbugism
N Senator Henry NJ. Tel
Ter for President.
liED BY TWENTY-SIX DELEGATES.
e Free Silver Republicans
no Left the st. Louis Goa.
SentiOn Issue An Appeal
TO the People Which
viii Go Down in
Future History.

Y Louis, June 19.-The silver men
kinued in conference today and re-
( that they have the signatures OF
S Jlty-six delegates TO their declara-
b Of independence, which sets forth
II principles and recommends that
i PARTIES and organizations opposed
s she gold standard unite in support
Z bTeller for president. There is a
4 png effort being made to get dele
8 es who did not withdraw from the
8 yentiOn to sign an appeal to the
6 Ole. There have been conferences
u representatives Of the POpulists
N Bi-matallic league for them to
81 lorSe Teller, and have such strong
Jon against the gold standard a. to
uce the Democratic national con-
ltiOn also to endorse Teller as a
{. ion candidate for president. The
Fer boilers conferred during last
ht and today with Ex-Governor
Sneis and members of the Demo-
bic national committee relative to
ir action. They have no assurance
lm the Democratic managers but
ge been invited to send representa-
Yes to the Democratic convention at
3 licagO next month to confer with
pit party. The silver men say
4 ht Teller is the man, in their Opin-
on whom opponents to gold could
Bite, but they are willing to cooper
where ever they can consistently
so to defeat the gold standard, and
by are not seeking TO press Teller
much as they are to secure relief
s I'm the power Of the gold men.
SILVER MEMS ADDRESS,
The address is as follows:
20 the people Of the United States:
eying the call of duty, ard justified
the common citizenship of thi, re-
bile, we address the COmmunica
ln TO the people and the fOrthcom-
sg conventions of the United States.
3 doing so we claim no authority or
gsht other than that which belongs
every man to express personal con-
5ctions, but We respectfully solicit
g cooperation of all who believe
at the time has come for a return
simpler and more direct method of
ming men for national service than
S obtained in recent years.
Political party organization is nee
sary because without it the indlYid-
! voter is dumb, but the party is
lily the means, not the end; it is the
ice and not the sense. As the
5brld advances in this wonderful
pooh of intellectual development and
n 2ical improvement there is con-
INT requirement for better things.
she Individual feels that requirement
|Ad needs it, or fails in LIES endeav-
4. Parties must also obey the same
Iw. 1t follows, therefore, that the
'Oment a party shall choose to stand
ill or retrOgresS it is also inefficient
achieve the end to which the peO-
lie are necessarily destined. There is
10 Sancity in mere party name, and
be mark of decay is set on individual
trength in nation, when the alb
plute rule Of political organization
|oerceS man from the truth for the
Pike of oxpediency aud establishes
psincere SubmiSSOn to PARTISAN rule
pr the sake of power.
Recognizing the value and the
plendid achievements of political
arties In this country, as elsewhere,
Re are yet constrained to believe that
pr more than twenty years noone of
hem has been entirely sufficient for
he needs Of the people. The great
rend to better things resting in the
cart and purpose Of all men, has
cen stayed during the latter part of
his generation by the failure of part
IS to express in their achievements
he highest hope and aspiration of
he mass Of the people who constitute
be parties. And there has been
rowing in this country-swelling
18th each recurrence Of national cleo
[Ons-a great mass Of independent
hinkers and voters, which, failing
'ithin itself to control, has gravitat-
i between the two great parties.
ince 1872, excepting possibly the
lection of 1876, the pendulum has
vung from side to side with each
our years. In 1872 the Republican
arty elected the president; in 1876
he Democrats claimed the election:
: 1880 the Republican party elected;
D 1884 the Democrats elected; ia 1883
be Republicans elected; in 1892 the
,emocrates elected; in 1896, until
Iithin few weeks, it was conceded
bat the Republicans would elect.
What has been the cause Of this
Mighty osillatiOn Of a miss which
his u AZ probably obtained controlling
rOpor tions? Every man can answer