The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-06-26
IHFIHG OH SENATOR TELLER.
POpulists Issue an Address Booming Him fol-
the Presidency.
Recognize in Him Leader Against the
Forces Of Wall Street and the Gold
MOnOmstailist'.

ST. LOUIS, June 2OLThe result of the
populist conference here was made
public this afternoon. It is a circular
addressed particularly to the populists
and generally to the voters of every
party. The document is signed by 2f
leading populists from six western and
southern states. 1t reads:
Expressly disclaiming any purpose
or right to bind any party or person by
the views here set forth, we but yield
to an overpowering sense of duty in
saying what we do to the peoples party
and to all other good citizens, who, ap-
pretending the approach of moment
Gus crisis in our country's life, are will
ing to avert it by acts of exalted pat
riotism.
"We came to st. Louis as citizen
members of the peoples party to be
present at the meetings of the national
republican convention that we might
determine more definitely for ourselves
the true aim of that organization in
the present struggle.
"Here we have seen the boss in poll
tics moro securely enthroned, more
servilely Obeyed and more dictatorial as
to candidates and policy than has ever
before been witnessed in the field of
national politics. One man, the per-
lection Of his type, representing the
milionaires, the banks, the corpora
tions, the trusts, and every other re-
morseless and pIutocFatic element in
our country's life, has, through the
power Of money, dictated the nomina-
ton of Mr., Mckinley and shaped the
platform Of his party.
"This convention, slavishly respond
ing to the will Of the money power, has
forced an issue which must be met.
1t is charge to the yoeman of the
land. If it is declined, or, if it shall
succeed, the letters of tyrany, more
grinding than that of cars and en-
perors, will be riven upon the plain
people of the country, letters which
must be indefinitely worn with the
contemplate spirit inseparable from
willing serfs, or, in the end, be broken
with the irresistible power Of a mighty
revolution.
"That issue is formulated in the de-
mand that the existing gold standard
must be preserved and for the enact
ment of all measures designed to
maintain inYiolably the obligations of
the United States and all our money
either coin or paper-at the present
standard
"This means that silver shall be per-
manently degraded into mere money
Of change and that it be deprived of
its legal tender quality, except for some
paltry sum.
"That the greenback and all other
forms of government paper money
shall be redeemed and destroyed.
"That the national banks shall be
swollen into a power of triple their
present ability TO contract the volume
Of money, to absorb the earnings of in
dustry, and to grip the throat of all in
dustrial and commercial life, while
from time to time it terrorizes the
voters into choice of its tools for all
the legislative judicial and admins
trative potions, It will require that all
OF our present national bonded debt
be refunded and new bonds be issued
running for half a century and made
expressly payable in the present
standard Of mOney-gold.
"All other debts-private, corporate.
state and municipal-will ultimately
De made payable IN the same yellow
money, or its equivalent.
"With these measures enacted-the
gold plutocracy triumphant-the con
dition of the people viii be no better
than vas that of the recently manumit-
ted black slaves. Their right viii be to
go to the end of the chain that binds
them-a freedom Of irremovable debt.
of grinding poverty, of a black and
eheerless future.
"Fhe money power has forced the
issue nov, because, in its judgment,
those whom its policy would enslave
are divided into two hostile political
families which can not be united in
time to resist its onset. 1t regards it
as impossible that harmonious action
can be secured between the different
organizations that favor monetary re-
form to effect a resistance to their in
satiste greed. With populists, silver
democrats, and independent bimetaI-
lists, supporting different nominees for
president and the national congress. it
feels assured Of victory and has de-
Cided to press now without abatement
the advantage which the apparently la