The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-08
REPUBLICAN SENATORS COME
OUT FOR BRYAN.
Teller and Six of His Associates
Issue an Address Calling on the
Party to Support the Chicago
Silver Platform.

Party TO support Cne Cn1cagO
Silver Platform.
DENVER, July 2O.-Senator Teller and
six of his associates who left the national
Republican convention, this evening made
public an address to the silver Republicans
of the country, setting forth their views of
the situation. The silver Republicans,
congressman and senators, have been in
conference at Manitour for several days
over this statement. In addition to those
signing the address, Senator Pettigrew, of
South Dakota, and Senator Cannon, of
Utah, are declared to be in sympathy with
it, although Senator Cannon was not pres
ent at the conference owing to business
engagements in Boston. The address is
as follows
''We deem it fitting that we, who have
heretofore affiliated with the national Re-
publican party, and who have rejected the
financial plank of the platform adopted at
St. Louis and refused to support the nomi-
nees of the convention should state our
position in the present campaign and give
briefly our reasons in support thereof.
"When certain delegates to the national
Republican convention repudiated the fl
nancial plank of the platform and with
drew from the convention we determined
that we would give our support to such
candidates as should appear most willing
and capable of aiding in the restoration of
silver to its rightful place as standard
money.
DEMOCRATIC nominees CLEAN MEN.
The Democratic party in its Chicago
convention has taken position in its plat
form so pronouncedly favorable to silver
and has nominated candidates of such un-
usual unquestionable convictions in favor
of the bimetallic policy, and of such high
personal character, that we have dererm-
ined to give them our support We sup
port such candidates because they repre-
sent the great principle of bimetallisms
which we believe to be the cause of hu-
manity and civilization and the paramount
question now before the American people
s'We, therefore announce that we shall
by voice and vote support Messrs. Bryan
and Sewall for president and vice -presi-
dent, and we appeal to all citizens, and es-
pecially to Republicans who feel as we do,
that gold monometallism would be of last
ing injury to the country, to act with us
in securing their election
The Democrats who believe in the
gold standard are announcing their intention
to support Mckinley, or proposing to put
a third candidate in the field for the avowed
purpose of aiding Mr. McKinleys election.
A great number of leading and influential
Democratic journals have declared that
they will support the Republican nomi-
nees. 1t is evident there is to be a union
of forces on the part of the advocates and
supporters of the gold standard to elect
Mr.. Mckinley and congress favorable to
him, which will support the financial poll
cy outlined in the Republican platform.
UNION OF SILVER URGED.
ITO those who believe in bimetallism,
which means the equal treatment of both
gold and silver at the mints of the nation,
there is but one course to pursue, and that
is to unite all the silver forces and to op-
pose with all our might the candidate
representing the policy which we believe
is fraueht with disaster to the nation and
ruin to the people,
s'Gold monometallism means the shift
ing to gold alone rs primary money, of
all the burdens Of commerce and credit
formerly borne by gold and silver, and as
the world stock Of these metals has al
ways been about equal in amount, it means
the doubling of the burden upon gold.
Double the burden upon gold means doub
ling the demand for the same, and doub-
ling the demand of necessities doubles the
value thereof. This gradual shifting to
gold of all the burdens Of both gold and
silver has caused a gradual and steady in
crease in the value of every dollar redeem
able in gold and hence gradual and steady
decline in the value of every commodity
that is measured by that dollar.
'sThe Republicans and supporters of Mr..
Mckinley consented to the insertion in
the St Louis platform of the gold stand
ard declaration thinly veneered by a decla-
ration for bimetallism, when the leading
commercial nations of the world should
consent, but until that consent was Sc
cured, the gold standard mus. be main
tanned
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT HOPELESS.
s.It is well known that this consent can
not be secured from Great Britain, and
that slsch declaration for bimetallism means
nothing with this limitation on it. Mr..
Mckinley consented to the declaration for
the gold STANDARD in the platform, and in
his recent speeches has accepted it, and
has become the advocate thereof he has
shown by his speeches heretofore made
that he understood the danger of the gold
standard and the distress which would be
inflicted upon the American people by its