New-York tribune., 1896-06-20
BOLTERS ISSUE AN ADDRESS.
PLEADING FOR SILVER AND PROPOSING
TELLER FOR PRESIDENT.
THE ALLEGED WRONG OF THE PRESENT NONE
TARY sYsTEM-woRDs OF PRAISE FOR
THE COLORADO SENATOR

TARY sYsTEM-woRDs OF PRAISE FOR
THE COLORADO SENATOR
st. Louis. June 19-At a meeting of the botng
silver delegates held this morning address 10
the American people, agreed TO and issued
1t ordered that until formal organization
should be perfected al, general matters relating
to this movement. so far seeding delegates
were concerned. should be under the direction OF
Senator +. T. Dubois of Idaho THIS was done
by the unanimous vote of the men signing the ad-
dress Senator Dubois will remain In the East Tor
some time and will doubtless be at the Chicago
CONVENTION The others including Senator Cannon
OF Utah, will start at once for the west
While tho address contains much in the nature
Of n silver coinage argument. the concluding para
graphs show the determination OF the boiling dee
gates to bring about the nomination If possible OF
Senator Henry NJ Teller OF Colorado, as the cam
didate for the Presidency platform having for
It's cardinal principle the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver The address begins by respectfully solicit
ing the cooperation OF all who believe that tho
time has como for return to the simpler ana more
direct method of naming men for National service
than has obtained In recent years Cohcefhh6
parties it says in part:
Political party organzation is necessary because use
without II tne indivana VO1e' t tho and. = Ss the
voice and not the sense. The great trerd 10 BET,
men, e has BEEN s sayed during the latter part of ms
generation by the failure OF parties TO express III
ton of the mass OF the people who constitute the
parties. And there has been erown ne IN ms Gonm
election-a great mass OF independsnt thinkers ana ana
eTavitated between tho two great parties, snSe nee
1872 excepting possibly the election OF ieo) tns
pendulum has swung from sue 10 S'ue VII" e"0"
four years.
PROPHECIES OF EVIL.
II tho voices which have sounded to u.s. from
every state In this Union are an indication or tho
real feeling this year is the appointed time Tor
the people assert themselves through such me-
diums as may give best promise OF the achieve
ment of Justice but whether are mistaken or
have not mistaken own duty In Withdraw
ing from the Republican Convention, feeling that
it is better TO be right and with the min3ri'y or IN III
apparcnt defeat than to he wrong win the ma
jority in apparent triumph. Ne hold that IN the
great work OF social evolution IN TINS couht,s
nolirv however promising Of good results. can
take its place. Continuation during the ncX' i9r @
down on the American pcoplo mat cioud OF I'M
pending evil 70 avert which should he the mr.
thought OF statesmen and the hTN prayer o4
Our very institutions are at stake Today VIII
the rapidly increasing population. WIN "lu,lS
swelling demn n!s tho basis OF our money i' r.la-
lively contracting and the people are passing into
not physically apparent.
The remainder Of tho document Is as follows:
The country cannot much longer exist , free ana ana
independent against all the rest OF IN" ~orli % ho
can rs people much longer b" free IN the n'heSt
OF the term Y the nitGd Siaies, ',or nsW,or
| Nation shall follow policy dic'hten ny 'd !. ,,
| nations We produce all of the neccSsarles OF ne.
| Other nations consume our iroductt IN tlT INV
for existence II IL a constant struge'o ne'"rn w. ~
ducer and consumer. our present system "l mo- MOI,
deliberately submits to the des.r" ana me prp' ol
creditor nations. leaving US IN 'h. nIn,T s % an
indyiluals prey to the money GyneIT'"S ana thc
| deb, TO creltors abroad Increases on the masses
Of the Nation. tho price Of human proin''iol , on
! tho farm and IN tho workshop IL decreased WIN
| onpalIing rapidity. cxacting moro ani more toll
from our citizens 20 meet the given b"maill' al'
nons no,nscson yo 20 ncc, ;hcr obligations will cav.
them bare and Aefenceles- The only r"m"iy y 20 20
stop falling prices the dcadlicst curse OF nhtionaI
iife' Prices viii never cease falling under tn"
single gold standard.
BINiETALHISM
tn. restoration Of bme,asm by mis- country VIII
double the basis OF money system In tirne IL
will double tho stock Of primary money OF IN" "orn
will stop falling prices and steadily elevate 'h'h
untn they Will regain their norma! relation 10 me
volume Of debts and credits In tho world Hlm"'a'-
ism Will help bring about the great hope or cv"ry
/ ~ tho race who realizes that the !nstablii! or
or,cns ha been the deadly foe of toilers ana mo
isn w hep 70 hring the Tine when a certain
pendturc Of human toll VII prodnc. ~ a,
people in tho United States but feels that MS 10,
would be made b@r n HI, b ar4,1n rase OF his
labor wha; would ne the price Of HIS product
cdspe Is not a, I'M naTydnS TdI and worth s attention Of
| nol,lcal conventions vet 10 y" hcld IN ms year
lsS Is mo hot ndasby ns II Frc9' e9 aannr m @ by
proposed can yed somethn5 OF poe 5Gcr r. is In the
Pom Pom ~ ,hat ih~ masscs and the remaining conven-
, ,ons WI WI ,his hn, nrnose that we have dared oner
our Views the people or the ih,'u 1,, ,tn,
.r ~ masses who ho.d az DO. 10 this belief
we venture to trusting II Will he rereW, ~ h. o
same spirit Of conclllation. cohccSr'o" anu "'P'
in which We put I, forth.
MIR. TELLER NOMINATED.
Wc have endeayored in n plain way 20 set th"
matter before tho eyes OF our felow-cNizehs' "o
invoke the union OF ali men and all parties VINO o
neve that the time has come FOR the triumph u
tustice Il IS an hour when the people may speak Tor
themselve. az individuals and through conventions
vet ~ he held II Is the right OF every citizen TO IN
dicate his preference. with this in view we o.Sn orr
to the forthcoming conHehDs p.s,dcnrv Of tho Tinted
States whose lie in public and In pr,Dh'e nIpned
the days and deeds OF the earlier time OF 'hs f
Rrpublic a return which virtues is re4nrII'e M IA
40 nrnsnerity and contentment OF the people anu
the perpetuity and commanding exanRle or 'per ma i,
siiiltons. That name Is nGnry VIZ ~ ,s ~ no section
Jiis exner,ence and service. his Devotion 20 INC
cnmnon tustice and tho common cause Of his fellow
cznns have been as wide the country We be-,
eve that the people Of the mat he has their inter
ests in his purpose through all tho "orN Vi "'' %
IL ia not merely as the exponent OF monetary re-
form that we present this man TO the prope, A. h
ihat he has oScS wSse9 a ,Rn m,s9cy @ and
his name has been Identified "a that OF no o,mrr n
yns Vces beeh en T,s ess noticed in hs
40 cbe tho oa2s pe OF the pures
Ills only poverty has been ihSt o ,p pufse TO man an in
tin3liness OF deeds FOR fellows and In the s'uuy
md the doing Of a mighty car"eI-he mas peen .'o
~ The most cpulent American citizens or any age
COMPARED WITH LINCOLN
In submitting this name to the people we rc"''u u
49,, ,,o, ,ust q generation ago from the heart or
the boundless West and touched by the hngcr OF
God there arose an emancpator VINO was po"e,iu'
IN the work OF human deliverance. by MS wsuo"
and courage. providentially directed minon' "e,
in "a
others shall this opportunity as we SCI ~ p
fellow citizens shall see THIS duy as we man
a.,t,,a hia,crv NAV be repeated, ana another