The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-20
THESILVER SALVE
It Is Recommended as a Cure for
Our Moral and Financial
Maladies.
Address Issued to the People of
the United States by the
Leaders
Who Walked Out Of the Repub-
lican National Convention at
st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, June 2O-The silver men
continued in conference, and report that
they have the signatures of 26 delegates
to their declaration of independence,
which sets forth their principles and
recommends that all parties and Or
ganizations opposed to the gold stand
ard unite in supporting Senator Teller
for president. There is strong effort
being made to get delegates who did
not withdraw from the convention, to
sign this appeal to the people. There
have been conferences with representa-
tives of the Populists and of the BIZ
metallic league for them to endorse
Teller as the fusion against the gold
standard and to induce the Democratic
national convention also to endorse Tel
Ter as the fusion candidate for president.
The silver boilers have been comforting
with Ex-Governor Francis, and mem
bers of the Democratic national COM
mittee relative to their action. They
have no assurances from the Demo-
cratic managers, but have been invited
to send representatives to the Demo
cratic national convention at Chicago
next month to confer with the party.
The silver men say that Senator Teller
is the man, in their opinion, on whom
all the anti-gold men could unite, but
they are willing to cooperate where
they can consistently do SO, to defeat
the gold standard, and they are not
seeking to press Senator Teller SO much
as they are to secure relief from the
power of the gold men. The silver
men will continue their conference and
will keep up their work till all the ma
tional conventions have been held, with
view to perfecting general fusion
The address follows:
To the People of the United States:
Ubeyfn9 the ca1T Of duty, and justified
by the common citizenship of this rcpub-
lie we address this communication to the
people and the forthcoming conventions
of the United States In doing so we claim
no authority or right other than belongs
to every man to express his personal con-
victions; but we respectfully soliccit the
attention of all who believe that the time
has come for a return to the simpler and
more direct method of naming men for
national service than has obtained in re-
is necessary because without it the indi-
vidual voter is dumb but the party Is
only the means, not the end; it Is the
voice, and not the sense. AS the world
advances in this wonderful epoch of intel
lectual development and physical improve
ment there Is "a
Constant Requirement for Better Things.
The individual feels that requirement.
n,,l = hn f,i1 t,,l ~,
deavor. Parties must also obey the same
law. 1t follows, therefore, that the mo-
ment party shall choose to stand still or
retrogress 1t is no longer efficient to
achieve the end to which the people are
necessarily destined. There is no sanctity
in mere party name and the mark of de-
cay is set on individual strength in a ma
ton when the absolute rule of political
organization coerces man from the truth
for the sake Of expediency andestablishes
insincere submission to partisan rule for
the sake of power. Recognizing the value
and the splendid achievements of political
parties in this country, as elsewhere, we
are yet constrained t0 believe that for
more than 20 years no one of them has
been entirely sufficient for the needs OF
the people. The great trend to better
things, resting in the heart and purpose OF
all men, has been stayed during the latter
part of this generation by the failure OF
parties to express in their achieve
ments the
Highest Hope and Aspiration.
of the mass Of the people who constitute
the party. And there has been growing In
this cOuntry-swelling with each recur
renee of national election-a great mass OF
independent thinkers and voters which
failing within itself to control, has gravi
tated between the two great parties. Sine.
1879 Excepting possibly the election O
lS78) the pendulum has swung from sid,
to side with each four years. In 1879 tn,
Republican party elected the president
in 1879 the Democracy claimed the elec
tion; in 1880 the Republican party elected
in 1884 the Democrats elected; in 1888 tn
Republicans elected in 1899 the Demo
Gratis elected in 1895 (until within few
weeks) it has been conceded that the Re
publicans would elect. What has beel
the cause of this mighty oscillation Of
mass which this year has probably oh
tained controlling propOrtionss Ever.
man can answer to himself. If he has beel
manufacturer II he has felt hope t
SEE greater justice done and has seen tina
hope blasted; if he knows that the genera
disaffection has arisen from the fact tina
party promises made were broken to tn
people by party performance, he know
that SO soon as the election was over an
successful candidates installed they
Became the servitors of the Party
and the advocates Of narrow and nc
progressive policy within which alon
there seemed to be an assurance of selfis
safety and partisan approval. During a
this period we have lacked great ooI
structive administration. No new socis
truth has been put forward in an effec
i've way While in all the the depar
nents Of physical life there have been d.