The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-06-27
APPEAL. FOR SILVER.
Twenty-Six Delegates to the Republican
Convention Issue an Appeal TO the Coun-,

try.
ST. LOUIS, June 2O.-The silver men
had conference yesterday and issued
the subjoined address which was
signed by 26 delegates to the national
republican convention:
TO the People Of the United States: Obey
ing the call OF duty and justified by the COM
mon citizenship Of this republic we address
this communication to the people and the
forthcoming conventions of the United States
In doing so we claim authority or right
other than that which belongs to every man to
express personal convictions: but we respect
fully solicit the cooperation of all who believe
that the time has come for a return to the
simpler and more direct methods Of naming
men for national service than has obtained I'M
recent years Z
Recognizing the value and the splendid
achievements Of political parties in thisi
country. as elsewhere, we are yet constrained
10 believe that for more than 2Oyears no one Of
them has beon entirely sufficient for the needs of
people The great trend to better things rest
ing in the heart and the purpose of all men,
has been stayed during the latter part Of this
generation by the failure of parties to expressi
in their achievements the highest hope and
aspiration of the mass of the people who con-
titute the parties. nd there has been grow
ing in this country-swelling with each recur-
renee OF the national electfon-a great mass Of
independent thinkers and voters, which, fail
ing in Hself to control, has gravitated between,
the two parties.
What has been the cause OF this mighty
oscillation OF mass which this year has
probably obtained controlling proportionsN
Every man can answer TO himself II he.
has been an observer, If he has had inter-
ests that were affected IL he has felt a.
hope to see greater justice done and has
seen that hope blasted: IL he knows that
the general dissatisfaction has arisen from
the fact that the party promises made we're
broken 10 the people by party performance, he
knows that soon as the election was over and
fUrN
the servitors OF the party and the advocates OF
n narrow and progressive policy within
which alone there seemed 70 be an assurance
OF selfish safety and partisan approval
We hold that in the great work OF social evo-
luton in this country monetary reform stands
the first requisite. No policy however
promising OF good results. can take its place.
Continuation during the next four years upon
the present financial system will bring down
upon the American people that cloud OF i'm
pending evil. TO avert which should be the first
thought of statesmen and the first prayer OF pa
triots. Our very institutions are at stake
To-day, with n rapidly increasing population.
with widely swelling demands the basis OF our
money is relatively contracting and the people
are passing into servitude all the more
dangerous because it Is not physically ap-
parent. The nation itself. as to other ma
tons, is losing the sturdy courage which
could make it defiant In the face OF injus-
tice and internal wrong. From the farmer
and the tradesman to the government there
is apparent the same shrinkage from Civ
ing ofense. lest the vengeance OF some Of
Tended financial power should descend The
business submits some portion of his
judgment and his VIII. and the nation submits
some portion OF its international right. lest
some mighty foreign creditor shall mike de-
structive demands. Where will all this end
IL the people shall decline TO assert them
selvesY Where will it end II the older parties
in their determination to ma intain themselves
in power for powers sake alone shall refuse to
flaar
This country cannot much longer exist free
and independent against all the rest Of the
world nor can its people much longer be free
in the noblest sense OF the term II the United
States, a debtor nation, shall follow a policy
dictated by creditor nations. We produce all
the necessaFies OF life. Other nations consume
our products. In the race for existence II is n
constant struggle between producer and
sumer. Our present system of money
submits to the desire and the
profit of creditor nations, leaving US in the
mass and as individuals, a prey to money gath
ering and the deadly cheapening OF the old
world.
The onl7 remedy is to stop falling prices,
the deadlieSt curse Of nattopal life. Prices
Will never cease falling under the single gold
The restoration OF bimetallism by
This country will double the basis OF our
money system. In time it viii double the
stock OF primary money OF the world-will
stop falling prices ana steadily elevate them
until they will regain their normal relation
world. Bimetalisin Will help to bring about
the great hope OF every social rcformcr, every
believer in the advancement of the who
realizes that the instability Of prices has been
the deadly foe of our toilcrs and the servant OF
the foreign interest gatherer. Bimetallism
Will held to bring the time when a certain ex-
penditure Of human toll will procure certain
financial result
Who among the great masses OF our people
in the United States, but feels that his lot
would be better, his aspiration take new wings
IL he could know in the performance OF his la
bor what would be the price OF his products
II is in the hope that the masses and the
naming conventions will have the courage
and the generosity II unite for this purpose
that we have dared TO offer our views to tho
people OF the United States. and because in
the p ist there has lacked a rallying point for
the masses who hold we do to this belief,
We venture to act, trusting that il win be re-
ere ia the same spirit OF coaciliation, con-
cesSion and hope with which we put IL forth
With this in view, we ofier to the forthcom-
ing conventions and to the people the name OF
a man for the presidency OF the United States
whose life in public and in private represents
those distinguished virtues which adorned, the
days and the deeds Of the earlier time OF this
republic. "a return to which virtues Is requisite
for the prosperity and contentment OF the peo-
pie and tho perpctuity and commanding ex-
ample OF free Institutions. That name is
Henry NJ. Teller, "A man Of the people and
for the PEOPLE He is Of no section His
experience and service, his devotion TO the
common justice ana the common cause OF his
elbow citizens has been as wide as the coun-
ry. We believe that the re iple OF the United
states have him in heir hearts rs he has had
heir interests in his purpose through all the
work of exalted life. 1t Is not merely as
he exponent OF monetary reform that we pre-
ent this man to the people. 1t is true that he
ias waged n mighty war for the restoration OF
he money of The constitution. and his name
las tecn identified as that OF no other living
nan with this great cause
In submitting his name to the people, we
remind them that just generation ago
rom the heart or the boundless west and
ouched by the finger OF God there arose
N emancipation who was powerful IN the
work OF human delivcrencc. BY his wis
om, his courage. proVidentialy directed.
Millions were set free and the nation kept
n its holy union. II others shall see this
opportunity as we sec it, II our fellow citl-
ems shall see this duty as we IT, that
ublm9 history may be repeated and another
IN the majesty OF devotion TO the
ace-will be lifto1 to power where by his
wisdom and courage, providcntally directed,
nore millions may be made free from chains
5 CALLING as those of actual slavery and the
ation may be preserved in the unity OF its
GiSSion to the world