The record-union., 1896-06-21


listing among intelligent and obseryant
people. Political division alone creates
an obstacle to unity of purpose and har-
mony of action between them. The duty
of every patriot is to remove this OBJ
stacle so far as it can be by honorable
confessions and reasonable sacrifices.
These do not contemplate even the
thought of merging our party into any
other, or the slightest impairment of its
efficiency; but, alone, for the sake OF
humanity, ana TO avert, If possible, the
disasters which the supremacy of the
money power now SO menacingly for
bodies, to secure the union of good citi-
zens who think alike upon the impor-
tant issues of financial reform, in be-
half of the election of a President.
who, in spirit, is antagonistic to one of
the fundamental principles of our party,
has openly engaged in the most sturdy
avocation of our chiefest measures.
Measures must be gained or de-
feated through men. After all. the
chief problem in this crisis is TO find a
man upon whom patriots can unite.
whose life is witness that if intrusted
with authority over nar1onal legislation
y
allurement of wealth and every menace
OF power, standing unflinchingly by the
cause of the people in the fierce strug-
gle inseparably connected with the en-
actment of our proposed financial re-
forms
I'VE see In the private and official life
of Henry NJ. Teller a beacon burning
brightly, warning the people off the
threatening shores of dissension. He
has but now publicly abandoned the
Republican party, with which he has
been associated since its first organiza-
tion, entering it when led by conscience
to strive for the overthrow of human
bondage, and leaving it when Lincoln s
teachings and humanity were swal-
lowed up in the greed and cruelty of
the money kings. For twenty years he
has been commanding figure in the
nations life, Cabinet officer and SEN
ator of the United States. Nominally a
Republican, he has many times openly
defled his party when its members
sought to make it an instrument of in
justice and oppression.
For twenty years he has stood has a
bulwark against the tyrannical en-
croachments of the national banks. He
has never hesitated to declare that
trey should be deprived of all author
lty to issue money and to control its
volume. He is an unflinching advocate
of the duty of the Government to main
tain and exercise exclusively for the
people the sovereign power OF emitting
all money-gold, silver and paper. He
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peace is a stupendous wrong to the
people and the country.
When to this official record are
united an unsullied private life, char
acter without blot or stain, a grateful
and generous nature, a patriotism that
knows neither State nor section. we feel
we are but performing a duty to our
beloved country in thus calling atten-
tion to Mr.. Teller's merits and availa-
blllty as a candidate for President; as
one upon whom all Populists may con-
slstently unite, while they strenuously
preserve and strengthen their organiza-
ton.
The necessity and wisdom of a dis
passionate consideration of his claims
upon the support of the American peo-
pie nave become the more apparent
since the patriotic Republican leaders
VINO abandoned their party under his
inspiration have announced him as
1helr nominee for President of the
United States.
We beg our fellow Populists to calm
ly consider the suggestions we have
made. 1t is our fervent hope that tbe
patriotism of our motives will. in their
judgment, justify the course of com
munication we have taken. Let us so
act that, if in the wisdom of an in
scrutable Providence the union which
We may tender and Of which our suffer-
ing country stands in such trying need.
may not be effected, we can at least de-
clare in the presence of God and our
country we did our duty as patriots.
and the fault of failure does not lie at
our door'f
(Signed), H. E. Taubeneck. Illinois
j. II. Davis, Texas; NJ C. Rankin. In.
olana; T. NJ. Patterson. Colorado. Fl
hugh Mcdowell, Tennessee; John p
Stelle, Illinois; Thomas Fletcher Ar
kansas; Howard S. Taylor. Illinois. Ho-
mer Prince, Arkansas; J. w. Dollison
Arkansas; M. r. Coffman, Arkansas. T
A. Edgarton, Nebraska; r. A. Sanl1ev.
Kansas; Charles E. Palmer, Illinois: F.
u. Eager, Nebraskay j. d. Hess. IT,
llhols; A. l.. Maxwell, Illinois; George
M. jackson, Arkansas; s. j. Wright
Iexas; s. +. V. Arnold, Illinois; Eugene
smith, Illinois; w. j. Quick. Missouri.
Calvin K. Reifsnider, Missouri; Frank
E. Richey, Missouri: w. ]. Platt Ten
nessee; Horace c. Clark, Colorado.