The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-07-03
when ,Lincoln's teachings and humapi.ies were

swallowed up Ia the greed and cruelty OF
money kings. For 20 years he has been a com.
manding figure in the nations life, cabinet
officer and . senator OF the United States.
Nominaliy republican. he has many times
openly defied his party when its members
sought TO make it an instrument of injustice
and oppression. For 20 years he has stood
bulwafk against the tyrannicsl encroachments
of the national banks: he has never heSitated
to declare that they should be deprived of all
authority to issue money and to control its vol
uHle: he is an unfiincning advocate of the duty
OF the government to maintain and exercise
exclusively for the people the sovereign power
OF emitting all rloney-gold silver and paper.
He holds that the issue OF bonds in the time OF
peace is 4 stupentous wrong to the people and
the country.
When to this Official record are united an
unSullied privats life, q character without q
blot or stain. a grateful generous nature, pa
triotiSm that knows neither state nor section
we feel that we are but performing duty to
our beloved country in thus calling attention
to Mr.. Teliers merits and availability
candidate for president: as one upon whom
all populsts may consistently unite while they
strenuously preserve and strengthen theis or.
ganiZation.
The necessity and wisdom OF a dispassionate
consideration Of his claims upon the support
OF the American people, have become the more
apparent since the patriotic republican lead
ers who abandoned their party under his in
SEPARATION, have announced him as their noni.
nee for president of the United States
We beg our fellow populistS to calmly con.
slider the suggestions we have made. II is our
fervent hope that the patriotism OF our mo-
tives will, in their judgment, Justify the course
OF communication we have taken. Let us all
SO act that il in the wisdom OF an inscrutable
Providence the union which we may tender
and of which our suffering country stands in
such trying need. may not be effected. we can
1T least declare in the presence of God and our
country that We did our duty as patriots and
the fault OF failure does not lie at our door.
H. Z. Taubeneck, OF Illinois: NJ c. Rankin,
of indiana: J. Hugh Mcdowell. OF Tennessee;
Thomas Fletcher, OF Arkansas Homer Prince.
of Arkansas: NJ T. Coffin. OF Arkansas; 4 AZ
Ssusey, of Kansas; F. d. Eager. of Nebraska
J. H Davis, OF Texas; +. u. Patterson, OF Col.
Orado: John r. Stell. OF Illinois Howard S.
Taylor. OF Illinois; J. W. DoEison, OF lArkan-
sas. D. w Edgerton. OF Nebraska: Charles E.
Palmer. OF Illinois; J. D. Hess. Of Illinois: A
Maxwell, OF Illinois: =. u Wright OF Texas;
Eugene Smith, OF Illinois &. a Reifsneider,
OF Missouri ". j. Flatt, OF Tennessee George
=. Jackson, OF Arkansas; :. p. Arnold OF Hi.
nois: W. J. Quick. OF Missouri; Frank f.
Richey, OF Missouri; Horace G. Clark. OF Col.
or3do
An Associated press dispatch says:
''Chairman Tau beneck reviewed the
situation and the probable outcome
from his point of view, saying: The
|, address will not commit the populist
party. but it represents not less than
SO per cent of the members and will
be agreed to without argument. II
will be, therefore, correct expression
of the party policy. We do not deem
Mr.. Teller's chances of nomination at
Chicago good enough corrective serious
consideration. and the address con tenn
plates his independent candidacy. TIC
20 ho &c
be compelled to repudiate all theil
doctrines and traditions, except free
silver. Teller will command the sup
port of all the silver factions outside
of the democrats, and it is my opinion
that the Chicago convention will go all
to pieces, as the gold men are going to
make desperate battle. In this event
many silver democrats will vote for
him"
It appears to me that the sicners Of
this manifesto are grossly illogical and
inconsistent. There are no radical or
serious differences between Mr.. Teller's
views and the doctrines and tradi-
TONS of the democrats, unless, indeed,
it be upon the tariff issue, and even
! upon that question the difference is no
greater than it is between Mr.. Teller
and the populists. Mr.. Teller is a be-
lever in the primary n1oney-specie
basis-redemption fallacy, and is a
strict individualist, taking no stock in
government ownership of railroads
and telegraphs and municipal owner.
ship of public utilities. So far as is
known, he sees no harm in land mo-
nopoly and undoubtedly considers it
right and proper that large bodies of
land should be held out of use for
speculative purposes Briefly and
tersely stated: Mr.. Teller is in no
sense, or degree, a populist and is not
in sympathy with the spirit underly-
ing the Omaha platform.
If Mr.: Taubeneck is correct in his
conception of the relative position OF
Mr.. Teller and the democrats, with
very much more reason and logic may
we paraphrase his language in this
wise: ITO nominate him the populists
would be compelled to abandon and
repudiate all their principles, except
free silver" Has the peoples party
descended so low and become SO de-
based and degraded that it shall will.
ingly and deliberately do what its ma
tional chairman asserts even the dem.
ocratic party could not do without the
loss of honor and reputation of doc
trines and principles?
GEORGE c. WARD.
Time to Part.
With free silver democrats and re-