The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1896-07-23
JOHNSON CITY TENNESSEE, THURSDAY. JULY 1896.

about him and observe the great num-
ber of thosewho vainly seek for chance
to work-upon the great army of en-
forced idlers, and one and all resolve to
try, not on experiment (bimetallism is
not an experiment., but rather a re-
turn to policy that, throughout the
vicissitudes of our nations infancy,
through the internecine struggle of its
manhood, kept us a great, free and
prosperous nation, in which labor was
not only respected and employed, but
was so compensated that want and dis
tress such as now weigh upon us were
unknown, Let the lesson of history,
too recent and too plain to be gainsaid,
or denied, be needed, and let there be
no fear that system that SO wonder
fully protected labor, developed bust
ness interests and secured to the ma
tion contented and prosperous people
in the past will do aught but bring to
us return of like prosperity, the pre-
diction of disaster of our opponents to
the contrary notwithstanding.
BRYAN's QUALIFICATIONS.
"In Mr.. Bryan the Chicago oonven-
tion placed at the head of it's ticket a
gentleman of exceptional ability and of
high character. No man of his age was
better known throughout the United
States than he. A member of congress
for four years he commanded the admi-
ration and respect of all his associates
in that body as scholarly student and
profound thinker. No man has ever
assailed his character or in any way
questioned his integrity or moral worth.
His character is fit example for the
young men of the country. He has
shown in all his public utterances that
he loves his country and his country
men and that he sympathizes with them
in their distress. He has also shown
that he believed the financial system
which makes gold the standard of fvalues
was in a great degree the cause of the
depression and financial distress preva-
lent throughout the land that the con-
dition now existing will continue while
the present monetary system exists, and
that he fain would return to both gold
and silver as they were used prior to
1878, and he has proposed such change
of the financial system by the usual
constitutional methods.
"Such was the character and such
the political opinions of the candidate
known to his countrymen who, by their
representatives in convention, selected
from every state in the union, put him
in nomination for the highest office
within the gift of the American people,
-"This is critical period in our ma
tional history. Our industrial and fin
ancial independence of other nations
and people is involved in this campaign,
and we firmly believe there will be no
return of prosperity until we shall have
changed our financial system so as to
restore the bimetallic system estab-
lished by the fathers of the republic
and SO believing, we urge all friends Of
gold and silver as standard money and
the opponents of single gold standard
to give to Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Sewall
their hearty support. In advising this
course we do not consider it necessary
that they shall abandon or surrender
their political views on other questions.
Profoundly impressed with the i'm.
portance of the issues of this campaign,
for ourselves and our associates, we re.
spectfully submit the foregoing to the
candid consideration of the American
people.
/ G HENRY M. TELLER,
FRED T. DUBOIS,
LEE MANTLE,
A. M. STEVENSON,
eCHAs, s.. HARTMAN,
EDGAR WI1soN,
JNo. F. SHArRoTH,
Committee.
| Manitou, Col, July 90, 1895.