The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-07
APPEAL FOR TELLER.
Issued by the Leaders of the POpu-
list Party.

CHICAGO, July 6.-The Populist
leaders to-day issued the following
manifesto in behalf of Senator Teller:
upon the eve of action by the Demo-
cratic national convention, we find the
situation such that we deem it proper
to address all friends of free silver
coinage and financial reform in the
United States. AS members of the
Peoples party, we have occupied the
position merely Of careful observation,
and we have not attempted to nor shall
we attempt, to dictate to the Demo-
cratic national convention; but as large
numbers of persons, many Of them
delegates to that convention, are as
suming to express their opinion that
the Peoples party and other advocates
of free silver coinage should accept the
nominees of the Democratic convention
and join to elect the same upon
Democratic platform, we desire to ex-
press our views upon this subject, not
as binding upon the Peoples party.
but as expressive Of what we believe
to be its sentiment.
The Democratic party Is divided
with majority Of it's delegates favor
ing the Populist doctrine as to free sill
yer coinage, while a powerful minority
representing great Democratic states,
absolutely refuse to consent to such a
policy, and its present administration.
with all its patronage is in rabid
hostility to the cause of free silver and
will exert it's vast power to defeat
free silver candidate. The Democrat tic
party, therefore, meets in national con-
vention under most extraordinary cir.
cumstances. It cannot, at this time. be
surprised to find that a vast number
of the people look with distrust upon
mere platform professions. The cause
of free silver coinage is the peoples
cause. 1t requires for success, against
the mighty powers opposing it, the
votes of millions Of men who have NOT
acted with the Democratic partv. How
then can that party at a time when II
is by hopeless division more week and
1mpotent than ever before, undertake.
this gigantic task in the narrow spirit
of straight party action? If it expects
the cooperation of the millions who are
outside of its ranks, 1t is bound to
prove by its acts now and here that if
is sincere and that it places the success
of this cause above the narrow plane
of a mere partisan effort
There is a candidate upon whom the
votes of all ends of free silver can he
united. He is a candidate, who having
given more than twenty years to a
devoted struggle for this cause ard for
financial reform, has shown that he
can put MS devotion to his principles
above all party ties or party success
He is able, competent tried earnest
reliable, true and can be triumphantIv
elected. To nominate a straight Demo.
crat, in divided party, when millions
of honest citizens stand ready to sun
port partisan candidate, is a mere
reckless experiment.
The peoples party has within the
states which are surely for silver coin
age, following as great as that of the
Democratic party, when its vote in the
gold states is eliminated. We feel CON
fident that the Peoples party is willing
TO open the path to union
upon Hon. Henry NJ. Teller. and if this
rational patriotic opportunity for GER
tain success, be rejected by the Demo-
cratic convention in the determination
TO seek complete partisan success. re-
gafdicss of an open path to victory
then we call the true friends OF the
cause to witness that the responsibility
rests upon those who reject this on
portunity, and that 1t is a conclusive
proof that we VINO championed this
cause for years, who are united in its
support. are its safe defenders and Will
carry 1t to success.
Whatever may be our Individual
wishes in the premises, we are forced
to say. after an earnest endeavor to in
form ourselves, about the sentiment
IF the Peoplee party OF the country at
large that that party cannot be induced
% endorse candidate for president
wi.a has not severed his affiliations
with the old political parties