The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-06-26
SILVER THE ISSUE.
SAY THE REPUBLICAN BOLTERS
AT ST. LOUIS.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller, OF Colorado, Is
Likened Unto Lincoln and Is Announced
as Their Candidate for the Presidency
An Appeal to the People.

TO a single gold standard, have issued an
address setting forth their sentiments,
and placing Henry M. Teller 10 the front
as candidate for the presidency. The
address is as follows:
To the People OF the United States:
4, Opeylhg the call OF duty, and Justineu py
ahe common citizenship OF this republic, we
ADDRESS inns communication TO The people
anu the forthcoming convention of the United
states IN DONG so we claim no authority
or right other than that which belongs 10
every man to express personal conviction; but
we respectfully solicit the cooperation of all
who believe that the time has come tor u
return TO the simpler and more direct method
or naming men for national service than has
obtained in recent years.
Political party organization Is necessary, be-
cause without 1t the individual voter il dumb
Out the party is only the means, not the end
IL Is the voice, and not the sense. AS the world
advances in this wonderful epoch of intellect
ual development and physical improvement,
things. The Individual feels that requirement
and heeds IT, or he fails in life's endeavor.
Parties must also obey the same law. 1t fol-
lows. therefore, that the moment u party shall
choose to stand still retrogress, 1t Is no
longer efficient to achieve the end to which
the people are necessarily destined. There is
no sanctity in mere party names, and the
mark OF decay is set on individual strength
In a nation when the absolute rule of political
organization coerces man from the truth for
the sake OF expedency, and establishes insin-
cere submission to partisan rule for the sake
OF power.
Recognizing the value and the splendid
achievements of political parties in this coun-
believe that for more than 20 years no one
of them has been entirely sufficient for the
needs OF the people. The great trend Of better
things, resting in the heart and purpose of
men, has been stayed during the latter part
of this generation by the failure Of parties to
express in their achievements the highest hope
and aspiratio7npf the mass of the people who
constitute heBartes. And there has been
growing in this country-swelling with each
recurrence of national election-a great mass
of independent thinkers ana voters, which,
failing within Itself to control has gravitated
IafNK VIn ,.tt. IL
cepting possibly the election OF 1870, the
pendulum has swung from side to side with
each four years In 1872 the Republican party
elected the President; in 1876 the Democracy
claimed the election; in 1850 the Republican
party elected; in 1881 the Democrats elected;
In 1855 the Republicans elected; in 1892 the
Democrats elected; in 1876 until within Il
few weeks) it has been conceded that the Re
publicans would elect. What has been the
cause OF this mighty oscillation OF mass
which this year has probably obtained con-
trolling proportions? Every man can answer
to himself If he has been an observer, If ne
has had interests that were affected IL he has
felt 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 were broken 10
me , people oy party performance, ne Knows
successful candidates installed, they became
the servitors Of the party and the advocates
of n narrow and non-prCgressive policy within
which alone there seemed to he an assurance
Of selfish safety and partisan approval. Dur
ing all this period we Have lacked a great
constructive administration. No new social
truth has been put forward in an effective way.
While in all the departments of physical life
there have been developments and achievements
OF ease and comfort to the favored Of mankind,
in the still greater and more important domain
of social reform, we have stood SIN OF retro
gressed.
1t is not that the people have not felt the
STRINGS of determination, that this inaction
has endured but because of the rule OF party,
which has largely controlled men In and out
Of office. 1t has become source of reproach
to any man that he should dare to renounce
allegiance TO organization Men have been eN-
pected to submit their views TO the dictatlon
OF conventions, although 1t is common knowl-
edge that conventions have been sWayed to
views and declarations not the most approved
by the mass OF the people, nor progressive
We do not arrogate to ourselves iota
more OF intelligence. patriotism or courage
But we feel that the time has come for the
performance OF duty to this country; and
for our part, though we shall stand alone;
that duty. Parties may outlive their useful
ness the truth never becomes obsolete. Every
of free men has the right to affirm
the truths OF that knowledge ana present ac-
uurements, and If the enforcement Of these
truths shall make necessary n departure from
and will exercise IL until old parties shall re-
turn to the truth or new parties shall be ere.
have sounded to us from every state in TINS
Union are indication OF the real feeling,
this year is the appointed time for the people
to assert themselves. through such mediums
as may give best promise of achievement OF
Justice. But whether we are mistaken or not
concerning the general sentiment i'll the United
States. have not mistaken our own duty IN
Withdrawing from the Republican convention
feeling II Is better to be right and WIN the
minority in apparent defeat, than to be wrong
with the majority in apparent triumph.
we hold that in the great work of social evolu-
ton In this country monetary reform stands as
the first requisite. No policy, however promis-
ing of good results, can take its place. Contin-
uation during the next four years upon the
present hnalcial system will bring down upon
the American people that cloud of impending
evil to avert which should be the first prayer
of patriots. Our institutions are at stake. TO-
day, with the rapidly increasing population,
with widely swelling demands. me paSis Oh oua
money is relatively contracting; and the people
are passing into n servitude all the more dam
gerous because 1t is not physically apparent.
The nation itself. as 10 other nations, is losing
the sturdy courage which could make 1t de.
fiant In the face of injustice and internal
wrong. From the farmer and the tradesman
there is apparent the shrinking from giving Of
tense lest the vengeance Of some offending IL
nancial power should descend: The business
man submits some portion of his judgment ana
his will, and the nation submits some portion
of its international right lest some mighty for
eign creditor shall make destructive demands.
Where will all this end If tho people shall de-
cline to assert themselves? Where will IT end
II the older parties in their determination to
maintain themselves in power for powers sake
alone shall refuse to recognize the right ana
hope of humanity? This country cannot much
longer exist free and independent against all
the rest of the world, nor can It's people much
longer be free in the noblest sense of the term
IL the United States a debtor nation. shall fol-
low policy dictated by creditor nations. we
produce all the necessities of life. Other ma
tions consume our product. In the race for ex-
istence IL Is n constant struggle between pro-
Queer and consumer. Our precent system OF
money deliberately submits to the desire ana
the profit of creditor nations, leaving us in the
mass, and individuals prey to the money
gathering and the deadly cheapening of the ou
world.
AS the debt to creditors abroad increases on
the masses of the nation, the price or human
production on the farm and In the WORKSHOP u
decreased with appalling rapidity. eNact ~,
more and more toll from our citizens 10 meet tne
given demand and holding over their heads o :"
threat of the day when conhscation to meet
their obligations will leave them bare ana ,, DE-
fenseless The only remedy Is 10 SUD iai ,is
prices-the deadliest curse OF natiohal ny.
Prices never will cease falling under tne slnsie
gold standard. The restoration or bimetaislh
by this country Will double the pasls "t ou,
of urinary money of the world-will stop raining
nrices and steadily elevate them until they VIII
regain their normal relation to the Volume OF
dabta and credits In the world. Bimetaiism VIII |
heln 10 bring about the great hope OF every so
ciai raformer every believer in the advancement
of the race who realizes that the instapll.y OF
prices has been the deadly foe of our toiefs and
he servant of the foreign interest gatherer. BIZ
metalism will help to bring the time when a
nartain expenditure of human toll will produce |
y aartain financial result. Who among the great |
masses OF our people In the United states but |
saels that his loss would be made better, his |
asnirntion take new wings IL he could know In /
nrice of his product? Is not this purpose worth |
the attention of the people as individuals and
worth the attention OF political conventions yet |
10 be held In this year 1916? Is not this so great |
an end that all who believe In the possibility |
OF attaining II by the means proposed can yieid