The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-06-27
ADDRESS Of SILVER BOILERS
Teller Put Forward to Lead the
New Party.
They See Certain Ruin if Gold Is
Not Beaten.
An Appeal to All Believers in Free
Silver to support the White
Money Candidate---Ex-
coriate the Repub-
lican Party.

ollVcE 10 SAC
Money Candidate--Ex-
coriate the Repub-
lican Party.
st. Louis, June 19.-The following nd
dress was given out today by the silver
delegates who tclted the republican ma
tional convention yesterday:
ITO the people of the United States:
Obeying the call of duty, and Justified
by the common citizenship of this re-
public, we address this communication
to the people and forthcoming conVen-
ton Of the United States. In doing so,
we claim no authority or right other
than that which belongs to every man
to express his personal conviction; u
we respectfully solicit the cooperation
OF all who believe that the time has come
for a return to the simpler and more
direct method of naming men for ma
tlonal service than has obtained in re-
cent years.
Political party organization Is nee
cessary because without 1t the indiVld-
ual voter is dumb; but the party is only
the means. not the end; it is the voice
and not the sense.
az III NOIlu ADVANCES III tHiS WIZ
derful epoch of intellectual develop
ment and physical Improvement there
Is a constant requirement for better
things. The individual feels that re-
quirement and heeds it, or he fails in
life's e%ndeavors. Parties must also obey
the same law. 1t follows, therefore,
that the momen a party shall choose to
stand Sill or retrogress, it is no longer
efficient to nphiaVa the end tn whiph
the people are necessarily destined.
There is no %sanctity in mere partyname;
and the mark of decay is set on individ-
ual strength in a nation when the abso-
Lutte rule of political organization coer-
ces man from the truth for the sake OF
expediency ana establishes insincere
submission rule for the sake of power.
Recognizing the value and the splen-
did achievements of political parties in
this country, as elsewhere, we are yet
constrained to believe that for more than
twenty years MS one of them has been
entirely sufficient for the needs of the
people. The great trend to better things.
resting in the heart II purpose of all
men, has baen stayed during the latter
part of this generation by the failure of
parties to express In their achievements
the highest hope and aspiration of the
mass Of the people who constitute the
parties. And there has been growing in
this country, swelling with each recur-
renee of national election, a great mass
of Independent thinkers and voters,
which failing itself to control, has
gravitated between the two great par
ties.
Since 1872 Excepting possibly the
election of 1876 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 1880 the repub-
lican party elected: in 1884 the demo
Gratis elected; in 1896 (until within a
few weeks) it had been conceded that
the republicans would elect.
what has been the cause of his
mighty oscillation of a mass which his
year has probably obtained controlling
proportions? Every man can answer
to himself. If he has been an observer.
If he has interests that We're effected:
If he has felt a hope to see greater JUS
tice done, and has seen that hope blast
ed, he knows that the general dissatis-
faction has arisen from the fact that
party promises made We're broken to
the people by party performances; he
knows that so soon rs the election was
over and successful candidates installed
they became the servitors of the party
and the advocates OF a narrow and non
progressive policy within which alone
there seemed to be an assurance of sell
fish safety and partisan approval.
During all this period We have lacked
a great constructive administration.
No new special truth has been put for
ward in an effective way, while In all
the departments of physical life there
have been developments and achieve
ments of ease and comfort to the ia
vored of mankind; in the still greater
and more important domain of social
reform we have stood still or retro
crossed.
1T is no 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 a source of reproach to any
man that he should dare to noun al
legiance to organization. Men nave been
expected to submit their views to the
dictates of conventions, although 1t is
common knowledge that conventions
have been swayed to views and declar-
atoms not the most approved by the
mass OF the people, nor progressive for
their welfare.
w do not arrogate to ourselves one
lota more of intelligence, patriotism or
courage than is possessed by n Of our
fellow citizens. But we feel that tho
time has come for the performance, of
a duty to the country, and for our part.
though we shall stand alone, we will
make an endeavor in the direction of
that duty.
Parties may outlive their usefulness;
the truth never becomes obsolete. Ey-
cry generation of free men has the right
to affirm the truths Of past knowledge
and present requirement.; and If the en-
forcement of these truths shall make
necessary III departure from party or
ga%nization, the people have the right.
and Will exercise it, until old parties
return to the truth, or new par
ties shall be created to effect u Into
law.
If the voices which have sounded to
US from every state in this union are
an indication of the real feeling. this
year is the appointed time for the peo-
pie to assert themselves, through such
mediums as may give best promise OF
the achievement Of Justice. But wheth-
er we are mistaken or not concerning
the general sentiment in the United
states. we have not mistaken our own
duty In Withdrawing from the republi-
can convention, feeling that it Is better
20 De right and with the minority in an
parent defeat, than to be wrong with
the majority In apparent triumph.
continuation during the next four
years upon the present financial sys-
TEN Will bring down Upon the American
people that cloud of impending evil, to