The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-06-27
'H|lB SILVlE R MEN APPEAL
They Give Their Reasons to the public
siss For the Course
Taken. u s..'
PARTY SHOULD not BLIND OUR EYES
A New rlovement That Will Have a
Telling Effect, Upon All
Parties. &. /.

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Telling Effect Upon AL II.
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q st. Louis, June 1o.--At the secret confer
{ ence Of the boiling silver delegates yes
terday Afternoon and last night, after much
4 careful consideration, the subjoined ad-
dress to the people Of the United States
was agreed upon and authorized to he CIV
en- to the press. While the address con-
taIns much in the nature of a stlF com
age argument, the concluding paragcapns
show the determination of the boiling DEL
egates to bring about the NOMINATION u
possible of Senator Henry NJ. Teller, OF
Colorado, as the candidate for the presi-
dency on the platform having for it's card
Z inal principle the free and unlimited COIN
age Of silver. The address in full is as fol-
lows:
To the People Of the United States:
Obeying the call Of duty and justified by
the common citizenship Of this republic,
we address, this communication to the peo-
PIE and the forthcoming conventions OF
the United States. In doing so we claim
no authority CT right other than that
which belongs to every man to express
personal conviction; but 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 Tor national service than has obtain
ed IN recent years.
Pol!tica! party, organization is necessary,
because, without it, the individual voter is
dumb. but the party is only the means, not
the end; 1t is the voice and not the sense:
AS the world advances IN this wonderful
epoch Of intellectual development and
physical Improvement there is 81 constant
requirement for better things. The lndl-
vidual feels that requirement and heeds 1t,
or he fails in life's endeavor. Parties
must also obey the same law. 1t follows
therefore, that the moment party shaA
choose to stand still or retrogress, 1T no
longer efficient to achieve the end to which
the people are necessarily destined. There
is no sanctity in mere party name; and
the mark of decay is set on Individual
strength in nation, when the absolute
rule Of political organization coerces men
from the truth for the sake of expedtency
and establishes insincere- submission 10
partisan rule for the sake OF power.
Recognizing the value and the splendid
achievements of political parties In this
strained to believe that for more than 20
years no one of them has been entirely
sufficient for the needs OF the people. The
great trend to better things, resting in
the heart and purposes of all men. has
been stayed during the latter part OF this
generation by the failure Of parties to ex-
press 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:
-, ~fr %{ry,r
elections, great mass of independent
thinkers and voters, which, failing within
itself to control, has gravitated between
the two great parties. Since 1872 Except
ing possibly the election 1876, the pe1ldu-
lum 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 Republican party elected: in 1884 the
Democrats elected; in 1888 the Republicans
elected: in 1892 the Democrats elected; in
1896, until within a few weeks, it has been
conceded that the Republicans would
. elect.
What has been the cause of this mighty
oscilla ton of a mass, which, this year, has
probably obtained controlling proper
tions? Every man can answer to himself:
If he has been an observer, if he has had
interests that were affected, if he has felt
a hope to see greater justice done and has
seen that nope blasted, he knows that the
general dissatisfaction has arisen from
the fact that party promises made were
broken to the people by party perform
ance; he knows that so soon as the cleo
tor was over and successful candidates
Installed they became the servitors Of the
party and the advocates of narrow and
non-progressive policy within which alone
there seemed to be an assurance of selfish
safety and partisan approval. During all
this period we have lacked great con-
structiye 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 great
er and more important domain Of social
reform we have stood still or retrogressed.
It is not that the people have not felt
the Strings of determination, that this
tnact;on has endured, but because of the
rule party which largely controlled men
in and out of Office It has become a
source of reproach to any man that he
should dare to renource allegiance TO Or
eanization. Men have been expected to
submit their views to the dictatton OF con-
MENTIONS, although it is common knoWl-
edge that conventions have been swayed
10 views and declarations not the most
approved by the mass OF the people nor
progressive for their welfare.
We do not arrogate to ourselves one iota
more Of intelligence, patriotism OF courage
2ens, but we feel that the time has come
for the performance Of a duty to the coun-
try; and for our part. though we shall
stand alone, we will make an endeavor in
the direction of that duty. Parties may
out}ive their usefulness; the truth never
becomes obsolete. Every generation OF
freeman has the right to affirm the truths
of past knowledge and present acquires
ment, and II the enforcement Of these
truths shall make necessary departure
from party organization the people have
this right and will exercise it until old par
ties shall return to the truth or new par
ties shall be created to effect it into law.
If the voices which have sounded to- us
from, every state in this union are an In
tiication Of the real feeling this year IS
the appointed time for the people to as
sert themselves, through such mediums
as may give best promise Of the achieve
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