The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-11
MR.. TONNES BUGLE BLAST.
lDDRBssED TO IT EARS OF TEE
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
Ths Crisis IL at Hana ana Calls FER Csnse-
Grated RNcrt-He auausns the Cohorts -
Rally aud Preserve the Blsssinrs or niheFty
The People nuu.t IA, Th,pru as re Does.

The Crisis 1s at Eana ana Calls FER Cense-
Grated Ehort-He aunusns the Conerts q
Rally and Preserve the BlsssinEs or Liberty
The People Must zee ThinEs ne re Does.
DULUTH, Mimi. Nov. lo.-Chairman Charles
A.. Towne OF the National Committee OF the Sill.
yer Republican party to- night issued the follow.
ing address to tho Silver Republicans Of the
United States:
The crisis long expected 10 at hand. Tho
policy we denounced when We proclaimed that
n conspiracy had been formed to capture tho
Republican party in tho interests of the gold
standard lie nearing its contamination. The
Wolcott commission has confessedly failed in
Its negotiations for an international agreement
for the establishment Of bimetallism. This
failure, foreseen by those who drafted the cum
ming financial plank Of the st. Louis platform and
forced its adoption, 10 now used. as from the
first 1t has been intended to be used. as the pre-
liminary to the definite establishment OF the
gold standard in the United States. the retire.
ment Of tho greenbacka and all other Govern
ment notes, and the institution Of q huge bank.
Ing system. with power to issue and control the
paper money OF the country.
Silver Republicans Of the country. the crisis
demands your most energetic and consecrated
efforts. 1t Is yours to hold together In q com.
mon fidelity. the cooperating elements of re.
ioi", ~ 10 9ouIb oppCcihhJ W pOiouet o'N
and betrayed Republicans that revolt against
their betraycrs is their highest duty. II tn
degradation of the country and the cnelove
ment of its producers are to be averted; IL to
ourselves and p~osterity the blessings Of liberty
are to DO preserved; II the final industrial and
social regeneration of the race 10 to remain o
secure and reasonable hope, there must come
enlightenment and Acknowledgement to hundreds
Of those blinded by partisan prejudice and In
bondage to partisan custom.
You, more readily than tho members of the
other great allied forces. may open their eye,
to tho truth and. arouse. their patriotism
to action. Let us be thankful that at lcngtt
tho battle is. to BIO fought In the open
that ono. after another all subterfmgei
have finally fallen; that at last we shall be
able to challenge the gold standard. ant
all its associated wrongs and abuses, TO mee'
US in the open quorum Of the common sense
can people. They cannot remain blind to the
clear and now confessed designs Of those wht
have traficked in their confidence. They can
not continue deaf to tho language OF rea
son and the appeals Of humanity; citizen
ship will rise above partisanship. Tho rul,
Of the people will como again; the people
upon whom our institutions rest; for whom the,
were created and by whom they shall be pre-
served; the people In the broad and only tru'
sense; the people as believed in, loved. ant
trusted by Jefferson, by Lincoln. by Bryan, ant
by all tho great souls that have come nearest t,
the hearts of men, and therefore most into har
mony with the infinite purposes Of God.
CHARLES a. TowNE,
Chairman National Committee Silver Reput
Ncan party