The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-27
SILVER REPUBLICANS TO oReANlze.
An Address Issued to the Silver
Republicans of the Country,

An Address Issued to the s1ive
Republicans of the Country.
The silver senators and represen,
atives held a meeting at Washing
ton, D. c., Feb. 22nd for the pur
pose of arranging the preliminarie
for the organization of silver re
publican party. As the result O
the meeting an address has beer
issued to the silver republicans O
the United States, calling upol
them and all citizens of whatsoeye
previous party association who art
willing to cooperate with them il
political action until the great mon
etary issue is settled right, anc
that they take immediate steps te
perfect organizations in the variou:
states and territories to the end thai
national convention may be held
"for the purpose Of making author
tive announcement to the country
and effecting national organization
The address says, in part:
For years events have been forcing
upon the country with ever increasing
defniteuess and emphasis the necessity
of reform in our monetary system as re-
spects both the coinage of metallic money
and the regulation and control of credit
currency. Under the stress of experience
and consequent investigation, opinions
have been gradually crystallizing. In
this process the line of cleavage has paid
little regard to previously existing party
demarcations, and today the most careless
observer cannot fail to see that the genius
OF the nation is approaching settlement
of this mumentous controversy through
the agency of political instruments now
being fashioned to its hand. .~.. ..
In the history Of these formative events
the so called silver republicans have taken
an important part and discharged nee
essary function. In doing so they have
not surrendered their convictions on GER
tain other great principles of political
economy and government, but they rea.
LIKED that those principles are not capable
of successful! application under present
conditions.
They believe therefore that the adequate
treatment of all other issues must await
the correct decision of the dominant one
thus presented. In this they CO. operated
with The organized forces Of bimetalllsts
in the last campaign. Every condition
Of patriotism and expedieucy seems to
continuation of that policy.
Silver republicans believe themselves
to he in harmony with the original spirit
of the old republican party, and they
claim property in its great name and
glorious traditions, justified by the splen-
lid services and sanctified by the sacred
of the time when that party
the aspirations and spoke the
purposes Of the great masses of the
people. That party was born
IN answer to the cry for q champion OIL
liberty.
The silver republicans cannot forget
hat history. They cannot to day follow
nose who have usurped the dominion of
hat party into a shameless abandonment
If American interests and the tyranny of
In alien monetary system. They believe
he duty of the hour demands that they
their identity and perfect their
Tae meeting for the purpose of perfect
ng national organization is called at |
chicago June 9Th next.
The address is signed:
H. NJ. TELLER.
FRED T. DUBOIS.
FRANK j. CANNON.
r. H. PETTIGREw.
LEE MANTLE.
JOHN p. JONES.
CHARLES A. TOwNE.
CHARLES S. HARTMAN.
JOHN SHAFKOTH.
E. f. ALLEN.
EDGAR WILSON.