People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-06-17

Inc free Silver Republicans met
in national conference at Chicago
last week. They were presided
over by Charles \. Towne Of Mime
sofa who was also chosen chairman
of the national committee. Mr..
Towne'S address to the convention
was to the point and was characteris-
tic Of the proceedings of the con-
vention. He said in part: g..
Our motives were these: We
desired above all things else of
Immediate political concern the
speedy re establishment in the United
States Uf true bimetalllsm; the same
privilege OF free coinage at the mint
for both gold and silver, aud absolute
equality between them in all money
power, when coined, with the option
" every payer, whether the govern
menu or al individual TO choose what
coin Shall be the basis Of payment in
every instance. We wished to do all
In our power To advance this happy
contamination and we realize that II
this great Cause is to succeed in the
elections Of 1898 and 1900 it can do 80
only through the addition to the al
lied armies Of 100000 that followed
the banner Of the joint standard in
1895 Of at least some hundreds of
thousands Of the Republicans Of that
contest.
1--WE have other plans, or may have,
and we believe In other things also
but the restoration Of silver as basic,
or primary money along with gold is
the first aud expressing object Of our
activities and shall remain so until
the crescent Of promise shall have
rounded into the full orb OF success"
The general method Of our
procedure will be that demanded by
the depths Of our convictions and the
dominant choice OF the issue that has
moved US. With US the cause is
everything. Men and parties sink
into relative inconseduence. All
armies marching TO invest the citadel
OF the gold standard are our allies, all
their soldiers our cOmrade. We will
Loyalty and tirelessly cooperate with
all other organized forces OF
blmetallism that honestly profess the
faith and reSOlutely and uudevia-
tingly keep it. Harmony is OF vital
concern 10 the success Of the cause
and nothing but consideration OF its
welfare shall limit the burdens We
will gladly bear or the sacrifices We
will eagerly make TO advance it. But
the sincerity we offer we shall also
require. Our allegiance is TO the
cause alone, and we should as readily
abandon an ally who will imperil the
cause and we turned from the old Re.
publican party when it was false 10
It's duties. Our allies must recognize
that the present critical situation in
American politics signalizcs the in.
teraction Of forces preparing a real.
ignment OF parties. Old things are
being done away with and all thirgs
are becoming new. Let the dead
past bury its dead. Regret for the
necessary sunderipg OF accustomed
ties must be swallowed up 10 the
satisfaction Of foaming new ones
that shall link US to the duties OF the
future rather than to the memories
Of the past.
ut would be useless to deny that
social and industrial evolution is
marking for political treatment other
question that will successfully ripen
for settlement after the monetary
reformation shall have been accom-
pliShed and THAT the underlying
principles on which their wise settle
ment depends are such as naturally to
place their achievement in new hands.
Many Of these have been long
advocated by the great advance guard,
the POpuIist party, and some Of the
most urgent ones are more and more
commencing themselves to the reason
and sympathies Of men. Is it too
much to expect, or is 1t injudicious
in me to express the hope that silver
Democrats, Popullsts and silver Re-
publicans may by 1900 be welded into
one strong and serviceable instrument
in the hands OF Providence for the
political regeneration OF the country
and the beginning OF reform, restor.
ing the spirit OF the constitution and
contributing TO the advancement and
happiness Of mankind?"