The Meeker herald., 1898-04-02
TELLER ON FUSION.
He Wants Union of silver Forces, Bat
WIN Not Combine with Regular Re-
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Denver, March 2S.-The Republican
publishes the following letter from
Senator Teller:
The agreement to unite the silver
forces OF all parties was meant beyond
question to apply to all sections Of the
country. and certainly not less to Colo
rado than to any other state. Indeed
II any exception Ii 10 be made in TINT
state, II should be In the direction Of
/ greatse. unity OF action there than els.s
where, for the reason that the peorE
there have given the silver question
more attention than have those Of 9th
er sections, and are; therefore, better
prepared to set an example to other
communities. II the silver people Of
Colorado cannot unite upon candidates
they cannot well expect others to do So
Especially am opposed TO any
union OF forces on the part of Silver
Republicans with the Mckinley Re
publicans. On this proposition desire
to make my position so plain that it
cannot be misunderstood. The Repub-
lican party is the only political organ
ization that is now opposing the free
coinage Of silver In the United States.
Hence 1t is with this party that we
must contend In the future unless we
abandon our efforts to secure n proper
recognition Of silver In our monetar.
system. We will never secure any
financial relief through the agency of
the Republican party, and every par
ticle of support that we give to that
party locally or nationally strengthens
1t In It's defense of the gold standard
To talk further about international
bimetallism under the present admins
tration is absurd. and observe tha,
the effort on the part of Republicans TO
maintain the position that an interna-
tional agreement can be secured has
been much abated Of late. think II
Is becoming well known now that even
II European consent could be secured
to an international understanding the
leaders Of the Republican party would
not assent to 1t. Indeed, there is very
little pretext in any quarter that inter
national bimetallism will be farther
pressed, and, this being true, the Re-
publican party fully accepts the gold
standard. leaving no excuse for sill
yer man to stand with 1t under any cir
,umstances. AEI
''In view Of this and other facts an
Alliance with the Republicans is not TO
Be thought of, and such an alliance, u
made. would end only in defeat and
disgrace. am opposed to such
combination, and will not support a
ticket 80 made.
Il do not intend to try to dictate the
nominations Of the Silver Republicans,
but shall reserve my right to oppose
by my vote and influence any man
they may nominate who will affiliate
with the gold party, and II there Is
any alliance or any union of effort he
tween those two parties will, to the
best Of my ability, do all / can to se-
cure the defeat OF the combination.
"As said at the outset my opposi-
tion to such nn alliance Ia based on The
Importance OF the contest for a pronfr
financial system. In my opinion the
question is too important to be sacri.
feed for mere official position. even II
success could he assured by making
such combination and do not he
lieve 1t could be 30 assured. Such -
least Is the position l, az one ndiyi IA.
unl Silver Republican, will take.
AS to the suggestion that tberp
should be no effort to unite the silver
forces in Colorado. 1t iy to my MIN,
but slightly less mischievous than tl,sf
for uniting with the gold standard nj.
vocates. No party Is ever safe when !.
II grows too confident. and I tb;nF
there should be a union of silver forces
all along the line II we would win in
1900"