Graham guardian., 1898-11-18
HENRY M. TELLER.
Finds Much Encouragement In the EIec-
tion-Matters Pertinent TO the silver
Cause In Colorado Touched Upon
silver In the East.

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\ Senator Henry NJ. Teller has is
sued the following open letter L
the Denver Republican:
! "The effect on the silver cause
| here if we had been defeated and
the success of Mr.. Wolcott attained
would have been most disasterous
and everywhere 1t would have been
accepted that the silver cause was
dead, giving az intense encourge'
ment to the gold people and prov,
ling correspondingly discouraging
to all our friends over the country,
particularly in those states where
they have no concern for those in
terests that we have. | never be
lieved that Wolcott would be elect
ed or that q serious reduction of
the silver vote in Colorado would
follow. | do not think that the
silver sentiment in the state has
changed, few people who were
once with us are no longer with us,
but they are principally Office
seekers or persons otherwise in
duced by other favors to join the
ranks of our opponents.
"They have gone about talking
that the continued agitation In be-
half of the silver cause by the peo-
pie of this state was irjurlng the
state, but it is all hypocrisy and
subterfuge, and / know that the
sentiment for silver in Colorado is
stronger now than ever ana that
the sentiment will be still stronger
in 1900. They said also that our
state election had no national issue
in it, that it was not of national
concern and sheuld have been
fought out on state issues, but
when we elect congressman and
legislators that will choose Unit
ed States senator | am sure that
the matter is one of national issues.
The election just held was in every
respect as important as that Of
1896.
The elections throughout the |
country are very encouraging and
the election of Roosevelt as gov.
ernor Of New York by only 10000
plurality virtually a great defeat
for the republican party and all
it represents. / am sure that if the
democrats of New York had rem
dorsed the Chicago platform they
would have elected their state
ticket-they wonld have carried
the state. As for the change in
the senate, it looks as though three
gold standard democrats will be
by three gold standard
republicans, and the sooner we get
lid of such democrats the better
we will be off. / think that the
democrats will take to heart the
esson of their New York expert
snce this fall. l expect 10 see the
lext delegation from New Jersey
n the democratic convention for
silver, whilst in New York the del
,gation will be divided. The sill
yer delegation from that state will
% strong, however. From Pennsyl-
yania will come silver delegation,
md New England will be unani-
nously in line by 1900. The gold
standard democrats will be elimi-
.ted and they will join the repub-
lean party.
ain all my experience ! have
never seen so much political
'cullduggery and rascahty on the
part of men as practioed this fall
BY our opponents in this state.
They have done everything in this
which heretofore has
been thought most dishonorable to
10. They stole their way into sill.
1er republican caucuses and con-
7entions and disturbed the pro-
there and then boosted it
afterwards. They made decided
effort to destroy our party, and
Mr.. Broad, the chairman, entered
nto q conspiracy with the McKin-
ey people to accomplish that. I
IN sure that the conspiracy was
by him long before the
of the state committee in
July, when, Broad, pretending that
,e favored fusion, quietly com
nenced to disorganize the party,
which he partly succeeded in doing.
But we are tho stronger for our
osses, and will be still stronger for
t in the days to como. The re-
Iult of the election in this state is
% harmonize more thoroughly
han ever before the silver people,
he silver republican party, the
democratic party and tho peoples
oarty-one grand fusion silver
party of Colorado, colossal tower
IF strength and encouragement.
Tbs election of 1900 will be fought