Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-13
Address by silver Republicans.

| Address by silver Republicans.
The Silver Republi an party by its
executive committee has issued the fol.
lowing address:
"TO the silver republicans of the
United States: The democratic national
convention of 1900 has nominated vii.
liam j. Bryan for president and Adlai
f. Stevenson for vice president. The
silver republican national convention
of 1900 has nominated William J BRYAN
for president and referred the matter of
candidate for vice president to it's
national committee with power to act
"Y our committee has carefully con
sideTed the whole matter. 1t met in
! conference with representatives of the
Democratic and of the Peoples party
national committee and went over the
ground fully. Your committee found
itself face to face with these facts:
ain 1896 thousands of voters who had
heretofore voted the republican ticket
found themselves so widely at variance
with their party's platform that they
could not, without self qualification
longer act with the Republican party
In that year they found in the demo
cratic candidate for president, and in
the platform upon which he stood, q
complete and sufficient justification for
giving him their hearty support.
"In 1896 the Republican party made a
profound departure from the traditions
and interests of the American people
and of that party bv rejecting the free
coinage of silver along with gold and
placing itself in position TO adopt the
gold standard. This year it has de-
clared itself unreservedly for the gold
standard. This continues the contro.
versy of 1896. But in addition to It's
departure from the advocacy of bimet.
alism it has now sti., more profoundly
departed from the traditions and inter.
ests of the American people by becom-
ing the apologist for and champion OF
trusts and mOnopOlies, and has intro
duced such imperialistic practices and
theories into the administration of the
affairs of the government that for the
first time in the history Of that party its
national convention could not even re-
fer to the declaration of independence
@"On the Other hand we find the Dem
ocratic party has again placed itself
right on the money question; right Oh
the question of trusts and monopolies
right as the champion of the declsra
tion of independence and of constitu
tional government; right in expressing
its sympathy for other nations who only
ask that which you would that others
should do unto you, do ye even so unto
them
"The democratic candidate for presi
dent is ours, our convention named him
Upon the Fundamental proposition
above stated We are one with the Demo
cratic and the Peoples parties. I'm
PEELED by these considerations, your ma
tional committee has determined that
its duty in this hour is to indorse Adlsl
+. Stevenson as our candidate for vice
president, that the opposition to the
gold standard, trusts and monopolies
Imperialism and all its attendant evils
may concentrate Its votes at the danger
point and accomplish the triumph OF
those principles so dear to US.
at is but simply justice to say that
in taking this action we are following
the advice of our distinguished leader
Charles A. TOwne.
LET us express the hope that ouI
friends will lay aside whatever of cisap
pointment they may feel and join in a
united effort to secure the triumph OF
our principles at the coming election.
| "D. &. TILLOTSON, Kansas,
Chairman National Convention
"E. 5. CoRsER, Minnesota,
Secretary and Treasurer.
| "FRED Il. DUBOIS, Idaho,
Chairman Executive Committee
"JoHN f. SHAFORTH, Colorado;
as. w. BROWN, Ohio;
"D. FRANK POWELL, Wisconsin,;
"NATHAN COLE, JR,
Executive Committee