The age-herald., 1900-07-08
ADDRESS OF SILVER REPUBLICAN PARTY Advise Voters to Support the
 Democratic Ticket. DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION Address Says the Republican Party Has Departed from Time Honor
 ed Princip!es-Bryan Eulo-
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DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION

can party today, by its Executive Commit tee, issued the following address,
 ITO the Silver Republicans of the United
 States:
 ''The Democratic National Convention of 1900 has nominated William J. Bryan for President and Adlai E. Stevenson for Vice President. The Silver Republican National Convention of 1900 has nominated William J. Bryan for President, and referred the matter of a candidate for Vice President to its National Committee with power to act. Your committee has carefully consid- cred the whole matter. It met in confer ence with representatives of the Demo- cratic and of the Peoples party National Committees and went over the ground fully.
 Your committee found itself face to face with thes efacts:
 ..In 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-stultifcation longer act with the Republican party In that year they found in the Democratic candidate for President and in the platform upon which he stood a capable and sufficient justifica- ton for giving him their hearty support With him they went down 10 defeat, but in that defeat found victory for man hood and patriotic independence for which they have no apology to offer and in which they feel a just pride. They retain and preserve their right to vote as their con- science and their judgment dictate. They bow to no party boss and have not aodi- cated their right to think.
 f'Jn 1Sq6 the Renublican DartV made found departure from the traditions and interests of the American people and or that party, by rejecting the free coinage or silver along with gold and placing itself in a position to adopt the gold standard. This year il has declared itself unreservedly for the gold standard.
 This continues the controversy of 1896. But in addition to its departure from the advocacy of bi-metallism 1t has now still more profoundly departed from the tradi- tions and interests of the American people by becoming the apoogsts for and the champion of trusts and monopoies and has introduced 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 it's Ma tional Convention could not even refer to the Declaration of Independence, and this, although its convention of 1900 met in such place and within such an environment that the great declaration would have pe- culiarly appealed to the party had it still listened to the \ ice that in that earlier and better day pIeaded for a government of the people, for the people and by the people
 ''In the face of such profound departures from the traditions and interests of the American people, we cannot return to the Republican party On the other hand, we find that the Democratic party has again placed itself right on the money question, ~ir olies, right the champion of the Decla- ration of Independence and of constitu- tional government, right in expressing it's sympathy for other nations who only ask that which you would have done unto you, do you even so unto them.
 "The Democratic candidate for President is ours; our convention named him. Upon the fundamental propositions above stated are one with the Democratic and the Peoples party. Our common candidate for President is enlisted heart and soul in this great cause We know he has the high courage of his convictions. His triumph is necessary If we are to hand down to our children and our children's children gov ernment founded in the wisdom of our fa- thers, maintained by the blood and treasure of it's citizens and perpetuated as price, less heritage.
 tional Committee has determined that its duty in this hour is to endorse Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson as our candidate for vice President in order 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 prin- ciples dear to us.
 Ut is but simple justice to say that in taking this action will be following the ad- vice of our distinguished leader Hon. Charles A. Towne. Let us express the hope that our friends will lay aside what ever disappointment they may feel and join in a united effort to secure the triumph of our principles at the coming election.
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 ID. c. Tillotson Kansas, Chairman Na- tional Committee.
 "E. S. Corsey, Minnesota Secretary Treasurer.
 "Frex T. Dubois, Idaho, Chairman Execu- tive Committee.
 'John F. Shaforth, Colorado.
 s. w. Brown, Ohio.
 ID. Frank Powell, Wisconsin.
 Nathan Cole, Jr.,
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