Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-10-25
SILVER REPUBLICANS TO BRYAN
Notified OF His Nomination by the
IOwme.Teller PnrtY.

SILVER REPUBLICANS TO BRYAN
Notified OF His Nomination by the
Iowne-Tcller Party.
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. ia letter no.
trying William ]. Bryanof his nomina-
zion by the national silver republican
convention has been in his possession
! Tor some time, and his answer is ex-
oected this week. The letter. in part,
| ,llows:
10 Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Lin
AN Organization at its national convene
| ton, held at Kansas City July last. APP.
pointed u committee whose duty 1t is TO
notlIy Its presidential nominee of such
nomination no.. In performing that duty pers
mt us to say that convention was made
up OF voters go OF whom voted tor Abra-
lam Lincoln, $50 bore arms as union sol.
ulers In our great civil conflict; many
were soldiers Ill the late Spanish Amer
lean war, and gave 1heir best efforts for
hundred We're Sons of Veterans we mem
tlon this as showing the tact that lib.
erty fires burned in their lives as warm.
fathers.
Being assembled under the name of sill,
yer reluoiicans. and being also as well
a ,.., n. as Lincoln repupncans. it seems
wen we should call to mind a few of The
reasons why We stand Independent of the
organization known as The present renub.
tSan party and, 1t principles and dolngS
Whell under the control or its great lead.
ers, seward, Chase, Morton, Curtin Sum.
nef, ANDREW and the father OF the green
na S, Ihaddeus Stevens, and the many
o.hers; and most of all that great charnc.
yer. Apraham Lincoln, whose logic con.
founded his opponents and won him
trends, and whose life and deeds for
human liberty are now written pages OF
our nations history for its sons and
,uaushters To read, ponder adore and foi-
low. nr,,... we read That our charter of lib.
ertS The declaration of Independence
WAS generously referred to and quoted IA
,he platform of the republican party III
ivs convention for 1856 and 1860 and ap.
ina. mat again and again Lincoln in
his speeches and letters referred to
quoted from and always defended its
adoption and its principles as vital and
must needs be kept in good faith for The
preservation and maintenance OF our ma
tion 1s., life and liberty. AT Springfield. H..
men .Iaa, are created equal was of no prac-
tical use In effecting our separation from
great bIritain; and it was placed in the
u uss 1,s not for that, but for future
thank God, 1t is now proving itself-a
Stumbling STU block for all those who in af-
l PACK into the hateful paths of despotism.
Ihey knew the proneness of prosperity
10 pred tNrants, and they meant, when
s snnn should appear In this fair land and
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crack" N "
IA And again, at Independence hall, at
fhlladelphla, IN 1861, he said: II have Of
ten inquired of myself what great prin-
ciple or ideal it was that kept this cor
r ,eele so long together. 1t was not the
mere matter OF the separation of the coll
ONES 1rG.n the motherland. but that sem
time mt In the declaration of independenn n
when when gave ga us liberty, not alone to the
people OF this country. but 1 hope to the
world Tor all future time. 1t was that
when gave promise that in due time the
S weight 7. SHOULD be lifted from the shout
embodied in the declaration of independ-.
ence." i
Learning, as we do, that the great lead
declaration of independence. and the
great lea leader of republicanism. Lincoln,
s support defended defer and applied it, both
maintain q government of equal rights for.
the people, we readily see why Jefferson
democrats ats and and Lincoln republicans may
In their support of one ticket for the wei.
fare OF our country
The events leading up to the bolt
from the republican convention i'm
ST. Louis in 1896 are reviewed, and the
republican party charged with ADAM
doning the doctrines of it's great foun-
ders The proceedings of the Kansas
City convention are gone into in de-
tail. the letter closing:
Upon that platform you, sir, were
unanimously nominated as our candidate
for president of this republic, and wa
were delegated to inform YOU of thai
nomination. May we ask, as We believe
In the rights of free government. thai
you. when elected and become president,
as we fully believe you will, remember
with solicitude the cause of the great
common people. the sxtyfour and one.
fourth millions tolers. The people FOL
whom Jefferson lived and labored and
Tor whom Lincoln lived and labored az
Well. The people whose arm never tires
the people whose labor produces the
wealth of the nation. and whose prosper
lily Is the prosperity of all. whose devotion
never ceases. whose patriotism never
falters. who are ever ready to defend ant
protect; they are the rock upon which our
country may safely rest, they whose
strength builds whose loyalty guards
whose patriotism defends the trocha
filled with their blood IL need be over
which their country's enemy can never
pass
Now, sir. believing in your faithfulness.
ties of such high office, we hereby tende,
you the nomination of the Kansas CITY
silver republican convention. and most
respectfully request that you accept the
same and become our candidate for the
presidency of our beloved republic, and
may your proudest plume be that Won
never deserted your countrys welfare
With great respect, We are yours truly
Samuel ". Hopkins, Chairman
Samuel y. Hale, Secretary.
Dated Mt Pleasant. Mich, Septembef