The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-08
N THEIR MANIFESTO
Silver Republicans Tell Why
They are Democrats.
LIKEWISE, WHY POPS
WHY POPS
Usual Roast on the Party They
Have ForSaken.

Kansas City, Mo-, July THE Silver Re
publican party today, by its executive
COMMITTEES, issued the following address:
TO the Silver Republicans Of the
United States: The Democratic national
convention of 1900 has nominated William
]. Bryan for president and Adlai E. Stew
enson for vice president. The Silver Re-
publican national convention Of 1899 has
nominated William ]. Bryan for presi-
dent and referred the matter of candi-
date for vice president to its national
committee with power to act. Your COM
mittee has carefully considered the whole
matter. 1t met in conference with rep
resentatives of the Democratic and Of the
Peoples party national committees, and
went over the ground fully.
Your committee found itself face to
face with these facts:
'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-st qualification,
longer act with the Republican party. In
that year they found in the Democratic
candidate for president and in the plat
form upon which he stood, a complete
and sufficient Justification for giving him
their hearty support. With him they went
down TO defeat, but in that adefeat won
victory for manhood and patriotic in
dependence for which they have no apo1-
ogy to offer and in which they feel just
pride. They retain and preserve their
right right to vote as their conscience
and their judgment dictates. They bow
to no party boss. and have not abdicated
their right to think.
In 1886. the Republican party made
profound departure from the traditions
and interests Of the American people, and
Of that party, by rejecting the free coin
age of silver with gold, and placing
itself in a position to adopt the gold
standard. This continues the controversy
of 1896. But, in addition to its departure
from the advocacy Of bimetallism, it has
now still more profoundly departed from
the traditions and interests of the Amer
lean people, by becoming the apologist
for and the champion of trusts anr mo-
nopolies. and has introduced such i'm
perialistic practices and theories into the
administration of affairs of government
that, for the first time in the history of
that party. its national convention could
not even refer to the Declaration of In
dependence, and this. although its con-
vention Of 1900 met in such a place and
within such an environment that the
great declaration would have peculiarly
appealed to the party had it still listened
to the voice that-in that earlier and bet
ter day, pleaded for a government of the
people, for the people and by the people
In the fact 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 the Demo- !
cratic party has again placed itself right |
on the money question, right on the |
question Of trusts and monopolies, right |
as the champion of the Declaration of In
dependence and Of constitutional govern |
ment, right in expressing its sympathy |
for other nations who only ask that |
which you would that others should do
unto you, do We even so unto them
The Democratic candidate for president |
is ours, our convention named him. Upon
the fundamental propositions above stat
ed, we are one with the Democratic and |
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 tri-
umph is necessary if we are to hand down
TO our children and our childerns chill
dren a government founded in the wis
dom of the fathers, maintained by the
blood and treasure of its citizens, and
as a priceless heritage.
'Impelled by these considerations your
nationas committee has determined that
its duty in this hour is TO endore Hon.
Adlai E Stevenson as our candidate for
vice president in order that the opDo-'
sition to the gold standard. trusts and
Imperialism and al Its atten-
5ant evils, may concentrate its votes at
the danger point and accomplish the
triumph OF those principles so dear to US.
cit Is but simple justice to say that IN
taking the action indicated we are fol-
lowing the advice OF our distinguished
leader, Hon. Charles A. Towne.
''Let US express the hope that our
friends will lay aside whatever OF disap-
pointment they may feel. and join in a
united effort 10 secure the triumph Of our
principles ar the coming election.
(Signed)
ID. c. TILLoTsoN. Kansas
Chairman
"E S. CoRsER, Minnesota,
Secretary.
FRED T. DUBOIS. Idaho
JOHN F. SHAFROTH. Colorado.
IS ". BROWN. Ohio
ID FRANK POWELL. Wisconsin
NATHAN COLE, JR"