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ESTABLISHED JU E 19 , 3871. OMAIIA , WEDNESDAY MOK8T2JTG- , SEPTEMBER 0 , 1S90. SINGLE COL'V FIVE O13JTS. ?
MORAL PRINCIPLE AT ISSUE
Whitclaw Boid Declares Free Silver is a
Dishonest Scheme.
EIGHTH COMMANDMENT IS AT STAKE
( o the Ohio H 'l "lilIcn IMItor * '
lallnn Which Will VUlt
Cull I mi Tmlli ) AllMlirilll y of
1'rre Sliver I'roiionltloaM.
CANTON , Sept. 8 The following letter ot
regret from Whitclaw llelil to Colonel H
II. Drown , president of the Ohio Republican
Editorial association , which met In Canton
today nml called Upon Govc.nor McKlnlcy.
lias been received :
It. H. Urown , Usq , President Ohio ll > -
publlcan Editorial Association , Courlu
Olllcc , Znnesvlllo , O.-Utnr Sir : The re-
iminbrnticc of my birthright iimoiiB > ou
touches me ntul I am grateful to the
Uhlo tc publican editors for It much
more guileful , In fact , than for jour
frhmlly pcrslutencc In requiring u leltti
whin ) ou fotind 1 coultl not como to make
. . u speech. My friend , Mr Charles Etnor )
- Smith , will do the liittci sio ncciptubly Hint
N ) ou will luod nilther fiom me
Wo have had the four years In clover
which our friends , the enun ) , promised In
IK'U. The pioplo are quite satisfied that
they have hail cnoitKh ot It In the old lines
this cittnpilffii wan ulicudy won Votcis
Nvero ubsoltcly resolved to BO back to the
point where they tnrtn.il olT four sears
ngo , mid M'l Into the path again , which
from IViS to 1SSU had led them to tlu >
Bicali.st nnd most widely dlrfUKed prosperity
this .buiitr ) ever enjoyed Asserting the
power of tl eommoM people they put foi-
\vuid n.s t ilr cundld itp the man whose
Mry name meant lo evei ) one of them the
inllcy or those fotii prosperous ycius , and
the- wet It was piactlcallv done Then burst
out the Adullamltes Ever ) unthinking 01
unseiupuloiiH man tint "vab In distress , and
ev'ery oae that was In debt anil evci ) < nie >
that was dlsconti nti d gathered tin mselvet
together , not to U.ivld , alas , but unto
Altgeld They e.iptured tlin national con-
vcntlon of a hliitorlc iiatly and ileBrnded
It and luiinUlaUil their country b ) asking
the Anuilean people lo vote that thej
would not obey the el hth pommandment
Now , when a question Is submitted to .1
popular vote people must Infer Unit there
art- two Hides to It and that the ) ha\e a
rlRht to vote ; on whlchevir side tluir jndB-
ment or their Interest ( -Millies Jlut them
arc no two Mdis to the mural law No man ,
no part ) , has a right to put the elKhth com
mandment to a populni vote , to decide
through an expulsion of populat dosln-s
ut the polls whether this nation sh ill ehr.it
Us creditors bj paying Us debts at the
rate of Fi.1 eents on the dollar , and vvhethet
every private debloi shall be at llborl ) to
dual to the same extent the man who has
trusted him To piopo'-c mull a vote and
such a derision Is Itself a crime Lut ,
huvliiK proposed It , the plain people of the
country will mistnln the great command
ment by a vole which will BUI pi lie * those
who would break It * hope you Ohio
i dltors will deal with this matter In str.ilijlit-
foi waul fashion and call u spule a spade-
Man ) of oui opponentb are ILS slnccio .is we
are and mean to In as honest , but we think
they have done the wliKcdisl and most
Immoral public act bhite Me'csslon To
p.i > the national debt In silvei , to pay
pifvate debts In silver , to nullify and de-
rlare Invalid an > contract however freely
nnd hoiustly enti'ed Into foi puhiB gold ,
nnd to turn 51 cents woith of sllvei Into a
dollar at oui mints as often and as Ions as
any mine owner at home or any sllvei -
biirdened Chlnnman 01 Hindoo Irorn Aslii
chooses to lirliiB It to us , the effect of all
thin Is simply lobborv To ask Intelligent
nnd hontst men to vote lor It is to Insult
them ns well as to di clnrtthnt the Ameri
can people have the right to overrule .Mount
filnai ut the polls , and reverse the inor.il
law If the1 } want to
HONESTY THE HEST POLICY.
Dishorn ritv in vci pavs There arc a
dozen wajs of proving It In this case Hut
mat , do make the moial nature of the
piopoi-als clear to the average voter and
theio should be no moio doubt then of the
verdict this honest nnd ChiNtlnit n.itlon
will B've ' than there Is of tomoirovv's sun
rise Then , If ) ou like , it may he well to
KO fiirthci anel show , for Instance that a
rial nation , not a ineic1 colonv 01 Isolated
province , e uinot Bit on with what oui
New York < andlilnte for KOVPIIIOI e.illed a
curieney that e.innot stand salt w.itei We
sell now more than llfteen times as much
of our pioducts to Bold countries .is wo dote
to silver commies
Uo wo viant to take the piy for this
wheat , beef , poik , eotton , coin , etc , not
ns now In sold or Its equivalent , but In
silver bullion , to bo filven free i ulniiKO at
our mints ? This becomes a question not so
much of p.iliB silver , but of titkliiB sliver
Is the Bleat Ametlean npublic to sr ek to
hold towaid all Europe sue It tlnaml.il rela
tions ns India now holds toward KiiBland ,
or a wouto one' ' Surely a fnsh watei
currency Is enl > lit foi a people content
with a fresh water commerce
You ei\n iniiko free hllvet men see from
the llnain lal history of every n.Ulem that
ever tried It , that while m.iklnB more
money does Inflalo prices , It wotks both
ivnvs. It r.ilFes pi Ires for what they have
to buy aa well , is for Wi.it thuy h.ive to
pell , and Is apt to taint' the foimor first
nnd holiest The BIOCM raises his MB-
uies IOUK before Ihc dn > 1 iboror can h.ive
his wtiBPri adviincod and 'he laborer never
teally catches tip until the Inevitable trcsh
ponies and both tumble together Chc.ip
nimiov never did cheipcn the necessities of
life , but It cheapen" the men. Look at
Mexico and China and Indl i
Silver men can bo m.ulo to see , too , that
making- more money does not put It In
the-lr pockets The bullion owner may Bet
a hundred times morn silver1 than now
stamped Into dollars , but he will not be
any moro wlllIiiK to Klve the wheat raiser
u sbifile one of them without BottlnB .1
round 100 cents woith of wheat for It An
iRiiornnt voter thinks th.it when mote
metal Is stamped lit the mint he can s.onio-
Jiovv Bet a dollnt for less than \vh.it the
open market calls 100 centi. In value
The real authors of this movement have
fnither vlewn What they want Is to llml
some way of paylntr somethliiB with noth
ing. It Is merely the old unlimited Breen-
b.iek , lint money cr.i/o In a new foi in It
has been tiled at onn tlnw or another by
in inly every nation and h.is aluajH led to
lliln. It met Its llrst Brent defeat with
us In an Ohio pnmpilBii led b > an Ohio
BOldlor , whom thnt catnptilRn niado presi
dent , This tlmii It will be > llnally crashed
tltidci another Ohio soldier , who will bo-
r-oino pipsldent by the larscst popular ma-
Jorllv of this Bcncrntlon Vermont points
the way ,
IMI'ORTUr ) lU'SSIAN ANAHC1IY.
Next to the attack on the eUhth com
mandment In enormltj Is the ntt.uk by our
opponents on the eTinstltutlon and courts
of the United States Thei protest nBalnst
the use of constitutional power for the sup
pression of i lot. the proposal to puck the
Hitnromo court , the attempt to destroy the
\allillty of contracts these mo not mere
ilcniaROBlsm , or oven IntelllKent commu-
nlcni the > mo thi ) foimul nutui.illz.itlon in
the I'nltcd Htates of Itussl.ui nnarc'iy , Lit-
( In better Ib the denmnd that every thrifty ,
economical and piosperous citizen shall bo
dlpcilinlnated agitlitst and taxed , not merely
onci' , like othti pe'ople. but twice , llrst on
jvhat IIP has and then on what ho earns
Id im be ab considerate as you please of
cirln - eotintomon who have been honestly
muled , but lot IIH Indulge In no dlsmiUes as
Jo Hie nnpitrlntle , iinaineilcaii nnd unrevo-
Ititlon.iiy character of this whole protram
I'hero has been nn Ill-consldend appeal
to republic IIIH to keep our distinctive prin
ciples nut of slirht In view of the national
niutKor from these monsirous proposals.
Hut wn cannot If we would The govern-
Jnent Is without revenue for Its ctirient
expenses. It iniul raise more , If It would
not RO Into bankruptcy Our way of
laldiiK It Is by tariff , anit there Is no other
\ > ay exce pt by dlicct taxation or more
linuowliif Would the men who be us to
let Jho tariff nlonn favor either ? And > nt
the tnrllf thev nro i frald we mn > touch Is
the very toilff .Mr , Cleveland considered so
dlrriedltnblo that ho would not nlsn the
1)111 Wo cannot se k the suffraces of the
Amerlf-an peophi iimlei nni dlhifulsea The
pitrlntlo dcmnciats who rlnei above party In
thU national peill , na they did In l oi ,
ought not to asU us to lower our Hagen
Jh oxe of battle because the j' re Boln ? to
brlnj : us some reliiforccincnts They could
not lexpcct us If wn did nnd , what
Is mute , thousands of the voters we noxv
Inive would dfscrt us.
TnrBlve tliotu crudp- hints about editorial
work In this campaign You know I
RheuM not have vinlureil upon them except
at your lonewcd rciiuetit. and that I cer
tainly Dhould not have addicebed them to
yiu , v\ho ntid them so little. The cam-
pilKU jdii are ulieady maklnir Klxes us-
turaiue of the hiPiiy lesult In Novembei ,
A il vet neither die eilllorH nor the Breut
o ! itora of the party ai makliiK this c.ini-
p ilpn Tl'n plain people In tlulr homes
n < e IhlnKIni ; It out for themselves Kxen
tna lust HKci-lii'si are not these made on
the stump Ihej nro comlntr from the
| ji h o ( u little two-stoiy wooden eottaKu
in C'untiNunel they maUo us as proua , in
this crl li , of our lender ns we are of our
cause
With fraternal salutntlonn nnd conRratu-
mtlons to the Ohio editors. I amcry truly
J'ours , WHITKAW ! ItniD
VTs M\I > I : m\vr
ArkniiNim tln - nn I iiiirinoiiM
In .Iiini'H f p ( iijt orniir.
UTTLC HOCK , Ark , Sept 8 The democ
racy of Arkansas > estcrday achieved the
Kreatcst victory In the hlstorv of the state
Never before was such an overwhelming
majorlt > given any gubernatorial candidate
as that whieli was vosterday Riven Dan W
Jones and never wan such a vote polled In
the state Conservative estimates based on
partial returns received now place the total
vote at 105,000 and Rive Jones a clear ma
jority over all opposition combined of from
CO 000 to C5.000. The figures are coming In
slowly and many enthusiastic democrats
claim that when the back counties are all
In Jones' majority will run above " 0.000
Many counties In Arkansas Inve no telo-
Kraph nnd It will be several daja before
thn ofllclal returns are all In The un
usual length of the ticket makes the
piogrcas of counting very slow. Nearly all
the countlei and precincts so far heard
from Bliou large democratic gains over the
vote of two years ago.
Local option contests served to bring out
a heavy vote In many districts. In I'ulaskl
county the Increase In the total vote cast
was nearly iO per cent over that ot two
jeara ago and corresponding Increases arc
tcported from many other counties About
0000 votes were cast In Pulaskl count } and
the democratic majority will reach 2,000
License carried by about the same. vote.
U was a very quiet election. No disturb
ances of any kind have Leen reported and
cnlj a few airests were made The repub
licans nml populists are making no claims
tonight , hut are awaiting olllelal returns
Local tickets arc in doubt In a few counties ,
hut In most cases the enl > question Is as
to the size of the democratic majority.
The tolloulng tilcuams were received bv
l > moeiatlc State Clialrniin Carroll today
CHICAGO , Sept S Accept my coiiKratu
latlons on the magnificent lesult under
join splendid management H Is Bratlfy-
IHB not onlv to all cltlrena of Arkansas , butte
to the democracy of the cotmtrj , that the
st.'iti has by Its vote > e" < terday whowif Its
devotion to the Bleat principle's at stake
In this contest nnd fnlrfc Indicates what Is
to be expected In the south and west In
the November election JAMis K JONHS
\\ASI1INUTON , Sept. fc-1'ormlt us to
extrnd congratulations on the miBnllleint
silver \lctotj achieved In joui state ves-
tenl iv It Is slunlllcint onlv of the lact
that when the Issue Is squarely met be
tween .silver and jold the people ate not
onlj In favoi of the position of democracy
but cnthuyastlcall.v | determined to show
their beiillnu nts bv theli votes
CHAULliS J rA
"hall man National Congie'-slonal Cani-
pilgn Committee
SAlCM. Ill Pept S-Tho liryan club of
Salem , the old ho-ne of tt llll.im J. Hi van ,
sends Biecllngs to the democrats of Ai-
kansas. Illinois will do 1lni > wl o November
1 13 12 MAHTIN , President.
From West Vlrglnli I'cnnsjlvanla and
New York and throughout the east telegrams
have been received Inquiring the sbe of the
majority and sending congratulations
Chairman Cooper of the icptihllcan com
mittee says that the republlcins haxe polled
theli full vote and that they have lost noth
ing on account of the cunency Issue The
democrats have drawn heavily from the
populists riles , the populist candidate , has
polled less than 15,000 votes.
TIIIMCS IT AMI.lj CATCH VOTES.
AiliiilNMlon of n I'oitullKl < > in < oiut UK
CHI-UK ICal1\ .
CUIIT1S , Neb. Sept. 8 ( Special Tele
gram. ) 1 ho vvldelj advertiBcd populht rallj
took place In the grove near this village
this afternoon. lion. H. IX Sutherland , pop
ulist candidate for congress in the Kifth
district , was the distinguished orator. One
handled and beventjthree persons , sixty of
whom weio women and children , and a
goodlj proportion of the remainder , tiled
nnd tiuo republicans , heard his sliver
speech. In the evening they tried to re
vive the meeting by stump speaking on one
of the street corncis , during which one of
the speakers said they were still paying the
national debt at the rate of about $221 a
minute In 33-eent dollars , and naked his
hearers if that was not good enough inonej
for them After he
was through ho was
asked confidentially "What did you mean
by the above statement' " Hs | answer
was"That's all right , It will catch
xotes. " At the close of the speaking a
torch light procession was formed , in which
theie were thirty-two populist voters , and a
number of small bovs , who were asked to
help swell the crovul The readers of The
Bee in this section will remember that this
was advertised to be the largest rally of the
season.
YIIOUIM ; MC.N ni.iicT IIIIVAMSM.
Nolalilo Feature of ( Ho Lnlinr la >
OoiiiiiiiNtriilloiiK ill V.orfollf.
NORFOLK. Neb , Sept. 8. ( Special ) A
notable feature of Labor day obsei vance In
this city was n laboring men's parade , con
sisting chiefly of sugar factory cmpIojoB
Although the factory lias not yet began re
ceiving beets , about sixty men have been
cmplo > ed for some time In making altera
tions and getting the Immense plant ready
for business , and these men Joined by
others formed In procession this afternoon
and led by fife nnd drum paraded the streets
Cnch man carried a dinner pall In his hand
and a sugar beet slung over his shoulder
In the procession were can led cartoons
representing the popocratlc mule sick on
free silver and others testifying to the lahoi-
Ing moil's disapproval of Dryan's xvell known
hostility to the beet sugar industry. It
was a strong McKlnley demonstration A
short address was made to the laboring men
by JI I ) Tyler , republican candidate for
county attorney.
NiilItASKA CITY" . Sept S ( Special )
Labor day was observed with little demon
stration In this city The banks and same
business houses were closed. No attempt
v. ns made to have a parade ,
lUiioiiillflil SI Ivor C'liriilval a Kit 1 1 nro.
ULOOMli-inLD. Neb. , Sept. S. ( Special )
The much advertised silver carnival of tlin
fuslonlsts was celebrated at Wclgand's
groxe , In the heart of the silver district of
the county , Labor day. to the ullmcst audl-
cneo of voters that has gathered In that
famous grove in ) ears. Ihe newspapers
have lauded the occasion , and flyers an
nounced Its coming , nieven speakers from
this and other counties were on hand wltn
eleven horns of uncorked oratory , unex-
plodcd but the voters came not. At no
time could more than sixty-three suffragists
bo counted on the grounds , and cloven of
these were "ghost dancers , " brought theio
at great expense to bu exhibited.
An estimate of the complexion of the voters
ers present , made by a democrat a populist
and a republican , gaxo Drjun 37. McKlnlcy
2J , 1'nliner 4. Tbo speaking commenced at
11 o'clock a , m. , and except for luncheon
hour , continued In one uninterrupted sil
very stream , until it got to dark that the
management called the speakers off.
I 'IIM I oil I.oadiTN to hlifliU.
WAIIOO , Neb , Sept. 8 ( Special. ) The
democrats and populists are preparing to
have a free silver picnic at tills pluce Sep
tember 1C. The meeting Is befug exten
sively advertised Tom Wsteon , Governor
Holcomb and Cangressmnn Dell of Colorado
rado are billed to speak A large ciowd
U expected to bo present , Including dele
gations from different partb of the state.
Ihe fusion candidates on the state ticket
have been asked to be present In order that
the people may become acquainted .with
them f
I'rri * Silver l.oaBiio HolilM n Momlucr.
13USTIS , Neb. Sept. S ( Speclal.-r-Tl7e )
silver league of this place held a meeting
at Wagner's hall Satunlaj evening , about
sixty being present , Including women and
children. The voters were divided about
equally be'twecn republicans and democrats.
MoKlnley votea are beliiK gained nearly
c\rr > Jay lu this part of the county.
OHIO EDITORS VISIT CANTON
Charles Emory Smith's Address on the
Campaign of Education.
MAJOR M'KINLEY ' PRAISES THE PRESS
S M > I UN < ! rrnt Oiii rlniil < y I" Hie
1'rcNiMit Pointful ColiU-Hl The
upapiT UN an Amer
ican lllNllttltlOll ,
CANTON , O. , Sept. 8 The Republican
ndltorlal association assembled In Clks hall
at 10 30 this morning. The venerable John
Hoplcy ot llucjrus was In the chair , with
Colonel U II Drown of the Zancsvllle Cour
ier vice president , and C 11. McCoj of CO'
shocton secretary. An able paper on the
financial question was read by H. 1' . Uojden
of the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune The
fcatuio ot the afternoon session wns an ad
dress by lion Charles Kmory Smith , editor
of the Philadelphia Press nnd cK-mlnlster
to Hussla. Mr. Smith eloquent ! } said In
part on "The Campaign of education "
"It is a h'gh ' privilege and distinction to
address this notable body In this memorable
year on this Interesting occasion. I am
fully sensible of the honor jou do me , and
beg to return m > grateful acknowledg
ments When Jefferion said that he would
rather have newspapers without a govern
ment than a government without ne\v stupors ,
he Indicated the vital part which news
papers play under free Institutions That was
100 jcais ago. They were then printed , with
all the limitations of the hand press , with
only the Infrequent mall as their feeder , and
onlj the stage coach as their distributor
Today llhcity Is their vital breath , but the
telegraph Is their nerve center and the i all-
road their arterial circulation. Government
has expanded and population multiplied
twenty-fold , but newspaper circulation ami
have multiplied a
icsoii-rce-a and Influence
thousand-fold A hundred jears ago news
papers were sentinel at the outposts To
day they hold the central cltldel as leaders
and exponents ; they arc the very life-blood
of free discussions.
(1HCGI.EY AS A FIGHTKK
"Horace Grccley was the greatest contro
versialist and moral force the world has
ever seen In the cdltoilal profession , but
Whltelaw Held with consummate skill , or
ganizes and directs a far more complete
and progressive jouinallsm Thurlow Weed
was an unrivaled political oracle and seer ,
hut Charles A. Dana , master of
every weapon , wields a rapier or
flies a Galling broadside of which
the leader of the preceding gene
ration never dreamed James Gordon
IJcnnett , the elder , raced the pen > or flew
the cairicr pigeon , but James Gordon Den
nett , the younger , speaks to two continents
"The Intimate connection between politics
and Journalism suggests the thought of the
hour This Is pre-eminently a campaign ol
education. The Journalists are the real
educators We must first educate our
selves We must educate the people In
elemental principles We must educate
them to understand that we cannot have-
two standards of value any more than two
standards of weight or length. In our mod
ern civilization the function ot money as
a measure ot value Is even more Important
than Its functions as a medium of exchange
Our existing standard of value Is the 100-
ccnt gold dollai ; free silver coinage would
make our standard the DO-cent silver dollar
lar , and that Is the reason why It would
bo a crime of repudiation , dishonor and dls
aster.
"We must educated the people to realize
that government fiat cannot make money.
The government stamp weighs and certifies ,
but does not create Money Is of two kinds
real money and reprchentatlv c money. Ueal
money ha-i Intrinsic value equal to Its face
Ilcprcbcntatlve money Is a promise to re
deem In real monev The gold dollar Is
ual money because It Is worth 100 cents. .
whether coined 01 melted. The paper dollar
Is representative moncj because It is sim
ply a promise to ledeem In n leal dollar
Its value Is not In the stamp , but lu the
fact that the stamp pledges a leal dollar
behind it The present silver dollar Is partly
real and partlj representative. It has D2
cents' worth of value and -18 cents' worth
of faith faith that the govcinment will
fulfill Its pledge of keeping It at parity
with gold. The proposed silver dollar under
free coinage would be neither real nor rep-
icsentatlve It could not say even with
the paper dollar , "I know that my redeemer
llvcth , " for there would be no redemption ,
and without redemption Its value would
sink to Its bullion value of 52 cents.
IN INDEPENDENCE.
"We must educate the people that political
Independence Is one thing and Independence
of the laws of tiade and nature Is another
The most puerile and grotesque Idea even
of the boy orator Is his repeated and pet
notion that because this country declared
political Independence of Europe In 1770 It
ought to declare an Independent monetarj
standard In 1S90. He seems to think that
we ought to have a distinct American meas
ure of value because wo have a distinct
American measure of liberty.
"Above all and bejond all , we must edu
cate the people that national honesty and
Individual honesty are the best policy Na
tions and Individuals cannot close out with
the world on one transaction and quit They
must keept up the account and for every act
of fraud they will pay double the next time
We arc against the emigration of good gold
and the Immlgiatlon of had blood Wo are
agalnbt the outflow of good circulation and
the Inflow of bad citizenship We find com
munism revolution and anarchy no more
attractive and no less dangerous when urged
by the rhetoric of Ilryan than when forced
by the bomb of Altgeld or the pitchfork of
Tlllman
"We are met at the homo of the great
patriot and statesman , the boy soldier and
the man orator and leader , who by an un
erring choice. Is fitly made the standard
bearer In this becoail mighty battle for na
tional prosperity and welfare Let us go
from his enkindling presence and his glowIng -
Ing words with fresh Inspiration and re
newed strength for the campaign of educa
tion "
After the address of Hon , Charles Emory
Smith the association marched In a body to
the McKlnley home. The editors woie Joined
by a number of Cantonlans and the party
which cheered Major McKlnley when ho ap
peared on the porch numbered several hun
dred The venerable John Hopely of the
Hucyrus Journal was spokesman for the edi
tors.
M'KINLEY'S WELCOME.
Major McKlnley. In rep ! ) Ing , acknowl
edged the gracious words of the \enerablo
spokcbman and bade all the editors wel
come to hia home and to Canton. Ho then
spoke of the freedom of the press In Ohio
and throughout the country and also con
gratulated Ms audience on the dlsappearanco
of sectionalism The partition lines had been
obliterated , he said , "and no part of this re
public can now bo justly called 'the enemj's
country' Newspaper men nnd ovorjbody
else could go frcc.1) and speak freely and
write freely on every spot ot ground beneath
the glorious flag
The speaker then praised the loyalty of
the republican editors of Ohio "I have never
renumbered any period , " bald Major Mc-
Kinlcy , "isavc and except the war , when the
lepubllcan press bo signal ! ) represented na-
tlonil honor and national welfare as now. '
Continuing , bo said *
It Is not often given to a political part ) ,
as It In this je.ir given to ouis , to stand
between national honor and dishonor : pub
lic- faith and repudiation , and ordei and
tlUqUletude ( Applause ) It Is the Kood fortune -
tune of the n publican pint ) to aland In
this conlcbt for what Is best In govern
ment , for what U patriotic lu citizenship ,
for what tends to the support of the Ilium-
elul Integrity of the t-'overnment. Its credit
nnd Its currency. Thin Is a ) e. r , Kcntlc-
nidi , of politic il contention without bit-
tcrness. Intelligence and Investigation are
t iking the ilu'o of n i > > lon and lurtylum
Party prejudices cut llttlo IlKure In a crUls
Hike tat * . We must not indulge aupcralou
of crimination against tliow Nine may have
differed from us In th < ? past , but who nrc
now with us In patriotic effort to preserve
the good faith of the couillry nnd enforce
public and private Tioncstjr. ( Applause. )
We must not drive nnbodyi put of camp ,
but welcome everybod ) In. lieni doubtless
have grown weary of Witfc told of the
greatness and power nrul value ot the press
ro many times Btyldl the 1 "preserver of
our liberties nnd thaJ- hope 1 of mankind"
It was Hulvver , I bellQVe , wMn commanded :
Take nw.iy the sword ! [ States ean be
saved without It , brlnfl Ihcjien ! " This I"
a yeir for press and Pi tl The sword hns
btt n sheathed. The only force now needed
I the force of reason nnd the only power
to bo Invoked la that ot IntflllgenNi and
patriotism ( Oreat applause. )
PH15S3 IS MIQHTY.
Our people have extended to the press
the most penerotiK patronage and accorded
It the greatest deference , so that the press
has Brown with- our growth and , advanced
with our advancement. There arc ncarl )
ns many newspapers and periodicals pub
llshed In the united 'States n In all ot
the rest of the world beside. To me the
modern newspaper Is t.o vast nnd compre
hensive that I can never contemplate Its
possibilities without becoming both Inter
ested and enthusiastic on the subject , \\liy ,
to be a real , capable nnd worthy Journalist ,
wise , honorablennd clllclcnt , Is to attain
the hlghiEt plane of human opportunity
and usefulness To love and proclaim truth
for truth's sake , to disseminate knowledge
and useful Information , to correct mtslni-
presslons , to enlighten the misinformed , to
"feed nn expectant and anxious people"
with the occurrence of the world dilly In
deed almost hourly to discover nnd cor
rect abusc-H. to fairly nnd honorablv ad
vocate n great cause In Phort , to mold and
dliect public opinion , which Is nlwajs the
mission of Journalism , Is surclv the noblest
of professions. ( Great upalause1. ) Pool It
may be In some pvrts off the world , de
spised It may be b ) the Intolerant and Ig
norant everwhere but degraded It never
run be so long as Its aim Is for the good
of the people.
Oilo his always been prominent In the
Held of Journalism That ) Is , she has been
so prominent In politics the press can fairly
claim a share and It N entitled to no little
ciedlt for a lotnr line of deserving" public
t-civants I need not remind vou of them
You know well the glorloUJ vlutory of the
statt- and Its contributions tn the country
In every Held of stntesimnshlp The press
of Ohio his proud ) he'U Its own In the
march of Journalism. The ) ouiiKcr men-
ami there are miny of them before me to-
iln > have blghi models before them Their
predecessors wete honest In conviction ,
powerful In argument and contributed
much to mike our glorious history what It
Is and our civllbitlon and cltlrensMJ the
best In the world ( Applause ) From vour
i an' : " have BOIIO forth some the ablest
Journalists whose Influences nnd learning
nnve Impressed other Mtnlei nnd enilched
the literature of the country Some of the
old editors Htlll remain wielding the pen
of power m-ty their lives be lengthened
nnd their splendid example be emulated bv
their ) outiBer co'IeaBUes. ' ( Applause ) I
congratulate you upon the hlsh rank of
the newspaper press of Ohio , and vvlsli for
) ou ftlll hlBher achievements In jour
chosen work In broader fields. You never
had an opportunity for hlfeher usefulness
than now , and ) ou never'had a pie Uer
opportunity , for the best Use of ) our best
ficultles , than In the support of thn prln-
e-lples and policies which are Involved In
the contest upon us I congiatul itc you
upon the great work ) ou aie dolnB and
aiipreel ite more than I cAn tell ) on the
Kindness and courtesy oC this call ( Great
npplnute. )
STIt VW VOTCS TAIvHN IV IOWA.
Washington Mini SurnrlHiMl < the
SoiiUmc'iil for tlulCllilc' ; .
WASHINGTON , Sept. S. ( Special Tele
gram ) Assessor Trimble , an official of the
city government , iccelved a note this morn
ing , dated the 4th Instant , from a personal
ft lend who at the time of writing -was at
Clear I akc , la. , In which the political out
look of the noithwcst Is succinctly portrayed
trayed , showlnfi an overvvliejmIng sentiment
In favor of McKiulcy and snund money. The
writer , a Mr. Whltaker-U on a * tour of
that section and says cvtfy state through
which he passed , and particularly Jowa. was
Intense ! ) Interesting , on account of the In
terest ho saw manifested In the cause of
republican principles , "Xlib votes on all
trains were from six to ono to ten to one
for McKlnlcy I took one vote myself , which
was seventv for McKlnlcy and eleven for
Hian A IJryun man was a curiosity on
some trains This state ( Iowa ) will be
nearly unanimous for McKlnley "
J. G. MtGee was today appointed post
master at Butler Center , Duller county ,
Neb , v Ice H. N. Walker , dead.
In consequence of the abandonment of
rort Omaha as a military post an order was
Isbucd by Acting Postmaster General Jones
to discontinue the postofflce there on Sep
tember 15. All mall will go to Omaha.
in , vcic is "TTilcnl.Y TO DHCMM : .
Sound MOIIC-J Di-inocrndc Candidate
lit IlllnolH Wants to ( id On * .
CHICAGO , Sept 8 General John C. Black
will probably Issue a letef ( tomorrow de
clining the nomination for governor by the
gold standard democrats. There was an In
teresting conference lasting over two hours
today between General Black and the gold
standaid democratic committee , headed by
Chairman Ewlng. As a result General Black
gave no decisive answer as * to whether he
will accept the nomination for governor. He
piomlscd the committee to make no state
ment until tomorrow , vvtcrt It Is expected
ho will decline the honor. In the meantime
r
the committee w 111 select Judge Thomas
A. Moran , William S. Torman or
Henry Raab to make the
race ag.ilt.nt Altgeld and Tanner
Neither General Black nor members of the
committee ! would talk , but It Is known that
General Illack told the committee he could
not accept the nomination.
NOW < ; IUIM : : wn.i , NOT MUIT CA Y
IiixIxtH that Nolliliifr hut Fliiaiu'i'
.Shu II HInUciiNNril. .
KEARNEY , Neb. , Sept , S ( Special Tele
gram ) W. lj Gieene toJay gave out for
publication his reply to Cadj-'s acceptance
of his challenge. Mr. Cidy Insists on de
bating the questions raised by the Chicago
platform and the St. Loins republican plat
form Greene's icply Is flat ho will debate
nothing but the money question ; that ho is
not standing on the Chicago platform ; that
ho U a populist standing on the St , Louis
populist platform ; that ho does not agree
with the tariff vlcwt. expressed by the Chicago
cage platform Heretofore Greene baa
always upheld the democratic view. Tills
expression In his icply Is Intended to catch
republican protective tariff votes. It Is re
garded here as a complete backdown from
Cady. wham republicans believe Greene Is
afraid to meet , ,
KUVI'liriCY IS A lin-IITKUIi STATI3.
_ _ _ _ _ {
( ; i > v rrnor OulfH TlilnUn JJpJC ( nle-j MM 5
I'oNMlhl ) Capture It ,
SAN rilANCISCO , Sj > pt p. Governor W
C Oates of Alabama , who lias been visiting
his brother , J. W Oates , of Santa Hosa , for a
number of dajs past , returned to his home
In Montgomery , ] Ie was In congress for
fourteen jeara and knows both Bryan and
McKlnley i
"Alabama will give her t'ltctoral vote to
Bryan , " said Governor Okteb lust night
"Tho gold democrats , and republicans , how
ever , may fuse on cougrcMnieu and tflvo the
regular demacratc | ticket a hard fight The
cotton states will all go for Hryan The
border states are doubtful , Kentucy in par
ticular , where the Paluicr-lluckner ticket
will take a great many votea from the regu
lar Brjan ticket and give the republicans
a good chance to win the state. "
VI i-ll d Cuiiiil ) ItptilihllfiniH Co n lid fill.
DEADWOOD , Hcpt. 8. ( Special Telegram )
Tim Mead county republican * met In con-
ventlon today at Sturgla and placed In nomi
nation a strong county and legUlatlve ticket.
Although the republicans In Meade county
this ) tar will be compelled to battle against
the cpmblued forces.of democracy and popu
lism they are confident of victory. Strong
resolutions endorsing the nominees of the
St Louis convention and platform were
adopted _
\oiuliixlluii. .
E , S D. , Sept , 8. ( Spclal Telegram )
The republican certificates of nominations
of ntqte oltlcera have been filed with the sec
retary of state. They arc the flrbt this ) car.
but the others re uxpcctcd at any time.
WILL FUSE AGAINST BRYAN
Three Forties Agrco on a Plan that
Ensures McKinloy's Cucccsg.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS SAVE THEIR STATE
I'oiiullNtN Are' tJlven tinSnte ( TleUct
iii'C < ifN to lie Kltfhl Itt-i'iili-
HcniiM , Kour I'ultiillMtN nml
'Ihrvc ( IiilU DciiiocrntM.
TOUT WORTH , Tex , Sept. S. The state
republican convention was called to order
this afternoon at 2 o'clock by State Chair
man Grant. The number of delegates In
attendance Is larger than that ot any con
vention of the party ever held In Texas
Chairman Grant spoke to the delegates , ad
vocating bnriuoii ) In the Interest of the
part ) , and eald It It prevailed Texas was
In reach of the republican party. He re
ferred to the prospects of fusion with popu
lists and sound money democrats and his
remarks were loudl ) applauded.
Temporary organization was postponed
until tomorrow by the chairman ot the etate
executive committee on the ground that the
executive committee was not ready to re
port on contesting delegations for the tcm-
IHirory organization. The postponement
was received with a turbulent outburst ot
opposition , but Chairman Grant stood firm
and refused to call the convention to order.
The outlook for fusion Is brightening
At the caucus last night nnd this morn
ing It was determined to fuse with the
populists and the sound money elcmoctats
In the state on the following basis the
republicans to cast their votes for the popu
list state ticket , and an electoral ticket
composed of eight republicans , four popu
lists and three sound money democrats to
bo put In the Held
The populist campaign and gold stand
ard campaign mmlttcca are hcio- and
agree to fusion on that line It Is claimed
this will give the populists the state gov
ernment and defeat Ilran electors lu Texas
The convention will not get to work under
permanent organization until tomorrow
VOTI2 KOIl KUSIO-V. T > MISSIHJUI.
Democrats Appoint Committee tor -
rnnuc' I'l-iiiH with < ll < - I'oituIlNtH.
ST. LOUIS , Sept ! > The democratic state
central committee , b ) nearly a unanimous
vote decided this afternoon to fuse with the
populists. A committee of three , with Chair
man Sam Coolc at Its head , was authorized
to make all necessary arrangements.
After a thorough discussion of the proposl
tlon In all Its details the following rcsolii
tlon , presented b ) Coramlttteman Tied
Zelblg of St. Louis county , was unanimously
adopted :
Jxouolved , Thnt It Is the- sense of the com
mittee that there should bo a union of
parties In thin btate In opposition to the
republican gold btandird ticket , and th it
the chilrman of this committee la hcreb )
authorized to appoint a committee of tlnce ,
of which the chaliman shall b" a member ,
who shall bu authorised to makn iuch iir-
lanrenients an to a union of electors as
ma ) be honorable' to both democrats and
populists
Then the committee adjourned to meet
again later , when the Lran ) itineraiy
through Missouri will be arranged. In the
resolution adopted by the committee the
number of electors to be given the populists
is not fixed , but It Is underatoil th.it they
v ill bo allowed three dlstilct electors and
one fro 11 the statc-at-large While the dem
ocratic electors to be withdrawn have not
) et been agieed upon It la understood that
D C. Allen of Clay , clector-at laige , will give
way anl that Electoi Hazel In the Eighth ,
Elector Evans In the Fourteenth and Elec
tor Cole In the Fifteenth district will be
withdrawn to be succeeded by populists
Mr Allen , the clcctoi-at-largc from the
Thlid district , appeared before the commit
tee and told the members frankly that he
was willing to give way In the Interest of
free silver and to the success of the cause.
Members of the committee- entertain no
doubt that the proposition to be made to the
populists by the special subcommittee will
be accepted Chairman Tlosclle of the popu
lists has culled Ills committee to meet Sat-
urda ) at which time the plan of fusion will
bo submitted for approval
nnKijvr roii SHNATOH TIM/MAY.
HH Canilldlllf for Ciotcrnor of South
C'liriillnn IK Snowed I nil IT.
COLUMBIA , S. C , Sept. 8. The early re
turns from tbo senatorial election held
throughout the state today Indlcatn that
Judge Karlo has a majority of over 5,000 ,
thus defeating Governor Evans \vho has been
actively championed by Scnatoi Tlllman.
To Compose tin * 1,1'KlNlatnre.
CLAY CENTER , Neb . Sept. S ( Special
Telegram ) One of the most enthusiastic
republican conventions ever held In Clay
county was held hero today. All parts of
the county were fully represented and the
best of feeling and harmony prevailed. The
EvcicL Glee club of Suttan furnished good
campaign music for the occasion. H. E.
MclJonc'll of Clay Center and Grift K.
Thomas of Howard were nominated for
representatives and A. C. Epperson for
county attorney. lion D M. Newleton was
endorsed for the senatorial nomination to.
this senatorial district.
) ( * ( ' * Dt'iitirci'il ( lory.
WAIIOO , Neb. , Sept. 8. ( Special ) Hon
W. II. Uech Is In this city using his best
effort to secure a nomination for congress
by petition Dcch Insists that ho wants to
bo a middle-of-the-road candidate What
success he Is meeting Is not dcflnatcly
known Dcch has been rejected several
times by the populists , who are In favor effusion
fusion , so he Is asking that ho be given
permission to lead these who are opposed
to fiiblon In a fight for a seat In congicbU
Dcch has ceased to bo much of a political
power and his action w ill not have great
effect.
JndK < > Ciililwcll for CoiiKri'NH.
CEDAR RAl'IDS , la. Scpt. 8 ( Special
Telegram ) Judge John R. CaUIncll of Tama
county was nominated by the silver men In
this city today for congressman from the
Fifth district to oppose the election of Hon
Robert G. Cousins Fusion of the populists
was asked , but not secured ,
Klftn'ii llryiui Mon at ( iiirrlNon.
GARRISON , Neb. Sept. 8 ( Special Tele
gram. ) Regardless of the line weather only
fifteen old-time democrats. 10 to 1 voters ,
turned out hero last night to organize a
Bryan club. The meeting had no c'lithusl-
aam. _
DeiithH of tin * 1)11 } .
WBBSTER CITY , la . Sept. 8. ( Special
Telegram ) Mrs lr r J. Drake died In
this city this morning Her husband was
formerly chief of jilijulclana In Drake's
funltarium at Des Molnes
M < < -lili-lllN of Oi'caurxnrlH , he-pi H.
At Now York Arrived Kaiser Wlllielm
II , from Genoa , Gibraltar , etc Balled
Tan lie , for Liverpool , Havel , for ilremen ;
rrlesland , for Antwerp.
At Hamburg Sailed 1'rusulu , for New
York
At Cherbourg Sailed Alle-r , for New
York.
At Gibraltar Anlved Ems , from Nuw
York for Genoa. Balled Weria , for Ntw
Yoik.
At Quebec Arrived Scandinavian , from
Glasgow for Montreal
At Hoston Anlved Michigan , fiom Ilv-
ei pool
At Amsterdam Arilvcd ICaundani , fiom
New York
At Liverpool Sailed Corlnthla , for Uos-
ton At Shanghai Bulled Woolwich , for Tu-
coma.
At QueeiiBtown Arrlved C'atalonlu , fjum
for Liverpool and proceeded.
liKt'VIlMCA.'X HVTIIHI\ UVMl'lvr
Mnjcnlltcriit UlNtln > nf Sound Mnnc )
Ailhcrctit * tit I'lattxmoiiih ,
PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. . Sept. S ( Special
Telegram. ) This city was the scene of n
enthusiastic political demonstration thlk
evening and the town was given up to thn
republicans This morning Mr llrjan ad
dressed a good sized nudlcncc , but this even
ing the throttle ot the whole town was
pulled wide- open and the heavens almost
rent with the outburst of enthusiasm
aroused by the occasion The speakers were
Hon John L Webster and Or Rleketts of
Omaha A crowd of full ) S.OOO people as
sembled along Main street during the even
ing and the enthuslacm permeated the whole
town The McKlnlcy club , over 200 strong ,
and the Rallwa ) Employs' Sound Money
league , over 150. with band , colored lanterns
and transparencies marched and counter
marched on Main street , awaiting the ar
rival of the special train from Omaha. At
8 o'clock It arrived with Hon John L Web
stcr. Ilnuard Ihildrlge , David 11. Houck. Or.
Rleketts , John L Kennedy. H. II Ire ) ,
Charles Hctudorf. Editor ( Juy C Thompson ,
A. G Edwards and others , accompanied b )
the magnificent Seventh Ward band , the
U'ebstcr Flambeau club of sixty members
and the Webster Glee club
The procession formed on Main street ,
strc'ched over five streets In length and the
magnificent array presented aroused the en
thusiasm to white heat Waterman hall was
packed far beyond Its limits , , and the
splendid audience , composed of the Intelli
gence of this city overflow ed with enthusl
asm The Seventh ward band opened the
proceedings with a delightful selection The
meeting was presided over by H N Dove ) ,
president of the McKlnlcy club , to whose
efforts the demonstration was chiefly due
Ho Introduced Mr Webster In a few well
chosen words and then the audience ten
dered a gre'at ovation
Mr. Webster expounded republican princi
ples showing e\actl ) where the republican
party and Its honorable candidate stood , and
the audience was completely carried awn )
It was tremendous nnd convincing and
proves bcond controvtrslon that this dem
ocratic city will give William McKlnley a
big majority While this demonstration was
occurring In Waterman hall , Dr Hlcketts
held an overflow meeting of over 1,000 voters
ers on the court house lawn and delivered
one of the most telling addresses of the cam
paign The whole demonstration was be-
) end comparison , nothing like It having oc
curred In this city before.
HASTINGS , Sept 8 ( Special ) The court
house was over-crowded last night and mill )
people were turned away as It was Impossi
ble to accommodate the extra crovul that
turned out to witness the presentation of
flags to the Ilambe'au club and the bo's
McKlnley and Hobart club , and to listen
to some good speeches Mrs W E Andrews
made the presentation speech of the fla'js
to the clubs from the republican women of
Hastings Tom Crccth , picsldcnt of the
McKlnlcy and Hobart flambeau club , ic-
spondcd and Jay Benedict responded for
the boB McKlnley and Hobart club The
largo audience was addressed by L. J
Capps upon the "Crime ot ' 92 , ragb and
Great efforts are being made by the repub
lican club of thlb city to secure Generalb
Sickles , Slgle. Stewart. Mullhollnnd , Algci
and Coipornl Tanner to come to this clt )
and speak , aa It Is some time since there
has been 1 speaker from out of the state
In Hastings.
GRAND ISLAND. Neb. , Sept. S. ( Special )
The republicans of Grand Island aie mr.k-
ln all due preparations for a big rally
Trlday afternoon and evening when Con
gressman Dolllvcr of lav/a and Hon. John
ti Webster j of Omaha will address them.
A uinnber.of the , cghdiclatt > s on _ 0iojitiite
ticket are also expccrWlo be prebcnt.
YORK , Neb , Sept. 8. ( Special ) A
wbman's McKlnley club was organized here
lafat night with neaily sl\t ) charter mem
bers. Mrs Aaron Wlrt Is president. The
other olflccrs are Mrs. T. J. Ilurton , vice
president ; Mrs r. J. I'nrrls , secretary ; Mrs
Thomas Barber , treasurer The club has
adopted the McKlnley badge as Its olllelal
emblem. The members will meet ever )
Tuesday evening to discuss uajs and means
for being of material assistance to the
cause of honest money and protection In the
present campaign. Though the right of
suffrage is denied them , ) Ct * the ) believe
In raising A protesting voice against free
silver , the great menace to the eomfoits
of home. The club will undoubtedly be of
benefit to the cause.
ST PAUL , Neb. , Sept. 8. ( Special ) A
woman's McKlnley and Hob.irt club has
been organized here with fifty charter mem
bers , and the women expect to Increase
the number to 100 before the week Is out
Some of the wives of leading democrats
and populists are members Mrs William
H. Norton Is president , Mrs Mabel Bait-
Ictt , vice piesldent , and Mrs Ella Bell , secre
tary and treasurer The members are full
of patriotism and enthusiasm and will make
their Influence felt before the campaign
Is over.
SHELBY , Neb , Sept. 8 ( Special ) The
opera house was well filled last evening
to listen to republican and soumi money
doctrines expounded by Prof. C A. Robblns
of Lincoln and Hon. E L King of Oscc-
ola. A McKlnley club will be organized
soon , as over sixty names aie on the list.
SPRINGFIELD. Neb. , Sept S. ( Special. )
Max Adlcr of Omaha addressed a crowd
at the opera house at this place this evenIng -
Ing under the auspices of the McKlnley
and Hobart club. Ho spoke In the German
language.
SCIIUYLER , Neb , Sept. 8. ( Special Tel
egram ) J. L Caldwell of Lincoln ad
dressed the republicans of Schuvler and
vicinity in Rahman's opeia liouao tonight
the houbo being uncomfortably full The
speech was a rousing one and cicatcd much
enthusiasm Theio was a parjdc before
speaking , In which many paitlclpatcd ,
torches , tin horns and transparencies being
prominent.
BEATRICE , Sept. 8. ( Special ) If the
weather proves favorable the Allison lepub
llcan meeting here Thursday will he a grand
demonstration There will be marching
clubs from neighboring county beats and
other smallci towns betides the flambeau
club , Zouaves , f-scort club and the' famous
drum corps from Lincoln. Senator William
U. Allison of Iowa speaks In the afteinoon
and following a torchlight procession and
fireworks In the evening Congressman
Halner , Orlando Teff and othera will ad
dress the people.
OSMOND , Neb , Sept. 8 ( Special ) Harry
Brome of Omaha will address the people of
this part of Pierce county at Osmond on
Wednesday , September 23 He talks In the
Interest of the republican ticket
SUTTON , Neb . Sept S ( Special ) A
large and lively republican meeting wan
held this evening at the opera house , which
was filled to the gallery with enthusiastic
admirers of McKlnlcy II. M Bushnell ,
former editor of the Lincoln Call , spoke.
His speech wan Illustrated throughout by
blackboard demonstrations
LA PLATTE , Neb , Sept 8 ( Special )
Last Satuiday evening an enthusiastic polit
ical meeting was held at La 1'latte Judge
Hasgctt , Charles Hoover of Papllllon , and
Charles r Tuttle of Omaha bpoke After
the gpccchmaklng a llvo McKlnlcy-Hobart
club was organl/cd Although this Is a
democratic precinct the sentiment lu favor
of sound money has grown tepidly In the
past month and the republican ticket will
iccelve a handsome majority of the votes
CUbt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
III1 } an \ utiTHVVlf AhHi'lit
WAUSA. Neb . Sept 8 ( Special ) The
free silver men hero have been claiming that
they could carrj this town for Bryan and
to back up this assertion they circulated a
ballot box among the voters and. made great
efforts to obtain every Iran ! vote In town ,
while SQUID of the McKlnlcy voters did not
hear of any \oto having been taken until
after the ballot box was opened The box
wag opened lait night and the result showcMl
McKlnley , CO ; Ilryan , 43 , The silver men
claim -liver club of over 200 members The
McKlnley club has over IUO members There
are only 175 votern In the township ami
every member of the McKlnley club h a
voter In thlH townthlp. Query "Where do
the free silver forces get their luc-mber- ,
from ? "
BRYAN IS AGAIN NOTIFIED
rrco Silvcrites Announce to the Candidate
Their Action at St. Louis.
SPEECHES REMARKABLE IN THEIR TONE
Ilrjun ApiiralN to SiM'tliinnllNiii ntul
CliiNM I'rc'Jiiillcc anil Clinlrniuii
til out tiiicN Him Several Point. ,
llluhcr In Vituperation.
LINCOLN , Sept S ( Special. ) What was
Intended to be another spontaneous recep
tion to William Jennings Br.\nn did not ma-
teitnllze at the Burlington depot nt 10:35 :
a m. today. Theie were man ) people on the
ground , about 3,000 This Is nearly one-
third of the number which aFscmblcd a
shott notice the week following the nomina
tion of the free silver demociatlc candidate.
Hut the spontaneity of the icceptlon this
moinlng was laeklng The cheers were faint
and few The parade , rscoitlng Mr lran ) to.
his home on D street , did not Include over
300 In line U was remirked bv many that
so for the demonstration had been a failure.
The afternoon demonstration was larger.
One special train arrived from Stromsburg.
It Is estimated that about 2 000 people from
outside towns were added to the population
of Lincoln.
At the north portico of the state capital
Mr Uran appeared at 3 30 p m. Ho saw
a crowd of nearl ) H.OOO before him , not so
man ) as greeted him the night of his llrst
arrival from Chicago It was an enthusiastic
eiovvd , however , and Interrupted neaily every
sentence of the candidate with cheers , tin
horns and ejaculations
TALKS ABOUT COERCION
Mr. lian ) did not make c i .iiBUmcntatlvo
speech In favor of free coinage of silver.
For the flist time In the cours-e of urn of bin
Lincoln speeches ho appealed to class preju
dice Ills voice was husk ) but his articula
tion was good and he had no dlllleulty In
holding his audience He said that In the
course of his eastern pilgrimage ho Ind made
a painful discovery He had discovered that
the Bro.it sndlcatc3 and curpmalloiis weio
coercing their employs to vote .or McKlnley.
He had found the mme thing all over the
countr ) Mi. llrjan said ho could not too
earnestly warn the peiple against all the
corporations They stood on one side , the
people on the othei The money power of :
the United States was on one side of this
gieit question , the plain people on the
other Ho said that lie knew , for a fact ,
that Ltneolr school tearhois had been ad
dressed b ) letters sent to them bv thp Ne
braska republican state central committee ,
telling them that their Inteiest laid with the
gold standard people.
Mr llran said "I don't know whether
all of ) ou full ) realize the intensity of
the struggle In which wo aie cngigcd Our
opponents began the campaign bv the UB-
buitlou that the American people wore ) not
able to establish bimetallism , and then
when the ) found there v.as a revolt among
the. people against such a pollc ) , they Imvu
connm nceil a svstcm of coeiclon and ter-
lorlsm , Insisting that the masses of the
peoulo have not the right to dctoimtno
what kind of a polio they want. This
terrorism and coercion is manifested In
two vvas In the llrst place , the hc.ids ot
great corpotatlons are undertaking to com
pel their employes to 'support thbBolel
standard. My friends , if the heads 'df
these corporations UBSUI t the rights to
control the votes of these who work for
them , then wo have presented to the Amer
ican iicoplo oven a greater question than a
silver question. If a corporation Ins tlio
light to control the vote of on employe
on one question. It lia _ the light to control
It on every question These coipoiatlona
were not constituted for nil ) such puipose.
Ihev are cicature-s of law lias tLo law
given unto these coi porallons unv such
powers' If a corporation Is not Intiusteel
with the legal right to vote these omploos
as It will , then the coiporatlon that at
tempts It usurps Its rights and becomes
a dangeious nowei in a free government.
Not only have some of these coiporatlnna
attempted to coerce theli einplocs , but
the treat mono power centciel In New
York has been attempting to coerce the
people who do business with It A paper
a few davs OBO said of a Montana bank
which had failed that the1 reason given was
that t'ic managers of the bank were ad *
vocatlng free silver and therefore the New
Yoik banks refused to cstcnd credit any
longer and enforced Hie collection of a
note which they IK Id which suspended the
bank My ft lends , do you think > ou are
under a government ot the people ? I want
to ask ) ou what you think will be the
result If wo get to be a government by
banks' "
Referring to the argument that the people
ple cannot boirow monov from abroad un
less their laws are satisfactory to the
monev owners , the speaker asseitcd that
the people could never get out of the
clutches of the foreign broker so long as
they allow him to control their financial
sstcm He declared It to be his Judg
ment that a proper financial policy for
the past twenty ) ears would have left the
people of the United States Independent
of foreign money Instead , he believed
they weio moio dependent today than
twenty years ago The candidate then.
said. "I call ) our attention to the fact
that the republican committee of Ibis town
has rent letters to Uly school teacher-
showing them their Intel cut In this ques
tion. In calling the attention of the school
teachers to the fact that a gold standard
gives them a bnlaiy whlih will buy moro
and more all the time the ) neglect to say
that the moro the salary rises the harder
It Is for the tuxpacr to pay that salaiy.
And more than that , they forget toay that
If these ( rimes go on It will be nccetwiiy
lo cut down the salaries of those who urn
enJoliiK higher saloiles while the people
am sinking moro and more Into debt , 1C
) ou will show mo u school teacher who ,
because of u salary Involved and for Ilio
liope of getting larger dollais Instead ot
more dollars , will favor the gold standard
while the people of this country and stata
are suffeilng , I will diow ) ou a school
teacher who does not deseivc a place teach
ing the children of this country "
Mr Brjan was fallowed by Geargn A.
Grout , chairman of the silver notification
committee He was moro ladlral than Ilryan.
lie compared John Sherman to Benedict
Arnold , and said they should both bo burled
in ono grave , only this would be a disgrace )
to Arnold Ho talked if hanging certain
members ot the money power , and admitted
that this was pretty strong language , Hut
lie proceeded to make his radicalism much
stronger by asserting that the Ohio ro-
imhllcan state central committee had given
up all hopes of carrying the state for Mc
Klnley , and that It was certain to go for
Ilryan by from 20 000 to 40.000 plurality ,
OROOT'S DOLEFUL PREDICTION ,
Mr Greet said In part "We arc now
entering upon the greatest xtiuggle for the
emancipation of the people from Industrial
Ijondage , Industrial slavery , that was ever
engaged In by men If we succeed , as
succeed we must , our country , our Institu
tions and our civilisation will bo tccure.
Hut If UH fall our country will bu despoiled ,
our institutions will bu ( lestio > uu and our
civilisation will pcrlfch
"The gold batons of thn world have formed
the most gigantic tnist that lias ever been
founed ainoni : men to contiol and regulate
the volume of money In circulation In the
Interest of thennselves alone They have
set about dellbeiatcly and premedllatedly to
cnslavo the American people pioutrate tliflr
Industries , dentioy tbeli opportunities and
Impoverish the nullon and the people )
thereof This trust must lie. broken. Its
[ inwer must bu ih-strove-U and It will b.
deatrojtd b ) an outiugcd nnd Ions BufferIng -
Ing people when Ilif ) ic Ute-r their , " , ! ! ! at
the ballot box lu Novrmiir ne\t
The present condition of Iho piople U tbo
Kbil1 of aw * ( fluting to-money and bondu
't ' ' - breu iliac cd b ) the iipubllcau
_ i , i * 1,10 -it , parties , under thu