Omaha daily bee., 1891-02-05
A MONSTER LABOR MEETING.
1t is Held at Washington and Connell
Makes Speech,
A TALK ON NEBRASKA SECURITIES
ingalls, Has Some Tempting Offers
Cost OF the Indian Outbreak-
What Owcnby is Looking For
-Windom's Successor.
WAsH1yGToN BUREAU The Bee, !
5l3 FoURTEENrH STREET,
LEIcuTNnTpO II IL Feb 4 l

w AsHINGTOS. ID. e.. Feb 4.
There was monster labor meeting held at
Grand Army hall last night, attended by hun
drods of knights of Labor men and their rep
resentative officers among them Ralph Beau
mont, the well known Knights of Labor
speaker. Among those who delivered speeches
was Representative Connell of Omaha, who
was introduced as the author of the eight
hour bill, the passage of which was urged by
the workingmen's organizations. Mr.. Con-
nell said a startling condition of af-
fairs existed in this country. The
rich were growing richer, the poor poorer
Onehalf of the entire wealth of the country
was owned by 30, 900 people. That certainly
was not just or equitable distribution ~of
the wealth of the country. The workingmen
of the country were not, he said, communists
or socialists or nihilists. All over the coun-
try they saw workngmen assemble, as they
We're assembled here but last night, to secure
their rights in a peaceable, orderly manner.
He thought they would sec good results from
the agitation going on among the farmers
and the workingmen. a proper adjustment
of the great questions, the matter of
transportations and the great overshadowing
labor question was not, he thought far dis
tant. He believed the day was near at hand
when the great railroad systems would be
not only controlled but owned, by the gov
ernment. twas urged that such a central
ization Of power was dangerous, but was 1t
more dangerous to centralize such a power
in the government than in the hands of two
men-Jay Gould and Vanderbilt BY the
right of eminent domain the people could take
the railroad property just as the railroads
took the lot of the poor man that lay
in its route having full value for the
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Irlghteh al easoern Gapitaiists ouC VI INC
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resident OF Neoraska he says the present
agltation Dy the leglslatureS OF taxlhg foreign
| capltal or allen loans Is having a most ue-
pressing enecS upon an ,LI NSpraskaa1 INDIANA
secuTIties III ,he east MS gentleman Vls-
lteu fiarIiord' Cohh., lor the purpose OF Sc
| curing the agency OF a number OF hre ana lie
insurance coul Pan,es WIN d view 10 loahihS
.nelr lutus III lnu!aha anu iu eVSiy '1stuiice
ne was tolo that the haplIlty OF tne leglsia-
lures OF that sta'e ana Neoraska 10 make
some "ilu move IN .he uiIectloh oI taxing
| money loaheu III Ihe clGg from outs,ue OF
thelr poruers hau coihpeHeu hearly al Coh-
| necticut loan ana insurance companies 10
WithuraW tneir .hseStinen.s ii, NJ ana ioans from
| the s.ate anu thau unt'l ~ was ueterlhlneu
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| ha sant in 70 those states Az NowarIr N 7
| where there are a number of insurance com
| nanies which make loans unon farms and citv
/ nroperty. the same statement was made that
! owing to the threat of certain legislatures to
| toy outside loans there would for tho nras
| ent be no money sent into those states for
| anv purpose whatever
| Another fact of Importance to Nebraska
was ascertained by this gentleman. He was
told by every loan and insurance cOmpany
| visited that owing to the possibility of an mn.
| limited coinage law heinz enacted bv CON.
grnss all notes and bmds and other 9blioa.
| lions taken bv Insurance and loan comnanies
| in the east would he navable in cold He ho,
| iievas thai unless sometime is done
| n ouiet the adnrehension of east.
| ern canital IL will be imnossihIe IN Get anv
| money from the outside for anv nnrnose
| ,vhotever and that in the fnture the farrpers
| and business men of Nebrasko will ho lnft to
| skirmish amono local canitalsts in order, to
| meet future obligotions He ragarSs tho
| outlook ne very nortnntious and savS that nm.
| lass the Nehraska legisIotnre believes its
| constitncncy can condnct its business unon
| Iocal canitI2 IT. shonH imme5ateIv naIs go n
| ioint or concurrent rosolution to the erect
! that M stems viii he taken in the tiirection
| Of tsying loans from, without tho state Mt tbe
nresont session H., saws fnrther that 10
| that were noss,hIe tho Icgislnture sh onId mt
| itself mon record AGAINST anv nronosition of
| th,s kind in the near fnture 0
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