Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-01
GIVE VETERANS AN OVATION
Two Magnificent Audiences Greet Them
Last Evening.
OLD SOLDIERS EVERYWHERE IN EVIDENCE
BoSds Thcnter and knrbRch Hail
Filled to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to
the People 10 Save the Country
from Financial Dishonor.

The union generals. Alger. Sckes, How
| ard and Stewart and Major Burst and Cor
| poral Tanner who are campaigning in the
| interest of sound money and the republican
| national ticket, reached Omaha last night
| after having spent two days in Nebraska.
delivering speeches at Hastings, Lincoln,
| Norfolk Wayne and Blair. They reached
the city at o'clock last night and were
met at the train by a committee OF citizens
| and members from all of the Grand Army
posts and Sons OF Veterans camps OF the
| city. Instead OF holding a reception, they
were escorted to their hotel where they
dined, and then rested until the hour for
the evening meetings
Seldom has the Boyd theater contained
such an audience as turned out to greet the
old veterans last night. 1t was jam, and
every seat from parquet rail to gallery was
occupied long before it was time for Chair
man Strawn TO call the meeting to order.
Laboring men were out in full force, while
business men, irrespective Of party, attended
for the purpose Of listening to the arguments
for sound money. There were, hundreds of
women in the body of the house and in the
boxes. The stage occupied by members
of the republican and sound money dem
ocratic central committees Grand Army
men, Sons CT Veterans, state county and
city officials and members of the reception
committee. While waiting for the arrival
of the speakers, tho Seventh Ward Military
band rendered some of its choicest selec-
tions.
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
a few minutes after o'clock Generals
Sickles and Alger reached the theater es-
cortod by Colonel Moores and detachment
OF Grand Army men, and were given a
hearty reception, the audience standing and
piyiup thrpp rolGinp u,b tba hop
played Hail Columbia" This in turn was
followed by three additional cheers. after
which Chairman Strawn stated that II gave
him great pleasure to announce that DUR
ing the evening he would introduce General
Daniel E. Sickles, who left one leg at Get
tysburg; General Howard, who left one arm
on the field at Fair Oaks; Corporal Tanner,
who left both legs on the field at Seven
Oaks, and the brilliant Stewart, adjutant
general of Pennsylvania and commander
of the forces of that state. The announce
mont was greeted with prolonged applause.
after which Jules Lumbard of this city sang
America" the audience joining in the
chorus. Before starting on the singing sIr.
Lumbard created considerable enthusiasm
by announcing that for years he had been
a democrat and that this the first time
since the war that he had taken part in a
political meeting. This meeting, he said,
he considered a gathering of patriots, rather
than u congregation of politicians. He VEN
tuied the opinion that this was time when
patriots were needed, es the conditions that
fRnfr9nhfsd igi hio the . country were as serious as
by plotters Cheers followed cheers and
after they had subsidized General Dan
Sickes, the one-legged veteran, was intro
duced. Being unable to stand without the
aid of his crutches, he occupied chair and
spoke while sitting.
LIKE A TEMPLE OF LIBERTY.
General Sickles paid a tribute to the
Omaha audience, comparing it to temple
of liberty filled with worshipers repre-
senting the honor, the integrity and the
patriotism of a great city. They were all
parties who were deeply interested In the
verdict that would be rendered next Novem-
ber. The state of Nebraska, he prediSted,
would record its vote for Mckinley and VIC
tory placing the brand of disapproval upon
the doctrine of reputation as preached by
William j. Bryan Paying glowing trip-
ute to the American soldiers, the speaker ar
gued that they were men to whom any ma
ton could point with pride; they were not
the ignoble conscripts nor were they the
tools of foreign kings, princes or potentates,
but instead they were the best OF citizens,
men from the farms, the workshops and the
business houses men who when their serV-
ices were longer needed by their country
returned to the occupations from WHICH,
they were called.
Speaking Of his own record, General Sick
les stated that of his three score and ten
years. half century had he been demo-
crat, raising his voice in public and private
for the good of that party. The time had
come, however he declared, when he had
cast off the lines that bound him to the
faction OF the party led by Bryan, Altgeld
and their followers, who represented re-
pudiation and a platform that was anar-
chistic and revolutionary.
Summing up the platform of the demo-
cratic party adopted at Chicago, General
Slckles said that ii read as follows: Dis
honesty is the best policy; the country Is
bankrupt and the debts are TO be pald IN
money of the value of SO cents on the 81;
IL any man pays his debts with honest
money he Is disloyal; that In the constitu-
tion of the United States there is no au-
thority for putting down mobs, moD law
and anarchy.
les urged them to cast their votes for the
candidates who represented sound money,
prosperity and the protection OF the amer
lean industry and the American home, lie
urged them to vote the traditions or their
fathers, to vote for the honor OF the coun-
try and to never allow stain to rest upon
| the stars and stripes
During General Sickes' address he was
| frequently interrupted by applause, and az
| he finished speaking the cheering was pro-
| Hanged continuing for several minutes ana
| then bursting out again. At the close three
! cheers for the general were given and re-
| heated AS he left the room the band
| played There VIII BE One Vacant chair'
IGNORANT OR UNTRUTHFUL.
General Alger was introduced as the great
| cavalry general OF the rebellion and the
| the right arm OF Sheridan. Bowing an ac-
| knowIedgment to the cheers that greeted
| him as he stepped to the front OF the plat
! form General Alger said that he. had for
| two days sped over the prairies OF Nebraska
| Mt a rate of speed exceeding sixty miles per
| hour and that he had come in contact with
| tens of thousands OF the voters OF the state
| He had found the peOple intelligent, loyal
| and patriotic and for the life OF him he
| could not see how they could for moment
consider Bryan as a presidential candidate.
standing upon the platform that was con-
| cocted at the Chicago convention. In Bos-
| ton, the speaker declared that Bryan had
| stated. II correctly reported. that no nation
ever prospered II its currency was upon a
| gold basis If Bryan had made the state
| ment he was either ignorant or was un-
| truthful and unfit for the high Office that
| he was seeking. To show that countries
| with the currency on gold basis were
| prosperous, the speaker cited France, Ger
many, England and others
The duties OF the voters In 1895, the gen.
| eral urged, were as great as those that con-
| fronted the people OF the United States in
| 1861 lie urged them to stand by the polls
as they then stood by their guns. He prom
! sed that his home state, Michigan, would
| give the republican ticket a majority OF
| rs 900 next November and that Nebraska
s.usl "A