Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-03
ASSAIL THE JEWS.
Chicago Hebrews Resent ISLANDERS of Free
SilyerfreS-

Chicago Jews are indignant at the at
tacks made on their coreIigionists by
some of the free silver advocates The
Jews of the country have been almos,
unanimous for gold standard The
political question has at no time come
in contact with their religious beliefs.
Their wrath has been invoked by filings
made in addresses by Mrs Lease, B. F
lShively, of Indiana, Coin Harvey and
Ebenezer WakeIey
In the Reform Advocate. the weekly
publication edited by DIR. Emil G.
Hirsch. the doctor pays his respects to
the silverites thus
| Tt is becoming more painfully pat
ent as the campaign proceeds that in ad-
| dition to the other elements from which
| the anti-McKinley forces are recruited,
| marching under the banner of him who
would have humanity crucified on a cross
of silver Observant minds have expect
| ed as much from the beginning The
/ twaddle about the conspiracy of the
| Rotbschilds, which for the last few years
| has been dinned into our ears, was a fit
| ting prelude to the shrieks of Mrs Lease
| and the latest deliverer of poor goldbug-
| ridden mankind. Mr.. AhIwardt- OF the
populistic woman agitator such ranting
| lnd1scretIon cannot astonish; neither is
| IT matter of surprise that the worthy
apostle of Aryan-Teutonic civilization for
revenue only should attempt to earn his
campaign stipend by singing his famil-
lar tune But that American politicians of
sound common sense should indulge in
such tactics is another proof that this
whole sixteen to one business borders on
insanity, or has at least the effect of hyp-
nothing into imbecility otherwise rational
minds There may not be many Jewish
voters in indiana, but il is very poor
I.olicy for the popocratic candidate for gov
ernor to designate them .'hook-nosed
Shylock,' simply because he thinks them
adherents of the gold standard
Weakness of the Cause Betrayed
Biningsgate is not argument As
rule, its use in political debate betrays
weak and losing cause.
THE appeal to class prejudice to
tfonalism, to greed and passion which
has characterized most of the utterances OF
many famous pleaders for the restoration
Of silver will be remembered by future
historians the saddest of all the many
sad phenomena of this years campaign
buttons but must deplore this spirit and
will resent it al the ballot box To the
popocratic candidate for the governorship
of Indiana belongs the honor of having en-
by dragging into the controversy the de-
mons of religious bias 'Hook-nosed Shy
some of the choice bits of rhetoric to keep
company with the crown of thorns and
the cross of gold VIII the American
people tolerate this woeful degeneration
OF partisan zeaI2 We know it will not
1t is true. most of the Jews are believ-
ers in the maintenance of the gold stand
u
theirs to help uphold the honor of this ma
ton. They have come to this, their po-
liticaI faith, not because they are under
the dominion OF Rothschild or any other
European banker In all probability there
are not 30 jews all told in the United States
who have ever had any dealings with
Messrs. Rothschild- The Rothschilds care
nothing for Judaism, and We as little for
them. The fable of Rotlschiid's suprem-
acy over the Jews in the United states
or those of any other part of the world, is |
an invention worthy OF minds that still
credit the origin of the cholera to wells |
poisoned by Jews
support of sound money because they be-
long to the creditor classes Were poll
taken to-day of the Jews in the United
States it would at once come TO llsht lhe1
more than 50 per cent of them are Dor
rowers. debtors, who would lose-at least
by q reduction of
their Indebtedness, by such means as Air
Bryan would have legalized-
jews Toilers-
I'VE have among the toiling masses as
large a proportion OF Jews as our lumber
in reference to the whole population OF the
would lead US to expect And stun.
even among these debtors and tolIers,
most OF US will not countenance repudia-
ton Why not? We may not have learned
in our religious schools about crowns OF
thorns and crosses of gold or silver Even
the old Jewish law would not tolerate
The Aryan Romans invented
this gentle mode OF execution But we all
have learned the decalogue; We all nave
BEEN taught that an ephah shall be an
zphah' and a hin shall be hin; that by
calling a foot a yard, the yard is only a
foot and % cents are not a dollar whatever
the government stamp may say TO the con-
-rary-
There is no such thing as a Jewish vote.
We Jews are Indifferent to the religion
Of the candidates Our pulpits have time
and again protested against the dragging
IF our Judaism into politics We vote as
American citizens and not as members OF
our religious community Cur religion
onIy in SO far affects our politics il
teaches US that the ballots shall BE- as sa-
cred as anything that God has enjoineds
that honesty and righteousness exalr a
nation and their absence must rebound &c
l peoples shame and lead to its downfall
But let the silver advocates continue tc
ing the changes on the 'hOOk-nosed Shy
ocks' and they will indeed create and solid
fy the Jewish vote Their side will lose
,lso the % per cent who among may
nave been misled by the silver theorists
Let the echo of such appeals to the mean
sst and lowest OF all preJudices be heard in
he thousand Jewish workmeu, inclined as
otherwise they might be TO embrace popu-
ism, will follow a flag among the many
.lairus to recognition OF which is also the :
glorious prestige OF having naturahzee
anli-SeIniIiSTn on this american SOIL as
factor IN politics.
Rhetoric Bearing Fruit !
Levi a. Eliel, an attorney, in the same ,
says this:
THE cross of gold and crown of thorns !
-hetoric of Mr. Bryan has borne its fruit
Mrs Lease. of Kansas, in her recent ar
,uments' in favor OF the free coinage OF
,lIyer, denounced the -Christ-killing gold
Bugs. Mr. Snively, of Indiana. dsmocrat1e
ZION to remark that every hock-nosecl
Shylock from Jerusalem to Omaha is foI z
lew batter, applauds Bryan the log5ca
candidate Before the Chi