Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-17
WAGE GARNER IS CONCERNED
Issues of the Present Campaign Of Vital
Importance to Him.
EXPERIENCE WITH DEPRECATED MONEY
workinEmen Asked 10 Recnii some
thing W. ,. Brynn Hnd Done for
Them Either In or out OF Com
grcss During Public Life.

Tho republicans Of the Second ward were
out in force last night and united in a rous-
ing rally at Muellers hall. The club marched
to the hall carrying torches and preceded by
n band and the Continental drum corps. The
hall was already well filled with voters and
when the club had filed In there was scarcely
vacant seat There were ten speeches al
together aud they lasted for over three
hours. but the crowd remained Interested
and enthusiastic to the last.
w w Bingham, president Of the secon'
Ward club. presided, and the various can
didates who were present were given an
inning before the principal speakers were
introduced. Senator Noyes Levi Cox, Frank
Burman, Joseph Crow and A. II. Murdoch
all candidates on the legislative ticket SPOKE
briefly, contenting themselves for the mos'
part with q simple statement OF their posi-
ton in favor OF liberal appropriations foI
the exposition and no change In the valued
policy law. Anton Kment, candidate Tor inc
city council spoke briefly and 7. W. Black
burn called the attention Of the voters to the
fact that ID. II. Mercer was not able to Do
present on account of the serious illness OF
his wife hut that he was thoroughly deserN'
ing of reelection just the same.
Henry W. Morrow followed with ring
ing speech in favor OF the republican ticket
Mr.. Morrow spoke from the standpoint OF
lifelong democrat who refused to be made
q composite democrat and populist Inc
time had come when he could no longe7
follow his former leaders and he ehectiYely
discussed the reasons which led him to sup
port Mckinley.
REVIVAL OF SECTIONALISM.
Judge j. H. McCulloch spoke at consider.
able length He said that in this campaign
the people we're faced by an issue that had
not confronted them since 1860 1t was al
effort to divide the union by arraying the
south and west against the east. The dem
ocratic party had made an issue of some
thing that had happened twenty-three years
ago and was endoayoring to induce the
people to believe that 1t was responsible for
the troubles that had como during the pas
four years since 1t had assumed control OF
the government. He reviewed the history
of tariff legislation in this country at som
length to show that the protective tariff had
invariably brought prosperity, while any
change in that policy had wrought disaster.
He showed conclusvely that the present
trouble was largely the result Of the action
OF the democratic administration in rcmov
ing the buwark that had protected Ameri-
can Industries and offered an opportunity
TO American labor.
The last speaker was T.. Rosewater. who
was heard with marked attention. in spite
Of the lateness of the hour The crowd
the platform and sign!hed their appreciation
Of his sentiments by frequent applause. In
beginning Mr.. Rosewater said that 1t was
in tho Second ward that he had fought his
first battle for republcanism In
Omaha and related the incident of the Grant
campaign in 1868 when he finally succeeded
in carrying the Bohemian vote Of that ware
for Grant after spirited opposition from
the democratic proprietor of the stone
quarry in which most of the voters were
employed. He added that the issues which
were to be discussed last night were far
more important than those which were al
stake in 1868. Then the objects for which
the republican party had been organized
had been nearly accomplished. But the ISSUE
that was to be met in this campaign wen'
to the root OF the entire fabric Of our gov
eminent. 1t concerned more largely tn
laboring men. The labOring men were gen
orally creditors. Their work must be per
formed before It was paid for. They were
dependent on the character of the money
that they were to receive. II they had been
thrifty and had laid by little they wanted
TO get back as good dollar as the one they
had deposited. No working man wanted tc
depreciate the money that he had or was
coming to him.
CANNOT LEGISLATE VALUE.
In discussing the effect upon the men who
work of a deprecated currency Mr.. Rose
water related some OF his experiences In
note that was good one day was worthless
the next. The question was whether tn,
people wanted to return to such a system
The speaker very briefly reviewed the his
tory of money to show that money was pre-
cedent to law and Independent OF it. Whel
gold was sent to the Bank of England or to
the United States mint II was received for
what II would weigh and not for its face
value The stamp was merely q certificate
IT was impossible to legislatc value out OF
nothing.
In conclusion, Mr. Rosewater called atten-
tion to the record OF w. j. Bryan in and
out of congress, and asked where he had
ever done act which was intended to
benefit the laboring man. He had never
raised his voice when the railroad companies
were importing armed Pinkertons into Ne
braska, nor again when the supreme court
which he now attacked, was governing by
injunction at Chicago. But now that he
wanted an office he protested to be the
champion of the laborinS man. Would they
judge man by what he said he was in
favor Of or by his actions when he had haC
1.-The opportunity to distinguish himself as tn,
friend Of labor?