Omaha daily bee., 1896-07-28
TO IRISH SUPPORTERS OF BRYAN.
some Reasons why CeIts Should Not
Support Him.


SOUTH OMAHA, July 27.-To the Editor
of The Bee: l desire to avail myself of your
paper to address few words to a portion
of the Celtic race, which is supporting w.
]. Bryan for president, in preference to
Major William Mckinley, who is the author
of bill which has done more to hurt Johnny
Bull than ali the agitation our race has car
ried on for the last 100 years, including the
convention that is to take place in Dublin
next September. Now, fellow countrymen
it Is incumbent on us to so educate ourselves
as to be able to cast our votes inteiligently
and not allow ourselves to be deceived and
lured into ambush and betrayed. If we
fail to do this we are at the mercy of every
glib-tongued, demagogue who appeals to our
passions or preiudices during the hurry OF
a heated campaign. Men of my race who
sincerely loye America and its institutions
and who intelligently hate England, will
vote for that soldier and statesman who
can trace bis lineal descent from King
Heremon. son of Miesius, monarch of Ire
land, who ruled Ireland long before the
coming of st. Patrick. This is abundantly
proven by Prof John j. Rooney, an eminent
authority on Irish genealogy.
Well, it may boz said what has the ances-
try of candidate TO do with man that is
to be elected president of the United States.
Tom Moore said:
Man for his glory to his ancestry flies;
But q womans bright story was told in
her eyes"
Now am going to take up the candidates
on all the other tickets, demo pop silver and
| silver pop-demo 1t is like his name, w. j.
| Bryan and w. ]. O'Bryan, O'Brien, and you
| will betold Billie Bryan is an Jrshman, but
| he took off the letter o that was one time
| before his name as large as a wash-tub.
| Well, he did right to keep it off editor OF
| the organ of the Orangemen in the Belfast
| of America. and it is a plain proof that
| the chickens are coming home to roost by
| the support he is getting in conventions that
| nominated him-the Chicago democratic con-
venton turned down Richard p. Bland for
| the atrocious crime of being tSa husband OF
| a Catholic wife, and the father of Catholic
| child
Allen w. Thurman caused himself to be
interviewed, and he said politics are poll
| tics, and we must face facts The cry
| against Bland on religious issue Woulo
| hurt us wonderfully. The democrats can
not, on the conditions existing, afford to
have the cry raised against them that they
| are going to erect Catholic altar in the
white house" Mr.. Thurman said he talked
| on the subject with the Ohio delegation, and
they shared his sentiments. 1t is no won
| der that Bryan's supporters here would brae
| that they will try to carry Ohio. l need say
] nothing about the silver convention, any
moro than that leading battle-scarred
| patriots, Judge Cunningham r. Scott, after
| delivering his haransue, called for three
| cheers for Candidate Bryan.
| As regards the populist convention at st
| Louis, they could not afford to make lgna'
| thus Donnelly chairman. His name was
] an indication of his race and it would hurt
| the tender feelings of the patriots.
| When you point out these conventions to
| Mr.. Bryan's supporters, as had an occasion
| to do last Friday night to George Parks and
| Miles Welsh they will tell you there was
a liberal plank put in the democratic plat
| FORM and the less said about the Catholic
| baiters the better. This is the way all
Bryan's supporters talk as long as this ele-
| ment supports their candidate. All you
can get out of them is that they will talk
| free silver; that is their hobby.
In conclusion, ask for reply from Parks
| and Welsh through The Bee, or the Sun OF
| South Omaha showing their reason why the
| Irish race as whole. should vote for Mr.
Bryan and support his paper that never had
a line in our favor In the time of need Even
when Miss StaCie Crowley was deprived OF
| her position as a school teacher on account
of her religion, Bryan and his paper KEPT
still. But am happy to state her discharge
proved a benefit, fRr she Is getting twice the
salary that size %as getting in Omaha. II
the language Of Henry Estabrook, Omaha
loss was Chicago's gain, and the same can be
| said of Mr.. Estahrook himself.
| . a, JEREMIAH HOWARD