Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-22
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Many Empts seats when the s.nst.r
nud Concluded

hNh concluded,
Senator Allen tho Nprnkrr OF tho cyrptpr
it the FREQ silver rally ~ the Creighton
thcatcr last night was very much lacking
In mngncilsm. ilc enjoyed the same ~.
pcrlcncc that has met him In several Of
Mis- meetings IN the state during the cam.
paign. Ills audience wslbrJ out un him
ana the rally 1aitcuod out nui hai ypIy
much the Appearance NJ q ng3lr ono NJ Tho
prominent FREQ silycritcs on the stage o..
plulnoi 49, lie said Tho audience was
composed of worlDngmon Unllkc you
goldbugs they have 10 got NJ early IN tur
morning 10 30 to work ami therefore they
loft early"
whra tho senator arose 10 speak tho
thCatcr was pretty vCll nllUl tlu said thht
he had never before had nm opportunity NJ
onlcting an Omaha aascmblagc with one
Of his famous long speeches This remark.
together with the desired sight of the ger.
CrOusly rroportloucd popullst was sufficient
The audience began 10 Ole out aud CON
tinucl 10 nlc out until the senator himself
became discouraged and his remarks lost
their wontcd vim when he completed not
ouC-fuurth of his audience remained Even
some oi the prominent popocrata on the
stage took an unsccmly departure before
tho aiTair was over
Tho pupulst senator All not crchic n
sensation by hIs speech az his words, CON
sidcrcd as n financial discussion. were nor
marked with any plcntiudc NJ wisdom,
As n matter OF fact az least two.thirdH OF
the time he occupied was devoted 10 other
matters hcsiles the silver question. lie
began by eulogizi-E several ~ the pnpocralir
state nominees and lhcn took up some "
the other pllnlts In the popocratlr platform
He denied that the tarin was one " the
issues In the campaign. lc dwclt at
length on the prostitution of the constitu-
tion by the chief OF the nation" IN calling
out troops In Chicago on the occasion ot
the strikes lie denounced the federal court
for issuing injunctions, saying that my
years ago the members would have been
dsgracefully impeachcd for 80 doing. IN
all of this he found cause for great alarm,
but yet in the midst OF the danger he ad-
vsed "l appeal to you not to use violence,
Walk up like a band OF soldiers and deposit
your ballots. The final time has come
for you to decide whether this is to be- q
government OF law and. order or OF injunc-
tionS and bayoneis."
what we want Is more money" remarked
the senator when he finally came to the
money question. He dwclt then upon the
deadly and damnable crime o; 1873 He
maintained that the value of government
coins depended upon the ability Of the gov
ernmcnt to coin. The gold dollar. he said
is equal to the same amount Of gold bullion
because of free gold coinage. by the same
reasoning he maintained that by free coin
age any other coined metal would be equal
Gated the attempt to array the farmer and
the merchant against the miner. and stated
that even II the silver dollar was worth %
cents he would rather give the mine owner
the other II cents than have the country
put in the 'pawnshop OF Europe"
They point to Mexico" he said There
is nothing to be frightened at there. II is
enjoying the highest prosperity OF any ma
tion OF the world consderinN its cviliza-
tion, but you cannot compare a greBscr 10
an Anglo-SaXon." Yet In the next breath
lie stated that the country was filled with
hordes OF skilled mechanics who had emf
grated from this and other countries The
last half hour Of his speech was devoted to
a dissertation on blowing heads TO corpora
tions" coercion that was In the air" and
THE lamentablc spectacle OF seeing the lit
tie cottages OF workingmen gradually pass
ing into the hands OF corporations
The other speaker OF the evening was
Governor Holcomb. who confined himself en-
tirely to state issues. He took to himself
the credit of abolishing the convict system
in the penetentiary and OF investing the ciu-
cational funds, matters which have been adj
vocated by The bee for years past.
Judge Gregory was the chairman of the
evening. 4 little hilarlty was impaired to
the meeting by couple OF campaign seicc-
tions from Prof. Parsons.