Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-19
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well attended meeting under the
! auspices OF the Bohemian Republican club
was held In National hall yesterday after
noon. Tho meeting was called to order
about O'Clock by Anton J<ment, president
Of the club. who made a few remarks bear
ing upon the Importance OF the present cam
paign. comparing 1t with the war of the re-
bellon, when the stability Of the nation
was at stake
Henry Morrow was introduced as the FIRST
speaker and he addressed the audience in
English for about twenty minutes, discuss
ing the effect OF the free coinage of silver
on the worNingman. In the course OF his
remarks, Mr. Morrow quoted from the re-
port OF the committee sent to Mexico by the
labor organizations of this country to re-
port on the condition of the laboring man In
Thai country.
The principal speaker of the meeting was
Hon. c. Duras of Wilbur, who addressed
the meeting in Bohemian for nearly two
and one-half hours. His address was in
tently listened to by his countrymen many
OF his Illustrations being drawn from tho
experience Of Bohemia, and familiar to his
hearers. He was frequently applauled and
made a most favorable impression.
The first part Of his address was devoted
to discussion OF the tariff lie recalled
TO the minds of his hearers the prosperity
the country had enjoyed under the admins
tratlon OF the republican party, when the
laboring man was protected by a tariff law.
The only difference heretofore existing be-
tween the democrats and the republicans, he
said. had been the question of tariff or free
trade. but after trying the effect of free
trade. he said the democrats had concluded
IL was no use to try to delude the voters
any longer with the free trade falacy, and
they had taken up the free silver idea
Mr.. Duras dwelt at some length on the
advantages Of a protective tariff. speaking
also of reciprocity and of the high wages
paid the workingman in this country under
republican rule, rs compared with the wages
received by laborers in Europe,
BRYAN LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
The present depression in business was
charged to the democracy. and the speaker
charged that Bryan was one Of those who
had been instrumental in bringing about the
existing condition which he now proposes to
remedy by giving the people free silver.
The speaker then took up the financial
question going into minute details regarding
the origin OF money, the fixing Of the ratio
between gold and silver in the earliest times
and tho causes which had operated to bring
about a change in the ratio. He reviewed
tho history of money in this country In a
thorough manner, referred at length to the
crime of 10" and carefully explained to
his hearers the causes leading up to the
various changes which have been made in
The coinage laws of the country. The sneak, =
then explained the meaning Of the term
free coinage of silver" and explained that
the only people who would derive any benefit
from 1t would he the man who has silver
bullion to be coined into money. II was
then shown that prices would increase under
free coinage. but that wages would be slow
10 follow and that the result would be chat
the laboring man of this country would be
brought to the level of the laboring man OF
Europe.
In conclusion Mr.. Duras read from a
proclamation issued by the king of Bohe-
mia just 1000 years ago, when the question
Of tho money of the nation was under con-
sderaton. The king warned his subjects
that such action would bring ruin and
desolation upon the country. The people
disregarded his advice. however, and the
speaker called to the minds of his hearers
how the prophecy of the king had been
fulfilled.
MIR. Il. Rosewater was loudly called for
at the conclusion of Mr.. Duras' speech
and talked for few minutes, speaking
only Of the effect of free coinage upon the
workingmen. He warned the lahoring men
that il was useless for them to expect any
increase OF wages under free coinage
Should Bryan be elected the condition of
the workingmen would be thousand times
worse than II Is now, and the country wonli
see an era of depression compared with
which the present situation would bc trlv-
ial. and he predicted that Bryan would
eventually be compelled to adopt republican
measures in order to restore prosperity to
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