Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-22
COLORED VOTERS ARE LOYAL
Largo Audience Attosts It's Adherence TO
the Republican Cause,
FILLS KARBACH HALL TO OVERLOOKING
Able Address Delivered by senator
John =. Green OF Cleveland, o.
Free silver Poor Remedy
for the Existing Ills.

No moro enthusiastic or significant polit-
ical meeting has been held In omaha during
the present campaign than that OF the Col
orcd Mckinley and Hobart club at Karbach
hall last evening Its enthusiasm was
shown by tho size Of the audience and itH
cordial reception Of the speakers and its
hearty endorsement OF what they said. The
attendance was measured only by the di-
mensions of the hall. and standing room
was at a premium throughout the evening.
The significance OF the meeting lay IN Its
contradiction OF the assertion that the col
ored vote OF Omaha is wayering In It's sup
port OF the republican ticket. The audience
was almost entirely composed OF colored
people there being a fair proportion OF
women present.
Occupying block of seats in the center
of the hall were the sixty members Of the
Non-Partisan Sound Money Colored club OF
Council Bluffs. They presented a trim APP
pearance in their gold coored uniforms, and
were escorted to the hall by the Omaha
Central band. The officers of the club are:
Harry Robinson captain; Charles II. Burke.
first lieutenant; Thomas Thompson, second
lieutenant; Joseph Tannehon, first sergeant
b. Jones, quartermaster, At the right OF
the stage were seated the fifty members
of the Colored Women's Mckinley and Ho-
bart club They attracted considerable at
tention by their cheers, which they had
prepared especially for the occasion Pres
ident Collins of the Colored Mckinley and
Hobart club presided over the meeting add
introduced the speakers There was an ef-
icient corps of ushers. and all the arrange
ments were excellent. 1t was most atten-
tive audience, and, though the meeting was
OF nearly three hours duration, nearly all
remained until the last. Tne Webster Cam
paign quartet sang a number OF timely
parodies. which were received with up
roarious applause
REPAID FOR A LONG JOURNEY.
John T. Green. esq, of Cleveland, o., the
first colored senator ever elected in a
northern state, was the principal speaker
OF the evening. He had travelled 1000
miles to deliver the address, and at rnc
conclusion of the meeting stated that he
felt more than repaid for the trip.
In his Introductory remarks Senator Green
said that he had been agreeably surprised
by what he had seen In his first visit to
Omaha. He spoke in fattering terms of the
state and the city, and commended the stall
wart republicansm for which this com
munity was noted He should take great
pleasure i'm telling to Major Mckinley. on
his return to Ohio. of the enthusiastic greet
luR nc nlu received AT the nandS OF MS
people in Omaha. He should take more
pleasure in informing him that Omaha would
go republican by good, safe majority, and
that as Omaha would go so would Nebraska.
II have not come here to instruct you,
my fellow citizens. You are already we'll
informed on the issues OF the campaign.
for you have in your midst The Omaha Bee
one of the greatest papers In the United
States. Applause.) You have the Chi
cago papers, you have the splendid mags-
zines. II would not be fitting for me &c
come to this. the home of John NJ. Thurs
ton Capplause) to teach you concerning the
problems that confront u.s."
The speaker then dwelt upon the record
OF the colored race in this country. He
spoke OF the part the negroes took In the
civil war, and OF their advance since the
death of slavery. Coming down to the pres
ent time he said there was no doubt that
times were hard and all hoped for employ
ment at an early date for the honest la
borers. According to Bryan these hard
times were caused by the disappearance OF
a vast amount of money from the circulation
of The country. The speaker said he "be-
! licyed that the hard times were caused
neither by the lack OF free silver or
of free trade, but by a general lack of con-
idence. The people of the country who had
the money ready to invest could be compelled
by no law OF the government to spend their
money and they were holding 1t back to
know whether they would be repaid in a
deprecated currency or In coin that was
worth 100 cents to the dollar. There were
contracts for municipal improvements in
| the city of Cleveland that were going a-bes-
| ging because the contractors did not know
| in what kind of currency they would ne
| paid for their work. The remedy was -
! elect Mckinley to the presidency and re-
| store confidence,
TRIUMPH OF CIVILIZATION.
when one is i'll he consults n physician
ha IL frit nal uHssia hn In Il
| pastor. II he is in legal trouble he secures
an attorney. Why should anyone think
| that when a nation has hard times that il
| should abandon its fnanciers and go 10
| curb-stone orators for advice? lngersoll has
said that modern lawsuit is a triumph OF
| civilization. ! consider higher triumph is
| meeting like this, where we may come 10
| gether and calmly and coolly and dispas-
sionately consider this financial matter
In speaking of the fallacy of adopting free
silver coinage without the aid or consent
| OF any other nation, Senator Green pointed
| out the fact that "S4 per cent OF the busi-
| ness that the United States transacted with
| the rest Of the world was with countries on
| gold standard. Furthermore, there Were
50 .000. 600 OF foreign money invested in
| this country. Mercantile. manufacturing
| and agricultural enterprises had been built
up in this country on borrowed capital
| 1t was worse than dishonesty TO now turn
and curse and stab in the back the men who
| had loaned this money"
Senator Green effeCtually disposed of the
alleged crime of '73, and emphasized his
! statement regarding the amount of silver
| coined silce then by offering $40 for any sill
! yer dollar that bore an earlier date. SHOULD
| this free silver theory be put into practice
| who would be the benefciaries? Not you
or !, surely. How many of us here could
| II the mints of the United States were
| opened tomorrow to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver take any silver bullion
to the mint and have 1t coined? Cries OF
None of u.s. No my friends, II is the
| owner OF silver mines that would reap the
great benefit OF such a measure. Bryans
| followers tell you that free silver would
| benefit all those who are borrowers, Let
not these men be fooled. Should he be
elected most OF the thirty. the sixty and the
ninety day paper-and that includes the
| great proportion OF 1t that is out-would
| be pressed for collection The dockets OF
| the courts could not contain the cases that
! would grow out of these attempts to force
| collection. Before congress could even be
assembled the majority of these borrowers
would be forced to the wall. Then they
| tell you that your wages would be raised.
! Wages have ever been the last to rise. The
necessities OF life always advance first The
| difference is dead loss and Is never made
! up. This was shown In this country thirty
| years ago"
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