Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-09
KELLEY AT THE LABOR TEMPLE
Resolutions COndemning Associated
Chnrities Are PnsseI.

| Revolutions COndemninE Associated
| Charities Are Passed.
Labor temple was crowded to the door
last night, the attraction being Genera
Charles II. Kelley, who was billed for
| speech. There were several women pres
ent and they manifested lively interes
in the proceedings.
John G.. Kuhn occupied the floor for
few moments in telling the gathering about
the little red label designed by the Central
Labor union. 1t was designed to designate
goods made in Nebraska by union labor He
asked all interested in the progress of or
ganized labor to see that this label appeared
on all goods purchased
| Mr.. Waller made brief talk on the sub
| ject of scab beer.
General Kelley was then introduced. He
| spoke Of the competition between the small
| merchants and the big department stores
| He advised the workingmen to keep out OF
the matter entirely and let the people who
| We're interested fight 1t out. The working
| man had always made the mistake Of pull
ing chestnuts out OF the fire for the benefit
of other people. Passing to the immigra-
| tion question, the speaker said it was a
mistake to suppose 1t was the cause of all
the ills in the condition of the workingman.
He favored the immigration of an honest
workingman whose only capital was his
| strong right arm. rather than the mmigra-
tion of the capitalist who produced nothing
and expected to live from the labors of the
workngman.
Free trade and the tariff question re-
ceived brief cons 'deraion. No change that
might be made, he said, would make any
material change in the worklngmans con
dition.
Taking up the free silver theme. he r..
ferred to the claim that free coinage would
double wages and attempted to show the
falacy OF 1t by proving that the purchas-
Ing power OF money would not be Increased
In proportion to the increase in the amount
OF money The only ult would bs T.
double the property OF the capltalls'. while
the benefit TO the aborer would be nil. The
two great political parties were bsth oper-
ated In tho interests of the capitalists, and
which would beneft him The populist party
was not any better. He urged the working
man to waken from his lethargy and real
lie the tremendous power he held. stop
working in the interest OF the capital st
and work awhile in your own interest" he
to free yourselves, but you keep on work.
ing for the capitalist and expect that he
is going to help you to get away from his
power"
The general closed his talk by relating an
Incident WHICH had occurred under his OBJ
servatlon, and took occasion to comment
rather severely upon the Associated Char
tiles OF Omaha. He said a man named Joe
Miller had come TO labor headquarters beg
glng for help. He said he had mother sick
with dropsy and wife and children to sup
port. The speaker said that to his know-
edge the case had been carefully investigated
and 1t was found that what the man stated
was true. He had been idle one week. hay-
ing worked four weeks consecutiyely previous
to the week he had been idle. General Kelley
said he asked Miller. why didn't you save
something out Of the money you earned dur
ing the four weeks you worked?" In reply
to this question General Kelley read from an
affidavit Miller had made setting forth what
use he made Of the money He was driving a
team which belonged to another man. The
agreement was that Miller was to take care