Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-22
orES SOUND MONEY nnApor,nrnns
Non-pnrtisnn League Holds It's FirEt
Nuctiifu Last NIuht,

Non-Fnrttsnn League Holds Its tirNt
Nuctilig Last Niuht
A representative audience composed al
most entirely brprominrnt merchants. bank.
ers and business mnp, eongregated In the
now quarters Of the Sound Money Nonpar-
tisan league IN the Young Mems Christian
association building last night. It was the
formal opening OF the doors OF this new
organization to the public and T. \. Brogan,
as chairman. eoncisely stated It's object as
follows: snW ....
We, a small portion Of the business men
OF this city, have collected mere tonight to
accomplish work of considerable i'm
portance In the short interval OF time yet
remaining before election | think you will
all agree with me that the election OF Will
liam Mckinley is now almost an assured
fact. The substantial business men and
thcughtful mechanics throughout the east
and In many of the western sections have
come forth for sound money. Some people
would have us believe that Nebraska Is In
the doubtful column and It is to disprove
this assertion that the Omaha business men
propose to band Themselves together and
use their utmost influence to place facts
and figures before the masses and to more
particularly arouse the merchants of this city
from their present apathy in politics. That
Nebraska shall be placed In the list of re-
pudlatlng states after the election of Major
Mckinley Is a catastrophe which all Of us
who are interested in the welfare OF this
city and state should strive TO avoid" Mr..
Brogan then introduced DR.. Miller to the
audience
Dr. Miller said II was well known fact
that he had been democrat for many years.
He felt, however, that the present financial
question was Of far greater Importance to
the voter than n strict adherence to party
lines. When the silver platform was adopted
in Chicago which embodied. as he consid-
sod nj. at,N1.a Il ttEV, 1p,1
anarchsm he then bade farewell to his
party in the present campaign. He and hun
dreds of democrats in the present crisis
would vote for Mckinley and would also
vote the straight republican ticket in the
state.
Warren Switzlei' iyas next called for and
In response gave ar outline OF the so-called
democratic party as 1t existed today. In
its present shape the old party could barely
recognize itself, as II was composed of the
rag tag and bob-tail of many political creeds,
headed by such schemers as Tillman, Att
geld and Allen. The speaker showed how
the democratic silTer platform was prac-
tically that OF the popullst party forced
upon 1t by the convention at Chicago.
Herman Kountze spoke briefly upon the
fact that the present campaign was one OF
business rather than politics. and that 1t
behooved every btsiness man to protect
the interests OF the country and of himself
| to see that sound money prevailed during
| the next presidential term. The laboring
man who chooses to vote for chlmera lit
| tie thought of the injury he was doing
himself and possible his posterity, and the
| question should be studied well by them
| before voting to change the financial plan
of the country
Henry W. Yates spoke from the bankers
| point of view ana stated that the much
| quoted expression that they were the work
| ingmen's worst enemy was merely a
method employed to mislead. The me-
chanics interest Ind the bankers were
| identical, and stagnatIon in trade meant
also stagnation in financial circles Bankers
as a rule, handled the money of the peo-
! pie. and when az lack of confidence was
created all classes suffered alike. Many
| figures were given by Mr.. Yates to show the
| disastrous effect the adoption OF free silver
! coinage would have upon the country, and
| he concluded by showing that 1t would re-
| duce the actual amount OF money in circula-
| tion by one-third! thus proving that the
| Bryanites werei insincere in the theories
| they advanced. 'lr
r. w Richardson talked few minutes
| upon the duty of the businessmen Of Omaha
In connection th.aylng the state from the
| disgrace Of roplSReion and earnestly re-
| quested that ali present do their utmost &c
| prevent such a condition of affairs. The
club adjourned 10 hold its regular meeting
| next Friday night.