Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-17
WRONG DIAGNOSIS OF THE CASE.
Free siIyerites Mistaken a. TO the
Scnt of Present public Ills.

Free siIyerites Mistaken us TO the
Seat of Present Public Ills.
OMAHA, Oct 9.-To the Editor Of The
Bee: Please allow me to reply to a long
and laborious article from the pen Of Mr.
Ihm. which appeared in a Bryan organ last
Sunday. taking up an entire page Of what
he thinks is the essence OF philosophical
and economical finance. He says millions
OF men are out OF work seeking employment
and cannot find It; merchants idly standing
In their doors waiting for customers that
do not come. and then tells us the crime
Of '7S" is the cause Of II all and recommends
free and unlimited coinage OF silver as the
only remedy for the present distress. Moth
ing but 50-cent dollars will bring prosperity
TO this country-who dare say that free
coinage will. rot bring silver up TO the price
Of 81 20 per ounce: who Is such an imbecile
as to mention 50-cent dollars? Seventy mil
lions Of people in such a government as ours
are able TO adopt a financial policy OF their
own regardless OF what European nations
may think to the contrary. The govern
ment stamp is sufficient to give par value
to all the silver that we can coin. Mr.. Ihm
| gives list Of prices. comparing those OF 1873
/ with the present prices, and says the great
/ crime OF '73" is the cause OF low prices.
| Why does he skip all those prosperous years
! between these dates? Has he been in a
! Rip Van Wrinkle sleep during these years
/ and knows nothing OF the vas; improvement
! in the development OF this country during
/ these years? Do you know, sir that while
| you were In this somnolent state real
/ crime was committed in '93. when the demo-
l Gratis and pops got into power? They
l tore down protection and reciprocity re-
/ gardless of the misery. woe and distress
/ they must have known was sure to follow
/ their incompetent and criminal acts. That.
Mr. Ihm. is what leaves so many men idle
/ The work that should be done in our own
] factories and mills is now done in Europe
I the tariff being removed at the dictaton OF
nf laEv gsHhsh all III
| tated and their northern dOugh-faced breth-
/ rem had to submit to the dictation OF the
southern ex-brigadiers. II you were not
asleep you would have known the cause Of
| the present panic and saved yourself the
laborious effort OF trying to prove a fallacy
! TO be true. 1t must have been a severe
strain on your intellectual machine to
| write such a long article and consult so
| many authorities. You have my sincere
| sympathy. Whom did you write 1t for? Was
| it for your fellow workingmen? II so. 1t
! was loves labor lost, for not one in 100
| will read it all, and those who take time
and patience to do so cannot understand
what your object in writing II was. II IS
| too voluminous. You should have put 1t
| In book form, so that it could be put away
| as a curiosity OF the times. And now. Mr.
lhm, take a friends advice: Do not waste
| your time and talent in support OF a lost
cause. The American people will never con-
| sent TO dishonesty and reputation. no mat
ter how plausible or eloquent its advocates
| may be and you, an individual, would
suffer financially the same your are now.
| for the real cause OF our present distress is
the real crime OF 's3 PETER BROPHEY.
| McI<inIeys' Strength in Illinois.
MALVERN. Ia. Oct l6-To the Editor
Of The Bee: I've just returned from an
! eight weeks business trip through northern
Illinois and southern Wisconsin and from
! personal inquiry and observation in over
100 towns and cities l am firmly convinced
! that Mckinley and the entire republican
/ ticket in Illinois will have plurality OF
over 100000 The only places found much
| Of a silver and Altgeld sentiment was In a
I few of the coal mining districts in central
| Illinois and the farming district east Of
| Bloomington. Pontiac and Ottawa, where
| there was a large percentage Of renters,
! who were deeply in deb. and were dis
couraged over the low price OF farm prod
ucts In all other portions Of the state
found the Mckinley and protection sentt-
ment very strong and rapidly gaining
ground. | found the greatest change OF
any class among the Germans both as re-
CARDS the national and state tickets. They
are regulating the silver craze and Alt
geld sonhistry almost TO a man. An old
German expressed the almost unanimous
sentiment OF his people when he said TO me
You republicans don't need 10 vote foi
Mckinley: We democrats can elect hin
without you fellows"
The travelling men throughout the country
are doing valiant service for sound money
There are more than 95 per cent OF then
enrolled and advocating the sound None!
and prosperity ticket-McKinley and Hobart
TRAVELLING MAN.
Mnhoney and smyth Address Voters
CRETE. Neb.. Oct. 16.-tSpecial Tele
gram This city had a rival democrats
: meeting last evening. T. ]. MahOney mad
, the sound money argument in McCtrear'
hall and c. j. Smyth spoke for the fIe