Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-25
WORkINGMEN GET IN LINE
thousands Of Wage Banez March to
Mckinley Music at Lincoln.
cAFITAL CITY SEES A 5oUsNG Rally
Demonstration Composed Exclusively
of the Local WOrkinEmen Who
Favor the Triumph of Mckinley
Proves n Great Success.


LINCOLN. Oct. Especial. .l-Tonights
parade OF the Lincoln vorkingmen who favor
he election Of William Mckinley and a res
torston OF tariff duties. was the largest
labor parade ever seen in Lincoln. The
business interests were vel represented in
The pAraaes by hosts and banners The pro
noters Of the demonstration had Invited
lvery laboring man, every business man
ana ehch Of the wonen's clubs TO participate
n the demonstration
Marshal sizer had appointed the following
s:af: r. II. ToVnley. chief Of STAFF; J. H.
Waterman. " c Mnlig2n, John Franklin,
c. z. Wilkinson. c. !. Roman. J. Mulligan.
r. s. Grimes :. II. Burke. J. J. Mcclellan.
George ". Faweu. s. NJ. Meliek. W. H.
Rirkard. George Bell, J. Il. Johnson. Frank
Graham. ". B. Laird, James TrusJy, ". H.
Lane. The FIN Ward Labor club fell into
line at p. n al the corner OF Eleventh and
. streets 70 take part in the parade.
The para de formed on Ninth street, right
resting On P, and the the route fol-
lows: East on P street TO Tenth. south on
/ Tenth TO o. cas-. on o 10 Fifteenth. south on
Fifteenth 70 y, east On y TO Sixteenth.
noITh on Sixteenth to o, west on o TO
Eleventh, north On Eleventh 10 Q and dis
handed
/ FLATTERING RECEPTION TO THURSTOS
United States Senator John II Thurston
addressed splendid audience Of not less
than 1000 people, speaking for two hours
and fifteen minutes. applause was contiuu-
Gus and contagious throughout. and when
voice in the psrquet called out. IL answer
10 the senator's statement that Canton, o..
vas neither poverty stricken nor demo
cratic, that's a roorback, e republican
D 49, =
Ator Thurston merely smiled grimly as he
replied; He has only nine days more 10
boiler; let him holler."
In introducing the speaker, Hon. c. NJ
| Lam beTtson said: Some one has said o.
| Charles Dickens James T Fields. ! be-
| lieve) that he had formed such a habit Of
writing well that he could not write III II
| he would; IL may be said Of John NJ. Thurs
! ton, our most brilliant orator. that he has
| formed such q habit OF speaking well tia:
/ Re could not speak III II he would" With
/ one impulse the vast audience got upon It's
ieet ana cheered wildly for three minutes
| Tor the gentleman from Nebraska.
| Senator Thurston EpoioEized for the state
| cf his voice by saying he had been using
! IL for Major Mckinley from Maine TO Ne
/ 5raska, and from North Dakota 20 Virginia
/ until II had become as ragged as the Chi
1 cGgo platform he paid warm tribute TO
/ The sound money democracy which he de-
/ clared- II it could survive the crucial test
] OF Ale campaign o. lhsb. VIII nave 2 bril-
{ LIANT future and Z great political heritage
/ The senator believed the lAooring men Of
I this country were not going TO assist q
| popocrRtic minority IN placing the goddess
I Of liberty upon deprecated dollar.
BryEns statement, made n his Madison
Square Garden speech that opening the
mints Of the United StEter TO free coinage
would raise the market price Of silver bul-
ion from 6s cents an ounce 10 sl.29 on
ounce, was sarcasiically compared with his
later claim that the present dollar has
appreciated 10 a 2O0-cenf dollar. and with
the further claim that the mission OF free
silver coinage Is 10 take 100 cents out Of
that e00-cent dollar
The action Of the Chicago convention in
stealing the Sargent railway Erbitrai ion
plank from the republican party after the
s. Louis convention WAS scathiugly de-
nounced. and, in concluding, Senator Thurs
ton said TO the assembled laboring men
Not as politicians, not Is partisRns ny
friends but as men Of horse sense don't
you believe you'd better make them put up
little collateral before you trust them
again?"
While Senator John NJ Thurston was en-
gagged in opening the foodgates OF oratory IL
the Lansing tonight other speakers were ex-
pounding the doctrine Of republicanisn IT,
/ different parts OF the county also. CongT Sc
man Stroce and Judge Hall spoke at College
| View; II. H Wilson and Adam McMulIeu
Grated Et Cheney; John P. MEule and Frank
NJ Tyrrell made the eagle scream at Rokeby
Senator Stewart Of Nevada arrived from
Omaha at o'clock this afternoon and ad-
dressed q silver meeting held in Bohanan's
hall this evening. He has been making
speeches in Pennsylvania. Ohio, Michigan
Illinois ana Iowa. and he says that Ohio
and Michigan are sure for Bryan. He SPOKE
but once IN Illinois. ana had little oppor
tuuity 10 size up the situation there. he
quotes Chairman Jones, whom he says Is
4 very conservative man, as asserting that
Illinois Is sure for Bryan. Iowa likewise
Senator Stewart figures out is sure for the
| silver candidate. Mr.. Stewart goes from
! here 10 Cheyenne.
Hon. Richard Guenther Of Wisconsin, ex-
| congressman and owner OF Mexican silves
mines spoke TO a large and enthusiastic
audience al the Lansing theaisr last night
On behalf Of William Mckinley and sound
| money. The spectacle OF a silver mine
| owner opposing the free and unlimited coin
| age OF the white metal Is an unusual one
| IN this year OF surprises and the people CT
! Lincoln made the most Of H.
The different WOmen's Mckinley clubs al
/ tended the meeting IN 4 body. those In uni
| form occupying front seats. The Sixth ward
quartet furnished inspiring music for the
/ occasion. Judge A. J. Cornish presided and
introduced the distinguished speaker AE
man who had served eight years in con
gress with Major Mckinley and was consul
general 10 Mexico under President Harrison
Mr.. Guenther entertained his audience for
nfalAs AHN NUTS Win nAt OF TIE mos
eloquent and effective speeches hat has beer
heard In Lincoln this campaign
UNCoVERs A PoPoCRATIC PLAN.
AS stated in The Bee Of yesterday The
republican state central committee has
~dropped" on the rOorbsek deal o. the op-
position and obtained ungussiionable evi-
denee as to the origin OF the scheme and
the names Of the Originators- Chairman
Post said today:
The republican central committee IL tn
possession Of the details Of the plans OF the