New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-23
THE SITUATION IN NEBRASKA.

HOW ONE OF THE PROMINENT JE"Eli'hfS ~
BRyAN's NATIVE STATE VIEWS IT,
rudvig Nissen one of the Brooklyn civil Service
Commissioners and a prominent f'ePuo"'''
oe,,.ed . letter a short time ago from one OF the
most prominent jewellers IN Nebraska MI N!sSei'
is the president of the New-York Jewellers ASSoc'"
ton and is in the diamond brokerage business az
No IS John-st. New-York City The lette' wa
from George Arkwright, Of Beatrice. Ned man
who has ALWAYS until now beer Democrat ana a
free-trader 1t gives insight into the poiitlcaI
situation In Nebraska. Bryan's home foruors OF
the letter are as follows:
Tho silverites In Nebraska are composed Of dis
satisfied men who hope TO float themselves out OF
their monetary difficulties by the advent Of plenty
of money Times cannot be any worse they say.
and any kind OF money will be better Than none
I can say from my personal knowledge tha' 'heE
are the ne do wells Of the West, although many
Of them are misguided and apparently honest men.
They do not represent the solid business men OF the
West except when they are directly interested in
the silver mining industry. or have all their trade
and business with silver men. ! only know one
ieweller who is d Bryan man. and visiting CONNER
cial travellers In business state most cmphai-
callv that they cannot find teweler that is for
Bryan and these men travel through Iowa Ne
braska Kansas and Missouri.
kansas Is said 10 be doubtful and contains many
Populists Nebraska is safe for Mckinley. for
money, marbles or chalk. Iowa will be solid for
good money and good government and old Missouri
will be the same this year The Western States are
suffering from the withdrawal OF money. Loans Of
every kind-farm or bank or trust cOmpany-are
withdrawn whenever possible. They have there
fore 10 the conclusion that there Is not enough
money IN the country and that they must have
more, forgetting TO ask themselves how they are
going to get share Of this or how a Government
can put il in their hands without an equivalent.
This dissatisfied body of people. known as Pops.
had many good grounds for dissatisfaction IN Ne
braska such as the extravaganza OF the State Gov
eminent. They succeeded few years ago in OBJ
tanning control Of the State Legislature and they
elected Pop Governor, etc. They began by pass
ing laws making il very slow and tedious process
to collect a loan OF foreclOse a mortgage. that
capital was withdrawn. This the first step
that these inhabitants of "A new and money needing
country took to help themselves instead OF making
minority OF the people. who were business and
borrowed wisely and did not 20 beyond their sure
means Of repayment. are the successful men Of Ne
braska to-day. The silver men DO not
understand the great underlying principle Of con
fdence for the lack OF which they suffer
ing To this great principle they blind as the
Democrats who had the clause I'm the Wilson bill
inserted putting tariff diamonds Of a. per cent
in spite OF all the wisdom OF the business men who
knew. Their motto seems TO be: Eat the cake to-
day Let be merry. for tomorrow Is vet
here Of silver ans bed of thOrns and
a greater panic than We have ever seen In all our