Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-28


Nebraska Is always ready to welcome
public men from other states who come
TO cnlighten It's citizens on public issues.
But public men who come to Nebraska
to instruct its citizens in their duty by
repetition OF exploded theories and false
doctrines underratc the Intelligence of
Nebraskans. While the adagc that a
prophet is not appreciated in his home
may be applicable TO the three apostles
OF free silver who are campaigning In
Nebraska, its people are not oblivious of
the fact that Mr.. Towne has been re-
pudiated i'm Minnesota, that Governor
Altgeld Is out of touch with the people
of Illinois and Harvey has lost caste
everywhere as a teacher of finance since
the advent of general prosperity without
the reopenlng of the mints or the repeal
of the coinage laws.
The invasion of Nebraska by the three
apostles recalls forcibly the invasion of
this state by the horde of long g-hared
men and short-haircd women who not
many years back sought to engraft pro.
hibition and woman suffrage upon the
constitution Of Nebraska. Like these
vislonaries and professional agltators
the three apostles persist in telling the
people of Nebraska that they know bet
ter what Is good for them and what
they need most than do the people Of
Nebraska themselves.
In their case 1t is proper to exclaim:
physician, cure thyself!' If the medi-
cine which these nostrum vendors are
prescribing for Nebraska is so effective,
why have they been rejected and dis.
carded by their own people, who are
just as much entitled to their sympathy
and kind consideration as are the people
of Nebraska. Why can't "Coin" Harvey
make his begging campaign in the towns
and villages of Illinois? Because there
he is too well known to be apprecia ted
or even endured, and chiefly because he
has played his confidence game upon the
people of Illinois so long that they will
not even listen to, much less follow, his
teachings or advice. They know that
Coins School of Finance has proved it
self no better than the prophecies of the
United States years ago by the predic-
tion that the world was about to come
to an end.
And Governor Altgeld, with his
calamity calendar, is not much bet
ter. In the face of the unprecedented
demand for the products of the factory
! and mill and the general advance in
prices and decline in interest rates by
reason of the stability of our financial
| system and restored confidence, the gov
| ernor has the hardihood to assert in the
| faces of the people of Nebraska that
| these conditions are menace to their
! well-being, instead of Il fulfillment of
the pledges made by the republican
party.
AS to Mr.. Towne, the less said the
better. The people of Minnesota have
withdrawn their confidence from him
because they look upon him as a dema-
gogue who masQuerades as a republican,
when in fact he is bound to support
Bryan and the democratic national
ticket in 1900 and has no other party to
go to.
1t seems incredible that this trio of re-
formers should imagine that they can
teach the progressive, enterprising and
enlightened people of this section that
II Is their interest in the present cam
paign to declare against prosperity and
in favor of IA change; to vote to put Silas
A. Holcomb on the supreme bench in
the face of his indefensible record and
in the face Of the notorious fact that
he would only use this position as par
tisan stepping stone. They seem to be
Oblivious of the fact that HOlcomb was
made governor by the votes of 10000
anti-monopoly republicans, whose conf
dence he shamefully betrayed in every
instance when the interests of the people
were in conflict with the interests of the
giant corporations and trusts whom the
apostles never tire denouncing. The peo
pie of Nebraska will patiently and cour
teously listen to Harvey, Towne and Alt
geld, but they will not pay premium
on fragrant betrayal of trust and shan
reform for revenue only.
THE SUNDAY BEE.