New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-04
GOOD-Rf. MR.. CARLISLE.

MIR. Carlisle, of Kentucky, who at one time
seemed to he candidate for Speaker of the
next House. and who, if certain lately published
Irports of Interviews with him be true. con-
tinnes himself to harbor the deluson that he is
running for that Office, has The IRIBuNEs
heartfelt sympathy. For to say truth he has
no more chance than Samuel Cox and more
than that need not he said. Samuel Cox was a
leading candidate-very leading-last winter
In the early spring he had a sure thing lie
WAS, and still is, The TRIBUNE candidate, and
we had hoped the eternal fitness OF things
would be illustrated in his election. But
within the past week or two he has been grow
ing shaky. 1t looks very much as though IN
about one more week he would fall back into
abalance of power and if at the end of July
he isn't in correspondence with the next
Speaker concerning the committees, 1t VIII be
because he cannot learn Mr. Samuel j. Ran
da.l's address But We are not wasting any
tears on Mr.. Cox, Notwithstanding he is our
candidate and his chances are 80 visibly fading
away lie can be safely left to his own resil-
iency without auybOdy's sympathy. But Mr.
Carlisle we really feel sorry for. He was run
ming for Speaker, or thought he was running
ON the ground that he believed in and repre-
sented political principle, to wit, tho prln-
ciple of Free Trade. He appeared to DO very
much in earnest about it, and there was u time
when quite number of Democratic newspa-
pers took great interest in him. There were
other candidates who were free-traders, like
Cox, Blackburn, Springer, etc, but Carlisle
has always been in such dead earnest about 1t
that he was generally accepted as the free
trade candidate. And it was so refreshing to
see Democrat running on something be-
sides the git-thar" issue that lie quite ex-
torted our admiration.
But Mr.. Carlisle has no chance. The DEM
ocratic party has made different arrangements.
There were few frenzied moments at what
might be called the opening of the Speakership
campaign wnen it seemed rs If the small band
of pr0tcctionists in the party would be driven
to the rear, drummed out of camp, hanged,
drawn and quartered rs SreDegades" and
"traitors," ard that being done, that the old
party would raise the old banner of free trade
and march forward to victory. Mr.. Henry Wat
terson proclaimed it with flaming tongue, and
the pages Of The Louisville Courier journal
were nrid with General Orders on the sub
icct. No one disputed the fact that the major
ity of the party were theoretical frce-traders
and could do what they would with the pro-
tectionist faction. The only question was
whether they could afford to pitch out balance
of power merely to sustain principle. de-
cision upon that point was reached and the
conclusion of the whole matter disclosed in the
platform adopted by the late Ohio Democratic
State Con vention. 1t is to DO und erstood
from this time forward that a tariff for rev.
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tariff that incidentally protects American
manufactures and home industries; that as
matter of fact there can be no such thing as
free trade 80 long as we have to raise SO large
revenue; and that the Democratic party
proposes to practise protection while it boz
lieves in and breaches free trade And this
leaves MIR. Carlisle out. The shouting has
ceased, the banner has been furled. There is
no further use for leader.
We had hopes that these free-traders who