The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-23
SPEAKER CARLISLE
Talks On the Live Political Topics Of
the Day.
He Shows That the Ohio Republican
Platform 10 PrejudIoed, and Amaz-
ingly Distant From the Facts
as They Exist.

| winchester, KY, on Saturday evening
Oh flying visit, and returned to his
| legal duties there at eight O'Clock last
/ evening. III the interval Of Sunday af-
! IerDoOn the Enquirer succeeded in
catching him sG the beautiful residence
Of Mr.. Henry Queen, In Newport, where
! he has been visiting. He was greatly
/ disturbed that the fact that he could not
be present at the Batavia meeting to
open the Ohio campaign had not been
early understood long before the
event. He thought that he had taken
every pains to have the fact fully com
pretended by his Ohio friends. He had
been retained, in connection with Judge
William Lindsay, to conduct a case of
grave importance az Winchester, more
than hundred miles south of us. Co
incident with the first request made
Of him that he should go to Batavia,
pressing the opinion that the case in
! question would not be called at this
presen term of court. "If that Is the
fact" said MT. Carlisle to the gentleman
who approached him, sit will afford
me great pleasure to 60 to Batavia"
But The next day he received informa-
tiOn from Judge Lindsay that the case
| would be called, and
COULD NOT BE POSTPONED.
Mr.. Carlisle at once served notice upon
| his Ohio friends that he could not
escspt his duty as an attorney, and must
go to Winchester. This fact never prop
erly reached the Enquirer. Those in.
trusted with its Transmission being
greatly interested in the success of the
Batavia meeting, and doubtless hoping
that something might yet occur to per-
NIT Of Mr.. Carlisle's presence, failed to
report the facts as they were; and so the
E quuer continued to advertise Mr..
Carnsle's forthcoming speech. II was
not until six o'clock the evening before
The Batavia meeting that 1t learned the
true situation. Nr. Carlisle was then In
Lexington, on his way to Winchester,
and was caught there by kilograms urg-
ing him to make any possible sacrifice
to keep the advertised engagement. He
did all that he could do. He explained
the situation 10 his clients, rendered
them back his retainer-a remarkably
handsome one, by the wsy-and asked to
be released from the case. They would
not, and could not, consent to 1t; and
there was left for him nothing in the
world to do but to fulfill his professional
pledge, and remain with the case. He
is with 1t yet.
Chatting pleasantly with him In
psrlOr where far off view takes In the
Ohio Valley and the highest points of
me Cincinnati suburbs, his attention
was claled to the following portion of
the
i OHIO REPUBLICAN PLATFORM:
Il. That the Democratic Administra-
ton of President Cleveland has failed to
keep the pledges upon which it came
INTO power. 1t promised retrenchment
and economy, hut has been the most ex-
travagant ever known, the apprOpris
tlOns made by Congress and approved
by the President for the present year
argely exceeding the abundant reVe
uUes of the Government"
"rhat is very singular statement"
said Mr.. Carlisle; "a most remarkable
statement for political party to make,
can readily show you how amazingly
far from the facts II is. During the fi5-
cal year ending June 30, 1S86-and that
is the only entire fiscal year which has
elapsed since the Inauguration of the
present Administration - the ordinary
expenditures # the Government were
reduced $25 $50, 1855 below those of the
preceding year. There were, however,
some extraordinary expenditures, to
wit, in the pa, ment of pension to
UliOn soldiers. That increase, over the
sm0uat expended for the same purpose
the previous year was $7,302 596 SOyOu
will see that, no iwlIhs AM ling lthis II.
crease, the net saving, as compared with
the last year Of R pub lean Administr8
lion, was $l7,843, ,796-qulte gOOdly
sum-"
Can you tell me
WHERE THESE REDUCTIONS WERE MADE.
VERY easily. We were greatly inter
ested in the sui CT Ihad all the fig
ures before me then, and have them now.
We saved in the Diplomatic and COnsu-
lar service 81 107 289; in expenditures
In the Treasury department., So $780,
359 80; In the Judiciary department,
S636 002 Is; In civil expenses in the In
War department, $8,346,425 73; in the
Navy department, 2,ll3.l9l 92; in the
Indian service, 1853, 1856; III the Gus
tom service. that is, In collecting Gus |
toms revenues, $2960, 726 81, and in the
IlterDal Revenue service, $437, ,303 81 |
There was another reduction which,
perhaps, ought not to be credited to the |
administration, but it was reduction |
none the less, and that was In interest |
upon the public debt through payment |
of the principal. That saving, for the
year in question, was $806,1 no"
"The Republicans are seeking to make
capital, Mr.. Carlisle, In the matter Of the |
PAYMENT OF PENSIONS
To Union soldiers. Has there been any
# missness in that under the present
Not a particle. A few figures and
facts will show the utter wildness of
the claim. Under the administration
Of the present Democratic Commission
er of Pensions the expenditures on that
account were, as before stated, $7,402,
5965 In excess of the expendi-
lures for the same purpose during the
preceding fiscal year. This resulted
from the fact that there were larger
number of claims adjudicated aud al
lowed during that year than in any pre-.
ceding year, although the Commissioner
had $50 clerks less in his Office than his
Republican predecessor, Dudley. We
cut eff $50 clerks"
Perhaps I.ought,
IN JUSTICE, TO EXPLAIN"
Continued Mr.. Carlisle, with that keen
sense Of fairness which Is so prominent
3 feature in his character, ''exactly how
The saving In the expenditures Of the
Diplomatic and Consular Service came
about. The reduction of 4,107, ,288 90 is
mainly attributable to the fact that
here we're less payments on account of
what Ia known as the Alabama claims