New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-07
Mr.. CARLISLE UNDER 4

Mr.. CARLISLE UNDER CLOUD
If Speaker Carlisle thinks he can afford to
affect a contempt for Mr.. Thocbe and the
charges of fraud and corruption which now
faint the seat he occupies in Congress, he is
making a blundcr. True, Mr.. ThOebe is
nottingham, mechanic He went into tho
campaign against Mr. Carlisle with the stains
Of the shop on his hands. lie represented just
tho opposite Of what Mr.. Carlisle did. He
was the champion of American industry and
American labor. These are causes that do not
appeal to Mr. Carlisc's sympathy. He would
conduct the affairs Of State without regard to
what workingmcn want and need. But ac-
cording TO the figures that came from Kentucky
the morning after the last Congressional eiec-
ton, a majority Of Mr.. Carlslc's constituents
were concerned for the fate of the iabOring
people, for by those figures Mr.. Carlisle was
stranded upon the dry sands of defeat along
with his friend Morrison, and the wagc-carncr
from the shop was elected in his place.
Few people had been left by the long and
shocking history OF Southern electoral outrage
so unsophisticated as to imagine that MIR.
Thoebe would ever be in actual possession OF
the seat to which he was chosen. No one was
surprised when "later" reports came stating
that the returns from Bumvlllc "wcre not in
yet and were expected largely to increase MIR.
Carlislcs vote" When the returns from Bum
vile were found still insufficient to entitlc the
representative OF Southern manhood and chiv-
airy to the certificate over the representative
Of Southern labor, no ono was startled at the
intelligence that "errOrs had been found'' in
the returns from Dcadbcat County, which
"when rectificd gave Mr.. Carlisle triumphant
majority" This sort OF business has been
done so often that the public mind rather cX-
poets it. and even the public conscience has
become trife dull to the rascality it indicates.
Mr.. Carlisle however, was supposed TO be
man of honor, and it was expected that he
would at least BE- at some pains to show that
these methods were outside of his knowledge.
1t might be beneath him to notice Mr.. Thocbc
personally, or any other man who worked in
shop, but surely ii was not too much to
expect that he would take care of his own
reputation. He permitted the charges of fraud
TO 90 without notice. calmly and cOmplacently
accepted his soilod certificate Of election, wired
condolences TO his friends Morrison and IIurd,
came to Washington and was reelected
Speaker. And even now, when the Committee
on Elections comfortably composed of his own
friends. is sitting to consider Mr. Thocbes
case, MIR. Carlisle assumes an air OF lofty in
difference and neglects even to be represented
by counsel at the committees hearings.
How long he viii think it wise TO pursue
this course is an interesting question. MIR.
Thoebc charges the fraud directly home and
fires hot shot full at his adversary. lie dis
tinctly alleges that on the night Of the election,
hot tnstfS
against the Free Yrader would 60 above 1000,
Mr. Carlisle was sent for and brought to the
house of friend. and that after consultation
with him tclcgraphio messages were sent to
have the returns of certain distant counties
held back. 1t is alleged that changes and in.
tcrpolations In these returns were made and