The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-04
TALK ABOUT THE NEW PARTY.
Carlisle Asks Some Conundrums the Lead
ers Can't Answer-A Delegation Call on
Him and His Remarks Make Them
Thoughtful.

! Him and His Remarks Make Them
Thoughtful.
CINcINNATI, May 21.-The men who
created a new party yesterday are al
ready busy with plans for nursing the
infant. They will feed it right off with
solid food, and they'll take care that il
gets no soothing syrup. If it doesn''
walk with League boots before mex
November its nurses will be much
disappointed. No infantile maladles
are feared, not even the often fata
dangers of the second summer. Tht
men and women, who, in frenzy o.
enthusiasm, rocked th7 cradle of tht
new born baby yesterday until the poo
things life was imperilled, are to-day
Dragging about the youngsters gooe
points with all the pride of parents
with their first born.
In their great delight some of then
thought vjar it would he geoa a5si idea to g
over the river into Kentucky and as2le y.
Senator Carlisle what he thought of The
new baby. They did so and they met
with a cordial reception. Some of the
Westerr delegates have rather kind
ly feeling for Carlisle. They believe he
is an honest man and they wanted his
opinion of the revolt they are leading.
They talked with the Senator about
some of their pet projects and asked
what he thought of them. Government
ownership Of railroads and telegraphs
was brought up and Mr.. Carlisle turned
questioner.
"Do you propose to get possession of
these properties by confiscation ?" he
asked them.
"No, that wouldn't be fair" they
admitted.
"Then you must buy them," was
the reply, land to buy them you must
pay for them, and to pay for them you
must tax yourselves. Have you any
idea how much it would cost? Our
Government debt at the close of the
war was more than two thousand mil
lions, ard we have been almost thirty
years in paying half of it. The rail-
roads, telegraphs, telephone lines and
steamboats, in the country represent
about Slu,O00,000 invested capital; Al
OOO, 100000 is bonded Indebtedness
which must be paid. Are you ready to
tax yourselves to raise this money?
Then, after you have got the property,
are you ready to tax yourselves to
operate it, for the Government never
yet succeeded in doing business at
profit? Consider another effect; such
plan would add perhaps !, 200, ,00e men
and women 10 the roll of Government
How would you ever sue
ceed in turning out of power an admin
istration with such resources at its
command? The more corrupt it was
the more difficult it would be to dis
place."
The delegation looked dubious and
for the questions and sug-
gestions were evidently all new to their
sanpuine and enthusiastic minds.
"Anyhow," broke in one of them,
changing the subject, 'don't you think
the money power is getting into too
few hands ?"
"Yes, I admit it is bad sign," re-
piled Mr.. Carlisle. "But how are you
going to remedy it? By a revolution
Or by an act of Legislature? Do you
propose to say by your Legislature that
when man has earned 500 or 81, 900
Or $4,000 that be shall not earn any
more?"
Again there was no response. The
visitors presented two or three more
If the grievances which form the basis
of their platform, and Mr.. Carlisle
,ested first one and, then the other with |
he question: "How can they be re-
nedied by legislation And no practi-
al answer was suggested. The fathers
If the new party went away with the
dea that, after all, the political mile
1ium might not be as near at hand as
hey had imagined it to be.
Mr.. Carlisle sees in the new party no |
menace to the Democracy. He does not
question the present intention of the
eaders to put a third party ticket in the
ield next year. But he believes the
situation will so change in the mean
lime that the project will be abandoned.
.fthe new party is in the field, disaster
o the Republicans would be the only
fleet. In his own State, Mr.. Carlisle
believes the Alliance State ticket no.
minated last night will receive only
bout 5000 votes unless there should be
ome combination with Republicans in
he cities. Commenting on the uni
'ersal opinion among those who formed
Convention that the Re
publican party has about reached
is grave, and that with the present
urn of events the chances of success in
1872 have disappeared, Mr.. Carlisle
aid that several Republican Senators
lad recently expressed to him the same
pinion in Washington.
CHARLESTON'S REGISTRATION.