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.

Thoughtful.
CINCINNATI, May 1.-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 it
gets no soothing syrup. If it doesn't
walk with League boots before next
November its nurses will be much
disappointed. No infantile maladies
are feared, not even the often fatal
dangers of the second summer. The
men and women, who, in frenzy Of
enthusiasm, rocked the cradle of the
new born baby yesterday until the poor
things life was imperilled, are to-day
Dragging about the youngsters good
points with all the pride of parents
with their first born.
In their great delight some of them
thought it would be good idea to 60
over the river into Kentucky and asked
Senator Carlisle what he thought of the
new baby. They did so and they met
with cordial reception. Some of the
Western 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, and we have been almost thirty
years in paying half of it. The rail-
roads, telegraphs, telephone lines and
steamboats, in the country represent
about slV,OOO,o0O invested capital; A.
OOO,OO0,OOO 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 a
profit? Consider another effect; such a
plan would add perhaps 100000 men
and women 10 the roll of Government
employees. How would you ever sue
ceed in turning out Of poweran 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
perplexed, for the questions and sug-
gestions were evidently all new to their
sanguine 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 ?"
Eyes, 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 a man has earned 500 or 81, 200
or $4,000 that be shall not earn any
more ?n
Again there was no response. The
visitors presented two or three more
of the grievances which form the basis
of their platform, and Mr.. Carlisle
tested first one and, then the other with
the question: "How can they be re-
medied by legislation ?" And no practi-
cal answer was suggested. The fathers
of the new party went away with the
idea that, after all, the political mile
MUM might not be as near at hand as
they 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
leaders to put third party ticket in the
field next year. But he believes the
situation will so change in the mean
time that the project will be abandoned.
If the new party is il the field, disaster
to the Republicans would be the only
effect. In his own State, Mr.. Carlisle
believes the Alliance State ticket no
minated last night will receive only
about 5000 votes unless there should be
some combination with Republicans in
the cities. Commenting on the uni
versal opinion among those who formed
yesterdays Convention that the Re-
publican party has about reached
its grave, and that with the present
turn of events the chances Of success in
1892 have disappeared, Mr.. Carlisle
said that several Republican Senators
had recently expressed to him the same
opinion in Washington.
CHARLESTON'S REGISTRATION.