The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
NONPlUSSEO BY CARLISLE
Surprise Of . Delegation That Waited
onthe Senator From
Kentucky.
Enthusiasm of the Sponsors of the
Peoples Party Rapidly
subsidized.
rhev HAD Not Considered the Question OF
Cost-No Remedy Proposed
for Present Ills.

CINCINNATI, May 27.-The men who ore
ated a new party are already busy with
plans for nursing the infant. They believe
the child was a giant at its birth. They
will feed it right off with solid food, and
they'll take care that it gets no soothing
svrup. If it doesn't walk with league boots
before next November its nurses will be
much disappointed. No infantile tmalsdics
ara feared, not even the often fatal dangers
of tina second summer. The men and
vomen who, in a frenzy of enthusiasm,
cooked the cradle of the newborn baby I'M
III the POOR things life was imperiled, are
hr.pcinp about the youngsters good points
Nth all tho pride of parents with their first
born.
In their great delight some Of them
thought 1t would be a good idea to go over
the river into Kentucky and ask Senator
Carlisle what he thought Of the new baby.
Thew did so and they met with a cordial
reception. Some of the western delegation
have rather a kindly feeling for Carlisle.
Thew believe he 10 an honest man and they
wanted his opinion of the revolt they are
lending. They talked with the senator
.bout some of their pet projects and asked
THAT he thought of them. Government
ownership of railroads and teleqraphs was
brought up and Mr.. Carlisle turned ques-
toner.
.'Do you propose to get possession ofthese
properties BY confscation?" he asked them.
mo, that wouldn't be fair" they ad-
mitted.
"Then you must buy them," was the re-
DIV, "and to buy them you must pay for
Them, and to pay for them you must tax
yourselves. HaYe you any idea how much
It would cost? Our government debt at
thousand millions. and We have been al
most thirty years in paying half Of it. The
railroads. telegraph, telephone lines and
steamboats, of the country represent
sbsut $1o.0OO,O00, eco invested capt.
takTfS4, O00. 600. 900 is bonded indebtedness
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? Con-
slider another effect; such = plan would add
perhaps LOO, 600 men and women to the
roll of government employees. How would
ysu ever succeed in turning out of power
an administration with such resources at
its command. The more corrupt it was the
more dificult it would DO to displace it."
he delegation looked dubious and per
picked, for the questions n suggestions
we're evidently all new to their sanguine
and enthusiastic minds.
"Anvhow," broke in n of them. chang
ing the subject, "don't you think the money
power is getting into too few hands?"
Eyes, / admit that is a bad sign" replied
Nj. Carlisle. but how are you going to
remedy it? By a revolution or by an act Of
legislature? Do you propose to say by. youl
legislature that when q man has earned $1U
or ST. 600 or $4,000 that he shall not carr
any more?"
Again there was no response. The visitors
presented tive OF three more of the griev.
ances which forms the, basis of their revolt
and Mr.. Carlisle tested them one after tbs
other with the question:: How can they
be reuedied by leRislation?" And no prac
tical answer was suggested. The fathers OF
the new party went away withthe idea that
after all, the political millennium nigh
net be as near at hand as they imagined i
tn he.