Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-28
PUGH'S WARM REPLY.
lie Publishes an Answer to Senator
Carlisle'S Stand for Mills.
THESPE4KERSHIP PWARHASBEGUN
Tariff RefOrmers and Free Silver Men Are
ct Swords Points.
ALL ABSORBING ISSUES ARE AT STAKE



WASHINGTON, Nov 27.-Comparstively
few Congressman arrived in Washington to-
day. but it is thought by Monday they will
begin to come in large numbers, and that
then the speakership will open up IN ear
nest. The Mills men are still forcing the
fight snd claiming large majority Of votes
Tor their candidate. The feature of the day
.as the letter of Senator Pugh,
published this morning in reply to
the one recently sent by eH-Speaker
Carlisle 10 Congressman Warren, IN
which Mr.. Mills was recommended to the
Democrats of the House of Representatives
as the proper man to receive their votes Tor
he speakership nomination. Senator Pugh
has stirred up much feeling, and the Mills
men say it is 8 piece of impertinence- The
fact. however, that Mr.. Carlisle inaugurated
the Senatorial interference in the interest
Of Nr Mills is regarded as at least partial
justification of his opponents desire to
make reply. Senator Pugh's letter is as
follows:.
Senator Pugh Makes Correction.
Editor of the Post:
The letter of Senator John G. Carlisle in
answer to the letter of Congressman John
-. Warner. on the subjech of the qualifica-
lions of the Hon. Roger Q. Mills for the
sueakershin. published in the Post this
morning cannot be permitted to circulate
- the truth without denial and correction:
The correspondence may have been arranged
20 promote the election of Mr. Mills as
speaker, 70: the purpose OF nay1ng tinn eIar, nne
cised 70 shave one thing done a time. and
all things in their proper order"-thatls, the
tariff reformed first and ''only after patient
Tl1 and 9hR exercise of q liberal
spirit Of forDearance and toleration, our
differences on the silver question to be next
gdiusted"
I do not propose to question the high es
-'Inate OF the qualifications OF MIR. Mills Tor
The speak akershlp or the propr1ety OF Senator
CarliSle's contribution to the members OF
rhe House to aid them in discharging the
important duty of selecting their own pre-
siding officer. Neither shall 1 intimate or
any estimate of the distinguished senator
rs "a wise counsellor for safe leader
lie Thought the Statement Remarkable.
Nv sole purpose is to correct the follow
ing remarkable statement: "Why shall we,
IN tile eve Of great national contest when
victory is almost within our grasp, abandon
ur ignore a vital issue upon which we are
united and waste our strength in fruitless
controversy among ourselves, over ques-
tjons which can be better adjusted after it
las been determined what part of their
own earnings the people will be per-
luitted to Keen? The first duty of the
democratic party. and all who sympathlze
8, 18th it. i to change the laws under which
r'se earnings OF the people are to be taken
away from them by uni ust taxation Tor pri-
-8te purposes, and whoever proposes to
postpone the performance OF this Cuty IN
order TO inaugurate a war among ourselves
over the silver or any other question is not a
v ise counsellor and would not make safe
lea der
1 remember what was generally conceded
y I~-- the last year of Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
uliuistTarion. that he so ably and wisely and
'-Uuestlv administered the Government as
90 leave the Republican party without
formidable or merltorious Issue in the Pres
ELeutGl election of that year, when some
wise COunseliors and safe leaders I'm their
own estimat ton; 1 do not intimate that the
Senator was one of them) induced Mr.. Cleve-
land TO throw away all the jewels in his ad-
g-5- iStIation and challenged the Republican
1lrJy 10 battle on the single, paramount.
Bli-a1>orbinS issue of tariff reform on the
formula furnished in Mr.. Clevelands mes
sage and the Mills bill
Why Victory Was Lost to Cleveland.
This was done by wise counsel and safe
-eadership on the eve of the great national
rontest, when victory was almost within
cur grasp. II is unwise and unsafe to sug-
rest among ourselves that something had
.etrer be learned from experience? When
child gets burned he Will not go back in the
came fire. What l wish TO deny most en-
7rEaticailv is the Senator's statement that
gnv Democrat in the United States who
runnOrts the free coinage of silver
las expressed anv desire, intention, or pur-
rose to abandon or ignore the vital issue of
tariff reform. All that the friends of silver
demand is what the Democratic party in
every National Convention has done with
uut a single e1cepuon-keep taxation and
currency together as coordinate and CO.
equal subjects of remedial legisla-
zion. Neither tariff reform nor fnan,
cial reform has ever been ignored
or abandoned. or subordinated to the
other in any Democratic platform during
the lifetime of the pal ty. The power of mo-
uopoly secured to manufacturers by pro-
teCtive tariff. like the Mckinley law to regu-
Hrte prices, is not as great, certainly no
greater, than the power of monopoly Sc
cured 20 the money-lender and the pur-
G aseT OF property, productions ana LABOR
r0GGr the gold standard, or currency con-
cracJed to the amount of one metal.
silver's Friends on the Defensive.
The friends of silver have always acted in
the defensive. They never inaugurated any
war. The representatives of gold struck
Gown silver in 1873, and when it was partially
restored in ISIS by q meager coinage,
-ucrciless war was renewed to destroy it in
i-sf and in 1890 the Mckinley bill and the
rue coinage biz and the infamous force bill
were hand in hand in the Senate in one of
rlC most memorable party struggles recorded
IN history, and the world knows that
fIc Government and the country and the
democratic party were rescued from the
most perilous consequences of the passage
0f Une force bill by the invincible courage
and fidelity of the advocates and supporters
uf free silver coinage.
# the friends of silver are to be classed as
rruNise coun sellors and unsafe leaders be-
cause they insist that the silver issue shall
uoc be abandoned ignored in the
Presidential contest of 1892, but that it shall
80 hand in hand and receive the same treat
rseut with all other issues made in the DEM
Oeratic platform, and when they are so
classed and condemned at the instance and
N the interest OF those Democrats who
furottied the free coinage bill in the last
House Of Representatives, all the friends of
silver have to say is that they are accus-
toned to such classifications. and hope to be
able to persevere in the vindication of their
convictions and integrity.
A Protest Against Retirement.
As Democrats and friends of free COIN
are they protest against being retired from
-l.c councils of the Democratic party be-
cause they are unwilling TO allow the cor
rCrll's guard of gold representatives to
dictate to the friends of silver, etc.
Silence and postpone them in their de-
Tnands until the veto power can be put in
The hands Of a Democrat for four years to
Ha exercised against any adjustment of the
z-Trer question, except in the formula to be
leaders" 20 be found only in the neighbor-
JAMES L. PUGH.
Nr. springer's candidacy is progressing
ss well as the Illinois Congressman could
wish. de is confident of having between
- and 30 votes on the first ballot. Mr.. Nc
MILAN still sfrenuouslv denied that he has
anv intention of Withdrawing from the race
aow OF any other time.
SPRTNGEPrS FRIENDS AT WORK