The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28
GARuISLES' SPEECH.
uKRS A WEAK BUT INGEN'
.oTs DEFENSE OF GROVER
AND HIS GoLDBUG
CRIME.
e,oIanations ali Call for Eggplant

",r1veroN, KY, May 2O.-Hon.J ohr
~S.rIisle, Secretary of the Treasury
" here today by appointment. HIS
oDch was as follows:
y chairman and FeEooO Citizens
,Ehorgh absent from the State for a
uncomfortable time, / have never
7F! m feel a deep interest In every
s that concerns the welfare or lis
t1pS and especially the welfare OF
Pe0P.TIj constituents in this congress
ny GU 9istTict. Ny personal and pollti-
j1SL ntions with them have been SO
81 90 intimate in the past that.
ees5 pSsanding long separation,
."nn,otimes difficult, ever now, for
8 u raaIize that I am not still their
pS ESosantative. But my close relations
Lo neopIe here do not in the least
g9o;nish nv obligations to my fellow
!iiuans in other parts of the State,
~ have never failed to give me a
Iaosrous support in all my aspirations,
"a Il would be unbecoming IN me to
I;sbboId the expression of my thanks
+be confidence they have reposed
~n,a or refuse to participate In the
5,assssion of public questions which
xiv affect their interests. They
~ right to call me into their coun-
~ and -eouire me to bear my share
,ssnonslbllity for the course of
U.FtScsl events and the results Of
Clinical action whenever, in their
!rJsmpnt. it is proper to do so, an5,
!SsS2sforp, when it became manifest
III nv presence in the State during
'.ro mart of the time devoted to the
SsT1!sion of pending questions was de-
I'D nv q considerable number OF my
T.mocTatic friends, 1 did not feel at
LLertv tn remain absent. 1t may or
nv not add to the force of my argu-
rs!ts or the weight of my advice, to
sxure YOU that l am not, and do not
sTnpct 10 become a candidate for any
Sfce in the gift of the people, or their
ranresentatives, and that l do not ap-
mar in the State in the interest OF any
candidate. Ny interest In the solution
0F the questions now pending is pre-
siseIv Inc same as that of any other
American citizen who desires tos3e his
country prosperous and happy, and
while nv views as to the policy which
will honestly produce these results may
be entirely erroneous, they are honestly
entertained and will be frankly stated.
Il can make no difference TO me, per
pnally or politically, whether they are
popular or unpopular, here or else
where, although it is always more
sreeable to be IN accord with the pre-
vlLing public sentiment than to be in
opposition TO it. My respect, however,
for the intelligence and patriotism of
the American people constrains me to
believe that, nc matter what their
pecnceived opinions may be upon
any question, they will not refuse to
GTeHa full and fair investigation or
fail preach a just conclusion when
both sides have been heard. Therefore
lhsl speak to you this evening with
full Gnhdence that, whatever may be
your present. opinions on the subject
to be discussed, you are willing to re
examine the grounds upon which they
have been formed, and change them If
they are found to De erroneous
There has never been a time since
the close of the civil war and the set
tement Of tie questions growing out
otIt when passion and prejudice ex
sFed such a powerful influence in con
EoLlng the action Of the people upon
political and economic questions as
LleY have during the last two years.
AgTeat wave Of depression has swept
Vef the whole Industrial, commercial
aa financial world, more Injurious in
Selects In some places than In others,
oal entalling great loss and distress
aaaf!y everywhere. 1t did not begin
@snty years ago, as some of our
Ee9ds are in the habit of asserting,
W! less than five years ago. It's first
@tI0lS effects were felt In Argentina,
elVfe the people and the government,
uo'~'lthstanding the warnings Of tx
pl!5lee In all ages, determined TO try
Ss1A tne experiment Of a cheap and
nl4Ved currency. I5 failed, of cOGrse
~N always has and Away will wher-
g,@ Tled, and its failure, by reason Of
Nc e4'enslYe commercial and financial
FuIeGctlons between that country aud
Ts5Isn capitalists, produced a crisis
g, ~Su seriously involved many OF the
sDGaS financial institutions in Europe
~ ~ nao a depressing influence in all
- money markets OF other countries
ii, III these days of rapid c1mmunica-
ini and close commercial relations, an
i '%s 70 credit In any part of the globe
voti immediately felt all around the
fss t0relgn holders of our securi
t5%1 n u order TO procure means to meet
I'M oolgatIOns az home and IN Argen,
In sent them here in large amounts
qron t,Ioemptlon or sale, and, conse
and ty, the feeling of apprehension
ttaJ uncertainty, which already ex-
snsies 70 a Considerable extent, wss In
seSu lsd IL all the great centres of
due and finance But if u own
scoDasatlc affairs had been wisely and
ToI o9niically conducted our peopIe
eFsoS1L nave soon recovered from ths
Dsso s Of this foreign disturbance. We
orsoSSO all the essential elements of
Rpa5petlty, except a sound and reliable
hsva &c" system, and that we might
Or ,SFecured within Rreasonable time:
proTo5 east, we might have greatly i'm
pOiroSaSUur condition in this respect, if
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