Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-25
MEMPHIS,
She Is Fairly Cramred with RI.
nancial Wisdom.
BRYAN MAKES REPLY TO CARLISLE.

And Now the Ne tropolis Of Tennessee Has
the Stored Electric lTlumiDation Of Both
Sides of the Money Question Let Looss
in Floods Upon Her-rhe snvery Nc.
braskan speaks to q Big Audience
Eckels 1t New York.
MEMPHIS, May 80. Memphis Is the
storm center Of the south just now in the
agitation Of the all-absorbing currency
question. Coming on the heels OF Thurs.
days sound money convention at the
Auditorium, at which the economic views
of the secretary of the national treasury
were expounded to Largo gathering of
men from all parts of the south who are
opposed to the free coinage Of silver at
the ratio Of 16 tel. came o rousing meet
Ing last night OF IN equally numerous
class of citizens whose slogan is ''honest
money" and whose guest Of honor was
the eloquent young Nebraskan, W. j.
Bryan. Shortly after the sound money"
convention was called the silver people
got to work upon counter demonstration
with the result that Bryan consented to
reply to the speech of Secretary Carlisle
at q meeting held ut the Grand Opera
House.
Says Carlisle Has Changed Views.
That structure seats only about one
in which the Sound money" convention
was held, and large number Of people
who sought admittance could not be &C.
commodated. Bryan was introduced by
w. H. Carrnack, editor Of The CONNER
cial-Appcal, and received an enthusiastic
reception. B:yan's speech was in sub
stance as follows: Il have read the
speech delivered by Mr.. Carlisle in
this city on yesterday, also that delivered
by him at Covington, KY, last Monday
evening, and I have compared them with
the speech delivered by him on the 2lst Of
February, 1873 in the house of representa-
tives. In 1875 Mr.. Carlisle was hurting
the pebbles Of truth ut the giant OF the
Philistines, John Sherman; today, as a
Goliath, he daily issues challenges to his
former friends.
Not Modified for Fifteen Years.
"Mr. Carlisle did not refer at Memphis
to his speech of 1878, but he did refer to
1t at Covington, and said: Some OF the
opinions then expressed have been modi.
fed and some Of them have been changed
altogether by subsequent events and by q
more thorough Investigation of the sub.
jects to which they related, but on the
question of free coinage my convictions
have never been shaken for a moment.
He served in the house and senate for
about fifteen years after the making of
that speech and never upon a single occa-
sion did he attempt to withdraw the ut.
terances Of 1s7S, or to modify the en-
phasis with which he then spoke"
Defense OF the Bimetallists.
This subject Of Carlisle's change OF
views was elaborated on ut some length
in fact it was referred to all through the
speech-and then Bryan got down to the
reply to Carlisle's. Memphis effort, say
ing: 'sMr. Carlisle asks why the advo-
Gates of bimctallism are not in favor of
the restoration Of silver gradually. What
mockcry this isl Did they not secure the
passage Of the sei9niorage bill just after
the repeal of the Sherman law, and did
not Mr.. Carlisle chief, Mr.. Cleveland, veto
this bill notwithstanding the fact that II
was voted for by more than two-thirds Of
the Democrats OF both houscsp Did not
the advocates of bimetallism in the SEN
ate offer to support bill providing fol
the unlimited coinage of silver with the
provision that the government should
charge q seigniorage equal to the differ
ence between the bullion and coinage
valuesP Did not the opponents of silver
oppose this measure rs violently as they
did the free coinage of silver? =