Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1895-06-06
SOME VOTES IN CONGRESS.
Mr.. Blackburn shows how the Sss
rotary has Shifted his Position.

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BLOCK more difficult o. overcome
some VOTES IN CONGRESS-
Mr.. Blackburn shows how the Sec
rotary has shifted his Position.
You MS. possibly explain AWAY b. sIvroh.
1.i che harJ,-, thing upon ihls earth t' FL
/ plain lea vote. Thus .p,r,h Was made uu
/ tuc -lst LAY ut February. 1875, 90 my mem
|ury serves me- Dut % ! may tn4st Wy
memory. suJ upon that recollection I
deity cuutudicuou, tb.uA DC you viii
~ back and examine ibo Juquesiio8ed
aud lu4le.tiouAhir rc,Uris. the official
] records uI tolErs,s itss.L Nou wIiI dni
/ ihat / Am right iu the remembrance
| ! entered Congress for tie hr,t time uu thr
an ct March, 1870. Mr Carlisle came
/ two year. ait,rSarj. 900 lly cab ui March
] 1917. RI lss that iur certain reasons b. re-
/ mem b,rrl b. black FRIDAY boz the J-.uti,A.
| calendar ut the Amrr.an people Ou that
I self ,Am, lay lu tlr solf saline hour. Al the
Z ,cltsame moment tlat "a fraudulent elalm
l aut o. abe presidency oi this country took
. tug oath uf office ~ Chief Executive. heaven
seemed 20 b, KINDLY Iu Its purpose. End az
I pearud Go NAut Co make SOME s.rt uf rtps
ration o. ,he American pie tpr the
/ fraudulent induction e Rutherford d
/ Have, into tle Whit, iiHu.s. aud .crt John
] q. Carlisle Tor tho lr.t tine o. take o..
! seat al. member 90 tle American t.Ugres.
/ To- that same year. uu tle Dob dny 90
: November lstt, three month. before b,
Z eithUr did &C dad NOS make tIr questioned
speech Ui February, l~l,. the permissible
aud audrulabIe rrryri of turgr,-. shows
that be- and at slide by SIDE and voted flr
thr Bland free aud un. united .Il,cr coinage
bi.i taat passed ibc House of Represents.
tNss b., AID uf uuT vote.
should thiuA Le w.. f. free SILVER mar
that day. 10 no ass not be va giving tho
4uccresi votes That "a zu.dhuC ever put vn
rv'uri since thv world began. Applause p
That Dill went o. the SENATE. AMI t.ngrvss
adjourned sul We came home on the
Hrt Monday Il She following December
about one month nfr.r be- yuted fur Nj
BANDS freo Silver BU. under ilo Iaw
Congress ressssIubi,d and the senate ps.s.
81 that bill that Carlisle and haI h.ip..d
put through To- House. 10 Tut an 90
amendment which struck uut thst ire, Oh.
Yer clause aud sent 10 back b. the House J
Was opposed b. q then because the clause had
teeu stricken oui that gave the right a. coin
the SILVER meta, snd o. Ma Carlisle OBJ
poscd o. a. and 70 VA Tor the self ,ani.
reason, and u ~ss upon that hil o. aniend.
oil BY the senate thai Carlisle either iid
make ur dsi not make the speech II the 2I.t
u February ISIS
But that does not eud the record yei. II
' eSSI +. .nnssihef c6sf,ae svlaTurt =,
mi is ecnutncns,s will not b. imp"schcd.
IN h. ~a.uot free silver man la l-,- he 81
.a,t spoke like one, u ho was NJ free
liver nan lu 1871, be At least voted like
lue but Whether be ~ss in ls7s or ISIS,
u favor OF free silver. unioss be- be- a most
unfortunate man 10 the expressions that be
l-ss, not when talking hurrls-ily in the et.
element q debate. Hs ! AIN spsaklng nov,
but when 10 thc guiet Of hv own chamter
he sat doen deliberately and thoug hthilly
% write letter lie wrote letter.
In ISIS Ve passed What is kuown ~ the
Bland. Allison Bill That wA. silver ,oiu-
age bin, and the 50, Rotary voted for Il and
- did !. But h put limit upuu the
amount IL said that Any man hat held
silver bullion should have Il coined ~ the
mints Of this country and stamped With The
American esglo A. dollar, bat aid there
should not be lees than two nor more than
four millions month That va the only
limit the Bland-Alllson Bill put upon the
coinage Of silver. To 1890 The Republican
party passed bili known ~ the Sherman
Bill, which repealed the Biand-Allson Bill
and made il compulsory upon the Govern
ment e. buy four and une-hslf million ever,
mouth, but expressly provided that At N,
/ end OF the year the Government nigh
| stop the coinage altogether | voted Agains
that sherman Bill because IL stopped th,
| coinage Of the silver dollar. So did ~,
colleague, the present Secretary Of the Treas
ury. lie and had not parted coinpan,
yet. NeWere working 90 parallel lnes ii
short barnes together, He aud / and ever
Democrat In that Senate chamber in Jun,
1890, voted against the passage OF the sber
man law, which repealed the coiusge Il N
silver metal
At that time there was gentleman b
the name Of William VI. Smith, menbe
Of your State Legislature, from the count
81 Graves down IN the Democratic Gihralts
known as Jacksons Purchase, the Fir,
district Mr.. Smith was then a member d
the Kentucky Legislature from Crave
county. He Is to-day the United STATE
Distric! Attorney for the District Of Ken
lucky, with his office At Louisville NJ,
smith wrote Mr.. Carlisle a letter ON Jun,
10, IstO. In which be said The Farm
ers' Alliance Of Graves county are incense.
agalhs' you because you voted against th,
sherman b'.I, which provided for the pur
chase of four and II half million Of silver
buhion every month. They are mad a,
you ana whnt Nh answer from YOU m
the nature oi an explanation u that vote
ana ! want II for publication" Mr.. smith
got ms answer, and hold it in NV hand
! mean 70 be- fair / will not read extract,
nom No. but will read il all, II it be po.sible
Tor Mr. Carlisle himself, who is master Of
inc ~ gllsh language, TO state propo.i
ton so plainly that AN IDIOT can under.tans
H. l viii leave II o. you a. decide il he die
not succeed In his effort in this letter. Il
reads
Hon. VIM. NJ Smith, Mayfeld. Ky
Dear Sir Your favor Of the 18th lust re.
ceiyed. Every Democrat in the Stat,
voted against the Silver bill, as il wa.
finally amended and reported by the Con.
Terence Comnnttee, because we believed il
was worse ,nan the existing law. ~ tn,
Farmers Alliance Of Graves county Lalisv'
that this Republican measure. which snh
stantislly stops the coinage Of the .ilve,
N'AAnA aiN'A Nh' lfhlf " better than tlf
Democratic law OF 1878. they are Of course
entitled TO their opinion, but do mot Co.,
with them. When the original Honse KIM
was under consideration in the Senate /
voted to amend il so rs 10 provide for tbs
free and unlimited coinage Of the silye,
dollar, and that amendment was sdontaJ
The House, however, refused 10 agree ~ tbi.
amendment, and then a conference cam.
mittse was appointed, which struck ON,
free coinage entirely, and this is the hin /
voted against send you by mail nil
three Of the bills. Very truly.
JOHN q. CARLISLE.
NOW | submit in common fairness. il
may be that his vote for free and nm.
limited coinage Of silver bill on Noyemher
o, 1877, does not prove that he was friend
OF tho silver metal, and it may be thai HE
speech on February 81, 1873, does not proys