The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-26
CARLISLE AT BOWLING GREEN.
HE MAKES ANOTHER SPEECH IN
FAVOR OF SOUND MONEY.

The Poor Mans Money should he as
Good as the Rich Mans Money.
CleveIand's Veto All That Deferred
the Last Congress From Passing n
Free Coinage Measure - Prices
Would Go Up and Wages FAN I'm
der silver BASIS.
Bowling Green. KY, May 25.-Secretary
Carlisle spoke here to-day. His coming had
been looked forward TO with great pleas
ure. and Potter's Opera House was pack
ed with men soon after noon to-day. Every
man in the audience was voter. That
silver has warm devotees in this section Of
the country is evinced on every side. The
''outs" are almost TO a man in favor of
free coinage. The administration men here
as elsewhere are with President Cleveland.
At o'clock Clarence Underwood McElroy.
the defeated candidate for congress. intro
duced the secretary.
Mr.. Carlisle told the audience that he
first came to Bowling Green as a democrat
preaching democratic doctrines. He came
now, democrat still, and in strict adher-
ence with the principle of the party.
Il am not here to defend the administra-
tion." said he. "for it needs no defense
Qoud applause). ] am not going to defend
the late congress. 1t has done much good.
If it had never done anything but repeal
the federal election laws and emancipated
the voters of this country. it has done
enough to make its session one to be re-
membered."
Then Mr.. Carlisle plunged into the cur
rency subject, using in their proper places
the arguments advanced in Memphis and
Covington. In this connection the secre-
tary remarked: but little that has not
been said on this subject can be said"
Then he went into the subject with vim,
and after arguing for a time, reached the
point where he became eloquent
They say silver" he exclaimed lis the
poor mans money. If it is 1 want the
poor mans money to be as good as the
rich mans money. 1 mean to maintain
that doctrine in spite of vituperation and
abuse and charges of inconsistency, what
ever may be the effect on me, either per-
sonally or politically"
The secretary then went on with an out
burst of eloquence, favoring the poor man
and the farmer, and showing them how
much poorer they would be with a silver
standard. He drew narrowing picture
of the condition of the country under
free coinage law. you know that this
last congress could have passed such
measure" said he, but it would never
have become law.
We know that the next congress will
not pass such a measure. Suppose in two
years a congress and a President favor
ing free coinage should be elected. The
creditor, knowing that a silver dollar
worth 80 cents would be coined, would
press his debtor for immediate settlement,
the country would see vast numbers OF
judicial sales; foreign countries would
refuse credits and loans; prices would go
up, wages would fail and the currency
become contracted and gold be boarded
all over the country. You certainly want
no such conditions as these"
At later period in the speech ne said:
ut is said that no one but banker or a
rich man is interested in defeating the
silver standard. Gentlemen, they are the
ones who would profit by silver stand
ard. They have money and their gold
would double in value in case silver was
freely coined"
He called attention to Thomas Jeffer-
sons order of 1906 stopping the free coin
land l believe that Thomas Jefferson is
still regarded as having been a good dem
ocrat."
Mr.. Carlisle and his party left for Louis
Vile at p. m, where he will remain
until Wednesday, when he will deliver fls
fourth and last speech.