The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-25

Memphis, May 24-Memphis is the
storm-cen.~e of the south just now, in
the agitation of the all-absorbing cur
rency question.
Close upon The events of yesterdays
Sound money convention at the
Auditorium, at which the economic
views of the secretary Of the national
treasury were expounded to a large
gathering of men from all parts of
the south, comes a rousing meeting to-
night of an equally numerous class of
citizens, whose slogan is honest
money" and whose guest Of honor was
the eloquent young Nebraska con-
gresham, William J. Bryan.
Shortly after the sound money con-
vention was called, the silver people
got to work upon a counter demonstra-
ton with the result that Mr.. Bryan
consented 20 reply to the speech OF
Secretary Carlisle. The meeting was
held q I the Grand Opera house tonight,
and large number of people who
sought admittance, could not be &C
commodated.
Nj Bryan was introduced by W. II.
Carmack, editor Of the Commercial APP
peal, and received an enthusiastic re
ceprion. a considerable part of his
speSsSk was taken up with comparisons
of AATetary Carlisle's last speech,
witty utterances said to have been
made by him in 1875 The points in Mr..
Bryan's speech were loudly applauded.
He was followed by Congressman j.
N. Allen, of Mississippi. in humor-
Gus and interesting speech.
The Mighty Fallen.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
I have read the speech delivered by
Gr. Carlisle in this city. also that de-
livered by him at Coviagton, KY, last
Monday evening, and l bave compared
them With the speech delivered by him
on February 81, 1878, in the House of
Representa- tives, and L am reminded
of the language used by David in
lamenting The death of Saul, How are
the mighty fallenr
In 1878 Mr. Carlisle was hurting the
pebbles of truth at the giant OF the
Phillistines, John Sherman; today, as d
GokSth, he daily issues challenges to
his former friends.
I'M. Carlisle did not refer while at
Memphis, TO his speech in 1878, but he
did refer 10 it at Covington and said,
Some Of the opinions then expressed
have been modified, and some of them
have been changed altogether by sub
sequent events and by q more thorough
investigation of the subjects to which
they rela Ted, but on the question of
free coinage my convictions have never
been shaken for a moment
But he did not state, even at Gov
ingtOn, what parts Of his former
speech he repudiated and what parts
he modified.
Voted for Free Coinage.
He served in the House and Senate
for about fifteen years after the MAX
ing Of that speech and never, upon a
single occasion, did he attempt to
withdraw the utterances of 1873, or to
modify the emphasis with which he
then spoke. He explained that he
voted for free coinage in 1875 in the
h,9Is that it would be amended in the
SenN9. but he never voted against
free coinage until after the nomination
OF Mr.. Cleveland in 1892. 1t is true
that in 1878 Mr.. Carlisle did say ne
vas opposed to the free coinage of sill
yer, but he ought in all fairness to
have stated that he was at that
time opposed to the free coinage Of
gold also. He said in his speech in
1878. 7 am opposed to the free coinage
OF either gold or silver. but in favor
of the unlimited coinage of both met
ais, upon terms OF exact equality Not
only was his present language contra
dicted by his former speech, but a let |
ter written in 1890 by him says that he
was at that time in favor of the frae
and unlimited coinage of silver.
HOn0red by Bankers.
Mr. Carlisle, in 1878, said: The
struggle now going on cannot cease |
and ought not to cease until the pres |
ent industria| interests of the country
are fully and finally emancipated from |
the heartless domination of the syndi- |
Gates, stock exchanges and other great |
combinations of money grabbers in |
9llis country and Europe Now Mr. |
Carlisle is the honored guest at a
convention attended by bankers and |
financiers who are opposed to the use |
of silver as standard money. Mr. Car |
Isle ks why the advocates of binet- |
Talism are not in favor of the restora-
tion OF silver gradually. What mock
cay this is. Did they not secure the
passage Of the seigniorage bill, after
N EnHepeal of the Sherman law. and did
AIr. Carlisle's chief, Mr.. Cleveland |
ITO this bill, Notwithstanding the fact
THAT il WAS voted for by more than
of the Democrats of both
houses? Did not the advocates of hi
anetaIlism in the Senate offer to sun
port bill providing for the unlimited
coinage Of silver, with the provision
that the government should charge
seigniorage equal to the difference be-
tween the bullion and coinage values?
Did not the opponents OF silver oppose
this measure as vainly as they did the
free coinage of silver?
When He Was Right.
I'm 1878, when Mr. Carlisle was in
sympathy with the masses of the peo-
pIe. he said: Let us. if we can do no
better, pass bill after bill, embodying
in each some one substantial provision
Cor relief and send them to the exec1-
tive for his approval II he withholds
his signature, and we are unable 70
securSShe necessary yotefaere or else-