Griggs courier., 1895-05-31

gether by subsequent events and by
more thorough investigation Of the
subjects to which they related: but, on the
question Of free coinage my convictions have
never been shaken for moment but he did
not state. even at Covington, what parts Of his
former speech he repudiated, and what parts
he modified. He served in the house
and. and senate nat & 70, about fifteen at years
and never, upon single occasion did he at
tempt to withdraw the utterances Of 1873 or to
modify the emph lsS with which he then spoke.
lit is true that in 1873 Mr. Carlisle did say
that he was 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 Of 1873: I am opposed to the free COIN
age Of either gold or silver bnt in favor Of the
unlimited coinage of both metals upon terms
Of exact equality
$50 much for the position OF Mr.. Carlisle
upon the question of free coinage. We do not
denv him the right to change his opinion. but it
has been more than change Of opinion: 1t has
Teen change of heart MI. Carlisle at that
time was the Moses OF the common people:
he is now the commander in chief Of Pharaoh's
army. He was then the courageous and zeal
GUS leader OF the masses In the effort to re-
store the gold and silver coinage Of the consti-
tuition: he Is now the foremost champion of
the very forces that he then denounced with
SO much vigor.
I'm his denunciation of Senator Sherman at
that time Mr.. Carlisle stated in substance:
First that the interests of the 'idle'holders of
idle capital are different from the in
terestst of the struggling Masses sec
ond, that Senator Sherman sympithiZes with
the capitalists rather than with the masses.
and third. that Senator Sherman, rs public
Official. sworn to do his duty, would be gov
erned by his sympathies, and, therefore, coin
only half as much money as he would coin II
his sympathies were with the struggling
masses'
History bore out the prophecy made by Mr..
Carlisle. because Mr.. Sherman and his sue
cessors never coined more than the minimum
amount Senator Sherman and Mr. Carlisle
are now in hearty accord. Has Senator Sher-
man at last become the champion Of the
struggling masses or has Secretary Carlisle
become the champion Of the idle holders OF
idle capital"
''Mr. Carlisle, in discussing the legal ratio,
assumes that the United States can accom-
plish no more by free coinage than our little
nejghbor, Mexico, and overlooks entirely the
effecI which will be produced upon the value
Of silver bullion by the unlimited use Of It
in the United States. In other words, he
does not take into consideration tho fact that
the United States commercial standing Is ton
times greater than Mexicos, and he does not
take into consideration that an increased de-.
mand, such as would be furnished by the
United States, will affect the price Of that por-
tion Of silver which falls upon the market.
I'm estimating the amount Of gold available
for coinage annually he fails to consider the
great increase in the consumption of gold in
the arts and the increase in commerce in the
last hundred years. Mr. Carlisle holds out no
hope of international bimetallism but insists
that it is the duty OF this governmet to main
tain . gold standard. and tries to show that It
will cause no appreciation in the value Of the
dollar
"At the Memphis convention Mr.. Catchin9s
insisted that the opponents of silver were ex-
pecting information Il bimetallism The seem
ing conflict between Mr. Carlisle and Mr..
Catchings can be easily explained. Mr.. Car
Isle believes that the government should buy
whatever silver it needs, and therefore might
be called a buy-metallist. Mr. Catchings is in
favor OF the restoration OF silver after awhile
il other nations will help u.s. and therefore
may be called q by-and-b -metallist
"What need is there for bimetallism II the
gold standard will furnish q sufficient amount of
money? The confession that oimetallism is de-
sirable destroys all argument In behalf Of gold
monometallism and when one has admitted the
desirability OF bimetallism he must either
favor the restoration Of it by the United
States alone or submit the destinies Of this
people to foreign nations. It has been we'll
said that it is more dangerous to put an En-
gltsh banker at the head of our financial sys.
tenn than to put an English admiral at tho
head Of our navy or an English general 1t the
head of our army"
Mr.. Bryan discussed various phases of the
money question. quoting frequently from Sec
retary Carlisle and answering his arguments
by arguments formerly made BY Senator Car
Isle. or by statistics. He closed by
saying that Secretary Carlisle had
whom he formerly spoke. but that. even
without his leadership they would be able to
cast their ballots for the restoration OF the
gold and silver coinage Of the constitution. and
that the present efforts of Secretary Carlisle.
instead OF retarding the movement would
make his former speech familiar to the Amer
lean people and show them the danger Of in
trusting our financial policy to the idle hold
ers Of idle capital" or to their representatives.
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