The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-11-02
FREE SILVER TR.ckERv.
Despicable Methods of Thick and Thin
Partlsans.


Despicable Methods of Thick and ThiI
Partisans.
The fact that Secretary Carlisle
within the last few days has seen At t.
write a letter pronouncing absolutely
false" the charge that in the spring Of
1893 he contemplated redeeming the
treasury notes in silver, directs atten
ton, ina striking manner, to the un
scrupulous methods of free silver dem
ocrats aud a large element of the re.
publicans in their malignant warfare
upon the present secretary of the
treasury.
That warfare has been waged by the
silverites because Mr. Carlisle has pro.
tected the credit Of the nation, main
tanned bimetallic parity and prevented
the currency from going to sill.
yer monometaliism and the country
from going to rnin. 1t has been waged
by the repu blicans simply because Mr..
Carlisle is democrat.
In the spring of 1898, when the world
was beginning to lose confidence in
the maintenance of gold payments by
the United States, aud when in consc-
quence the run on the treasury,
through our vicious system of paper
notes, had begun. at q time when the
administration was doing everything
In its power to prove the governments
ability and intention to keep every
dollar as good as gold by redeeming
the treasury notes and greenbacks In
gold on demand, some scoundrel sent
out from Washington what purported
to be an interview with Secretary Car
Isle, in which he was made to declare
his purpose to redeem this paper in sill
yer at his own option.
AS this course would have at once
discredited our currency and sent 1t to
a silver basis. thus bringing about the
very result which Mr.. Carlisle was
bending every energy to prevent, the
absurdity and falsity of the alleged in
terview were obvious to every intelli-
gent man who did not believe Secre-
tary Carlisle to be an unqualified idiot.
Nevertheless the interview was
promptly disowned by Mr.. Carlisle.
That ought to have been the end of 1t.
But it was not. For over two years
now the republican press has assaulted
the secretary through the medium of
this faxed interview, repeating the false
charge against him time and again,
some of these eminently fair editors
keeping it up after they had more than
once been reminded of Mr.. Carlisle's
Reputation of the interview.
Mr.. Carlisle's recent autograph de-
NAL of that interview was provoked
by the solemn repetition Of the charge
in a book ON the money question writ
ten by a republican. This gentleman
says that he was ignorant that Mr..
Carlisle had ever disavowed the inter-
view, although it does seem that
man who sets up to instruct the people
on so important question as finance
should first inform himself regarding
matters of such moment and publicity
as this. But the majority Of those
who have used this fabricated inter
view against Mr.. Carlisle have not this
republicans excuse of ignorance. They
knew that Mr.. Carlisle had disclaimed
the interview, but it suited their par
tisan purpose to ignore their knowl-
edge; and they will continue to ignore
1t whenever by 80 doing they think
they can score a point against demo
cratic secretary of the treasury.
Happily, however, their power for
evil is small. The people are fast learn
ing the character of the thick-and-thin
partisan's methods and how little value
Is to be attached to anything he says
Louisville Courier-Journal.