The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-17

Senator Blackburn's reply to the
speech of Secretary Carlisle, which
was delivered at Owentol, Ky, a few
days ago, has been widely read and
variously commented upon.
brief synopsis only having come
by wire. The Herald this morning pre-
sents the salient points, with the assur-
ance that Democrats. Republicans
and Populists will find it decidedly in
teresting.
1t was a great effort, both from an
oratorical and arumentative stand
point He said in opening: That the
contest now before the country was
Eimply a matter of the plutocrat upon
one side and the Democrat upon the
Other-one backed by the money power
of this country as Wen as the money
power Of foreign countries, and the 9TH
er backed by nothing but the inteln-
gence, the patriotism, the love of coun-
try and the manly courage of the
Aericar people.
1t is a matter, too. that reached close
to the vitals of free government
the war of the revolution presented
no issue SO far reaching, so important
as the one we are now handling The
sa@Sags9F q the American people are at
What IL Means.
Translated into plain English it
means, if the silver cause is defeated
absolute surrender 10 the British pow
era power that failed TO hold Ameri-
cans in subsection by the sword. but
which is now using that more subtle
enemy-gOld-
1t is simply matter of choosing
between Thomas Jefferson and John
Sherman.
Turning his attention more particu-
larly TO Secretary Carlisle. Mr. Black
burn calls attention TO the previous
and present attitude of the gentleman
upon the silver question, showing be-
You'd all possibility of doubt that until
very short time agO-untiI he became
a member of Mr.. Clevelands cab
met, the white metal had no
truer friend than he; that he
NoteF' for the Bland bill;
that if he was not free silver man
~ at least used free silver argu-
1flents; that he voted against the pas
sage of the Sherman law, which re-
pealed the coinage of silver; that the
value of the opinions of the secretary
OF the treasury today should be test
ed by his actions of the past.
The speaker then goes on to say
that while the secretary of the treas
ury had a perfect right to change his
views; Is at full liberty to say that
he was mistaken during all the time
from 1877 TO 1890; that he had preach /
ed false doctrine without knowing
that it was loaded, he has no right to /
stand up before an audience and mis- |
represent facts. He says that bi- |
4netallism is impossible-he knows |
that IS not true. He knows that as
you increase the price of a metal you /
increase the demand for that metal /
II there is more demand for silver /
and less demand for gold, the price of /
silver goes up, while the price of gold /
gOeB9ow'-
Mr.. Carlisle says bimetaIIism never
was maintained by any people.
1t is not truei
The history of the world shows that
from 1903 to 1876 France did main |
tain successfully bimetallism in its
truest and broadcast sense. In that
French realm silver and gold for
seventy odd years fioated on even
terms Of value. History of our own
country Tefutes his statement. The
history of this people shows that from
can Congress, by more than a two
thirds Republican majority in both
houses, at the dead hour of midnight.
without warning to the American
people, without notice of this con-
templated assassination, killed silver
For eighty-one years the two metals
in this land of ours with minis open
TO both alike, or even terms, had
floated both as the final redemption
money of the American people. Who
struck silver down? \ Republican /
Congress, Republican by two-thirds
majority in both branches. How was
1t stricken down? Not openly and in
the bright light of day, but at the
Witching hour Of midnight, an hour
fitted for so dastardly a deed-at that
hour on the 18th day OF February,
1873 this act, which was denominated
as the greatest crime of this or any
8 ther age by the present secretary of
thfe Treasury, or whoever it was that
kAde that speech in the Federal Con-
press. was consummated. The utterer
Of that speech said the passage of
that bill was the greatest crime of
that or any other age, and that it was
+he elimination of a conspiracy form
ed in this country and in Europe to
bring upon the human family more
suffering, more torture and poverty
than all the wars and pestilences and
famines that the world had ever
known.
why was silver stricken down by
these people? Had it ever been de-
rnarded? No. sir; defy the man who
lives to put his finger upon a single
political platform. state or national,
OF any party. Republican, Democratic,
Populist, Woman's Suffrage, Prohibi-
fion. Farmers Alliance. or any othr
platform that ever demanded the de-
,1onetization of the silver metal
0dy had ever asked for it.
The Peoples Money