Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-07-23
UARLISLE'S FUTURE.
HOW WILL HIS PARTY SERVICES BE
RsWARDEUi

The Washington Star Thinks He IL stssr-
ing For the White House--No Desire "a
Return to tho sensts-fiis Work ~
Party Leader.
Secretary Carlisle returns To his desk at
time when his friends think his political
prospects arc very bright.
lex Congressman Harter OF Ohio praises
the president as Joint author with tho Al.
mighty Of tho sound mo$ey Victory and
Mr.. Carlisle, tnterrogated as TO tke scnti-
ment I'm New York, siailingly indorsed It.
But Mr.. Carlislo's friends do not indorse
It, They make up to him what tho pro-
prieties forbade him To claim for himself.
The first battle was fought In Illinois un-
der the inspiration Of the presidents letter
to n committee OF Chicago business men.
That battle, tho admirers OF Mr.. Carlisle
point out, was lost, and even Colonel Nor
rison called publicly for n more definite
expression from the president on thoeub-
ject of finance The next battle was fought
in Kentucky under the personal direction
of Mr.. Carlisle himself and was won In
convention By vote OF over two to one.
Mr.. CarlisldS speeches were praised AS
conclusive on that side and since then tho
Democratic sound money leaders In other
states have closely followed them. Mr..
German in Maryland will secure an ex-
preston in that state when the Democratic
convention Is held similar to that taken In
Kentucky, and Mr.. Brice I'm Ohio Is trav-
cling by direction of the same signpost.
This, as Mr.. Carlisles friends assert, Is
distinctly tho fruit Of his labors, and they
are expecting the work to continue to the
end in the same line and under the same
inspiration.
What political FORM If any, will Mr..
Carlisle's reward takep His friends do
clare that he has no desire to return to tho
senate, and he has said rs much himself.
From present appearances everything Is
coming toward him at home. There are
several avowed candidates for the senate,
but discussion Of their merit and chances
Is all In minor key Mr.. Carlisle al
though protesting against the use of his
name. Is easily first and it Is thought to
be not unlikely that, despite his protest,
he will be chosen. The argument used is
simple and unanswcrable. The fight Is
his. He has planned 1t and brought the
Democratic hosts together. Now, if tho
Democracy captures the signature, the
prize Mt stake must go by all right to the
triumphant leader Any other disposition
OF IL would, 1t Is held, disappoint both the
state and the country at large
Why does Mr.. Carlisle turn from the
senatorshipp Is his heart set higher? When
he entered the cabinet, many of his friends
thought his ultimate aim was the presi-
dency and that no would reach It by that
route. AS secretary Of the treasury he
would have a potent voice In the settle
ment OF the tariff question, and this would
bring him to the front for 1896 But tho
embarrassments that beset the administra-
tion on other lines told for time heavily
against him in particular, and he became
the target, even greater than the president,
OF all the sharpest shooting by the opposi-
ton. The free silver men and the gold
men alike attacked him. and his woes so
multiplied that his friends began to fear
he had made fatal mistake In leaving the
senate. Has the tide of Mr.. Carlisle's per-
sonal fortunes turnedp And is he prepar-
ing to take it at the food and steer for the
White Housea If this is his play, he may
be wise In disregarding all signals from
way landings, even from the senate land
ing and in holding his helm true to the
great course.
1t has always been said of Mr. Carlisle
that his residence at the south end of tho
Cincinnati suspension bridge initiated
against his presidential prospects, that
had he moved across the bridge in early
life to the Ohio end he would have sprung
In good time into presidential proportions
The more ardent of his admirers believe
that, whatever there might once have been
in this observation 1t has no longer any
material weight. Next years issue will be
q national issue, of q nature to obliterate
all but strictly business lines, and as Mr.
Carlisle's present attitude on that issue Is
so acceptable on both sides of the suspen-
sion bridge that structure will be COM
pletely eliminated from all calculations
Sound money will mean the same in tho
Democratic party In Ohio as in Kentucky,
In tlAa farther north as In the farther SOUTH
and tie Democratic leader who will have
contributed so much to that result will
his friends insist, be the proper man to
carry the party's banner In the presiden-
tial race. Washington Star.