The herald., 1895-05-25
Congressman Bryan Replies to
Secretary Carlisle
AN ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
Arguments Made in Favor of the White
Metal
Comparisons rIade Between CarlisIe's Speech
at 1emphs and His Utterances In
IS7S-Other Speakers

Associated Press Special Wire.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 24.-Memphis
is the storm center of the south Just ow
in the agitation OF the all absorbing cur.
reucy question. Close upon the events
of yesterdays "sound money conven-
tion at the auditorium, at which the
economic views OF the secretary of the
treasury were expounded to large gath
ering of men from all parts of the south,
came rousing meeting tonight OF an
equally numerous class of citizens. whose
slogan is 'honest money and whose
guest of honor was the eloquent young
Nebraska Congiessma, William J. Bryan.
Shortly after the sound money convention
was called, the silver people got to work
upon counter dem onstration with the
result that Mr.. Bryan consented to reply
to the speech of Secretary Carlisle.
Mr.. Bryan received an enthusiastic re-
ception. A considerable part of his speech
was taken up with comparisons of Secre-
tary Carlisle's last speech with utterances ;
said to have been made by him in 1878.
The telling points in Mr.. Bryan's speech
were loudly appauded. He was followed
by Congressman J. NJ. Allen OF Mississippi
in humorous and interesting speech.
Mr.. Bryan said in part: II have
in this city, also that delivered by him at
Ccvington last Monday evening. and
have compared them with the speech de-
livered by him ON February 2l, 1873, in
the house of representatives and / am
reminded of the language used by David
in lamenting the death of SAUL How are
the mighty fallen"
''In 1873 Mr.. Carlisle was hurting the
pebbles Of truth at the giant of the Phil
listine, John Sherman; today as a Goliath
he daily issues challenges to his former
friends.
"Mr. Carlisle did not refer while at
Memphis, to his peech of 1878, but he
some of the opinions then expressed have
been modified and some of them have
been changed altogether by subsequent
events and by more thorough investi-
CATION of the subjects to which they re.
lated. but on the question of free coinage.
for moment But he did not state,
even at Covington. .hat paris of his
former speech neI"epudiated and what
/, parts he : ,diae;.. He served in the
bouse and senat for about fifteen ears
after the making of thst. speech and
tempt to withdfaw, the uttersnce of 1873.
then spoke. He explains that he voted
for free coinage in 1879, in the hope
that it would be amended in the senate
but he never voted against the free coinage
until after the nomination, of Mr.. Cleve-
land in 1892.
'It is true that in 1878 Mr.. Carlisle did
say that he was opposed to the free coin
age of silver, 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, i am op-
posed to the free coinage of either gold OF
ell k,,% to &c ,-Is ,%aI oos,
age OF both metals, upon terms of exact
equality Not only was his present lam
guage contradicted by his former speech,
but q letter written in 1890 by him says
that he was at that time in favor of free
and unlim tied coinage of silver. Mr..
Carlisle in 1873 said, The struggle now
going on cannot cease and ought not to
cease until all the industrial interests of
the country are fully and finally eman-
cipated from the heartless domin. Ainn OF
the syndicates stock exchanges and other
great combinations of money grabbers in
this country and Europe
+ CAT the Memphis convention Mr..
yer were expecting international pimet-
allism. This seeming conflict between
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Catchings can be
easily explained. Mr.. Carlisle believed
that the government should buy whatever
silver it needs and therefore might be
called a buy-metalist. Mr.. Catchings is in
favor of the restoration of silver after
awhile, if other nations will help us, and
therefore may be called by and by met
allist.
"What need is there for bimetallism il
the gold standard will furnish q sufficient
amount OF money? The confession that
bimetallism is desirable destroys all ar
gument advanced in behalf of gold mono
metallism, and when one has admitted
the desirabliity OF bimetalllsm he must
either favor the restoration of 1t by the
United States at one or submit the desti-
nies of this people to foreign nations.
1t has been we'll said that it is more dan
gerous to put an English banker at the
head of our financial system than to have
the English admiral at the head OF ollr
navy or an English general at the head
o. our army"