The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
Wants Carlisle for President.

To the Editor OF The Times.
Sir,-Tne Presidential election of 1896
will turn upon two vital issues, a just
tariff and a sound currency Sectional
ism is dead so far as debating presiden-
tial candidates IS concerned This is the
first quadrennium since the war that I his
has been the case. And such being the
case. the Democrats need not look far
for their leader.
There is one great Democrat who has
been for years the leader Of tariff reform
In the Democratic ranks. other men
have learned at his feet as at the feet
OF a master. He taught its lessons even
TO Alr. Cleveland, whom II has twice made
President. After leading the lower house
OF Congress IN unansWcrdDlc DEBATE, he
was sent 10 the Senate and although he
had been in his seat but .ew days he
was appointed by his Democratic col
leagues TO close the debate on the Nils
bill. so thoroughly did they recognize in
him the foremost champion OF tariff re-
form IN America. IL there IL one man
more than another whose arguments
brought the American people to revise
the oppressive and Ubiquitous tarin, X
there Is one man whose clear intellect
led his party step by step on this great
issue. II there is one man whom pollti-
cal envy did not beclOud but who stood
out among his associates or both par
ties universally respected, that man IS
John G.. Carlisle, OF Kentucky. tie has
been a veritable liOn-hcart In tarin re-
form on that issue he has achieved for
himself the right 10 the Democratic NOM
nation for President.
on the other great issue, sound money,
while he has differed from many noble
and veteran Democrats, yet he has stood
forth again as a leader and an unan-
sUersble debater for the Sound Money
side of this great controversy. In THIS,
ne has been unequalied and unapprOacha-
bile. Not even the President himself has
been able TO exert the influence on the
political thought Of the country that his
great Secretary Of the Treasury has eN-
erted. And what is more. in the face
Of apparent disapprovai by his party, he
has gone on and shown courage, charac-
ter. and conviction in dealing with this
grave problem His acts speak for them
selves, but apart from his acts, 1t has
been his great speeches Ia favor OF sound
money that have won him the respect or
the entire American people. Even the
frec-silver advocates are bound 10 respect
him more than such eFaslNe, skulkinB
politicians as Reed, Mckinley, and Har-
rison. lie went among his people ike the
statesmen Of Old. like a Pitt or Glad
stone Ike a Webster or Clay, and talk
ed 10 them in the true spirit OF our insti-
tutions Mr. Carlisle Is almost alone
among the great political leaders or
America in his heroic efforts to keep the
masses OF the people loyal 10 sound mon
ey His Kentucky and Memphis speeches
have seldom been equalled in their fair
ness. truthfulness, and In their influence.
IT Democracy Is to remain true to sound
money then Mr.. Carlisle IS its logical
candidate.
T. he available? Can he be elected? The
business men of the North will flock to
Carlisle And here IN the South, even n
free silver champions attempt 10 desert
him. there is a great reserve force or men
who usually do not make much noise in
politics. but who will come out from their
fields. their shops. their Offices, and will
see 10 il that the South will not forget
her own. Contrast him with any OF the
possible Republican candidates. Think OF
his greatness in the Speakers chair, with
the coarse parts>nship Of Mr.. Reed.
Think of his weight and boldness on the
silver issue with the silence from the
Maine woods and the evasive voting OF
Mr. Reed. first on one side. then on the
other. And so he stands in comparison
the Republican party
In our own ranks, why hunt out some
young or obscure Democrat when the vet
eran leader of Democracy in the United
States stands before us strong and flaw
less? Why bother about a fourth nOmina-
ton for Mr.. Cleveland when Mr. Car
Isle has just as much honesty. brains
and backbone, and Is fully as well equip
ped TO manage our affairs at home and
abroad
Ii does not matter now. whether he
lives on The North or the South bank or
the Ohio river in Cincinnati or I'M Cow
ingtOn. Time in its fuliness has, brought
Ct about that this will figure very little
in this campaign. Let as have the salts
faction Of nominating a man Of brains
and of principle. Let the battle cry be:
a just tariff and sound currency. Ana
with this issue fully incarnated in Mr.
Carlisle we shall have nothing 10 explain
aud nothing to apologize for. And II De
mOcracy cannot thus win, then II has
truly lost its SAVIOR"
GEO. ". MILES. Jr.
81. Adams School Va, Dec. =. 1873