The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-06-11


They were afraid that when he began to
speak ne would say that 1.-THE CONSUMING
ton Of such q scheme would ultimately
entail more misery upon the human race
than all the wars, pestilences and fanines
that ever occurred In the history Of the
world. The absolute and instantaneous
destruction of half the entire movable
property Of the world, including houses,
ships, railways and all other appliances for
carrying on commerce, while it would be
felt more sensibly at the moment, would
not produce anything like the prolonged
distress and disqualification of society that
must inevitably result from the permanent
humiliation Of one-half of the metallic
money of the world.
No, they didn't invite him then. But
when from the Moses of the common poo
pie he becomes commander in chief Of
Pharaoh's army he comes to Memphis to
address them. You can tell where man s
sympathies are by the people who invite
him to speak. 1t can be said by the flnan-
cier, 81 love them that love me, and those
that seek me early shall find me-" And
when you find that the secretary of the
treasury can come thousand miles to
congratulate the representatives of bank
Ing uSSOCltilODS anu VI lIttit SOu
can make up your minds that he is not the
same in heart, although the same in mind,
that you heard saying in 1878 these words:
"Tbe struggle now going on cannot
cease and ought not to cease until all the
industrial interests of the country are fully
and finally emancipated from the heartless
domination of syndicates, stock exchanges
and other great combinations of money
grabbers in this country and Europe. Let
us, If we can do no better, pass bill after
bill, embodying in each some one substar-
tial provision for relief, and send them TO
the executive for his approval. If he with
hold his signature, and we are unable to
secure the necessary vote here or elsewhere
to enact them into laws Notwithstanding
his veto, let us as last resort suspend the
rules and put them into the general appro-
priation bills with the distinct understand
ing that if the people can get no relief the
government can get no money"
That was the John G. Carlisle of 1878,
and yesterday you heard the John g. Car
Isle Of 1895. When he spoke then, he was
the prophet of hope, and he pointed his
people TO the dawning of a brighter day.
When he came before you yesterday, he
preached the gospel of despair and told
you that you must prepare yourselves to
enjoy to the full the blessings that gold
has brought. In 1878 what did
he propose to do for the people? Then le
felt in touch with that great host that al
ways marches behind the representative Of
the interests of the common people. He
could hear their hearts beat, and he was
touched by the knowledge of their woe
And he said then:
81 have not stated hurriedly my views
of the amendments proposed by the senate
so far as they have made material alterG-
lions in the original bill, and l desire to-
add only that while the measure in it's
present form is not what the country had
a right to expect it is infinitely better than
anything the people have ever been able
to obtain at the hands of congress during
the last 10 years. 1t was the first victory
won by the people during many weary
years Of warfare with the consolidated
wealth Of this and other countries, and
it is not by any means a com
plete triumph it marks the beginning of
a new and more popular era in national
legislation 1t attests mighty revolu-
ton in public sentiment as represented
here at the capital, and it places the great
industrial and producing masses. of the
people in the front and the Ilonproducers
in the rear. For 10 years the people have
been on the defensive, and although forti-
fled by the plainest provisions of law and
the clearest principles of equity they have
been continually driven from one position
TO another until they stood at last upon
the very verge of financial ruin. Gather
ing all their energies for this struggle,
shey have advanced not very far, it is
true, but they have advanced far enough
TO recover part of the ground lost in the
previous conflicts, and trust that their
will faithfully hold it for
them"
He says to them: "Here is this little
bit. We struggled for it. But our power
to legislate is not gone yet, and we may
do better hereafter" All, there was the
man whose courage rose with danger and
who was able to encompass every obstacle.
That was John g. Carlisle in 1878.
Gradual Silver Coinage.
In his speech at Covington Mr.. Carlisle
said: "Why don't the advocates of silver
try to restore their favorite metal little
bit at timely degrees? Why insist upon
a great big step all at onceP Why not go
at it gradually" What mockeryl When
the repeal Of the Sherman law was secured
by the aid of the secretary of the treasury,
the peoples representatives sent to the
White House a bill to coin the seigniorage
AN amount of silver SO small that even
your representative, Mr.. Patterson, voted
for it. l do not say this in criticism of
Mr.. Patterson. l respect man who is
enough to speak out, and, my
friends, if all the advocates of gold mono
metallisIn would be as frank and open
with their views as is Mr. Patterson we
could lick them out of their boots in three
weeks. 1t is because so many of them are
towards that we have trouble with them.
l speak of it simply to show you that so
bold a supporter of gold as Mr.. Patterson
could see nothing wrong with the bill to
coin SO little silver as the seigniorage
to. And'yet when that bill went
up to the president, Mr.. Cleveland, who
is the chief of Mr.. Carlisle, vetoed it, al
though moro than two-thirds of the Dem
ocrats in congress voted for it, And, al
though Mr.. Carlisle in 1873 said that If
the president should veto such a bill the
wheels of government should be blocked,
yet Mr.. Carlisle did not resign when Pres
ident Cleveland vetoed this bill.
That bill was surely gradual enough for
the friends of silver to endeavor to restore
that metal, but we could not get 1t
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