The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25
BRYAN SPEAKS FOR SILVER.
HE ATTEMPTS TO REPLY TO THE
SPEECH OF CARLISLE.

He says the Secretary Was the Moses
of the Common People in 1878, Hut
Has Now become the Commander
in-Chief of Pharonh's Army-Thc
Secretary's DenunciatiOn of scna-
tor sherman Quoted In An Attempt
TO Knock out Carlisle by His own
Utterances.
Memphis, Tenn. May 2L-Before an au-
dience that filed every nook and corner
Of the Grand opera house and overfiowed
into the street, ex-Congressman W. ].
Bryan of Nebraska replied tonight to the
speech on the monetaa issue delivered
across the street yesterday by Secretary
Carlisle. The apostle of free silver from
the west arrived in the city this morn
ing and was heartily greeted by the COM
mttee OF the Bimetallic League. which
subsequently conferred with him concern
ing the free silver national convention to
be held in this city next month. Congress
man John Allen of Mississippi also arrived
later in the day and spoke after Mr.. Bryan
at the mass meeting.
In the course of his speech, the Omaha
editor said: Il have read the speech de-
livered by Mr.. Carlisle In this city yester-
day: also the one delivered by him at Cow
ington. Ky. last Mohday evening. and
have compared them with the speech de-
livered by him on Feb p. 1878. in the
House of Representatives. and ! am re-
minded OF the language used by David in
lamenting the death of Saul: How are
the mighty fallen.
Mr.. Bryan devoted himself principally to
demonstrating Inconsistency in Mr.. Car
isles utterances on the silver question
and that so recently as in 1880. he was a
free silver coinage advocate lie then pro-
ceeded: we do not deny to Mr.. Carlisle
the right to change his opinion, but II has
been more than a change Of opinions II
has been change OF heart. Mr. Carlisle
at that time was the Moses of the COM
mon people; he is now the commander-in-
chief of Pharohs army He was then the
courageous and Jealous leader of the mass
es in the effort to restore the gold and sill
yer coinage of the constitution; he is now
the foremost champion of the very forces
that he then denounced with so much Wig
or. In his denunciation Of Senator Sher-
man at that time. Mr. Carlisle stated in
substance. FIRST, tnat the interests or the
idle holders of idle capital are different
from the interests of the struggling mass
es. Second. that Senator sherman SYM
pathizes with the capitalists rather than
with the masses. and third, that Senator
Sherman, as a public official sworn TO do
his duty, would be governed by his SYM
pathies and. therefore. coin only half as
much money as he would coin If his SYM
pathies were with the struggling masses.
History bore out the prophecy made by
Mr.. Carlisle because Mr. Sherman and his
successors never coined more than the
minimum amount. Senator Sherman and
Mr.. Carlisle are now In hearty accord. Has
Senator Sherman at last become the cham
pion of the Struggling masses or has Sec
retary Carlisle become the champion of the
idle holders of idle capital?"
Mr.. Bryan discussed various phases OF the
money question; quoting frequently from
Secretary Carlisle, and answering his ar
guments by arguments formerly made by
Senator Carlisle or by statistics. He closed
by saying that Secretary Carlisle had de-
serted the struggling masses for whom he
formerly spoke, but even without his lead
ership they would be able to cast their bal
lots for the restoration of the gold and sill
yer coinage of the constitution, and that
the present efforts OF Secretary Carlisle In
stead Of retarding the movement would
make his former speech familiar to the
American people and show the danger Of
entrusung our financial policy to the "Vile
holders of idle capital or to their repre-
sentatives.