Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-15
How Will His Party Services Be Re
warded7
No DESIRE 10 RETURN 70 THE SENATE
He May Be Steering for the White
House.
TU RN OF THE It'd E

Secretary Carlisle returns to his desk at
a time when his friends think his political
prospects are very bright. He is not only
master Of the situation at home, but stands
accredited with the turning of the silver
tide In a number Of other states, and the
whole achievement. represents the work of
less than three months. AS late as May 1
the silver men were admittedly in control
of the democratic party. Today they are
fighting for their very lives.
Ex-Congressmau Harter of Ohio praises
the President as Joint author with the
Almighty of the sound money victory, and
Mr.: Carlisle, interrogated as to the senti-
ment In New York. smilingly Endorsed 1t.
But Mr.. Carlisles friends do not indorse 1t.
They make up to him what the proprieties
forbade him to claim for himself The
first battle was fought in Illinois under the
inspiration of the Presidents letter to a
committee Of Chicago business men. That
battle, the admirers of Mr.. Carlisle point
out, was lost, and even Col. Morrison call
ed publicly for more definite expression
from the President on the subject of sound
finance.> The next battle was fought in
Kentucky under the personal direction of
Mr.. Carlisle himself, and was won in con-
vention by a vote of over two to one. Mr..
Carlisle's speeches were praised as con-
elusive on that side, and since then the
democratic sound money leaders in other
states have closely followed them. Mr..
German in Maryland will secure an express
sion in that state when the democratic
convention is held similar to that taken
in Kentucky, and Mr.. Brice In Ohio is
travelling by direction Of the same sign
post. This, as Mr.. Carlisle's friends as
sert. Is distinctly the fruit of his labors,
and they are expecting the work to con-
tinue to the end in the same line and under
the same inspiration.
Mr.. CnrlisIe's Reward.
What political form, If any, will Mr.. Car
isles reward take? His friends declare
that he has no desire to return to the Sem
ate, and he has said as much himself.
From present appearances everything Is
coming toward him at home. There are
several avowed sound money candidates
for the Senate, but discussion of their merit
and chances Is all in minor key. Mr..
Carlisle, although protesting against the
use of his name, is easily first, and it Is
the ught to be not unlikely that, despite his
protest. he will be chosen. The argument
used Is simple and unanswerable. The fight
Is his He has planned it, and brought the
democratic hosts together under the sound
money banner Now, If the democracy cap
lures the signature the prize at stake must
go by all right to the triumphant leader,
Any other disposition of it would, it is held,
disappoint both the state and the country
at large.
Why does Mr.. Carlisle turn from the SEN
atorship? Is his heart set higher? When
he entered the cabinet many Of his friends
thought his ultimate aim was the presi-
dency and that he would reach 1t by that
route. AS Secretary of the Treasury he
would have a potent voice in the settle
meRt Of the tariff question, and this would
bring him to the front for 1896 But the
embarra ssments 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-
tion. The free silver men and the gold men
alike attacked him, and his woes so multi
piled that his friends began to fear he had
made a fatal mistake in leaving the Sem
ate. Has the tide of Mr.. Carlisle's personal
fortunes, as well as the silver tide by his
efforts. turned? And is he preparing to
take 1t at the flood. and steer for the White
House? If this is his play, he may be wise
In disregarding all signals from way land
ings. even from the Senate landing. and in
holding his helm true to the great course.
The Ohio River Eliminated.
It has always been said of Mr. Carlisle
that his residence at the south end Of the
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 admreres believe that
whatever there might once have been in
this observation, 1t has no longer any ma
terial weight. Next years issue will be
national issue. of nature to obliterate all
but strictly business lines. and as Mr.. Car
isles present attitude on that issue is so
acceptable on both sides Of the suspension
bridge, that structure will be completely
eliminated from all calculations. Sound
money will mean the same in the demo-
cratic party in Ohio rs in Kentucky, in the
farther north as in the farther south, and
the democratic leader who will have con-
tributed so much to that result will, his
friends insist. be the proper man to carry
the party's banner in the presidential race