Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-11
SECRETARY CARLISLE
A Lively Reception Awaits Him in
Kentucky.
His RECORD TO. Be BROUGHT OUT
A Complete Change of Front on
Silver Alleged.
THE FIGHT FOR DELEG ATES

he reaches Kentucky for the purpose of
calling democrats to duty on the question
of finance. His itinerary. despite published
reports to the contrary, has not been ar
ranged There Ia strong desire to hear
him, and. II he had the time to address
them. large audiences could easily be gath
cred in all parts of the state. But he will
necessarily have to limit himself to only a
few speeches. and these will be delivered in
localities where the. sound money demo-
Gratis can best utilize deliverances SO i'm
portant. A-4-- $500
Old Constituents Laying for Him.
AS has already been stated in The Star,
the free silver men among his old constit-
uents are laying, for Me- CARLISLE. They
are armed with every word he has ever ut
tered in public place on the silver question,
and they are charging that the record Is
full of inconsistencies and contradictions
They are importunate for an explanation
and this will be formally demanded by men
so capable and ddroit that powers as great
as those conceded to Mr.. Carlisle are likely
to be taxed to the utmost in the contro-
Versy. The Secrctarys reception. at home
while lively In a political sense, WILL Of
course, be entirely respectful In a personal
sense. Even those of his people who differ
with him are proud of his Intellectual emf
repce, and will hear him with attention in
matter so vital, as they think, to his rep
plan for drawing him into a joint debate
seems to have been abandoned
1t was suggested at one time that ex-
Gov. Proctor Knott be pitted against him.
Mr.. Knott is a fine speaker and an ex-
treme free coinage man. But the program
now seems to be to permit Mr.. Carlisle to
make his speeches without interruption ct
the moment, and then turn upon him the
hroadsde Of the opposition, both In the
silver press and on the stump. And the
silver men believe that before they are
b.
silenced the biggest gun the administration
will be able to bring into action. ~
\ Change of Front Alleged.
The silver men among the Kentucky
democrats are firmly of the opinion that
Mr.. Carlisle has completely changed front
on The financial question since he laid
down the commission of Senator and took
up that of Secretary of the Treasury, and
they resent the change with all the more
feeling because it was under his leader
ship largely that their own views on the
subject first became fixed. His was very
rapid rise In the affairs of the state. He
was almost an unknown man when he
first came to Congress in 1876.
The only office he had held at home was
that of lieutenant governor in admins
tration SO colorless that no development Of
his real size and quality had been possible.
But once in the national house he forged
at once to the front. Mr.. Beck had but
recently been transferred to the Senate,
and so at both ends of the Capitol the blue
grass state stood among the most favored
OF her sisters. She had giant on deck at
either end. The two men were in the clos
est possible agreement OF all public Ques-
tions AS to the tariff, as to money, as to
all Of the cardinal principles of modern de-
mocracy, they touched shoulders like pair
OF tall brothers.
Learned Much From Heck.
In the opinion of Kentuckians it is moth
Av,rr t,, 81 80 NJ uI.~l.
that at the start he learned much from Mr.
Beck-was very. much Influenced by him.
That tireless and aggressive champion of
everything he took In hand was a control
ling quantity all around him. He was even
then a veteran in the ranks. He had been
laying about him for years in the cause of
silver. He inveighed In season and out of
season against the financial legislation of
1873, and, until Mr.. Carlsle's speech was
made in denunciatton of that act he had
held the palm for the most severe and eff
fecttve excoriation on record OF what that
act had accomplished against the interests
of silver.
The thought SO ,possessed him.., indeed,
that 1t vas almost impossible for him to
rise In the Senate on any revenue or finan-
cial matter without passing before he sat
down over to the quest4on"lof the de-
mone:ization of silver. Then, with his tre-
mendous energy and Searnes tIess- and his
torrent Of words he would beIabor without
mercy all who had helped in the enactment
OF that legislation. But, much as Mr. Beck
had made the subject his own1n n debate he
acknowiedged at once, with characteristic
generosity, the great force of Mr. Carlisle
In the cause, and when the latter delivered
Els famous speech in the House. on the
same same topic and in the same line. Mr.. Beck
nailed 1t as an Invaluable utterance and
quoted from 1t himself.
Letter still In Existence.
Nor Is this all that the free silver demo-
nrnfc ty,
Mr.. Carlisle over the Goals for Upon the
sudden death of Mr.. Beck In 1880 Mr.. Car
lisle entered the race fpro the vacancy.
He was easily the strongest man In the
race but as Mr.. McCreary and one or two
others had small followings. it seemed pos
sibIe so to divide Up the democratic ma
1ority In the legislature as to protract the
contest and make choice difficult. Early
action would. it was believed be in Mr.
Carlisie's interest. and in order to secure
this Mr.. Carlisle's record was canvassed
Freely. His supporters dwelt upon the fact
that he had always advocated free silver.
ana IN letter addressed at the time to
one of his friends. now the United States
district attorney for, the state. Mr.. Car
Isle put in the claim himself for consid-
GRAFTON on that score. He had, he said.
both spoken and voted for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver. and declared
that he still held to that doctrine. This
letter was shown to those likely to be in
claiming that 1t secured votes for Mr.. Car
Isle in the senatorial contest. The letter
Is still in existence, and has. 1t is stated.
recently been published In a democratic
newspaper in the state. ''''f f''|
The Fight Is Hot.
The fight in the bluegrass country over
delegates to the democratic state oonven-
tion to be held next month Is as hot as
lme-kilr. The silver men are confident of
winning. Mr.. Blackburn. who is leading
the silver forces, expresses the opinion in
private letter that free coinage plank
Is certain TO be incorporated into the plat
form. He Is bearing the burden of his side
OF the controversy. The sound money
democrats are lacking In effective speakers.
tx-Gov. Buckner and Congressman Nc
Creary, who are candidates for the Senate
on a sound money platform, want the art
e. pleasing on the stump. and this leaves
that side ahort-handed in one of the ways
IN which a political battle is best conducted
in that state. This, too, makes the ap-
pearance Of Mr.. Carlisle In the state Of all
the greater interest TO the democrats who,
fearing that the battle cannot be won,
nope at least to prevent complete rout.