San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-25

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 25.-Sec-
rotary Carlisle has been answered
by Gov. Altgeld. In a pointed open
letter, made public today, the gov
ernor replies to the address on the
money question, which the secre-
tary recently delivered in the Au-
ditorium in Chicago. Gov. Alt
gelt's letter is as follows:
ga teacher should be willing to
answer questions. At the close Of
Mr.. Carlisle's speech number of
gentlemen arose and asked for fur
Their information, but he turned his
back and slipped of the stage and
by the direction of his managers
his questioners were hurled out by
policemen. He could have made
himself very interesting on a num-
Der of points which he consistently
ignored. In 1873, when discussing
the money question in congress,
he expressed his opinions in the
following language:
az shall not enter into an eX-
animation of the causes which
have caused to depreciate the rela-
tive value Of silver and to appre-
ciate the value of gold since 1873,
but l am one of those who believe
that they are transient and tenn
porary in their nature, and that
when they have passed away or
been removed by the separate or
united action OF the nations most
deeply interested in the subject,
the old ratio or actual and relative
value will be re-established on
firmer foundation than ever. /
know that the worlds stock
of pure and precious metals
is none too large and l
see no reason to apprehend that it
will ever become so. Mankind
will be fortunate indeed il the an
nual production Of gold and silver
coin shall keep pace with the an
nual increase Of population, COM
merce and industry. According to
my view of the subject the conspir-
acy which seems to have been
formed here and in Europe to des-
troy by legislation and other wise
from three seventies to one half the
metallic money OF the world, is the
most gigantic scheme OF this or any
other age. The consumation OF
such a scheme would ultimately
entail more serious injury upon
the human race than all the wars,
pestilence and famine that ever oc.
Cured in the history of tae world.
The absolute and instantaneous
destruction OF half the property of
the world, including houses, ships,
railroads and all other appliances
for carrying on commerce, while it
would be felt more sensibly at the
moment, would not entail anything
like the prolonged distress and dis
organization of society that must
inevitably result from the perman-
emit annihilation OF one half of the
metallic money OF the world.
(Signed) JOHN G. CARLISLE.
February 81, 1878.
"First. 1t Will be seen that this
language is clear, emphatic, and
has none of the sophistry and
pettyfogging about it which is to
be found in his Chicago speech.
His awful predictions made in
1873 came to pass. He not only
saw his own prophesy fulfilled, but
he saw the misery OF his country
men become even greater than he
had predicted. Finding his views
had been correct, he continued to
hold them until he entered, Mr..
Cleveland's cabinet, when for some
mysterious cause there appeared a
change of heart, but for some rea-
son he refuses to talk about it.
"There are two other members of
the cabinet, Hoke Smith, OF Geor-
gia, and Herbert, Of Alabama,w who,
like Carlisle, had made their voices
heard for nearly a lifetime in de-
msnding the restoration Of silver
and in denouncing the great con-
spiracy that struck it down, and,
strange to say, when these two
men entered Cleveland's cabinet,