Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-20
CARLISLE TO wonKiNGMEN.

Chicago Times Herald: 1t was a great, in
t%elligent, kindly and tolerant crowd. and
the splendid presentation Of the driest Of
subjects charmed even the few who were
dlssenters from the conclusions Of the orator.
indianapolis Journal: Secretary Carlisle's
address delivered at Chicago ought to be
placed in the hands Of every intelligent
workingman in the United States as an anti
dote for the false teaching that the free
coinage Of 5O-cent dollars will benefit wage
workers.
Chicago Journal: The address was clear
and luminous, like all of Secretary Carllsle's
utterances on public questions, and was per-
fectly adapted to its purposes, It contained
no appeal to passion or prcjudices, no
rhetorical flourishes. but was all the more
effective on that account. It will reach to
every class Of readers. and prove a most
valuable contribution to the coinage discus
sion.
Chicago Chronicle: With these facts be-
fore them and with the certain knowledge
that their Swings in banks and lsewhere
payable in money would be cut down one
half under free coinage and a hdlf-value sill
yer dollar. how is 1t possible for any work.
ingman to support the free silver move
ment, which would benefit only the silver
mine owners and the comparatively small
number who would still employ labor and pay
wages? Every wOrkingman In the land ought
to read Mr.. Carlisle's address and ponder II
well before committing. himself to a policy
which. II reduced to practice, would skin him
as he has never yet been skinned, both by
cutting his wages and deprlving him OF em-
ployment,
indianapolis News: 1t is difficult to I'M
derstand how any sane man can read the
luminous speech of Secretary Carlisle, deltv-
cred before the workingmen of Chicago last
night, without being convinced of the wicked
folly of the free silver scheme. There Is no
"elcquence' or rhetoric in IL, for a man
with the facts and the logic on his side can
well afford to leave the tricks OF oratory to
the free silver speakers, who have neither
facts nor logic to sustain them. But Mr..
Carlisle's address Is a sober and powerful
statement of fundamental principles supported
by arguments so clear, and Illuminated by
illustrations so apt, that here Is simply no
escape from the conclusions reached.
Louisville Courier-Journa Mr.. Carlisle.
like Lincoln and Jackson. is a man Of the
people and for the people, and by the people
has been raised to place. He knows, and
has always known, that a statesman no
less than the demagogue must be sustained
by popular favor, though to obtain 1t they
employ such different methods. He is sure
of his ground in this great matter OF our
national currency, and he has gone before
the representatives of the masses to point
out the plain road to prosperity. 1t Is not
to f1atter them for their votes any more
than he would attend the Chamber of Com
merce dinner at New York when Wall street
was trying to bring him under the domina-
ton which other secretaries of the treasury
had promptly acknowledged from the begin
ming of their terms. 1t is simply in line
with the policy that has always a%ctuated him
since he began political ife-that Of dealing
directly with the people who are the source
of mower.