Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-23
JoHN G. CARLISLE.
-c,rr,RV SPEAKS At COW
r,GrON. KENTUCKY.
rl,,gs FRCH EsNY OF HIS HEARERS
. Thrown Also, Presumably at
mm-He s"s" He !" NOT o"' IN"
~, propose TO Re Put Out OF
,hc ncmocrntic Party

.,,rNGTON. KY OCTOBER @@'-'o"H VI
secretary of the treasury, spoke
O'. ..~.. .t OaI-Feuowa Han in the
i .or tre boiling Democrats. The nan
r.rre one. but had it been ten
.s large 3D. would not have heia
..ro came TO hear tine secretary
had been circulated that an at
h'. ,...l. bc made TO break up the
rr.re was q disorderiy element
.i,. rear OF the hall who Kissed
.s SIT. Carlisle appeared on 'n'
Tre majority Of the audience
were n sympathy with 'no
and drowned tine Misses IN Vo-
cheering. Ihe disiurners compeh-
s..r.ary to stop several times
.. n. carly part OF his speecn' ou'
...uv ouic,ed boy Mayor RhnocN'
..r hc exception of "a ie" isoI"'eo
.- rryun uo further trouble oc-
.-..r-dsmonstration was held ln
...s bmlns but hin mo- way in-
.... with the meeting inside the nall
. .te interruption m The earlier
.r ne meeting the Secretary re-
tro.. who did NOT care 10 hear
,~ ....b to leave the halL
I, -EcEETARNs SPEECH.
....-. carlisle began his address by
.... .l have come here to speak I'D
.- NJ he Democratic candidates
.... 20 tho principles Of a Demo
.. ,.tform. aDd my purpose ls 10
SOM. of the pending pohuldi
s from q purely pemocratlc
..rt We aro not Republicans or
.t- on iNsionists, we are simply
. ..-rIsnIoned Democrats, without
modern aiultemtion in orr doctrii es'
.. pnuistic or Communisuc app
-r.ces to our organization.
.. referred to the fact that here IN
- country when less than twenty
.... c.l he had begun his career aS "
.lr. sneaker by opposing the doctrines
.. .knaU-N0thiug" party, and since
r.- -fme Doc challenged his critics 10
v rrlt le had ever uttered an un-
r.r.-~.nc sentiment or cast an un-
I....-.rc vote. Then he proceeded 10
.....l. what the principles of Democracy
meaning American Democracy not
.tr.I Wild turbulent. and destructive
form OF Democracy which has been ln-
rr..l from abroad. and which Is so
r..y allied TO anarchy that IL is almost
-sIle TO distinguish one from the
o..-
% the candidates Of the bolting Demo
nt. he said: JOhn VI. Palmer and
simon Bolivar Buckner are not strangers
b.. the American people; they were not
discovered yesterday 10y the beWildered
DELEGATES 10 % political convention, anu
rlrh
sound end fury Of this remarkable cam
-..-r have subsilel. They are soldiers
ind statesmen. ripe with the experience
..veI from long public Service AT criti-
Cd periods in our history, and they stand
0.ruicuouslv in this contest for law and
r. for the invIoIahliy of contracts.
.- The Independence and manhood OF all
classes of our people. for just and equal
.r..ul for public purposes only, l0r "a
... and stable currency. and for tho
maintenance OF the national authority
rr. national honor under All circum-
stances"
n regard 10 the question Of the regu-
frlr of their nomination he said: Let
is impure for a moment how far mere
considerations OF regularity are in
.uirs the actions of our critics i'm
n.s campaign. The nominations made at
hy he very msn who made them in a
orty - the States of the Union.
Tho National and State committees ap-
pointed 90 carry on the campaign. ana
pledged t0 the support Of both the nOmi-
r..s 0f the Chicago cOnventiOn-tO the
support OF one just as much as TO the
support NJ the other-have I'm twenty-siX
C- seven States deliberately entered into
a-r0 ucoments and combinations 10 de-
priv. one of the nominees of a large
number OF electoral votes. and give them
% smother candidate not nominated by
u0t convention. nor By any other con-
tuuou ever pretending 20 be Demo
cratic. and yet these gentlemen have
tte assurance TO call us Boilers: and the
eutal candidate himself. who has
lfertucCd and encouraged the sacri-
Gee of tis associate on the ticket. whose
Nomination was as regular as his own.
tolls us that we cannot get back into
the Democratic party unless we come I'm
sI.fe'oth and ashes.
Gentlemen. we are not out Of the
Democratic party. and we DO not intend
9 go out or Doe put out"
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Tlsn Doe discussed what past Democratic
Platforms had been on the financial quos-
4
at.ln in favor Of free coinage Of
silver at l6 TO- I. and continued: "Notwith-
standing al that has been said. or may
hereafter said TO the contrary. we have
i.H distinct monetary system of Oui
own. freely adopted by our own legisla-
600. without dictatiOn from or cOnsulta-
in Witn any other nation in the world,
we have the right and the power 20
change 10. or 90 abolish IL altogether
Whenever wc choose. The excited orators
N'l .re travcrsine the land I'M every di-
i.'Ion FeNug the ears of The people with
ft.rauou of the statement that there
H some party or body OF men I'm this
country denying the right or authority Of
he United States 90 change its monetary
81 .em without The consent OF some other
i.on. are simply evading the real Ques
Tons 40 issue, and misreprescutng the
position of their opponents, for the pun
of making unworthy appeals to the
and pfciuQices Of their audi
The question is not whether the
United States alone have the power tc
Hf f-ee coinage and silver mOnometal-
Im rrl whether. in view OF our own do
i.c conditions and interests, and OF
'f extensive commercial and financial
iuo.s With the other great civilized
i..or. NJ the world. 10 would be good
I'y and good faith Co make such a radi-
' c.nnre ln our currency and such a
f.e repudiation Of our obligations.
not 81 question OF power IL is not a
question of national INDEPENDENCE but It
i question of national prosperity and
rational honor"
Secretary Carlisle then proceeded &c
40 length the economic effects OF
i'..-flFer coinage
IlfNi.e 10 other uqrfe Of tho r,lafforfo
-r Carlisle said. Gwen If the free and
@n.tti coinage of silver at the ratio
F. to 4 were the only issue presented IN
amnisn. every old-line Democrat in
N country would - fully justified in
f 90 support The nominee % the
.'.'to and 81. Louis POpUlist conven-
hlt ii was not the only issue and