The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23
lNPORTEDDEMOCRACY
THAT Il WHAT CARLISLE TRUTH
FULLY STYLES BRYANIsM.
The First 81 the Great Fiuancier's
Speeches in Kentucky-His Answer
to the "Strange and Alarming
Doctrines Promulgated Under the
Name Of Democracy His Appeal to
Democratic Loyalty.

Covinston, Ky, Oct. e-Secretary OF
the Treasury John q. Carlisle made the
first of MS series Of Kentucky speeches
here tonight IN Odd Fellows hal which
was crowded TO its utmost capacity. He
Was received with the most generous and
hearty applause when he appeared on the
stage. THIS VAS followed oy vociferous
cheers for Bryan from knot OF aooas a
hundred men forming line in the stand
Ing room at the rear OF the hail.
Mr. Carlisle said ne had come 70 speak
IN behalf of the Democratic candidates
Pledged 20 Democratic principles withou.
any modern authorizations or Populisttc
or communists appendages. He said shat
strange and alarming doctrines had been
promulgated under the name OF Democ-
racy. and party discipline had been in
voked ana party loyalty appealed to- but
TIE issues involved were of such tremen-
dous importance 10 the country for the
time being that ordinary party obligations
nao sunk into utter insignifcance. and
every patriotic citizen was fmpera,ively
eal.ed upon 10 obey the honest dictates of
his own conscience, without regard 70 the
approval or disapproval OF caueuses ar
conventions.
he appealed for loyalty 10 the true
American Democracy as against all allie
glance TO that wild, turbulent and de-
stfuctiVe form of Democracy which had
neariy allied 10 anarchy that it IS almost
impossible 10 distinguish enc from the
other
linen, after enumeratiny what he de-
ciared 10 be the principles Of ,hes.rue De-
moeracy. as II had been interpreted by
JeHerson. jackson and Cleveland, the seq
rotary declared that that was the kind Of
Democracy he believed In. and thar his
support would be given to the candidates
VINO represented * in this contest He
named John NJ. Palmer and Simon r
bucAher, VINO, ne sad, were not strangers
10 the American people, as every man who
naa READ the history of this country knew
them.
They were not discovered by the bewll-
dered delegates of political convention"
ne SAD, and they will not be forgotten
"hen the sound and fury of this remark
apie campaign has subsidized They are
soioiefs ana statesmen. ripe with the ex-
per.ence derived from long public service
al critical periods in our history. and they
stand conspicuously in this contest for
law and order. for the inviolabil.ty OF con-
tracts Tor the independence and manhood
OF al classes of our people for iuse and
equal taxation for public purposes only.
Tor sound and stable currency"
hr. cariisie maintained that this was
lae only true Democracy and that those
VINO refused TO accept the Chicago dec
iaration could not be considered holters
ne then entered inro spirited denuncia-
tion or the fusion arrangements entered
into between the Democrats and Popuiis.s
on the national ticket and on the state
tickets in Kentucky and other states The
secretary concluded his address with an
elaborate argument against the free COIN
age of silver. maintaining that the 16 to
pan was IN direct conflict with the past
declarations of the Democratic party, and
that the adoption of such a policy would
bring the greatest disaster to the whole
country.
He argued that ii was not a question OF
the power of the United States to enact
such laws, Dat Ii was a question of nsl-
tlonal prosperity and national honor. Re-
ferring to the recent heavy imporsations
OF gold. the secretary said there were
many who professed to believe that these
inrrortations were due to some artificial
cause, 70 accomplish certain political re-
suits, but he assured his audience that
there was nothing artificial in this move
ment OF gold that h was a natural and
neces sary result OF the existing financial
conditions. and that Il would cease waen-
ever the equilibrium was substantially re-
stored, whether that be before or after the
election ..e added that IL would certain
ly cease il the United States inaugurated
policy OF free coinage al the ratio Of
l5 to l.
OF the Democra tic-Populist fusion Mr..
Carlisle mad TINS 10 say. Let US inquire
for a moment how far mere considerations
of regularity are influencing the actions
of our critics in this campaign. The nom.-
nations made at Chicago have been par
TALLY repudiaied by the very men who
made them in a majority of the states in
the Union. The national state committee
appointed 10 carry on the campaign
and pledged 20 the support OF both the
nominees of the Chicago convention-the
support OF one Just much as the support
OF the other-have in twentysix or twen-
ty-seven states deliberately entered into
arrangements and combinations 20 de-
prive one of the nominees of large num-
Der of electoral votes and give them TO
another candidate not mentioned by that
convention by any other convention
even pretending TO be Democratic. and
vet these gentlemen have the assurance
to call us boilers, and the presidential can
dsdate himself. who has countenanced and
encouraged this sacrifice of his associate
on the ticket. whose nomination was
regular as his own. tells US that we can
not .'get back into the Democratic party
unless We come back IN sackcioth and
ashes"