Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-23
THROW EGGS AT CARLISLE
Bryanitcs at oovington Try to Break Up a
Sound Money Meeting,
SECRETARY DENoUNCES FREE COINAGE
ENpuunds Democratic Principles ut
Length ana Declares lie VIII vote
for Palmer and BucI<ucr ns
the True Democrats.

COV1NGTON, KY, Oct. 22.-Secretary Of
the Treasury John G. Carlisle made the
first OF his series of Kentucky speeches
here tonight in Odd Fellows hall, which
was crowded to its utmost capacity. He
was received with most generous and hearty
applause when he appeared on the stage.
This was followed by vociferous cheers for
Gryan from about 100 men standing
in line at the rear Of the hall. This con.
tinued some time after Secretary Carlisle
began to speak, completely drowning his
voice, so those nearest him on the stage
could not hear his words. At the same time
a crowd occupied the street and rent the
air with shouts for Bryan. This continued
at frequent intervals during the entire
speaking. Now and then a man on the
Oltsde would shout Carlisle the traitor"
Once, after Mr.. Carlisle began his speech,
he stopped and begged the turbulent crowd
to leave the hall. The dsturbers did not
leave. but they interrupted him afterward
less frequently. The mayor and several po-
licemen were In the hail. but no percep-
tible effort was made to stop the disturb
ance.
While Secretary Carlisle was interrupted
continuously during his speech and eggs
were thrown about the hall, four being
thrown upon the stage, the most dsorderly
scene was at the close of the meeting, when
hoodlums gathered about the exit with in
sulting remarks. There were many noisy
people on the street and in such spirit as
to threaten violence as well as insult to
the secretary. The authorities had not
taken radical action to prevent disturbance
up to this time. but after the meeting the
mayor and chief of police promptly fur
nished a detachment of twenty policemen
who safely and quietly escorted Secretary
Carlisle to the residence of Mr.. Frank Helm
Secretary Carlisle was disturbed and
showed his annoyance over the yelling at
the opening OF the meeting but he did not
know any eggs had been thrown till after
the meeting was over although one OF the
eggs struck the center chandelier. He was
intensely In earnest In his argument and
held his audience in close attention. He
was unconscious of the bowling element
outside of the hall and was himself sur
prsed at the calling of n detachment of
police to escort him to Mr.. Helms residence
He will speak at Bowling Green Saturday
night and at other points in Kentucky next
week, when 1t is feared he will encounter
disturbances.
Mr.. Carlisle opened by challenging his
"severest opponents" although he had par
ticipated in nearly every political contest
that had occurred in the country since he
was 20 years old, to show that he had ever
uttered an undemocratic sentiment or cast
an undemocratic vote, and proceeded:
There were democratic principles long
before there was any democratic organiza-
SION. There hps neSFr been q time IN the
history OF this country wien there was
not strong and aggressive democratic
sentiment among our people. II was the
vital force behind the revolution which
resulted in the achievement of our indie
pendCnce; 1t was embodied In that great
declaration which startled the crowned
heads and electrified the oppressed people
al. rtI In Nhut shn taYtV,-
ciples OF this American democracy, for /
do not refer to that wild, turbulent and
destructive form of democracy which has
been imported from abroad and which Is
so nearly allied to anarchy that IL Is al
most impossible 10 distinguish one from
the other? Liberty, regulated and pro
tected by law: local self-government and
strict construction of the powers delegated
by the states and people to their agents;
of the citizen except so far as may be
necessary for the preservation of the pub
lie peace, the public health, the enforce
ment of honest contracts, and the mainte-
nance of the just authority of the state
and federal governments, tails prescription
on account OF religious belief freedom of
speech, freedom of the press, habeas c5rpus
the subordination of the military to the
civil authority; no taxation beyond the
necessities of the government honestly and
economically administered; the nearest
possible approach to the absolute freedom
of commercial intercourse at home and
abroad, and sound money for the use of
the people III OIuer tnat tnelf tfAut might
be profitable and that they may not be
cheated out of their earnings by the use
of spurious or deprecated coins or ire
deemable paper.
HISTORIC DEMOCRACY.
These are some of the familiar and es-
sental articles in the creed OF the old
democracy which during the last 100 years
has been illustrated and consecrated by
the genius of Thomas Jefferson, the hero
ism of Andrew Jackson, and the courage,
fidelity and patriotism of Grover Cleve-
land. During all that time democracy has
constituted the great conservative force of
the country. 1t Is opposed to paternalism
and radicalism In all their forms, and at
every great crisis I'm our affairs Ii has ap-
pealed to the sober reason and Judgment
of the people for support. 1t does not
| recognize the omnipotencc of any human
government and 1t, therefore, denies the
power of congress or parliaments or kings
to create values by laws or procamations.
This Is the kind of democratic doctrine |
believe in, and my support will be given
to the candidates who represent 1t in this
contest.
After reference to the question of party
regularity, Mr.. Carlisle proceeded:
Here in Kentucky the state committee,
action of the state convention, which nomi-
mated a full electoral ticket, has entered
into q contract by which ii has traded off
bargained, sold, assigned and transferred
them from some of the electoral candidates
regularly nominated by the democratic con-
vention at Lexington to your electoral can
didates selected by the populst committee,
thus making Ii impossible for any citizen
of this state to so cast his vote at the
approaching election as to give the nomi-
nees of the Chicago convention the entire
benefit of his support Have we ceased TO
be democrats because we refuse to support
this electoral ticket not nominated by the
figured by the names of new electoral can
| didates pledged TO cast their votes for a
wild and reckless povuist for vice presl-
dent of the United States, and who. II
elected. might become president, and be in
vested with all the powers of that great
Office. This Is not democratic electoral
ticket: Ii represents two political parties
and two political platforms, no one of which
ls democratic, according to any doctrlnal or
historical test that can be applied to them.
MUST BE SETTLED ON MERITS.
In view of the record of the party. | insist
that the proposition to rcvolutionize our
monetary system by legislation authorizing
the free and unlimited coinage of legal ten
der silver at the ratio of l6 to |, when the
true commercial ratio Ia about 81 to l. must
own merits, without any adventitious sup
port from the assumption that II Is of demo
cratic origin, or that 1t Is consistent with
any democratic financial policy ever here
| tofore authortatively announced; but II
such a policy Is right II II Is not incomputi-
BILE with the honest observance of public
and private obligations, and would be bene-
| hcial 10 the country, the fact that II
originated with our political opponents and
| Is Wide departure from our past declara-
| tions on the subject, ought not TO prevent its
favorable consideration.
The question Is not whether the United
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