The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-22
GOLD THE gold democrats Of Kentucky have held a convention
nEMacRlIS. and nominated a ticket. issued a platform Of principles, |

DEMOCRATS. | and nominated a ticket, issued a platform of principles
listened TO speeche, by Carlisle, watterson, Breckenridge and Lindsey and
returned to their respective homes perfectly satisfied that they are the
wisest and pun>t people politically on earth. Mr. Carlisle made the speech
Of the occasion. A-is Characteristic Of Mr. Carlisle utterances this speech
was well delivered. the thoughts expressed in concise aud forceful terms 49,
indeed it was all that could be said for his side Of the question. Mr.. Carl
isle Is q man Of great learning Of perspicuity Of intellect, and rare power
Of expression. Hi, speech delivered in congress. in 1877. in advocacy of sill
yer is one o" the best that was ever made on that subject His speeches
delivered recently in opposition To silver are not equal to the IS speech for
the simple reason that fal4ho0d cannot cope with truth or ~ophistry refute
argument. The speech delivered in IS h, the ring Of honest thought
and purity Of purpose, while his subsequent efforts bear the imprint Of in
sincerity, dishonesty Of purpose and the faulty Of false reasoning. There
Is one point made by Mr. Carlisle in his speech delivered a few days since
which the gold democrats Of Mississippi have not noticed in their criti-
cisns Of it. lie urged upon the people of Kentucky the Importance of dis
cusslng national questions in their state campaign. Indeed their platform
is devoted almost exclusively 10 national issues. OF course the discussion
Of national questions in a state campaign IS proper. 1t should be done in
ters but the principles should be discussed and embodied in every plat
form We should like to hear from our gold bug friends On this part of Mr.,
Carlisle Grafton.
Now as to Nj watter"os announcement that "as a political issue
free aud independent coinage Of silver at the ratio Of IL to % any other
other ratio is as dead a, the institutions Of African slavery, We are reminded
Of a conversation the writer had with him on this subject something over a
year ago. He stated that it was perfectly absurd to talk about the national
democratic party declaring for silver. Such a thing was not within the
realm Of the remotc,t possibilities Subsequent occurrences have demon
-tratcd that even Mr. Henry Wattcspn does not know it all, The truth
about the matter Is, he knows nomorc about it than our friend John CASH
man, II the VckSbmrE Post. And when We say that it means "a heap -
The effort to hold the republicans who supported Bryan for president
responsible for the Dinglcy bin and inferentia1y connect Bryan with it. &c,
is another coptcrnptable scheme to weaken the democratic party. Admit.
ing ldt Spult VI hlfdnS supporters uu NH' Nh tc DH' blSd AOf VIZ Nthf
orratc party IRE responsible for it. But if they were, that is no worse than
Carlisle and his crowd have done.
The whole party to which he no" belongs did everything in its power to
elect Mckinley and the entire republican ticket. And from Mr. CaHiscs
own state there is a republican senator in Washington today put there by
the Carlisle crowd, who has supported the Dingey bill all the way through.
The criticism Of Bryan and his supporters in this connection by these people
eyiuccS auamount of check and a character of insolcnce which is without par
aMel. The man who would be guilty Of such brazen-faced impudence de-
serves to have the slack Of his pants reduced and a board split over the
thinking end Of him. 1t is unSpeakahy contemplate. 1t is dishonest and
co"ardIy to try to put the responsibility of the Dtngley bin upon the demo-
cratic party, 1t did all that it could to defeat it, But the gold democratic
party. commonly known as the Mckinley Aid Society, " is just as reSpohsi-
bile for MCkiulcyN administration as The party boScd by Mark Hanna -
that is in SO far AS it was able 1t was organized for the purpose of helping
the republicans and it did IT, Senator Gallery said a few days since that but
for the help of the gold democrats Mckinley would have been defeated and
Bryan elected, In the face of all this, these traitors have the infamous i'm
pudence to crItNie Bryan and hold the cause of silver responsible for the
Dingey bill.