The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-15

electi0a of Ex-Lieut Gov. Hindman be
made unanimous This was done and
cheers brought the successful candidate
10 che front of the stage. He expressed
his appreciation in fitting terms.
The convention then adjourned.
Following is the text of Mr.. Carlisle's
speech.
cor graduate the nationa. democrats of
kentu cky upon the magnificent responses
they ave made TO the cal for this conven-
ton, and l congratulate the friends of
sound money. tariff reform and good gov
ernm ent in every part of the country upon
TINS suspicious opening of a campaign
which, am sure, will be memorable in the
annals of our party. The proceedings of
this great assemblage of intelligent and
patriotic democrats, who have refused to
abandon their lifelong convictions and
transfer their allegiance to a new political
combination formed without their consent
and composed largely of their old oppo-
nentsS viii be watched with intense inter
est by conservative and law-abiding citi-
zens in every state in the union and will
inspire our friend everywhere with new
zeal and courage for the conflict in which
we have enlisted. This is no ordinary po-
itlcal convention; it is not composed of
Subservient prtisans, carefully selected
ana drilled by .ocal managers to go first
on one side and then to the other in ODE
dience to nod or wink from some self
constituted leader, who has bargained
away their votes in advance. You do not
acknowledge the divine right of king eau
Gus or any other potentate to bind your
conscience in political matters or dictate
now you shall exercise the highest peroga-
| tive of citizenship, the right
| OF suffrage. You are not here
gentlemen, to wranglc about the dlstribu-
ton OF offices or to bubble about the
| phraseology of a platform, laboriously
constructed to conceal your real opinions
! ana CHEAT the people out of their votes
You are not heCe to trade your principles
| for office, or to solicit the endorsement or
| the acqueScence of political opponents,
| by Ignoring or misrepresenting the real is
! sues presented by the existing condition
OF the country. and by the dangerous
character of the policies which threaten
its peace and prosperity in the future
You are not here to impeach the personal
integrity or patriotism of any part of your
fellow citizens, or to assail their motives
however. widely they may differ from you
on public questions; but, if I understand
your purpose, you are here simply to make
n plain and honest declaration of demo-
cratic principles without concealment or
equivocation and to inaugurate a contest
| for their supremacy which shall not be
abandoned, in Kentucky at least, so long
as there is a single man left to carry the
old banner If we are not here for these
/ purposes, we ought not to be here at all.
In the estimation Of many of your for
| mer associates, the mere fact that you
have assembled for the sole purpose of de-
claring your continued adherence to the
old democratic faith, uninfiuenced by the
hope or expectation of official power or
patronage, will constitute "a ground for Sc
rious complaint against you during
the campaign. In the opinions
of such men, success at the polls wheth-
or nrs rfr11l nd
the prospect of official honors and emolu-
ments are the only proper incentives to
political action, and they are wholly I'M
able to appreciate the force of an honest
conviction or to understand why a citizen
should attach greater importance to the
maintenance of a correct principle than
to the preservation OK an autocratic par
ty organization. Abuse and vituperation
are the only tribute that class of politi-
clans are capable OK paying to your de-
mocracy and your patriotism.
The democratic party has always been
united and strong when it was faithful to
its true principles and courageous enough
to contend for them, and always divided
and weak when it abandoned them or at
tempted to compromise with it's enemies
1t would be invincible still if the delusive
promise of temporary success
on undemocrahic issues had not
demoralized its organization and revolu-
tionized it's creed. What a contrast be.
tween the united democracy of 1876 under
the leadership of Samuel j. Tilden, with
its clear and unequivocal declaration for
sound money, a tariff for revenue only
! honesty and economy in public expendit-
ures and thorough reform in the methods
OF public administration, and the so-called
democracy of 1896. under the leadership
of three different political organization,
with three separate platforms, demanding
the free and unlimited coinage of depre>
ciated silver, the unlimited issue of legal
tender paper by the government the pub
lie ownership of railroads and telegraphs
and the postponement of tariff reform un-
Ill the debasement of the currency mas
been accomplished; and, not satisfied even
with these extravagant and revolutionary
schemes, threatening the industrial and
commercial prosperity of the country, the
peace and good order of society and the
permanency of our free institutions were
imperilled by a covert attack upon the
supreme court and a denial of the right
of the government of the United States
to enforce obedience to its own laws with
out first asking the consent of local Off
Gals. There is not a genuine democratic
sentiment in any of these declarations,
and no democrat is bound by them, no
matter how many states or national con-
ventions may indorse them. You are
here to-day to repudiate them absolute
ly and unqualihedly. and to reassert the
true doctrines of the party, with all these
modern heresieS eliminated; and, in dis
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