The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-15
CARLISLE KEYNOTE
Continued From First Pace.

its power to coin money and enact legal
tender laws, deprive it's citizens of their
property by compelling them to accept in
satisfaction of their lawful contracts some
thing OF less value than the contracts call
for; but this, too, is spolation of one man for
the benefit of another, and is class legislation
or the most unjustifable character. Prop
erty in contracts is just as sacred as prop
erty in lands or houses or goods, and a polit-
lcal party that attacks one will inevitably
sooner or later, attack the other The right
of a citizen to demand the performance of a
contract, lawfully made, is as perfect as
is his right to- demand the possession and en-
goyment or the proceeds of his own labor.
Protective tariff taxation robs him of a part
or his earnings, and free coinage legislation
would rob him of large part of his prop
erty in the proceeds of every contract he
holds for the payment of money
protection and free coinage are twin here
sizes, and the man who believes in one is
logically bound to believe in the other. When
the ancient Democratic faith shall have heen
re-established as it will be- if our free in
situations are to be preserved when the pro-
lection OF individual liberty, the establish
ment OF justice and equality, and the preser-
walton of law and order are recognized by
our people as the primary objects of all just
governments, then heresies will be heard of
no more.
bad LEGISLATION"
The Democratic party is not responsible
ior any OF the bad legislation complained of
Dy the people; 1t has never enacted laws to
faVor one class of citizens and injure an
other; it has fostered no monopolies in trade
or industry; it has taxed no man for the
beneht of another man; it has violated no
right of person or property by debasing the
currency, or otherwise; nor has it, from the
beginning of the organization down to the
present hour ever attempted to deprive the
people or any part of the people of any
civil, political or religious right secured to
them by the constitution. 1t has never JUS
titled or excused violations of the law by in
dividuals or by riotous combinations, nor
has 1t ever attempted to weaken the author
1ty OF the courts of justice by assailing their
integrity or threatening to destroy their in
dependence. Why should such a party de-
sert its old standards repudiate all its past
history, and enter into a conspiracy with it's
old enemies to break down public and pri-
Vate credit at home and abroad to repudiate
contracts already made, to convert the gov
eminent into sociafistic despotsm by Civ
ing 1t monopoly of all the great instru-
ments OF production and transportation, and
to make life and property insecure by sub
shutting the rule of the mob for the law of
the land single victory won. by such a
coalition would have been more disastrous
to the party and the country than thousand
defeats in struggle for a correct principles
and they are the real friends of Democracy
who adhere resolutely to the old standards
and refuse TO support or countenance those
new and dangerous policies.
We who are assembled here today may
be wrong, but, if SO, the Democratic party
was never right, and we have been mistaken
all our lives. The Chicago convention may
have been right in purchasing the support
of protectionists by refusing to declare for a
tariff for revenue only and in attacking the
supreme court, and the administration of
President Cleveland for enforcing the laws Of
the United States but, if so, the character
OF our government is altogether different
from the cd Democratic theory and YOU and
I must unlearn the lessons taught us by
the founders of our faith For my own part
| prefer to stand by the records and teach
ings of the old Democracy during the hun
dred years of its conservative and patriotic
service to the republic, rather than to vent
ure upon unknown ground, in strange COM
pany, with no land marks to guide me; and
therefore l rejoice that this great convention
has been assembled, and that an appeal is
to be made to political associates to
return from their wanderings after false
doctrines and join us in the reputation of
other un-Democratic and un-American theory
or project which may hereafter me-
mace the peace and prosperity of our common
country.
Gentlemen, I shall forbear to say any
thing on this occasion concerning the re-
cent Democratic administration of national
affairs, except to assure its friends and it's
enemies alike that, from the president down
to the humblest official who co-operated
with him in the exercise of executive author
ity, every member of that administration Is
content to submit all its acts to the sever
est scrutiny, and to wait patiently for the
verdict of impartial history. When the pas
sion and prejudice, the personal animosities
and the personal grievances of these dsor-
dered times have passed away. and the pub
lie mind is prepared to consider admin:stra-
tive measures and domestic and foreign po-
icies on their real merits, the last admins
tration Of Grover Cleveland will need no
champion to vindicate its wisdom and pa
triotism before just and generous people.
The manner in which Mr. Carlisle
treated the 'heresies" of the silver
worshippers drew forth recurring ap-
plause, which continued in force until
it became next to deafening This
was an admiring tribute to the able
massive and lucid style in which he
handled his important theme. Especial
ly happy in delivery was Mr.. Carlisle
in his reference to eX-President Cleve-
land, who shared in the applause be-
slowed upon the speaker. Three
cheers for Carlisle were given.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner made
his appearance during the reading of
kilograms from prominent men, and
was cheered. United States Senator
Lindsay was introduced and spoke on
the financial question. He scored Sen
ator Jones, the Populst senator from
Nevada, for allying himself with Re-
publicans and thus blocking legislation
Senator Lindsay was cheered at every
point and was followed by the Hon.
Henry Watterson, who spoke, in part,
as follows:
WATTERSON HEARD.
AS political issue the free and independ-
ent coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,
or any other ratio, is as dead as the institu-
tion of African slavery. After the wre.ched
experience the Democratic party has had of it
there would be thought of keeping it
longer before the people, even to vindicate
those who are responsible for the evil it has
done U.S. except that back of it still stand the
silver kings of the rotten boroughs and the
stock jCbbers of the senate of the United
States. These represent millions of present
and speculative wealth, supplying the needed
slnews of war, and whilst the agitation lasts
no matter what comes of it who suffers
it can be made to serve the ends sometimes
political and sometimes pecuniary of those
who never mean to let it go until forced to
do so by public opinion. In Gods name, 1
ask, shall the great historic Democratic par
ty, with all its glorious achievements and no.
bic possibilities be scuttled and sunk by such
men and IN actual sight of an open sea and
OF the party to say. To the rank and file
therefore, we turn with eager, but with con-
fdent hope. We ask them, in sober truth,
as friends and brothers, to look about them,
to stop and think, and, seeing whittier we
are being hurried by passion and error, to
help US reverse the engines before it is too
late. Political humiliation has no terrors
for me-
OF political ambition have had none which
has not embraced the glory Of my country
and the happiness and prosperity of my coun-
trymen. But my discharge must emanate
from headquarters and come to me by au-
thority. 1 will surrender my commission as
Democrat to nobody except the Democrats
of Kentucky. No set of s.elf-consttuted lead
ers,. in their impotent blasphemy arrogating