Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-27
pALMER-pucKNER AT SIOUX CITY
Citizens of that Locality Accord Them
Grenf ONntiOn.


SIOUX CITY, Oct 26.-(Special Telegram)
The greeting accorded General Palmer
and Buckner in Sioux City today was a
hearty one, but the number of visitors from
out of town did not exceed 500. Their spe-
cial car arrived early in the morning, but
when the reception committee went to
cort them to the hotel, they had not had
breakfast. Later the generals and their
friends composing the party were received
at the Mondamin, and the members of Cen
eral Hancock post were received in a body.
This afternoon they spoke at the Grand
opera house, which was completely filled.
They were introduced by II. II. Brown,
chairman OF the democratic county commit
tee, a near relative of Vice President Ste
venson. General Palmer spoke OF the work
OF the Indianapolis convention and outlined
the purposes of the party he belongs to and
then discussed at length the currency ques-
ton. When he asked II any one believed that
free coinage would make the silver in
dollar worth 81, populist in the balcony
said: Yes" and for sometime he inter-
rupted the general every few sentences.
He was finally led out by two policemen
amid cheers. 81 do trust that my fellow
citizens of Iowa, wherever they may live,
will not transfer their duty to anybody
else" he said. "Youmay say. 4 am a dem
ocrat and therefore 1 mean to vote for
Bryan That's the poorest reason
In the world, for he's not
democrat You can't transfer your
duty. When you've done your duty,
you've done the best you could. The Chi
cago convention took a part of the populist
platform of 1892, and adopted it as its own.
1t abandoned essential elements of the dem
ocratic creed and took the castoff garments
OF the populists. This democrats met in
Indianapolis and adopted plat
form in clear, cohesive ringing
words, and General Buckner and
myself are today the representatives
of the only democratic convention
which met in 1896. The country is in a
state of uncertainty We know that II
Bryan is elected confusion and ruin will
be seen on all hands Does any business
man believe 1t is possible to make an un-
limited number OF silver dollars equal In
value to those OF gold? Mr.. Bryan and
his friends admit that the first results Of
the election would be distressing panic
But they say that after a while things
would get better. When will that be? The
credit of your banks will be attacked. the
treasury will be emptied. Mark me, If Mr.
Bryan is elected there will be a struggle
and the country will go TO a silver basis
and a tremendous panic in the commercial
and in the financial world will be the in
evitable result"
General Buckner said that he did not
feel that he was In 1.-The enemy's coun-
try but felt that this was his own coun-
try I'VE have a number of gentlemen in
Kentucky who are standing on the Chicago
platform" he said "They tell us the state
Of Iowa is almost desert. They say the
crime of 1873 has reduced you to a ter
rible condition. From their talk we might
have supposed your beautiful pTairies were
returning to their original condition. We
hear nothing from them about your evil
dences of prosperity, about your enterprise
and your great improvements. On this
point they display great a lack of in
formation on some other subjects"
]. ID. E. Markley of Mason City, elector-
at-large on the democratic ticket, also
spoke.