The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-06
palmer and. Buckner's Narnv3 Mention
ed Only Once and Then the Audi
ence Was Not Asked to
Vote For Them.


If there are any gold Democrats in
Raleigh they were not in evidence az
the court house last night at the much
advertised Boltocratic speaking. In
deed there were not many people OF
any kind, although one of the hnest
nublic speakers in the State, Mr. W. We
clark. of Newbern, was on the pro-
gram for speech.
The other speaker was Mr.. binosay
Patterson. a prominent attorney, OF
Winston. These gentlemen are eiec.
tors for the State at large on the gold
standard Democratic ticket, and are OPP
nosinp the Chicago platform and nom-
inees as ruinous to the country. VINO
they are in favor of, or what remedy
they propose for the evils under whach
the people are laboring no man could
tell from theid speeches last nIghtOhly
once during the evenink were the names
If Palmer and Buckner mentioned ana
neither sneaker advised his hearers to
vote for them. No plan of relief was
proposed or suggested and the speak
erS devoted their efforts entirely to an
attack on Mr.. Bryan and the Chicago
platform. a.
Mr.. w. E. Ashley, a member OF the
cold hue, State Executive committee,
presided. When the meeting call
ed TO order there were by actual count
II white men and is negroes present.
IF the white men at least one-thlrd OF
them are known to be silver men. while
equally as many more were Republl-
cans. Later Others dropped in, one at
time. until there were perhaps 100
people in the hall.
If one might judge by the enthusl-
asm displayed, or rather the lack OF
enthusiasm. there were hardly a bakers
dozen of gold bugs present. The silence
during Mr.. Patterson's speech was I'M
broken save by his own voice, the
snoring of his sleeping colored audi
tors and the pounding of the table IN
front of him when he tried to arouse
his hearers or impress point. once
when a negro went to sleep and fell
off his seat there was clapping of
hands by those around him, otherwise
the enthusiasm was at zero point. Not
even did Carl Schurz's best gold bug
anecdote cause a wrinkle in the stolld
faces before the speaker.
Mr.. Clark received a warmer wei
come. He began his speech, inspired
by a good round of applause, and from
time to time, when he made a happy
hit he was vigorously cheered by ms
auditors. the negroes always, however,
being the most boisterous. And IT
might as well be said here that Mr.
Clark makes a very strong and plausl-
BILE speech when one takes into consld-
Grafton the weak cause he attempts to
present.
MIR. PATTERSON1S SPEECH.
Mr.. Patterson began by saying that
he and Mr.. Clark were here as rep
resentatives of the Palmer and Buck
ner Democratic ticket, and were known
az Boltocrats.'' He said that he had
heen a Democrat for II years and it
was unpleasant to be compelled to
sever political connection with his
friends and old associates, but when
Democrat like Hill now says that he
will .ssee the party in hell before he
will endorse the platform" there
must be something radically wrong
with 1T.
The speaker then launched out on the
usual program for yellow-hammer
speakers by criticising the tariff plank
in the Chicago platform, claiming uhat
the Democratic party was a free trade
parry dltu was ~" - us - -
from the faFth.
Next he took the government by-in-
junction plank and reviewed Presi-
DENT CIeveland's conduct in call
ing out troops during the Chicago
strike and endorsed his action in the
matter.
He disposed of the plank in regard
10 the income tax decision in single
sentence. by saying that the Supreme
court, was the highest power in the
limited States and in this State and
should not be criticised for Its ac-
ton.
After this brief birds eye view OF the
nlatform. i'm which Mr. Patterson dis
missed it as so bad that his duty to
himself and his country would not al
low him to acquiesce in it, he came
10 the real issue of the campalgn-the
money ouestion-and began by saying
that the low prices were result Of the
coinage of silver rather than its search
ty. 4 long string of statistics was
quoted in support of this stafement,
and the coinage acts passed since 1919.
were reviewed. Extracts from Gar
isles speeches were sprinkled pretty
freely throughout this part OF ms
speech, and now and then John oher-
man was introduced as a witness as 10
the glory and beauty of the gold
standard.
He took the position, with more en-
phasis and animation than he had be-
fore shown, that free coinage by this
country would not raise the price of
silver in the ratio of Is to / with gold;
and then unloaded on This audience an
other lot Of statistics.
Here the speaker aroused his
somnolent audience by saying that
'since the disastrous act of 1873. silver
has been demonetized and gold has APP
preciated.'' Then he added, which
sounds like a sentence from free sill
yer speech: Under this gold standard
England has become the mistress of
the world all this since John Sherman
has been tampering with the liberties
Of the people" Later he declared that
even Sin England where there Is more
gold than anywhere else, the gold is
eqornered " Then in the next breath