The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-17


elaborate OF extensive statement of
the causes which led up to your nom
nation would be appropriate. but the
Democratic party is no longer solid:
the Democratic platform shaped and
drove the wedge that has separated it
IN twain. A comparison Of the plat
forms adopted at Chicago and Indian
apOliS discloSeS the reasons for the
separation. You, sir, stand on plat
form adhering to the ancient and ac-
copied doctrines of true Democracy
The Chicago platform is precisely the
opposite on these great principles.
That principle of tariff for revenue
only is denuded of its Democratic
force by dropping the word only
thus leaving wide margin for Repub-
iican heresy to creep into this cardinal
tenet.
''The people of the United States
have voluntarily and intelligently
adopted the gold standard and they
will not submit to the dictation of the
Chicago platform.
Sir, into your hands I formally
place the standard Of our, party. It
waves over Jeffersln and Jackson and
Cleveland, and it now waves over a
distinguished patriot who in peace and
in war has slgralized his devotion to
his country"
AS Senator Caffery concluded he
turned toward Gen. Palmer. whose
appearance was greeted with loud ap-
plause, the audience singing '"The
Star Spangled Banner" Gen. Palmer.
in accepting the nomination, said:
Senator Palmer's Acceptance
Gen. Buckner and l were once, in
InI.fc ,4o4 So
posing opinions upon fundamental
questions relating to the powers of
the United States and of the respective
states under the constitution. We met
on. the battlefield, where great public
controversies that admit of no other
method of solution are determined.
I know he did his duty, and / trust
the country believes I die mine. The
nominations made by the National
Democratic convection at indianapolis
prove more conclusively than anything
which has occurred within the last
thirty years that the American people
are again united; that our hopes, our
rights, our duties and cur interests are
the same; that the lefty and patriotic
mission of the National Democracy
is to maintain peace and order. de-
fend constitutional liberty, regulated
by just and equal laws, and if possible
avert from the country reputation,
bankruptcy and national dishonor
when governor of my adopted
state, while I opposed. and by peace
full means successfully resisted, the
interference of the United States by
its military forces, in the purely local
concerns of the state, I distinctly con-
coded the right ard asserted the duty
OF that government to enforce within
the states or elsewhere its own laws
by its own agencies. The matters to
which l have adverted are but remi-
niscences-they relate and belong to
the past. Our duties as lovers Of our
country are present. and we must meet
and deal with existing conditions, and
to these the late National Democratic
convention addressed itself Its plat
form asserts truths which can be
demonstrated, and it correctly defines
Democratic principles g
The remainder OF Senator Palmer's
speech was devoted to arguments in
favor of a gold standard.
Buckner Likewise
AS the strains of 'Old Kentucky
Home were dying out Col Fellows
addressed the gathering and notified
Gen. Buckner He concluded with
these words:
"They tell you that you cannot win,
and reply, you shall be more than
conquerors. If success means the per-
formance of duty which involves self
sacrifice, the highest attribute and
characteristic of duty itself, if that is
the true test of success, then you shall
be grandly triumphant in November"
Gen. Buckner followed Col Fellows
in short speech of acceptance. He
said in part:
Il know that a spirit actuatcd that
convention at Indianapolis which
looked more to that general principle
of Democracy, that spirit of national
ism, other than to it in selecting it's
candidates. That feeling crystalized
around me as an object to be associ-
ated with this gallant chieftain in
blotting out all past differences and
sectionalism. accept that position,
Mr.. Chairman, and will discharge that
duty with as much willingness as L
ever discharged any on earth. I am
proud to be associated with the move
ment which blots out all sectional
lines forever and makes us one people
and one nationality"
The meeting adjourned with three
cheers for Palmer and Buckner