The record-union., 1896-09-23
Before a Great Audience at Madison
Square Garden.
Ex-Governor Flower Presides Over
the rleeting-Addresses by Con-
gresham Bynum of Indiana, Chair
man of the National Democratic
Party's Committee, the Candidates
for President and ViCe.PreSident
and Others.

ana OtnerS.
| NEW YORK, Sept 22.-Madison-
| square Garden was crowded to over
| flowing tonight when the candidates of
| the National Democracy faced a metro
| politan audience and opened the cam
paign for the sound money Democracy
in the Empire State.
| An hour before the time set for the
meeting the seats were taken, and many
people were standing on the main floor
and in the galleries. A large number Of
| ladies were present. The audience re-
cognized Roswell P. Flower, William d.
Bynum, Colonel Fellows and others, and
| cheered them as they made their way
to their seats.
| Promptly at 10 o'clock Robert Wide
mann, State Chairman, stepped to the
front of the platform and opened the
meeting. He then introduced ex-Gov
ernor Flower. the Chairman of the
evening, who said:
| Fellow Democrats: We are met to
ratify the nomination and platform of
the National Democratic Convention
held at Indianapolis. We are Demo-
Gratis and not Populists. We are in
favor of liberty regulated by law. We
are not revolutionists. We believe in
/ maintaining our form of Government
in it's full vigor-the legislative depart
ment to make the laws; the judicial to
| expound them, and the executive to en-
| force them. We believe in law and Or
der not in riot and disorder. We believe
| in dollars of full intrinsic value, meas
ured by the markets Of the world. We
are not fifty-cent Democrats. We favor
a tariff for revenue only. We declare
that the Government should not engage
| in the banking business. We are OPP
posed to fiat money. We favor the merit
| system, the fewer spoils the less cor
ruption in party politics. We believe in
| economy in every department of Gov
ernment We indorse the administra-
ton of President Cleveland. Our prin-
cples' point the way to stability in Gov
| ernment not to doubtful experience; TO
| confidence in business, not to uncer-
tanty: to prosperity, not panics.
| Fellow Democrats, let US take no
step backward, but march in solid pha-
lanx for the preservation of our great
and glorious Republic and with 1T the
| grand old Democratic party. Its ark
Of the covenant for 1896 is safe in the
hi nds Of our standard bearers, nom
mated by the Indianapolis Convention,
Palmer and Buckner And now I take
pleasure in introducing my old colleague
in Congress- William D. Bynum."
Congressman Bynum was received
with cheers. He started in by saying
that after thirty years in political life
as Democrat he found himself unable
to support the ticket nominated at Chi
cago for he did not believe the candi-
| dates to be Democrats.
! RVnIrn went on as fol-
lows: IF there is any principle that is
| cardinal with the Democratic party 1t
| is the belief Of that party from the very
| foundation Of it's organization down to
| the present time of the maintenance of
| sound money. This question is the all
important question in this campaign.
| Our volume of money to-day consists
| of 5000 900, 900 gold coin, of more than
$500, 900 600 Of silver coin, Of 1000
coo Of greenbacks, and about S2lO,-
OO0.000 or more of national
bank currency. of S12O,OOO,OO
| treasury notes issued under the Sher-
man Act, and about S31 100000 Of cur
rency certificates issued under the Act
| of 1872 All this money circulates not
only throughout the United States, but
all over the world on a parity with
gold and the National Democratic
rarty, which was assembled at Indian
apolis and promulgated platform and
nominated a ticket, insists that all this
| money shall be maintained at a parity
with gold. Our silver dollar to-day is
worth not only 100 cents in the United
States, but worth 100 cents all over the
world, and what we Democrats who op-
pose the free and unlimited coinage of
silver intend is that they shall be main
!, coll oil
the world"
AS Mr.. Bynum was closing his re-
marks the two candidates appeared on
the platform. The candidates were
greeted with hearty applause and
cheers Three cheers for General Pal
mr. were given with a will, and the band
played Hail to the Chief"
General Palmer placed himself on a
good footing with his audience with a
few happy offhand remarks. These
were loudly applauded. Then General
Palmer said:
II am here this evening in the atti-
tude of a candidate for President
of the United States. Less than a
month ago I expected this as little as
any of my auditors. / do not know or
do I think that a single delegate to
that / would be or could be elected
1.-The convention was composed of
strong, resolute men. They were the
Democrats of 1892, who contributed
their efforts to the election of that hon
est, manly Democrat, of whom the
|. convention said: The fidelity, patri-
otsm and courage with which Presi
dent Cleveland has fulfilled his great
public trust, the high character of his
. Administration, its wisdom and energy
in the maintenance of civil order and
the enforcement of law, its equal re-
|, gard for the rights OF every class and
every section, its firm and dignified
conduct of foreign affairs ard it's stur-
, dy persistence in upholding the credit
, and honor of the Nation, are fully rec
ognized by the Democratic party and
will secure to him a place in history
beside the fathers of the republic.
THE delegates to the Indianapolis
Convention, as / have said, were Dem
locrats, not Republicans or Populists