Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-03
THE INDIANAPOLIS GATHERING.

| THE INDIANAPOLIS GATHERING
| senator Canery Made Permanen~
Chairman and Delivers . Speech.
| 1t was 4:16 when Temporary Chairman
| Flower appeared on the platform to call
| the afternoon session of the democratic
gold standard convention to order yester-
day. Both he and Senator Palmer sat on
| the platform, and were warmly greeted.
and an enthusiastic Illinoisan called for
three cheers for John NJ. Palmer, 1.-The
| grand old man. They were given with
| eject There were no demonstrations as
| other conspicuous men entered. The gal
leries were more crowded than at the first
session. and the proportion of ladies was
| fully as large.
| The reports Of committees were called
fer. The report Of the committee on Gre
| dentials was first presented by Chairman
| Brennan of Wisconsin. The statement in
| the report that there were present S24
delegates to the convention, representing
| forty-one states and three territories, was
heartily applauded. The report of the
committee on permanent organization not
being ready. Dr. Everett Of Massachusetts
| was introduced to the convention by Tenn
porary Chairman Flower. He was en-
Enthusiastically greeted, and made a stirring
| speech.
DR.. Everett declared that Massachusetts
| was opposed to sectionalism, anG when he
said that the convention would uphold the
bonds of Mr.. Cleveland for maintaining the
| credit of the nation. the delegates jumped
| to their chairs and Joined In a stormy DEM
| 6nstrati"n. Fans. handkerchiefs, flags.
| everything that was movable. were waved,
| amid frantic cheering. He made q touch
ing reference to the sad death of ex-Gov.
| Russell. who he said. had died of a broken
heart because Of the folly Of his party at
| Chicago, which was received with rousing
cheers.
| There were loud calls for Bragg, Villas,
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his seat; but the committee on permanent
organization was ready. and read its report.
The report was read by Delegate Roberts
| of Missouri. It recommended Senator CAT
fiery of Louisiana for permanent chairman:
John r. Wilson of Indiana, secretary. and
| Walter Kessler Of Indiana, sergeant-at-
arms. 1t also reported on order of bust
| ness. The report also recommended that
| the organization Of the party be made per-
manent. and that the committee be en-
powered to call future conventions This
| portion of the report met with warm re-
sronse from the delegates.
The report was adopted. and Mr. Bullitt
| of Pennsylvania and MIR. Lawler of Min
nesota escorted Senator Caffery of Louisi-
gavel Senator Gallery made a strong
| speech Without being ornate Mr.. Gallery
| Is an impressive speaker, clear in logic,
| bold in statement, emphatic in gesture. He
! referred occasionally to his manuscript.
| The convention listened closely and fire.
quently interrupted by applause. He spoke
| as follows:
| Chairman Cadery's Address.
Il tenler this convention my deepest
| thanks for the high honor of selecting me
to preside over it's deliberations 1 shall
| always regard it as the highest honor ever
| conferred upon me.
| Charged by our party with the function
| of ministerng in its temple of faith and
teaching the people its true doctrines, our
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its shrines and taught false doctrines to
| the people. We now enter the sanctuary
| of the temple and take possession of the
| ark Of the covenant of our faith. which we
| will hereafter vigtlantly guard and defend.
| We will purify its desecrated affairs and
rebuild its broken shrines. And lest the
| hearts Of the people be stolen away from
| true democratic faith-the faith Of our
| fathers and founders-we must separate
| from our brethren who have wrought this
| evil, and from those who have followed
their evil teachings. We cannot follow
| them in the road they have taken; for
| their feet are swift to destruction, and
| their way is the way of death. The ties
| that bound US were as strong as hooks Of
| steel. and we part from them in sorrow.
| Loyalty to party discipline and organi-
cation has ever been the pride and strength
| of our party. Loyalty to principle has
ever been. and ever will be, Its cardinal
and leading tenet. paramount to all others.
| binding in conscience and guiding the
| action Of every true democrat
| Not Bound by the Chicago Convention
IF we do not look into evidence aliunde
| to the Michigan frauds and other devious
| acts and practices designed to pack the
convention. the Chicago platform has the
| stamp Of our party and claims Its allegi-
ance. But 1t Is a mere simulacrum: a
| form without the substance of democracy,
| and no democrat is bound by 1t nor Is 1t
entitled to his fealty. The declarations of
| that platform are 'open palpable and fla
| grant departures from all that democracy
has stood for. They assail the money
| standard of the country and declare for
the inflated and deprecated standard of
free silver at the ratio of 16 to l. They as
| sail the right and power of the executive
to enforce the law and to protect property
| under the control and in the custody of
| the federal courts in any state in the Union;
! they attack the integrity of a coordinate
branch of the government: they declare
| that the function of issuing paper money
is to be exclusively exercised by the gov
| eminent itself; they assail the right of the
| citizen to contract for payment in any
legitimate commodity; they declare that
| which gold was received and for the pay
ment Of which in the same coin the ma
| tional faith is pledged, may be paid in a
deprecated coin, and we declare that each
| and every one of these attacks and declar-
atoms are undemocratic. They an as
sault upon the Constitution, the time-hon-
| ored principles of the democratic party and
the distinguished patriot and statesman
| who has twice led it to the only victories
it has achieved in thirty-six years.
| ut Is the Ishmael Of platforms. It raises
| Its hand against some of the principles of
| both parties and all the principles of the
| democratic party. It is begotten of the
unhallowed union between democracy.
populism and anarchy. And that the
Scriptures may be fulfilled, 1t will be a
| fugitive and a wanderer on the face Of the
| earth.
I'VE hold that no argument is needed to
| show the revolutionary and anarchistic
| character Of the doctrine that the laws
| cannot be enforced in a state to protect
property which Is in the Jurisdiction of fed
eral courts. or to protect the United States
| mails. or that the Supreme Court ought to
| be reorganized, or that the national honor
| should be stained or the national faith vio-
lated, or that the freedom of private CON
tract ought to be limited or that the func-
| ton OF issuing paper money ought to be
exclusively exercised by the federal gov
| eminent. We hold that tine theory of free
coinage of silver with gold at the ratio of
16 to l admits of argument, but we. hold
| that the weight Of authority, the strength
of reasoning and the facts of history all
| point to its fallacy and the ruinous conse-
| quences of its adoption. We hold that 1t