The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-21


met in state convention in Music Hall
khds afternoon, and tonight, amid great
enthusiasm, adopted a platform en-
bodying their views; named delegates
at-large to the national convention at
Indianapolis; selected electors from the
state at large; formed an organization
TO carry on the campaign, and Endorsed
Ex-Governor S. B. Buckner for the nom
ination for ice-president.
Nearly every leading Democrat in the
state was present. The big hall was
damned. Ex-Governor Simon Boliver
Buclxner entered the hall just before the
convention was called to order, and he
was given a rousing reception. After
a prayer by Rev. DR.. C. r. Hemphin.
eX-Lieutenant-Gove James r. Hind
man was elected temporary chairman.
His speech of thanks was followed
by 4. loud demand for ex-Congressman
w. c. +. Breckenridge, who sat on the
stage with his wife. The silver-tongued
orator came slowly to the front OF the
stage and
THE CONVENTION WENT WILD
Mr.. Breckinridges speech was a great
oratorial triumph. He began by say
ing that he could not stand by the Chi
cago platform, nor suppor- the nominee
He felt no worse when he was driven
into the confederate army TO maintain
his convictions, than he did now when
re was driven INTO the opposition to
the regular nominees of his party. He
was a Democrat from conviction, and
had been so all his life; but he Joined
with the best and greatest men of the
party to put it upon a secure basis. The
last time ne had spoken in Louisville
he had predicted that if Grover Cleve-
i
would be certain Of triumph. After the
Chicago convention, he looked forward
upon years of struggle, but re believed
the party would come out
TRIUMPHANT AND PURIFIED.
He had helped reorganize the parry. He
knew what il was to go to defeat. 1t
had won a victory that carried with it
the seeds of its own destruction. The
Democratic party of 1892 was hete-
rogenOus collection, and it was now
reaping the reward of its insinceriqy.
g. referred to the greenback craze,
and said 10 party deserved victory nor
deserved life when ii became dishonest.
For the third time the Democratic party
of Kentucky had the opportunity to
iaamortalize itself. The Kentucky con-
vention, the first state convention to
be held since the Chicago meeting,
would rise up and proclaim the eternal
principle upon which the Democratic
party was founded. 1t was
A RARE HONOR
that all this party had gone through
was to fit it for this occasion. Ken
lucky Democrats stood now to plead
with the nation, to maintain the posi-
ton which the fathers of the party had
taken 10 insist upon public and private
honesty and the observance of the laws.
''Our remedy for wrongs is not by an
archy; not by RIOS, but by peaceful
means" said the colonel. I'VE don't
believe in a paternal government; we
don't believe in the right to take the
taxes of its citizens and purchase IT,
600 miles of railroads and give oppor-
txnity for the pnspeakable corruption
that must follow. The result of the
Populistic platform would be utter de-
struction. We will not walk in the
road the St. Louis and Chicago con-
ventions point out. You need not tell
me ii is regular Democratic nomin-
alton. 1
WALK NOT IN THAT CESSPOOL.
Il Go not dispute the regularity of
the Chicago convention, but it had no
power to pledge Democrats to the
adoption Of hostile principles. Though
it called itself the Democratic conven-
ticn. we don't obey it 1t is not Dem
robes. 1t is the hand of Esau but we
recognize the voice of Jacob. We are
not a blind old Isaac, and we recognize
the voice Of the rnaSquerading Jacob,
and we decline to go that way.
THE heart of Kentucky is with u.s.
We were a sound money state years
ago We lost through want of vigil
lance and cowardly leaders, and we al
most became reconciled to free silver
But we did not look forward to a plat
form in which the best thing in it is
the free silver plank
Bryan, he said, was an undeveloped
R4x0 emotional young fellow. He
tnFSught Bryan believed in his plat
form, and would try to make that the
law of the land.
BY THE HELP OF GOD,
he should never have the opportunity
Speaking for himself alone, he believ-
ed the election of Bryan would be the
greatest calamity that could happen
to the people. The duty of the Demo-
cratic party was to defeat the election
o. Bryan. That accomplished, they
would keep open the old Democratic
home for the reception of those who,
having been misled, would desire to
return thither. They would be receiv-
ed with open arms and nobody would
say to them: Il told you So
He regarded this day as an eventful
one, and this grand convention of
Democrats that would live in political
history.
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