The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-26
THE VETERAN CANPAIGNERS
Palmer and Buckner Address a Large
Audience in Baltimore.
AN ELECTORAL TICKET NAMED |
Maryland Gold Democrats Formally open
Their Campaign For the Indianapolis
Ticket and Platform-General Buck
ner Expects to Garry Four States.

| 1000 and 5000, assembled in Music Hall
here last night TO greet Generals John Nj.
| Palmer of Illinois and Simon b. Buck
ner of Kentucky the nominees Of the
| National Democratic party for president
and vice president of the United States.
! Both gentlemen were hailed with the
most vociferous applause, and the points
| In their addresses were received with
shouts of approval. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the National
| Democracy of Maryland, and prior to the
Introduction of the national candidates
the following electoral ticket was unani-
mously ratified by those present: Charles
Marshall, Guy Steele, jackson Piper
George II. Willis Francis Il. Yewell
George Thomas and Edward NJ. Healy.
| j. j. Donaldson, of this city, presided,
and the list of vice presidents embraced
the names of many of the representative
merchants and flnanciers of the city and
state. General Palmer was escorted upon
| the platform by Ex-Governor William
| Pickney Whyte, mt when the audience
caught sight of ttHs.. it rose en- masse and
cheered itself hoarse. This demonstration
was repeated when General Buckner APP
peared.
When in the course of his remarks Gen
eral Palmer mentioned the name Of Will
| lam j. Bryan, it was hailed with mingled
Kisses and applause, lasting five minutes.
Every mention Of the names of Mckinley
and Cleveland called forth enthusiastic
! cheers.
Both candidates were at their best, be-
ing in good voice and commanding the
undivided attention of their audience, al
though many left when General Buclncr
began to speak, owing to the lateness of
ha h,,
sumed in the preliminaries and General
Palmers speech.
General Palmer spoke in part as follows:
81 am proud to be recognized by your
chairman and by the Democracy of the
! United States as the Democratic candi-
date for the presidency, and | am proud to
be associated with the distinguished can
didate for the vice presidency. He and
are natives of the same state. In a little
controversy we had the other day 1
claimed to be a little more rightly and
rigidly genuine Kentuckian than he, be-
cause | was born within twelve miles Of
Lexington and he more than hundred
miles, and that is the difference
My associate on this ticket and |, Il
good many years ago, differed very widely
upon very important question. We diff
fered as to the relative rights of the states
and of the United States We were called
and went forward because of our opinions
at that time, and we met on more than
one battlefield. He did his duty accord
ing to his understanding of his duty, and
l trust the country believes that l did
mine. lam gratifed that he and / have
lived to see that the remembrances of old
struggles in this country have passed
away"
General Palmer then told of a delegate
at indianapolis who had always wanted
to vote for IAN old Yanl and an old reb, ,"
for president and vice president and then
reviewed the action of the various parties
in convention assembled, especially re
ferring to the financial planks. OF the
indianapolis platform he saId
Il will not read what it says about the
Chicago convention, because the Chicago
convention and the Populist convention
at st. Louis and the free silver convention
were all parts of the same movement.
They were controlled by combinations be-
tween the same men. The object was TO
commit the American people to the free
coinage of silver, and Co bring in as best
they could such cognate and other sub
jects as would be likely to catch on.
"The convention at indianapolis was
content to submit its claim to the conf
|
of principles, clear, precise, frank and
bold. That convention declared that gold
was the coin of large transactions, and
that silver could be used only as a sub
sidiary coin. 1t did not propose an inter
| national conference or commission in
order to settle the question. The Republi-
can party talked about the cooperation Of
other nations. The Democratic cenven-
tion at indianapolis know and knew that
no such cooperation was possible
"Mr. Bryan treats this whole subject as
! If it was a thing of mere legislation, and
the Chicago convention denounces this
| gold standard as British matter l tell
you, my countrymen, that if this matter
| could be controlled by mere legislation,
we would consider it, and this imputa-
| ton upon us, upon the American people,
of being the slaves of Great Britain is an
| infamous outrage, whoever says it. If
this country is honest it can meet Great
Britain everywhere, upon every standard,
and upon every theme"
General Buckner, upon being intro
duced, paid IA lattering compliment to his
audience and pleasantly alluded TO the
manner in which the band had mingled
the airs "Ny Maryland" and My Old
kentucky Home, in the earlier part Of
the exercises. He then launched upon an
argument of the coinage question, illus
trating his remarks by holding up silver
dollar which he declared is as good as a
gold dollar, because the stamp Of the
! government makes it so, but which, under
the free coinage plan, would be compelled
TO shift for itself, He used as a further
illustration the fact that during the late
rebellion pair of boots brought $500 in
Confederate money, and inquired of his
hearers if that was the kind of an increase
in the value of commodities they wanted.
General Bucknerin an interview said that
he had no doubt but that his ticket would
carry Kentucky by 10000, Illinois by as
many more, and Florida and Alabama by
| handsome majorities,