The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-09-03
TALK OF CANDIDATES
For the Presidential Nomination
at indianapolis.
BUoKNER FOR WOE PRESIDENT.
Generally Conceded That the Kentuckisp
WIN DO Given Second Place-Illinois
Delegates Urge Senator Palmer to Allow
the Use Of His Name for President.

Generally Conceded That the KentuCktan
WIN DO Given Second Place-IlIinoia
Delegates Urge Senator Palmer to Allow
the Use of His Name for President.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept,8-Forty-one states
and three territories, represented by 1924
delegates, met yesterday In Tomlinson
Hall as the climax Of six weeks campaign
to repudiate tho action of the Chicago con.
vention and put forth q declaration Of
principles and name a presidential ticket.
Senator Palmer, who called the body tc
order, termed It the first convention of the
National Democratic party, while Others
referred to 1t as the Democracy which held
its last convention in 1899. Admission to
the hall was confined strictly to ticket
holders. As result many people were
denied admittance.
Inside every seat In the space reserved
on the floor for the delegates and alter.
mates was taken and the galleries, except
on the upper balcony in the rear of the hall
whore the band was located were COM
fortably well filled without being crowded,
while the chairs in the rear of the plat.
form reserved for the distinguished guests
were nearly all occupied. The decorations
were brilliant and lavish. There was a
profusion of flags and bunting, trailing
smilax, Spanish moss and ported flowers,
but the most noticeable feature was the
prevalence of gilt, symbolical of the spirit
of the convention. Gold wreaths were
everywhere in the decorations, and half the
delegates wore sprays of golden rod in the
lapels of their coats.
There was an unusually large number
of ladies in the galleries and in the chairs
back of the stage their bright gowns and
hats frightening tho general effect Of the
scene. Most Of them were from dis.
lance, but some Of the most prominent
ladies of indianapolis were present. Mrs.
Hendricks, the widow Of late Vice Pres
ident Hendricks, was especially conspic-
uous. Altogether 1t was an impressive
scene.
The delegates themselves were an inn
posing body Of men. Among them were
many who have for years been prominent
IN national affairs and tho counsels of the
Democratic party. The big New York
delegation Of seventy-two members per-
haps attracted the most attention. In
it were such conspicuous mon as Governor
Flower, The temporary chairman of ths
convention; ex-Secretary Fairchild, ex-
Minister to Turkey Straus, General Tracy
Of Albany, Horatio c. King, Colonel John
r. Fellows, Perry H. Belmont, John De-
witt Warner and others
From the old Bay state, there were DR.
Everett the sen Of Edward Everett, and
Godfrey Morse; Maine sent c. Vey Hol-
man Connecticut, ex Congressman Lewis
Sporty; New Jersey, W, J. Curtis; Penn
sylyania, General Pickett and Assistant
Secretary of tho Interior Reynolds; Vir-
ginia, Colonel Reeves, the world famous
engineer; Kentucky, General Buckner,
W. H. Haldeman and Colonel w. G. P.
Breckenridge; Ohio, ex-Congrossmon
Cultivate, Seney and Haines; Illinois.
Senator Palmer, Controller Eckels and
e1-Mayor Hopkins; Wisconsin, General
Bragg and Senator Villas; Minnesota,
Daniel W. Lawlor; Iowa, Henry Vollmar;
Missouri, Judge Broadhead and f. Leh-
man; California, John P. Irish; Colorado,
Louis Il. Enrich Louisiana Senator CAT
fiery and John H. Spellman; Alabama, J.
M. Faulkner and Ex-Governor Jones;
Georgia, w. s. Thompson; Washington,
Hugh c. Wallace.
demonstrations were numerous. The del
egates cheered at the sight of prominent
men, in fact everything and anything
Every reference to Mr.. Cleveland was the
signal for scene during which men
cheered and waved whatever they could
get their hands on. Miniature flags found
their way out Of mysterious recesses and
were wildly waved on every occasion.
The convention held two sessions but
got no further than effecting the perma-
nent organization. Ex-Governor Flower,
the temporary chairman, and Senator
Gallery, the permanent chairman, both
delivered addresses, and DR.. Everett, of
Massachusetts, and John P. Irish, the
Pacific coast orator, voiced the spirit of
the convention during interims in the
proceedings There was not jar or hitch
anywhere.
Tho temper Of the delegates was dis
played in the vigorous fashion with which
tho denunciation Of the Chicago platform
and its candidates was received. Gov
crnor Flower referred to Bryan asan 'am-
bilious, unsteady and unsafe man and q
"demagogue and word juggler," with "a
revolutionary horde behind him, and the
rafters rang with the applause. Governor
Flowers speech went somewhat extern
sively into argument to show that bimet-
nlllsm as proposed by tho Chicago plat
form was dream and that the gold stan
dard was responsible for high wages and
low interest rates on money.
Senator Gallery, in assuming tho gayel
rs permanent chairman, made very eff
fective speech in the nature of an appeal
for the life of the ''old Democracy" He
painted the Democracy at Chicago as in
dulging in debauch. But he said reason
must return, and he appealed from DE
mocracy drunk to Democracy SOBER" and
asked the convention to again "unfurl the
flag never yet soiled by reputation or
stained with dishonor." while Democ-
racy lasts" he said at the climax of his
speech, "the republic will last, and while
tho republic lasts, human liberty"
DR.. Everett made stirring spsech against
sectionalism, and John P. Irish lkened
the silver Democratic party" and the Re-
publican party to twin daughters of the
horse leech, both seeking to raise the price
Of the necsssaries of life. In concluding
he predicted that If this convention did
not succeed in vanquishing both it would
OF least leave ono without sister.
Perhaps the most important action
taken by the convention yesterday was the
of q recommendation to make
the organization permanent, and to en-
power the national committee appointed
to call future conventions This indicates
a contest four years from now over the
of the two organizations, and
may prove far reaching in its effects.
Last night great mass meeting was
held, while one set ofleaders were at work
framing the platform and another trying |
to FIX upon candidate, There seems to
be an almost unanimous sentiment In
favor Of Genera Buckner, of Kentucky, |
for vice president but the contest for pres
ident Is still open. Although General
Bragg has boon seemingly in the lead,
powerful influences ore at work to defeat
him. His reception yesterday in the con-