Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-11-13
HE BOLTED HIMSELF.


Since the assembling of the Indiana
polls convention of boilers and the nomi-
nation of Senator John M. Palmer by that
meeting for President great deal has
been said and written about boilers in
general and boilers in particular. The
different times at which Senator Palmer
had been known to bolt have been talked
about and considerable has been said
concerning the different circumstances
under which he had bolted in the past.
Considerable comment was made dur
ing the campaign on the fact that Sena-
tor Palmer was almost necessarily pre-
dieting Mr.. MeKlnley's election. 1t was
charged on every hand that the Indiana
dianapolis convention of political caterers
cover under which boilers might cast
their votes for Mckinley. 1t was an
open secret that a majority of those who
professed allegiance to the Palmer ticket
intended to cast their votes for Mckinley,
the republican nominee. 1t is fact
known Of all men that a majority of those
who professed to be such glorious good
democrats that they could not think of
voting the democratic ticket went into
the voting booths and marked their bal
lots for Mckinley. But it remained for
Senator Palmer, the nominee of the In
dianapolis convention of political caderers
to cap the climax in boiling and as
bolter by going to the polls on election
day and actually voting the ticket which
he himself headed. From the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch we learn that Senator Pal
mer went to the polls on election day,
prepared and deposited his ballot and
when the votes at that particular polling
place were counted out and the returns
certified not single vote had been cast
at that box for the Palmer and Buckner
electors.
OF the matter the Post-Dispatch says:
1.-THE day following his nomination by
the indianapolis convention, the Post
Dispatch after pointing out the faithless-
ness of John M. Palmer to every party
that has honored him, declared that he
would bolt the Indianapolis party and
vote against himself.
This was doubtless regarded as
pleasantly, but 1t was meant in all seri-
BUSINESS and Senator Palmer has justified
the prediction. On the day of the election
| he drove to the polls of the precinct in
| which he lives, accompanied by his
| daughter, entered the booth, remained
| there about two minutes, made out
| ballot and handed 1t to the judges.
For whom did he vote? The returns
! show that not single Palmer vote was
cast in the Palmer precinct. Can there
| be any doubt that Mr.. Palmer voted for
Mckinley? Or Is he capable of the
| treachery toward the party which nomi-
mated him for President of voting for the
| candidate and the principle that party
| was organized to defeat? Or would such
treachery be greater, after all, than that
| of voting for Mckinley after seeking to
| lead democrats to his own support for
| President?
| 1t matters not. The fact remains that
| he bolted the Indianapolis convention
| which had nominated him: that he
scratched the Palmer and Buckner cleo
| tors off the ticket; and that. no matter
| who got his vote, he again proved false
| to the men who had trusted him.
"That vote was fitting close to king
| boilers career"