The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-23
GOLD DEMOCRATS
IN THE ARENA
Candidates Of the National Democracy al
Madison Square Garden.
PALMER AND BUcKNER INTRODUCED
The Tall Hickory of the Wabash ]
Also Received With Great Ethusi.
asm..An Address by Ex-Governor
Flower. Palmer Reads His
Speech from Manuscript.

New York, Sept. 22.--Mad!son Square
Gar Ell was crowded t. oVeril wing
tonight, VIII tie caud dat o. ne
National Democ acy ia-ed me y poll
tan audience AID op ned the iampaign
for the sound mon y d moe acy in tn.
En-. ire state. The audi nc, was one
of the bes, appearing that has been
drawn g ther by poll ical meet ng' in
I Is ctS. \ arge number o d e;
W re p esent. The audience re- Osniz ID
koswn = Flower. w liam ID. Bynum.
Cclorel Elbows and rthers, and
checred In IN IS they made their way
to t cir seas.
Prom pity q; s o'clock Robert a.
Wicemann cf airman of the sta e com
mittse of the National Democ attic
party. stepped to the ont of he pl t.
firm and opened the proceedings in a
brief speech.
He then introduced Ex-Governor
Roswell p. Flower. the chairman Of
tte evening. who, in the course of his
remarks said: Fellow Democ ats, let
us take no step backward, but march
in solid phalanX for the pr.s rvat on
of our 81 rious republic and with it
the grand old Democratic party. It's
ark of the covenant for 1896 Is in the
hands OF our standard bearers nomi.
rated by the indianapolis convention,
Palmer and Buckner, and l now take
pleasure In introducing the tall hickory
of the Web sh, my old colleague in
congress, William ID. Bynum."
Governor Flower was cheered enthu-
siastically when he got off his pungent
sentences. The first mention of Gro
Yer Cleveland's name brought prolong-
ed hand-clapping followed by three
cheers.
Congressman Bynum was received
with cheers. He declared that after
thirty years in political life as Demo-
crat he found himself unable to support
the ticket nominated at Chicago. for he
did not believe the candidates to be
Democrats. for If there is any principle
that is cardinal with the Democratic
party it is the belief OF that party,
from the very foundation of its organi-
cation down to the present time In the
maintenance Of sound money.
OVATION TO THE CANDIDATES.
AS Mr.. Bynum was closing his re-
marks the two candidates appeared on
the platform.
Three cheers for General Palmer were
given with a will. and the band played
Hail to the chief"
General Palmer Immediately placed
himself on u good footing with his
audience by few happy off-hand re-
marks. These were vigorously ap-
plauded. Then he took his manuscript
and read the speech which he had
prepared in advance. General Palmer
said:
am here this evening in the attitude of
candidate for the presidency of the
United States. Less than month ago l
expected this appearance as little as any
one Of my audience.
On the third OF September the conven-
tion of national Democrats, representing
forty-one states, assembled in lndianap-
oils and honered me by presenting my
name for the consideration of the people
of the United States, as candidate for
the chief magistracy of the republic. l
do not know. nor do ] believe. that a
single delegate TO that convention expect
ed that I would be or could be elected 10
the presidency. In fact. in the preface to
the declaration Of principles adopted by
the convention, II did not assert such an
expectation.
The convention was composed of stern,
resolute men. They were the Democrats
of 1899, who contributed their efforts to
the election of that honest. manly Demo-
cratic president.
After paying this tribute to Mr. Cleve-
! land, the convention further said in its
assertion of party principles: "rhe DEM
act justice to all men OF every creed and
condition; to the largest freedom of the
individual, consistent with good govern
ment to the preservation of the federal
government in Its constitutional vigor and
to the support of the state in all their
Just rights; to reconomic and public en-
penditures: to the maintenance OF the
public credit and sound money, and Ii is
opposed to paternalism and all class leg
isation."
This declara embod!es the Demo.
cracy of jefferson, of Jackson and Cleve-
land.
POLITICS OF THE DELEGATES.
| The delegates to the Indianapolis con.
| vention. as ! have said, were Democrats
not Republicans or PopuiistS. tApplausc.) J
/ II VIII be seen that the convention was
! not composed of Democrats who would
first vote the ticket and then read the plat
| form Nor was IL composed of that par.
| ticular type of Democrats who seemed tC
| flourish with so much Vigor In this noble
| state of New York. 1t would not be pos.
| sible for any delegate TO that convention
to vote for the candidate nominated in
! Chicago and reject the platform as IN
! sound and dangerous. II therefore Srr.,
! in no uncertain terms In condemnation 4
! the nlstfOIm adopted by the conventions
! In Chicago and St. Louis The Chicago
! convention Was regularly called and II II
had adhered to the faith the organization
/ which / represent would have been en-
I tirely unne ces5ary. Indeed. thousands oi
Democrats today have such respect fol
| orderly and regular organization that they
| feel almost constrained 10 submit to au
| thority. Democrats have reverential af
| lection for the constitution, with all 1t!
adjustments for the rights of the states
| as established In the century of the ma
tiona life and s,ill earnestly maintair
/ their devotion 10 regular ard orderly GOV.
! ernment That some Democrats shoul,
doubt the policy Of res stance to the actor
| Of the Chicago convention Is but natural
, That convention assembled, claiming to bI
regular Democratic convention. ant
thousands OF us who resist its action dt
so only because it was perfectly false t
| Democratic principles.
| No Democrat can object 10 the condem
nation of the Chicago platform of ar
bitrary interference by federal author
tiles in local affairs. SO much Is the wei
| understood Democratic theory of the prop
| er rela lions existing between the state
and the general government. But th
real nearing, 1t Is understood and known
| to be n fact, that these condemnatio
were directed against the president of th
| United States for his proper interference
to enforce federal law by federal acts
The real meaning of the Chicago declara
ton in which the convention said tina
arbitrary interference by the federal au
thorities of local affairs was violat.o!
of the constitution Of the United STATE
and a crime against free Institutions |
well understood to have been intended q
an endorsement of the governor of 1lliroi
(hisses), and a condemnation Of the presi
dent for acts which were unanimously ap
proved by the senate of the United state
and were strictly in conformity with hi
duty as the chief magistrate of the re
public. And the same paragraph of tina
platform, where 1t states that the fedora
Judges in contempt of the laws and state
rights and the rights of the citizens be
came at once legislature. judges and ex
ecutioner, it is known that. the object O
this language was TO assail a particula
act Of the federal judges with reference t
peculiar conditions which prevail in Chi
| caco in 1880 II nav bc that the Dower