The sun., 1896-09-22
DEMOCRATIC CLUB SOUND.
~ VOTES ron PALMER AND BUCK
NER TO 20 FOR BRYAN.
The s,rsmp.a sn1er,.ss neein 60 sena In

The swamped siiverites Begin 20 Send In
Their Resignations-Two Hours Of De-
| bnte Before the Vote Was Tnken-Tho
| TamnnnY Contingent Voted for Silver.
By vote Of II TO go the Democratic Club
| decided at meeting held last night at the club
| house, 017 Fifth avenue, to support Palmer and
| Buckner. and denounced tho Chicago platform
| and tho nominees Of tho Chicago Convention.
| Or rather, by that vote It rejected substitute
for a resolution which did those things and then
It adopted the resolution by viva voce vote.
This result was a1rived ut after two hours of
| debate. participated in by representatives of
honest money and Brvanism in the club
membership. The twenty-nine silver men
were mostly Tammany district leaders and
offlceholders After tho result was an
nounced. eI-Gov. Roswell p. Flower, Presi-
dent OF the club, who presided. quickly
declared an adjournment. which prevented
n theatrical tender of designations planned
by the silver men. II they could not
offer their designations in open meeting the sill
yer members could DO so by letter, and FIVE or six
them did so at once. Among these were Con-
Rressmen William Sulzer, James Lindsay Cor
don, and Tammany District Leader Victor J.
Bowling. 1t was said that twenty -five resiRna-
tions are expected.
Some time ago the club appointed q commit
tee to recommend what action the club should
take on the Chicago platform and ticket This
committee was composed of ]. M. Vincent, John
Fox. Roger Foster Robert B. Roosevelt, Charles
A. jackson. JOHN McAnerney, +. II. Chaplin,
William Sulzer, James Lindsay Gordon. and
Roswell p. Flower. All OF the members of the
committee but Suzer and Gordon signed the
report of the committee, which is us fol lows:
y, m ,b ohieaEo patfGrm Is utterly snbversiye
party. and as such should bo rejected. The
nominecs OF said Convention are therefore not
I'm fnltn siNer Ia
tion IS rseommended for adoption:
y, - RoSo,red. That the Democratic Club cord |
OF the National Democratic Convention held at |
anddiansp9hls oils and m9't snstrsy nna heartily
support"
hour to debate the report and a substitute sub.
mitted rn,u.S BY Frank adams Acer. The substitute
for their Individual action. ''' u '"' ''''
James Lindsay Gordon took the floor for the
silverltes anu made typical froe-stlver har-
would resign II The resolutions Of the committee
mere W, adopted, This evoked cries of"No! Nor'
Let every man in the club be the Judge and
{, custodian us OF his own Democracy and. whether
Napoleon of protection or the young tribune OF
ne ne West. we will have preserved our club in
Samuel Greenbaum replied. saying among
1deny, The right of any man to say that we
y Democrats, and It Is our duty to preserve tho
| Democracy. in, We can do that only, by
men must be beaten, and beaten so badly that
they can never raise their heads among Demo
Uttered with us In non-essentials we might
we'll have acqpiessed in the result and accepted
ne platform, but when 1t asks us to reppdiate
Democracy II asks too much"
William McMurtre Spccr defended Bryan
favor the ana 1Sr t9t
!, hiteu states N the interest Of the people"
lie SAID II snow packed in the interest of cor
,orations. lie said the bankers were against |
ne declaration OF Independence. and were nl-
'sMys M @ f2nnd opposed % TO all popular movements.
owed Tor the honest-money contingent. Mr.. |
n ,icrce cited Andrew jackson as a Democrat
yho did not hehitato to usc Federal troops to
unpress lawlessness in G sovereign State, to
VII. south Carolina. He quoted from the re-
,or, Of the Democratic com mittee OF Congress
n 1884 in FAY or of Changing the ratio between
'od and silver to 10 TO l, showing that the ex-
,rofSea pnrnose OF the change was to create
The mighty suizer closed tie debate for the
liver party. He declared that The indianapolis
atioTrn rcpudiatcd every former Democratic
nttonal platform by declaring for a single gold
tanuard. Mr. Sulzer said that no supporter OF
ni,tee i tees should i he adopted;
Aid that great many Democratic statesmen
ave ave been brought forward by this movement
,od that they would never be heard Of again I
le o ,h nHd s hs res respects to Tammany Hall which
rove itself the home OF pure democracy. '
!, threw that chance away because it was L
IN Mr. James O'Brien' from this time on" 4
Among the twenty-uiue who voted IN the L
,ce-Silvcr side were Tnmmany leaders John Z. 8
heEhan, Charles F. Allen. y. y. Sculiy Robert
!. Petty: Victor ]. bowling. William Sulzer q
1hn B. Sexton and James W. Boy lie. Assistant 7
l-triGt Attorney Magee City Court .Iust.crs h
nn My"k and Schnchman, Collector of Ar :,
'ars Edward 'iilon. Anthony Clnchy Angus I
ls ,ocharty. aud Senator LOuis MunZnger. &
" ii'll inc vote was announced three cheers
ere given for Palmer and Buckuer. - -
President Flower announced n recontion IN Il
alner and Bucknrr Mt the clu house a fterthe b
adison Square Gnruen meeting tonight. ],