The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-09-03
TALK OF CANDIDATES
For the Presidential Nomination
at indianapolis.
BUCKNER FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Generally Conceded That the KcntucIxian
WIN be Given Second Plaoe-IiIinois
Delegates Urge senator Palmer to Allow
the Use of His Name for President


delegates, met yesterday in Tomlinson
Hall as the climax of Il six weeks campaign
TO repudiatc the actiono the Chicago con.
vention and put forth a declaration OF
principles and name presidential ticket.
Senator Palmer, who called the body to
order, termed It the first convention of the
National Democratic party, while Others
referred to it the Democracy which held
its last convention in 1892. Admission TO
the hall was confined strictly TO ticket
holders. As result many people were
denied admlttance
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
where 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
profusion of flags and bunting, trailing
smilax, Spanish moss and pottcd 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 H. the galleries and in the chairs
back of the stage, their bright gowns and
hats heightening the general effect of the
scene Most of them were from dis
tance, but some of the most prominent
ladies of Indianapolis were present Mrs
| Hendricks, the widow of late Vice Pres
| ident Hendricks, was especially conspic-
uuus. Altogether it 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 the 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 men as Governor
| Flower, the temporary chairman of the
| conventions ex-Secretary Fairchild, ex-
! Minister TO Turkey Straus, General Tracy
| of Albany, Horatio c. King, Colonel John
Il. Fellows, Perry H. Belmont, John De
| witt Warner and others.
From the old Bay state, there were DR..
| Everett the son of Edward Everett, and
/ Godfrey Morse; Maine sent c. Ney Hol-
man; Connecticut, eX- Congressman Lewis
| Sperry New Jersey, w J. Curtis; Penn
! sylvania, General Pickett and Assistant
! Secretary of the Interior Reynolds; Vir-
| ginia, Colonel Reeves, the world famous
engineer, kentucky, General Buckner,
| w. H. Haldeman and Colonel w. c. p.
Breclinridge; Ohio, -Congressmcn
| Cultivate, Seney and Haines; Illinois,
Senator Palmer, Contr, Ter Eckels and
ex-Mayor Hopkins; Wisconsin, General
Bragg and Senator Villas; Minnesota,
Daniel W. Lawlor; Iowp Henry Vollmar;
Missouri, Judge BrOaGhead and +. Leh-
man; California, John p. Irish; Colorado,
Louis r. Enrich; Louisiana, senator CAT
ferry and John H. Spellman; Alabama, j.
NJ. Faulkner and Ex-Governor Jones
Georgia, w. :. Thompson Washington,
Hugh C. Wallace
There was plenty of enthusiasm, and
! 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 a 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
Caffery, the permanent chairman, both
delivered addresses, and DR.. Everett, of
Massachusetts, u2d 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.
The temper Of the delegates was dis
played in the vigorous fashion with which
I -, 4 81 ,f
and its candidates was received. Gov
ernor Flower referred to Bryan as an "am-
bilious unsteady and unsafe" man and a
"demagogue and word iuggler," with "a
revolutionary horde behind him, and the
rafters rang with the applause. Governor
| Flowers speech went somewhat extern
! siyely into argument to show that bimet-
nllism as proposed by the Chicago plat
| form was Il dream and that the gold stan
/ dard was responsible for high wages and
/ low interest rates On money.
Senator Catfery, in assuming the gavel
| as permanent chairman, made "a very ef-
/ fective speech in the nature of an appeal
| for the life of the "uld Democracy" He
/ painted the Democracy at Chicago as in
| dulging in dcbauch But he said reason
must return, and he appealed from De
mucracv drunk To Democracy sober and
/ asked the convention toagain 'unfurl the
/ flag never yet soiled by ropudiation or
stained with dishonor' "While Democ-
racy lasts" he said at the climax of his
speech, the republic will last and while
the republic lasts, human liborty.'
DrEverett made a stirring speech against
sectionalism, and John p. Irish likened
the silver Democratic party and the Re
/ publican party to twin daughters of the
!. ]. ia. Il.
of the necessaries of life In concluding
he predicted that if this convention did
not succeed in vanquishing both IL would
at least leave one without a sister
Perhaps the most important action
taken by the convention yesterday was the
adoption of recommendation to make
the organization permanent, and to en-
power the national committee appointed
to call future conventions This indicates
contest four years from now over the
regularity of the two organizations, and
] far tsaao oh f1,sr IN lee Of