The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-13
PALMER AND BUCKNER.
Twenty-Five Hundred People Listen
To Them at Detroit.


To Them at Detroit.
DETROIT, Mich, Oct 12.-Generals
Palmer and Buckner delivered adj
dresses before an audience of $500
persons at the Auditorium here this
afternoon. Both speakers were warmly
welcomed, General Buckner being re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm.
Each candidate spoke for about an
hour, and was frequently interrupted
by applause. General Palmer was the
first speaker. He said in opening that
he had been used to attacking presi-
Dental candidates, but he was now
compelled to be decorous and decent.
He said that he and his partner rep
resented in some degree a restored
union, and that the principles they
represented were those for a restored
nationality and patriotism. He said
that whatever the result of the impend-
ing election that from this time forth
the objection of national ambition will
be opened to men of the north, the
south, the east and the west and that,
hereafter, the young men will have a
chance in national politics. His party
was the representative of pure Demo-
cratic opinions. The convention az Chi
cago, which called itself Democratic,
had no other claim than that it had
claimed TO be Democratic. 1t had
been controlled by
INFLUENCES ENTIRELY STRANGE
to the Democratic party, he said, and
charged that there had been a dis
tinct understanding among the leaders
of the Chicago convention that the
1i-.t ell r.tin
nominate Mr.. Bryan.
The mention of Mr.. Bryan's name
brought forth applause and cheers
from the free silver contingent in the
audience.
General Palmer then went into a dis
cussion of the money question. He
declared that the whole theory upon
which free coinage rests is an expert
ment. He himself did not know
whether the free coinage of silver
would raise the commercial value of
the bullion in a dollar to GO, 10, so, 80
or 100 cents; neither did Mr.. Bryan nor
his followers. and he asserted that
free coinage would be a ruthless ex-
pertinent upon the business of the
country. He did know however, that
the silver dollar could be made worth
the present gold dollar. He declared
that there was no want of money in
this country, and at the present time
money was the cheapest he had ever
known it TO be. Business men were
not buying 1t, however. because they
cannot invest it proftaibly and lenders
cannot afford to take a risk under eX-
listing political conditions.
In closing, he declared that the Chi
cago convention had no right to de-
clare that to be Democratic which is
not Democratic, and said he would pre-
fer a sensible monarchy to the rule of
the Chicago platform.
When General Buckner was intro
duced many in the audience rose 10
their feet and cheered. He discussed
the principles of the different parties
and declared that the
PRINCIPLES OF JEFFERSON
are are principles the National Denoc-
raey is advocating today and these
principles cannot be changed without
the fall of the government.
He defined the right of the govern
ment 10 enforce its laws and said it
was because the government did not
enforce the laws relating to the south
ern states that the latter seeded.
He charged the Republican party
with issuing the first paper money
which. he claimed, is the cause Of all
the present trouble.
He declared that the delegates to the
Chicago convention had been instructed
TO adopt a Democratic platform, but
they had trampled down the principles
of Democracy and left not a plank in
lieu of which they had adopted a set
of Populistic principles which the
Democratic party has been combat
ting for 100 years. He attacked the
federal interference and government by
injunction planks and applauded the
courts for enjoining Debs and his fol-
lowers. and President Cleveland for
sending troops into Chicago. He then
went into a discussion of the money
question, following closely on the line
of argument used by General Palmer.
Not more than 1000 persons were
present at the close of the meeting.
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