The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-13
Gen. Palmer Was Military Gov
ernor of Kentucky.
HIS INFAMOUS RECORD
Tried to Disfranches Everybody
But Negroes.
THE ORDER ISSUED BY HIM
Persons Who in Any Way Aided Any
Southern Soldier Were Prohibited
From Even Going to the

Frankfort, KY, Sept. 12.-General
Palmer, the National Democratic NOM
inee for President, was military cover
nor of Kentucky in 1865. just before
the August election of that year he
issued an order, which, if it could have
been enforced, would have practically
disfranchised nearly every Democrat
or Southern sympathizer in the State.
Divested of preamble it reads:
First-Au rebel soldiers, whether
paroled or not, and without regard
to the fact that they have or have not
taken any of the oaths prescribed by
law, or executive or military orders, or
have registered under orders from the
headquarters of the Department OF
Kentucky.
"Second-All guerillas and others,
who, without belonging to the Tegu-
lar rebel military organizations, have
taken up arms against the government
or have in any way operated against
the government or people of Kentucky,
or any other State or Territory.
"Third-All persons who, by act or
word, directly or Indirectly, gave aid,
comfort or encouragement to persons
in rebellion. This applies to all per-
sons who have voluntarily acted as
scouts or spies for rebel or guerilla
forces who have VOLUNTARILY FUR
NISHED ANY REBEL WITH FOOD
OR CLOTHING, horses or arms or
money, or have harbored, concealed
or otherwise aided or encouraged them.
''Fourth-Al1 persons who were or
have been directly or indirectly en-
gagged in the civil service of the late
81 Of
Kentucky, or who have in any way
submitted to either of said pretended
governments, all agents of or contrac-
tors with or for either of said pre-
tended governments, are disqualified
from voting.
"All persons of the classes afore-
said are required to abstain from all
interference with elections, and will,
therein by voting or by appearing at
the polls, be at once arrested and held
for military trial.
"Aid will be given to civil authorities
to enforce the laws and to preserve
the peace.
''By command of Maior-General,
JOHN NJ. PALMER.
sE. B. Harlan, captain and A. A. G.
''OfReial, Ben. w Sullivan, Lieuten-
ant and acting A. A. 9"
GEN. PAllMES(S REJORD.
In the Senate in 1898, Gen. Palmer
made a speech on the Homestead riots
of 1892. Inasmueh as he and his sup
porters say they bolted the Democratic
nominees because the platform arrays
class against class, an xtract from
Gen. Palmer's speech has been brought
to the surface and severely criticized.
The Springfield Republican says that
'sno part of the Chicago platform, and
no man connected with the making of
it, has ynturd to avow opinions OF
so extreme a socialistic nature as these
of Gen. Palmer" The extract:
s.I maintain according to the law Of
the land, not as the law is generally
understood, but according to the prin-
ciples of the law, which must here
after be applied to the solution Of these
troubles, that those men had the right
to be there. That make it necessary
for me to assert that those men had
right to employment there. They had
earned the Tigt to live there, and these
large manufacturing establishments
and there is no other road out of this
,uuestion-must, hereafter, be under
stood to be public establishments, in
the modified sense, which / will explain
in moment, in which the public is
deeply interested; and the owners Of
these properties must hereafter be re-
.garded as holding their property sub
ject to the correlative rights of those
without whose services the property
would be utterly valueless. That con-
cession which / make only comedies
to them a right to a reasonable profit
on the capital invested in their enter
prise"
The Peoria (Ill.) Journal, one Of the
ablest and most reputable newspapers
of the West, declares that Palmer got
into the United States Senate as q
Democrat by bargaining for the votes
of the two Populist members of the
Illinois legislature, under a deliberate
pledge to favor the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. And the very legis-
Iature that elected Palmer to the Senate
in 1891 adopted overwhelmingly the
following memorial:
eeWhereas, The people of the State of
Illinois will be greatly benefited by
free coinage of silver; and,
"Whereas, There is now pending In
the Senate of the United States a bill
soon to be voted upon for passage;
therefore be ii
Resolved, BY the House OF Repre-
sentatives, the Senate concurring, that
we heartily approve of and favor the
passage of what is known as 'the free
coinage BILL" and we hereby instruct
our representatives in the United
States Senate to vote for and to exer-
else their influence, and use their en-
deavors to secure the passage OF the
above measure"
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