The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-09
THE BoLT'ERs.

Palmer and Bucknar Tell Their Troubles
to a CHI ago crowd.
Chicago, October S-Gencrals Palmer
and Buckner were the principal speakers
at the rally OF the national democrats at
the Auditorium this evening, General
Palmer said In part:
The indianapolis convention was COM
posed of representative democrats from
all States of this Union. They considered
the names of those who would best repre-
sent them, and they kindly solicited me as
their champion. had supposed that with
the termination of my prescnt period OF
service il. the Nations senate my life
public LIE at ieast--would be closed.
" men that convention selected me /
could not decline. because I fclt 1t a duty
on my part to take the lead oI that great
historical party. having been chosen by
that convention for that purpose, / did
not accept that noninAtiou WITH any eA-
iNrtuNpU of serN Is lhef lh- t'pUuiN an
or the pppul.s. paifY- accepted lHtl
nomination as "a demo rat. 1 mean now
TO stand py the ancient iaith ana ABIDE
The speaker referred al length to the
Chicago ire, OF which tomorrow Is the
twenty hith anniversary Tic WAS gov
tgaor uf III nolS at the time. Aiiet re-
viewing the re!iei meahuIcs taken, Cen
cral Palmer continued.
lnrrv was some Controversy between
my seu and General Grant ana Sherman
aud General sheridan as to the employ p
mrit OF troops IN the city. | protc- ed
that the United S,atos had no occasion 10
interfere with the affairs Of lhe city OF
'hicago. | distinctly declared tfui the
United States might nsltluiy employ
Is own powers and It's own agenc es IN
order 10 execute it, own laws OF TO nam
.aiu It's own authority IT Is the h story
OF the controversy. In that instance Cen
cral Grant wrote to me: No thought or
rtstric ing the authorities Ia the stuie
Of Illinois occurred to anyone, and there
was nc occasion then for any interf ference
Whoever by any Federal agency
My fellow-c t2ens, on the preieAt thdt
Fcucral governments 'nierfcreo On we
innl Gfacturcrs of Chicago two years, one
| ula uk has been adopted and placed IN the
! pcpulist platform denouncing The pres dent
! foi interference in the affairs at enc igo
| United states But that inct was so dis
| tinct and so we'll defined th@-. nj the
| u Getting of the senate, Immediately FOL
| loving. MIR John ". Daniel, who took a
| conspicuous part IN the session of the chi
| cugo convention. introduced into the sem
ate a resolution applauding President
| items offered by MIR. Daniel we're passed
| hy the scna.a by unanimous vote, not a
| sh gle dissenting voice. Even the populist
members. II they Objected, uttered no
| wcrd Of commen,. The broad distinct o 4
| is this that the States are supreme within
| ther sphere and that the states arr
! spcusihlo fcr the maintenance of order
/ within their own limits unless those dis1r-
/ ders extend 10 Interference with the Pc l.
! eral laws Of the Federal authorities am
/ then powers of the Federal governments
/ o'e supreme N those respects and in ncna
other.
| My fellow citizens. I have said 10 you
| thnt / am cand date for the presl-
! dcncy | am very much inclined 20 think
I that a good many Of you are commitic
| for the other fellows. but even in that
! view Of the case, my purpose IN this con
/ tcs, is 70 give you an opportunity Of dong
! right II you want to do It, | can not
! blame you II you think proper to vote foi
| Mex nley and I shall not be surprised
| therefore II few of you choose to vo.e
| Tor MIR Bryan. But 7 can tell YOU how
| 10 do better than 10 vote for Mckinley
| or Bryan Vote for Palmer and Bncknei
! because we represen. tom ght the restored
! unit of the great American republic.
/ When General 3uckner was Introduced
/ the audience arose and received him with
| great enthusiasm His speech was de-
| voted entirely to the financ a. question.