Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-09-10
THE CANDIDATES.
Nominated by the National Dem~
ocrats at Indianapolis.
Brief Sketches of the Careers of Gen. Joins
AEcAuley Palmer, of Illinois, and
Gen. simon Bolivar Buckner,
of Kentucky.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept. a-Tho
| second and final days session of the
national democratic party was con-
/ Quoted with the same business celebrity
that marked the opening proceedings.
1t closed up all its business, platform,
nominations and everything else in q
continuous session of less than Eve
hours. Then it adjourned sine die
=! without once INDUCING in any extrav-
| agant hippodrome proceedings, or at
/ any time permitting its order of BUSH
/ ness to be interfered with by the gai-
| leries. In this respect the convention
/ was an object lesson as to what ma
! tional conventions might be made il
the plan suggested in 1896 by exon
sul-General p. Collins, of Boston, as to
the limitation of spectators, in some
modified form. were adopted by the
great national parties.
The nominees were:
Senator John McAuley Palmer, OF
Illinois, for president.
Ex-Gov. Simon Bolivar Buekner, of
Kentucky, for vice-president.
Both candidates were born in Ken.
lucky. One wore the blue, the other
the grey, so Louisville. the capital of
the Dark and bloody ground" was
appropriately designated as the place
of notification for both candidates,
September IL being the date assigned.
John SIcAuIey Palmer.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 4-John
McAuley Palmer was born in Scott
county, KY, September ID, 1917. In
1881 he removed, with his father, to
Illinois, afterward going to Upper Ale
ton college for short time. Then he
taught school. In 1889 he went to Car
linville, and entered the law Office of
John L. Greathouse, at that time the
leading attorney of Macoupin county.
He became the democratic candidate
for county clerk, and was beaten by
121 majority. Years afterward Palmer
was again a candidate and was
elected.
In December, 1889, he was admitted
to the bar, after an examination by
Stephen A. Douglass and John Young
Scammon. The night after his adj
mission, Palmer attended.a whig meet
ing at Springfield and heard Abraham
Lincoln make speech. The next day
he was introduced to Lincoln, and then
began friendship that lasted all Lin@
coins life, though they were often Bit
terly opposed to each other politi-
cally.
In 1s41 Palmer married Melinda Ann
Nicely, the belle of Macoupin county.
In succeeding years he held numerous
political offices, including that of pro-
bate judge and county judge of Ma
coupin county.
Gen. Palmer's military record was
brilliant and extended, ending with
his resignation as military governor of
Kentucky, February 10. 1866. In 1858
he was the republican candidate for
governor against his own protest. In
1872 he refused denomination. He
said: II do not believe that President
Grant should be renominated, and will
not say so; nor will consent to can
vass the state to promote his re-elec-
ton, unless the candidate that may be
placed in the field against him is more
objectionable"
One of the leading causes of Mr..
Palmer's opposition to Grant was be-
cause the president had permitted
Gen. Sheridan to use four companies
of United States soldiers as police af-
ter the great fire in Chicago. thus re-
fecting upon the ability of the state
went off after Greedy In 1874, when
the liberal and democratic parties in
Illinois Were fused, Gov. Palmer be-
came recognized democratic leader.
and was at once the champion of hard
money.
Gen. p almer was elected to the state
senate by that party in 1877. In 1890
he was elected United States senator
from Illinois, which position he still
holds.
Simon Bolivar Buckner.
Simon Bolivar Buckner was born In
Hart county, KY, in April. 1923. He
was graduated at the West Point milf
tary academy in 1914 and was a brave
and gallant soldier in the Mexican
war from the beginning to the end.
He served in the United States army
until March 90, 1855, when he resigned
his commission as first lieutenant and
engaged in civil affairs. He was APP
pointed superintendent of the erection
of the Chicago custom house in March,
1855. In 1857 he became adjutant gem
eral of the state of Illinois, with the
rank of colonel He returned to Ken
lucky in 1858 and turned his attention
TO farming. When Kentucky, bs a
state, refused to secede from the Union
Gen. Buckner offered his services to
the southern confederacy and was cre-
ated brigadier general.
He was one of the commanders at
Fort Donelson when it surrendered to
the Union troops, and was imprisoned
in Fort Warren, Boston harbor. Upon
his exchange he was promoted to ma
and placed in command of
a division. Later he was transferred
to the district of Louisiana with the
rank of acknowledgement As such
he surrendered to Gen. Candy.
Since the war he has held various
high political positions, among them
governor of Kentucky. He is man
Of large wealth, and is engaged in
farm inc in his native county,