Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-07

appointment Of director of the speakers
bureau for the campaign. In discussing
said:
''The personnel of the convention was
surprise beyond the most sangulne expec-
tations Of the leaders of the movement to
There were present S24 representatives
from forty-one states and territories of the
@ Sn;on. 1t was the most representative
BODY of men who ever comprised a ma
t.onal convention. The faces which have
been seen at all of the Democratic conven
the faces that were missed from the Chi
cago convention,
I'VE adopted a platform that will appeal
70 every honest Democrat in the country.
ward this year. The ticket which was nom-
mated was Democratic ticket, and it will
ton. We intend to make thorough can
vass and carry on a campaign of education
by means Of the distribution of literature
the country. In addition. we shall have a
thorough organization. The plans for the
campaign have not been formulated. The
tion Of Palmer and Buckner at Louisville,
September II. at which time the executive
committee of nine will be announced and
paign set in motion. The work of the cam
pai2n has not been mapped out yet, and
only general principles have been discussed.
appointment to have charge Of the speak
ers for the campaign, but do not see how
l can accept it in view of my business af-
fairs. l shall, however, render all the aid
cause.
.The selection Of General Palmer as the
ion, an exceptionally wise one He was
chosen because he exemplifes all of the
principles for which the platform declares.
the other distinguished Democrat men.
toned for the nomination. has not been in
public life for many. years.
against General Palmer by the Popuiists
are that he left the Republican party be-
cause of opposition to the, same sort of
taken by President Cleveland during the
Chicago strike: and that he owes his elec-
ton to Populist votes. and is therefore in
denounces Populistic principles. and which
denounces the assaults made upon the
president on account of the Chicago strike.
The truth of the matter is that General
Palmer resented the action of General
Grant, or, rather General Sheridan, in
sending federal troops to Chicago for police
is very different from sending troops to en-
force federal laws, over which states have
no Jurisdiction. President Cleveland sent
law. to allow the United States mails to be
sent out, and to enforce the DEGREES OF
federal courts in the case Of roads In the
"As to the party to which General Palm
er owes his election as senator: He re-
ceived the votes of three members of the
Farmers Alliance: not Populists. The
ly into the declaration Of principles Of the
Farmers Alliance. On all the principles
of the indianapolis platform General Palm
er is. and always has been, entirely sound.
He has never swerved a hairs breadth
from the principles for which he now
stands.
''The feature of the convention was the
great speech of John P. Irish, of Califor-
MIA. who will speak in Kansas City Monday
night. Mr.. Irish has addressed every
Democratic national convention since 1876
He is one of the ablest orators in this coun-
try. The people of this city will have a
treat in the address which he will deliver
Monday night at the Auditorium at the
ratification Of the National Democratic
nominations"