Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-17

States. Under the circumstances 70
| elabcrate or extensive statement Of
the cause which led up to your nom
i%natioh would be appropriate. but the
Democratic party Is no longer solid;
the Democratic platform shaped and
| drove the wedge that has separated II
in twain. A comparison Of the plat
forms adopted ut Chicago and Indian
| apClis disel0ses the reasons for the
separations. You. sir. stand on a plat
form adhering TO the ancient and ac-
cepte,l doctrines Of true Democracy.
The Chicago platform is precisely the
| opposite on these great principles.
That principle of tariff for revenue
only is denuded Of its Democratic
force by dropping the word only.
thus leaving a wide margin for Repub-
| !ican heresy to- creep into this cardinal
| tenet.
the people of the United States
have voluntarily ana i~ptelligently
adopted the gold standard and they
will not submit 10 the dictation Of the
Chicago platform.
"Sir, into your hands | formally
place the standard of our party. Ii
| waves over jefferson and Jackson and
Cleveland. and il now wave over Il
distinguished patriot who in peace and
in war has slgL allied his devotion TO
his country
AS Senator Caffery concluded he
turned toward Gen. Palmer. whose
| appearance was greeted with loud APP
| plause. the audience Singing The
| Star SpangTed Banner" Gen. Palmer.
in accepting the nomination. said:
senator Pnimer's acceptance
"Gen. Buckner and | were once. in
a modest sense. representatives OF OPP
posing opinions upon fundamental
questions relating 10 the powers of
the United States and of the respective
states under the constitution We met
| on the battlefield. where great public
controversies that admit of no other
method of solution ere determined.
| know he did his duty, and | trust
the country believes 1 die mine. The
nominations u.ade by the National
Democratic convention nj Indianapolis
prove more c~oaclusiytly than anything
which has occurred within the last
| thirty years that tie American people
are again united: that our hopes. our
rights, our duties and cur interests are
the same. that the lofty and patriotic
mission Of the National Democracy
is to maintain peace and order. de-
fcnd constitutional liberty, regulated
by just AMI equal laws, and if possible
avert from the country population,
b3 ukruptcy and national dishonor.
When governor OF my adopted
state. while ! opposed. aud by reacp
full means successfully resisted. the
interference of the United States Ivy
it's military forces. in the purely local
4 ,.nnp.pfts nf tiin ltntn \ HistinsfltS CON.
ccdad the right. and ssertad the duty
OF that govern nept TO enforce villain
the states or elsewhere its own la VS.
by its own agencies. The matters TO
which | have adverted are but RENT
niscences-they relate and belong To
the past. Cur duties as lovers of our
country are present. and We must meet
and deal with existing conditions. and
TO these the late National Democratic
convention addressed itself. Its plat
form asserts truths which can be
demonstrated. and IL correctly defines
Democratic principles
"aa remainder of senator Palmer's
speech was devoted to arguments in
favor of "a gold standard.
Likewise.
As the strains of "Old Kentucky
Home We're dying out Col. Fellows
addressed the gathering and notified
Gen. Buckner. He concluded with
these words:
They tell you that you cannot win.
and | reply. You shall be more than
conqucrors. If success means the per-
formanct. of duty which involves self
sacrifice. the highest attribute and
characteristic of duty itself. IL that is
the true test of success, tliet. you shall
be eraHdiy triumphant ia November"
Gen. Buckner followed Col. Fellows
Tn y short speech of acceptance. He
said i'm part:
II know that n spirit actnatcd that
convention nj indianapolis which
looked more 10 that general principle
Of Democracy. that spirit of national
ism. other than 10 il in selecting it's
candidates. That feeling ~crystalized
around me ms an object to be associ-
ated with this gallant chieftain in
blotting out all past differences and
sectioralism. | accept that position,
Mr.. Chairman, and will discharge that
duty with as much willingness as /
ever discharged any on earth. | am
proud 10 he associated with the move
ment which blots u all sectional
lines forever and makes us one people
ami one nationality"
Tie meeting adjourned with three
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