The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-13
TALK FOR THE THIRD TICKET.
PALMER AND BUCKNER SPEAK TO
$500 PEOPLE AT DETROIT.

Gen. Buckner Accorded the More
Cordial Reception of the Two Can
didates-SenntOr Palmer Asserts
That the Gold Standard Demo
Gratis Represent the Real DemOc-
racy of the Countrywide Whole
Theory Upon Which Free Coinage
Rests Declared Merely an Expert
ment.
Detroit, Mich, Oct. l2-Gens. Palmer
and Buckner, the candidates of the nation
al democracy for President and Vice Pres
ident, respectively, delivered addresses be
fore an audience of $500 persons at the
auditorium here this afternoon. Both
speakers were warmly welcomed, Gen.
Buckner being received with the greatest
enthusiasm. Many prominent local dem
ocrats who believe in the gold standard
occupied seats on the stage, and POST
master John J. Enright acted as chair
man. Each candidate spoke for about an
hour and was frequently interrupted by
applause.
Gen. Palmer was the first speaker. He
said in opening that he had been used TO
attacking presidential candidates, but he
was now compelled to be decorous and
decent He said that he and his partner
represented in some degree restored
union, and that the principles they repre-
scented were those for a united nationality
and patriotism. His party was the rep
resentative Of pure democratic principles
The convention in Chicago. which called
itself democratic. had no other claim than
that it claimed to be democratic. It had
been controlled by influences entirely
strange to the democratic party, he said
and he charged that there had been
distinct understanding among the leaders
of the Chicago convention that the popu-
list and free silver parties would nominate
Mr. Bryan
The mention OF Mr.. Bryan's name
brought forth applause and cheers from
the free silver contingent in the audience.
Gen Palmer then went into discussion
of the money question. He declared that
the whole theory upon which free coinage
rests is an experiment. He himself di1
not know whether the free coinage of sill
yer would raise the commercial value of
the bullion in a dollar to 60. TO- 80. 80 or 100
cents Neither did Mr.. Bryan, or his fol.
lowers and he asserted that free coinage
would be a ruthless experiment upon the
business of the country. He did know,
however, that the silver dollar could nor
be made worth the present gold dollar.
The increased power that can be added
to the silver dollar, in his opinion, wouli
be to strike out a portion of the coinage
law and make the silver dollar good for
the payment of all debts, no matter What
a contract supulates.
He declared that there was no want of
money in this country and at the present
time money was the cheapest he had ever
known 1t to be. Business men were not
buying 1t, however, because they cannot
invest it probably and lenders cannot
afford to take risk under existing polit-
ical conditions.
In closing he declared that the Chicago
convention had no right to declare that
10 be democratic which is not democratic,
and said that he would prefer a sensible
monarchy to the rule of the followers of
the Chicago platform.
When Gen. Buckner was introduced
many Of the audience rose to their feet
and cheered. He discussed the principles
of the different parties and declared that
the principles of Jefferson are the princi-
pies the national democracy is advocating
to-day and these principles cannot be
changed without the fall of this govern
ment.
He attacked the federal interference and
government by injunction plans and APP
pla uded the courts for enjoining Debs and
sending troops into Chicago. He then
went into discussion Of the money ques-
tion following closely on the line of argu-
ment used by Gen. Palmer.
The nominees left for Cincinnati late
tonight, from which place they will start
on a trip through the south, Mobile and
New Orleans being among the cities In
which they will deliver addresses.