The herald., 1896-09-13

their honest convictions in order to form
unnatural alliances with political and
social organizations, whose purposes are
dangerous to the country and wholly
inconsistent with the fundamental
principles Of our party, and I pledge
to you and your associates such sup
| port and assistance as I can properly
give during the campaign.
(Signed) JOHN G. CARLISLE.
| Mr.. Bynum then introduced Senator
Caffery, who delivered the notification
| speech.
| AS Senator Caffery concluded he
turned toward Gen. Palmer. whose ap-
pearance was greeted with loud ap-
| plause, the audience singing The Star
Spangled Banner.
| Gen. Palmer, in accepting the nomina-
ton, said, in part:
SENATOR PALMER'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen: You
| give me information that delegates
representing the Democracy of forty
one states honored me in designating
me the National Democratic candidate
| for the presidency, and that the con-
vention associated with me in the for
NAL temporary leadership of that great
historic party of the United States an
eminent citizen Of Kentucky-a citi-
zen distinguished in arms, and as the
| patriotic chief magistrate of his own
and my own native commonwealth.
Gen. Buckner and I were once, in
| modest sense, representatives of op-
| posing opinions upon fundamental
questions relating to the powers Of the
! United States and to the respective
| states under the constitution. We met on
the battlefield, where great public con-
troversies that admit of no other meth
| cd of solution are determined. 1 know
he did his duty, and 1 trust that the
country believes did mine.
The nominations made by the Nation
, al Democratic convention at Indianapo.
| lis prove more conclusively than any
thing which has occurred with the last
thirty years, that the American people
are again united; that our hopes, our
rights, our duties and our interests are
the same. The lofty and patriotic mis-
sion of the national Democracy is to
maintain peace and order, defend con-
stitutional liberty regulated by just and
equal laws, and, If possible, to avert
from the country reputation, bank
ruptcy and national dishonor.
Iaaccept the unsought honor and re-
sponsibility imposed upon me by the Ma
tional Democratic convention. I ac-
cept them as proof that my Democratic
fellow citizens confide in my devotion
to Democratic principles so clearly and
accurately defined in the proceedings Of
the convention.
i Continuing, the nominee reviewed his
| active career in public affairs during a
| period extending over fifty years. He
maintained that he had always been
! controlled by his own convictions of
duty. He then referred to the Indiana
polls platform, which he discussed
briefly, fully endorsing its declara-
tions. -
The nominee then concluded his ad-
dress as follows:
1.-THE advocates of the unlimited COIN
age of full legal tender silver do not
-oc~-e> To ,.rI.aA-."iii hA thee e-sesueps.
or the adoption by the United States Of
tneir faVorite measure. The more intel
ngent KNOW that 1t is impossible by law
to give to silver bullion, or silver coin,
a local value in the United States and
| therefore, Mr.. Bryan, who must be re-
| garded as the official interpreter of the
free silver dogma, asserts his belief that
the unlimited coinage of legal tender
silver by the United State alone, would
increase the value of silver bullion which
is today 81 cents per ounce, to $1.29 and
he asserts his belief that under unlimit-
ed coinage the silver dollar containing
4121s grains of standard silver coined by
authority of the United tates would be
Of equal acceptability and value with
the dollar containing 25.S grains of
standard gold in all the markets Of the
world.
'It is something that this opinion has
no support in the experience of mankind.
1t is enough for the present purposes
to say that it has no foundation other
than the confident assertions of those
who share in that belief. No party in the
country ever undertook so much as do
the advocates of unlimited coinage of
silver. They not only undertake to
maintain commercial parity in value of
about 434, ,502, ,O41 silver dollars, already
coined by the United States under the
authority of the acts of the 2Sth of Feb
ruary, 1878, and of July IA, 1890, and of
all the silver dollars that may hereafter
be coined, but they assume the task of
advancing the value Of silver coinage
of all the nations of the world to an
equal acceptability and value with coins
of gold. If the expectations of the ad-
vocates of free coinage of silver are rea-
lized, it would be difficult upon their own
premises to perceive what would be
gained by those who expect cheap
money.
Accepting the claim that under free
coinage the dollar of silver would be- |
come of equal acceptability and value !
and of equal power in the markets and !
in the payment of debts throughout the |
civilized world, he silver dollar would |
then be as difficult to procure as the dol
lar of gold is now. They complain now
that the dollar Of gold has too much pslr-
chasing power and is too difficult to OBJ
tain.
But the real expectation of the great |
body of supporters of the free coinage
of silver and one much more in harmony
with the experience of mankind, is tina.
the unlimited coinage of silver would
give to the country deprecated and