The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-23
GOLDBUG HURRAH IN GOTHAM.
PALMER AND BUCKNER FACE A
METROPOLITAN AUDIENCE.

fng-Mentinn of CIeveland's Name
Greeted with Prolonged Applause
and Then Three Cheers.
New York, Sept. 22.-Madison Square
Garden was crowded to overflowing to-
night when the candidates of the national
democracy faced a metropolitan audience
and opened the campaign for the sound
money democracy in the Empire State.
An hour before the time set for the meet
ing the seats we've taken and at 7:S0
o'clock a thousand people were standing
at the back of the seats on the main
floor and in the galleries.
The audience was one of the best ap-
pearing that has been drawn together by
political meetings in this city. A large
number of ladies were present.
The audience recognized Roswell P.
Flower, William d. Bynum, Col Fellows
and others, and cheered them as they
made their way to their seats. Among
those on the platform were Rev. Theo-
dore Cuyler William B. Hornblower Of
New Jersey. C. A. Henriques, Capt. Hugh
Gordon, Peter B. Olney, Theodore Sutro,
Col Thomas Hurley of Texas, Col. ]. NJ
Faulkner of Alabama, Charles Canda and
Everett P. Wheeler and DR.. William Ev-
| erett of Massachusetts,.
Promptly al o'clock Robert A. Widene-
mann, chairman of the state committee
of the national democratic party of New
York stepped to the front of the platform
and opened the proceedings. He said that
| the good old ship democracy was going
on the rocks, when the Indianapolis con-
vention took her in charge placed COM
petent men at her helm, and was now
manning her for the fight, which would
bury Bryanism, wisconsin and Sewall-
ism so deep that Gabriels trumpet would
| have difficulty in resurrecting them.
He then introduced eX-Gov. Roswell p.
Flower the chairman of the evening, who
said: Fellow Democrats: We are met
| to ratify the nomination and platform of
| the national democratic convention held
| at Indianapolis. We are democrats and
not populists. We are in favor of liberty
regulated by law. We are not revolution
lists. We believe in maintaining our form
| of government, in its full vigor; the legis-
| lative department to make the laws; the
| judicial to expound them, and the execu-
! tive to enforce them.
| I'VE believe in law and order, not In
riot and disorder. We believe in dollars
! Of full intrinsic value. measured by the
| markets of the world. We are not 50-cent
]
! only. We declare that the government
| should not engage in the banking busi-
ness. We are opposed to fiat money. We
favor the merit system; the fewer spoils
the less corruption in party politics. We
believe in economy in every department
of the government. We indorse the ad-
ministration of President Cleveland. Our
principles point the way to stability n
government, not to doubtful experiments:
to confidence in business, not to uncer-
tainty; to prosperity, l.vt panic.
Fellow democrats, let us take no step
backward, but march in solid phalanx for
the preservation of our glorious republic
and the grand old democratic party. Its
ark of the covenant for 1886 is safe in the
hands Of our standard bearers, nominated
by the indianapolis convention, Palmer
and Buckner. And l now take pleasure
in introducing the tall hickory of the Wa
bash, my old colleague in congress-, Mr.
w. ID. Bynum."
Gov. Flower was cheered enthusiastical-
ly when he got off his pungent sentences.
The first mention of Grover Clevelands $
name brought prolonged hand-clapping,
followed by three cheers.
Congressman Bynum was received with
cheers. He started in by saying that af-
ter thirty years in political life as a dem
ocrat, he found himself unable to support
the ticket nominated al Chicago, for he
did not believe the candidates to be demo-
Gratis.
Mr.. Bynum went on in an extensive pre-
sentation of the arguments against free
silver. He said that before the Indian
apolis convention democrats were afraid
to mention the gold standard, but that
since the convention they spoke out
openly. He said that good way to cure
the free silver people would be to retire
all the one and two dollar bills in the coun-
try and force the use of the silver He
declares that the statement of the Bryan
supporters that free coinage would ad-
vance silver is fallacy.
As Mr.. Bynum was closing his remarks
the two candidates appeared on the plat
form. Gen. Palmer was escorted by
Charles S. Fairchild, who was secretary
of the treasury during President Cleve-
lands first term. Gen. Buckner was
escorted by State Committeeman John
De Witt Warner. The candidates were
greeted with hearty applause and cheers.
Three cheers for Gen. Palmer were given
with a WILL and the band played, Hail to
the Chief
Gen. Palmer Immediately placed him
self on a good footing with his audience
by few happy off-hand remarks. These
were vigorously applauded. Then he took
his manuscript and read the speech which
he had prepared in advance. Gen. Pal
mer said: II am here this evening in
the attitude of a candidate for the presi-
dency Of the United States. Less than a
month ago l expected this appearance
as little as any one of my audience. On
Sept. the convention of national demo-
Gratis, representing forty-one states, as
sembled in Indianapolis and honored me
by presenting my name for the consldera-
ton Of the people of the United States as
a candidate for the chief magistracy Of
the republic. ] do not know nor do l be-
lieve that a single delegate to that con-
vention believed or believes that / could
be elected TO the presidency. In fact, in
the preface to the declaration OF princi-
pies it did not assert such an expecta-
tion. The delegates to the indianapolis
convention we're democrats, not republi-
cans or populists. (Applause.) Before the
assembling Of the Chicago convention they
desired and hoped for the unity Of this
great and historic party, and they would
have made any ordinary sacrifice
in order to maintain that unity? But after
they saw the work Of that convention
they had no further hope and felt con-
strained to announce to the country that
the declarations of the Chicago conven-
tlon attacked individual freedom, the
right Of private contract, the independ-
ence OF the judiciary and the authority of
the President to enforce federal laws.