The morning times., 1896-09-04
PALMER AND BUCKNER NAMED
TO LEAD GOLD DEMOCRATS

OAlHxVOkAA IL
puseu ior Your Consideration. 1Herelor
win true recognition OF ala tie circun
stauces Oh Inc Loar, snail inaAe no argu
iuent. but wiii pfoceea uIrecuy 10 tn
uiScnarge or the Office wnicn the con
fuitiee las imposed upon me and move I'll
auoptsOn or tne resOIutDns." lie plal
iUrm was unanimously ADOPTED.
a motion W take a Iecess was votes
down, and on motion OF Mr. breckinriuse
ot hentocKy, lnc con,c pro,eeuru &,
| lue noiliiiiur rion Of cdnuiuates. tne iuii o
States was Called. Alabama y,eIueu I,
hehLucky, anu Air. A. J. Carroi TOOK I'll,
/ sGanu. ne Sd 10 tnal some weeks ago wnei
iG was proOlenaticaI wnat proportions TIL
movement wouiu assume anu wuen Ins
inUSt Enthusiastic trlenu could not Ioretel
that the enthusiasm would DC So great as
| To result IN tie assembling ot this mag
nificent convention, there were a nuinDei
Of Seht.clltn outsiue of the STATE u ken-
| lucky who, looking around Tor some ont
! GO iedd lne rOfiorn nope LUrIIcu tlieir eyer
4 toward citi<en pf hrnLucxy, (henry " at.
teison). whose nafne was ,nulssOiu Oily linked
| .vitn tne democracy. that. citizen hau
| Deen Tor many mOntns in foreign lands en-
Saged III Il work In Muicn his head and
| ueirt were inlcrestpu, IN Committing Io
| lmperishaDie history the career or u man
| lAOranam L'ncolnJ whose reand Cha racter
Furnish one OF the Unperisha Die glories OF
the IepuDnc. IN his retreat among the
mountains OF Switzerland there came re-
peated messages from his friends urging
nim TO la asiue mis- pen ana take UP again
| Tue Dattle OF democracy. AT first he ne
| s'stently isfused, out iinally responded IiiaU
| ne had never In his life urged men to go
wnere ne would not go himself and he
would, II desired. ia kc up the IignL Cheers }
since that tine this magnificent Con-
vention is assembled and / is fCund IL ere
are many tried leaders who are willing
TO make the fight. In view of that fact
and OF the further fact that the State Of
hentucky Will present Tor consideration at
the hands OF this convention one OF its
illus;rious leaders who in lis Character
ana person Lypeiies and stands for all that
IS best I'D Kentucky manhood In view
| or these facts lie has sent a message
across the sea that he does not desire his
| name to be presented to this convention"
(Cheers.)
PALMER NOMINATED.
California .ieiGed 20 tie state Of NicI,-
Igan and Mr.. l.. l.. kiiLurn or that slate
who. arter lew preliminary remarks as
10 tnc experience CI tie State OF MichIean
with free silver tickets and as To tie ecu Ise
pursued III regard 10 Tie MlchIsan leiegaS
as follows:
convention. httie Knowing where we mig.l
80 Tor consolation and relieT. But there
soon gathered u Granu Ra apids in our State
oouy OF loyal Democrats who issued u
cau Tor 4 convention TO be held at The
capital. That convention was held anu
nominated Rufus +. Sprague for governor,
and $4,000 Democrats or Michigan VIII
pOll their votes Tor him next November. II
we can follow up that nomination by the
nomination OF d man who is himself L
representative OF the doctrine OF Democ-
racy we will ensure Democratic success
in Michigan against the Populistic doc.
triDe of Chicago.
II am commissioned by the delegates OF
Michigan 10 present "A tue nominee OF this
convention man who has been for long
years known 10 the people OF the country
man who has been. not Il proressed, but
a rea! fiiend OF the worKingnien, a man
who has been first and foremost in every
movement Tor the renef OF the people from
burdens OF taxation, man whom We ex-
pect to take up the standard first held
by Jefferson's hand. carried by Jackson
and upheld by Cleveland. l have the
honor 10 name to You that grand son and
magnificent statesman of t.Ie State OF
Illinois. Gen. John NJ Palmer" (Cheers.)
Senator Palnier's nomination was briefly
seconded by delegate from Michigan
Connecticut yielded to Wisconsin. and
Mr.. Jones OF that State took the sta nd
10 place Gen. Bragg in Nomination He
spoke as follows:
..Satl oO.>As NUMINATES BRAGG
-ne souuu ntOirs lnei, ot ', Iscu.isIn are
uhahi-.-ous Al tie LEACH IiiaL the IiIau WAC
.an Lest idiIy lnose wno i.Uw LcsIl1te as 10
t,eir uuty la W istul.siu a;,u IN tEIs haltoli,
10 thitL h.dtSniess Ieduer. wnose i,iIie 1;
LUuscuOiu Nviu Ia e,eIy I.o,l.u UI " iscu,,-
siii. tappiause.b a.GIe inaL IiIat, " Ii.ss.
ueaihiess .VuIax ana devotion " l,is gov
CiAiLSht hic pol VI Tale Ol
puulic. Asl Gt,er tnese wvrus there coIl,s
10 Ine iHinu OF every iiilu ia tnIs duoIenIe
lne name OF the uauntless cofiiuiaucer e
the oiu Iron brisaue, tne nefo of lifty
b;ittleS lighting IL. X bragg, The lIneu
States. tCLeers anu eLtnus,asuc ap
piause.t
IN great national conventions OF our
parry tor more titan tiirGy years he has
Deeu Iea0er IN the COLECiIs democracy.
or eiguI yearS In The halls UI CUngiesS
he represented his State. ana is the tnaIi-
oI IInpor .aDt committees was trIed and
lrusteu Dy Ills State ana LatiUn. his iecoiG
as Il icsisla or aha Ms tue I,pIesentauye
or our government at a iOleisn port. are
an open DOok TO which We invite Your
iDspec Ion with utmost iear.essness uen-
bragg Is an LOnest man, ana II H6Te to
pre.eDd that he has never erred he would
rcpudiate the claim
DuI uo assert II1t he IL ne yer niisIed
the people Dy ambiguous Lnr-ses- Aha II
lie has ever Lao reason 10 IlaEAc ms views
On any subject, lie was honest cnougn anu
bold enough To tell the truth. tAppiause.D
Moreover II Is iait OF Tie Iciiical his
tory of our state ,EaJ Ior many years The
VIEWS or Gen. Bragg upon The great Gues-
lions winch ROW ul.r.t. Tile DeIiio, r:scy nave
Dcen II full accord with the opinions of that
WING OF the party whichls represented here
today. tApplause-
'-uen. Dtass Is one of the ablest lawyers
OF tiie Norl.," est, ana tcLcc LIE uan onIy
ilbhOr this uostna OF Tie chicago ooDyei--
non; that The supreme Court OF TIE Uniucd
partisan plunder.
r.is democracy goes back without a
break almost TO the Gays OF jackson; hence /
he can only loalne the modern Qol tIlut.
that great government should compel It's |
pdbnc ana private, To accept pay
inent of their debts III u depretiaiive and |
dishonest currency. tAPplause.l
-Uel. Bragg. as a CltlZeu- Iuicr, loves law |
and order as ,ie very apple or his eye. How |
could he but turn IN aDnorrence from that |
platform which stretches out to la wiess- |
hess the right hand or fellowship and en- |
1T would be a lifting response to the Con- |
duct of the Chicago convention and to the |
insults 1t heaped upon our President ii /
this convention should nominate one in
whom Mr.. Cleveland has more than once
reposed especial confidence. tApplauSe.l
After jones nomination OF Mar. Bragg, |
Mr.. HartridGe of Florida, said that When
ion 1t was for the purpose of presenting the
name OF grover Cleveland. But because
hey believed that the civilized world
was standing TO-DAY with its ear acute
rention, Just as the Scottish lasSe put
ler ear 10 the ground at Lucknow to hear
he bagppes OF hayelock's army he desired
% sd y oil the part OF the Florida delegation |
hat they heartily, and, with entire uii;in-
NIFTY, seconded the nomination OF Senator |
Palmer OF Illinois. (CheersD
Nj Thomas +: eorrigan, of Georgia,
also seconded the nomination of Mr..
'alner. speaking OF him as the Blucher
who had arrived to win the field of Water
90. Senator Palmer. he said. was tie |
roper man to meet on the field the cham
,ion OF free silver and of an outlawry
nob-a man who owed his nomination
lt Chicago to his raising "a cross OF
old in dersoD and mOcEery and to
midsummer Madness
ILLINOIS ASKS TINE.
When tne State OF ILLINOIS was called |
urtner time was requested IOr consluer-
ition. The call OF states went on, with
lie following responses
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