The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-20
BIG MEETING AT LOUISVILLE TO
COMMEND THE INDIANAPOLIS
CONVENTION.
SENATOR LINDSAY SPOKE.
PRAISED THE NATIONAL DEMO-.
CRATIC NOMINEES AND PREsI-
DENT CLEVELAND.
GEN. BUcKNER IN ATTENDANCE.
Shared the HOnors with the Prin
c1pal Speaker and Col. Fellows
of New York.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 19-The
second large meeting of National Dem
ocrats brought crowd Of enthusiastic
followers of Palmer and Buckner that
tried the somewhat limited capacity Of
Music hall The occasion was the rati-
fication of the nominations made by the
Indianapolis convention, and the event
of the evening was speech of Senator
Lindsay. Hon. George M. Davie, chair-
man Of the state committee, called the
gathering to order and introduced the
speakers. The boxes on either side of
the hall were filled with ladies, while
on the stage were the local National
Democratic leaders, many of them ac-
companied by ladies. Col. John r.
Fellows and Gen. Buckner occupied
prominent seats addressed the crowd.
Gen. Buckner is always well received
by Louisville crowd, and Col Fellows
experienced a repetition of the enthu-
siastic demonstration he aroused at the
notlf1cation meeting at the auditorium
last saturday night Hundreds were
attracted to tonight's meeting by the
favorable impression created by his
FORMER speech, and while the eloquent
New Workers. time was rather limited.
ne made some telling points in behalf
OF the National Democratic ticket. and
sent everybody home full of his inspir-
ing oratory- Tonight's meeting was
the tlrst Of series of Saturday nigh.
demonstrations which are to be con-
t1nued until the elections.
Senator Lindsays effort was notab bIa
In this state. because it was his first
puohc appearance in the campaign and
was expected to be his principal speech
11lS arg ument on the financial question
was exhaustive. He quoted Mr. Brvan
IN support of an argument that IN,
nuences other than that of the mone.
tdry standard. were responsible for
uecHneS In the prices of commodities
inventive genius, the opening to culti-
Vatlon OF vast territory In all parts
OF the world, and the part PLAYED by
railroads IN the cheap TRANSFORMATION
OF agricultural products. he said wera
responsible for the low prices the farm
ers get for what they have to sell. He
denled that he United States is a
oeptor nation, arguing that for every
oollar owed, we received the benefits
OF improvements on which the borrow
ed money was expended.
You cannot fnd," he said. "a man
VINO owes money to foreign creditors,
VINO wants tree coinage. Their debts
were contracted on gold basis and
they do not thank the silver agitators
Tor an attempt to force them to LIQUID.
ate these debts in a deprecated cur-
rency."
Senator Lindsay argued that free
coinage would not benefit the honest
and Industrious, but would help the
spendthrift. He devoted considerable
time to the plank in the Chicago plat-
6anOIIn0ino orIi
ence of federal officers with state af
fairs, saying that If the convention had
gone no further than this declaration.
they. perhaps could not have been
criticized. But, he said. they had taxi
en- pains to point out the particular act
they wished to condemn by their re-
ference to government by Injunction
Senator Lindsay defended the course
OF President Cleveland in the labor
troubles of 1894 and read resolution
commencing the executive which was
adopted by the senate in July. 1894.
this resolution, he asserted, was intro
duced by the senator who presided
during the temporary organization of
the Chicago convention and was voted
for by the senator who acted as per-
manent chairman of that body
THE task Of reconciling the attitude
Of these two gentlemen on this ques-
tion,' he concluded, is too stupendous
for me. After this complete stulifica-
tion Of their records within the short
space of two years, they are loud in
their denunciation of Secretary Car
Isle. because in twenty years he has
modified his views on the question Of
the coinage of silver"
Senator Lindsay concluded with a
tribute to the personal worth Of Gen
erals Palmer and Buckner, urging that
all JeffersOnian Democrats should sup
port them.