The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-14
GOLD DEMOCRATS ACCEPT
Palmer and Buckner Formally Notified Cs
Their Notwithstanding Letter
from President Cleveland.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 13.-Before an
immense audience IN the Auditorium
last evening John McAuley Palmer
and Simon Bolivar Buckner received
formal notice of the action of the Dem
ocratic indianapolis convention which
nominated them for president and vice.
president respectively. The occasion
was also notable for the reception
given to letter from President Cleve-
land approving the Indianapolis ticket
and the movement which brought it
about. The great audience simply went
wild over the letter
CLEVELAND'S LETTER.
This is what the president wrote:
-, Buzzards Bay, Mass. Sept 10, 1896
The Hon. W. ID. Bynum, Indianapolis:
regret that l cannot accept your invi-
tatlon to attend the notification meeting
on Saturday evening. AS a Democrat, de-
voted to the principles and integrity of
my party, | should be delighted to be pres
cnt on an occasion so significant, and to
minsle with those who are determined
that the voice of true Democracy shall not
be smothered. and who insist that it's glo-
r!ous standard shall " borne aloft, as Of
old, in faithful hands.
Grover Cleveland.
This is the letter Secretary Carlisle
sent:
Bar Harbor, Me. Sept. Il,
The Hon. W. d. Bynum. Louisville, KY:
Your telegram inviting me 10 attend the
meeting al Louisville today f.s been for
warded to me at this place. and / greatly
regret my inability to accept. The con-
servative and patriotic declaration of the
Indianapolis convention on the public
questions involved in the pending contest
and the high character of its nominees
cannot fail to arouse the real Democra tia
sentiment of the country and command
the hearty support of all who sincerely be-
lieve in the preservation of the public
honor. the public peace and the stability
and value of the currency used by our peo-
pie.
! am proud to take my stand with the
oid-fashioned Democrats who have re-
fused to abandon their honest convictions
in order TO torSl 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 / pledge TO
| you and your associates such support and
assistance as l can properly give during
| the campaign. j. c. Carlisle
GEN. PALMER'S ACCEPTANCE.
In his speech of acceptance General
Palmer said:
General Buckner and | were once In a
| modest sense. representatives. of opposing
| opinions upon fundamental questions re-
| lating TO the powers of the United States
| ana OF the respective states under the con.
| stitution. We met on the battlefield where
| great public controversies that admit OF
| no other method or solution are deter.
| mined. know he did his duty, and trus,
| the country believes that did mine.
"The nominations made by the national
| Democratic convention at Indianapolis
| prove more conclusively than anything
| which has occurred within the last thirty
| years that the American people are again
| united: that our hopes. our rights, our du.
| ties, and our interests are the same; that
| the lofty and patriotic mission of the ma
| tional Democracy is to maintain peace
! and order, defend constitutional libert,
| regulated by just and equal laws, and Il
| possible avert from the country repudia-
tion, bankruptcy, and national dishonor.
| MY opinions and my public acts have
| been an open book to be read by my con.
Temperatures. l have been at all times con.
| trolled by my own convictions of duty
and have now no one whom can prop