The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-09-17
PALMER AND BUCKNER

Notified of Their Nominations by the Gold
Democrats-Cleveland and Carlisle Bolt
the Silver Democratic Party.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 14.-The gold
democrats held their notification meet
ing in the Auditorium, this city. Sat-
urtlay night. Gen. John NJ Palmer,
of Illinois, and Gen. s. B. Buckner, of
Kentucky, were formally notified by
Senator Donaldson Caffrey, of Louisi.
ana, and Col. John r. Fellows, of New
York, that they had been selected to
lead the gold democrats.
II regret that I can not accept your
invitation to attend the notification
meeting on Saturday evening. As
democrat, devoted to the principles
and integrity of our party, 1 would be
delighted to be present on an occasion
SO significant, and to mingle with
those who are determined that the
voice of the true democracy shall not
be stifled, and who insist that its glo-
rious standard shall be borne aloft as
Of old in faithful hands"
This was the message wired from
Buzzard's Bay to the Palmer Buckner
notification meeting by President
Cleveland, and read by Hon. VIM. D.
Bynum. Mr.. Bynum had a number of
kilograms, and when he picked up the
last and read the date line, "Buzzard's
Bay" cheer went up that might have
been heard all over Louisville. No
need to tell who sent that telegram.
A few on the inside knew that Mr..
Cleveland had, at the last moment,
broken silence and given his adhesion
to the cause of the Palmer and Buck-
ner ticket, but SO closely has Mr.. By
mum guarded his precious message
that not more than half doz-
en- knew its precious contents, and
as he read line after line, was so
punctuated by applause that half of it
was lost to the audience, but they
knew it was from Grover, and that
they could read It in print, and for the
moment this satisfied them. When
Mr.. Bynum read the signature. "Grover
Cleveland" the whole house was on its
feet cheering and yelling, and they
kept 1t up for nearly ten minutes, wind
ing up with three cheers for the presi-
dent.
When Senator Palmer was shown
the message Sunday afternoon he re-
marked: II imagine some of the fed.
eral Office holders will give heed to
this"
While the presidents message ab-
sorbed the most attention, the follow
ing from Secretary Carlisle's pen came
in for its share of comment:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-To Hon. w.
Bynum, Louisville, KY: Your tele-
gram inviting me to attend the meeting
at Louisville to-day has been forward.
ed to me at this place, and greatly
regret my inability to accept Tho
conservative and patriotic declar-
ations of the Indianapolis con-
vention on the public questions
involved in the pending contest
and the high character of its nominees
can not fail to arouse the real demo-
cratic sentiment Of the country and
command the hearty support of all who
sincerely believe in the preservation Of
the public honor, the public peace and
the stability and value of the cur.
rency used by our people. I
am proud to take my stand with
the old-fashioned democrats who
have refused to abandon their honest
convictions in order to form unnatural
alliances with political and social or
ganizations, whose purposes are dan
gerous to the country and wholly in.
consistent with the fundamental prin.
ciples of our party, and pledge to you
and your associates such support and
assistance as can properly give dur
ing the campaign. j. G. CARLISLE.