The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-13
PALMER AND BUCKNER.
Speeches by the Democratic Generals
at Detroit.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 12.-The two can
didates of the National Democratic party
appeared this afternoon before audience
which filed the Auditorium. When they
entered the hall, accompanied by several
prominent Democrats, the audience rose
and cheered. Don NJ. Dickinson presented
Postmaster John E. Enright as chairman
of the meeting, "a stalwart Democrat
from Detroit who fired the first gun at
the Chicago conspiracy" After brief ad-
dress, Mr. Enright presented General
Palmer.
General Palmer was cheered repeatedly
by those present, most of whom arose to
their feet He said himself and General
Buckner were nominated by purely Dem
ocratic convention, on a Democratic plat
form. The Chicago convention was a
Democratic convention only in that it had
assumed that name. General Palmer was
frequently heartily applauded. He re-
marked that he would not discuss the at
tacks made against the right of the United
States to enforce it's own laws, but would
talk about the currency question. Mr.
Bryan proposes, said o1f ne, TO add to the
age of silver Unless the free-silver men
can make a dollar, under their free-coin-
present money, all the other money will
disappear, and you will have as currency
only the money pr0Vld6d by Tree coinage.
Whatever free coinage fails to add to the
AZ cents that the standard silver dollar is
now worth above its bullion value will be
in circulation. Mr.. Bryan claims that
under free coinage silver and gold will
meet at some point and that that will be
the standard. But nobody has ever been
able to say where that point is.
People talk about a 5S-cent dollar. I do
not know whether it would be IL 53-cent
dollar or a 60-cent dollar, and l know as
much about it as anybody. Applause:)
yer, dollar when not maintained by the
pledge of the government? The govern
ment has undertaken to redeem these sill
yer dollars at full value, and l have a
right to demand that the government keep
good faith with me in this silver dollar;
and the government will do it, unless it is
deprived of the power to do it. applause }
If free silver prevails, gold will be COM
modify, which will have to be bought and
If we had this question settled, money
would soon come from it's hiding places.
use it as you are to sell what you have
to get it. (App}ause) When the American
people. declare. as they will at next elec-
ton that public and private debts shall be
paid in the money OF the contract you will
find money plentiful.
In conclusion, speaking of party author
ity, General Palmer congratulated himself
upon being a free resident of a free coun-
try, and such free to do his own voting
prefer to live under a righteous monarchy
than to submit to such principles those
declared by the chicago convention.
After three hearty cheers for General
Palmer, General Buckner was presented
The great ma ajority of the delegates to the
Chicago convention, he said, had been in
structed by their county and State con-
ventions to frame a platform in accord
ance with all defined Democratic principles
but they have been misled into adopt
ing set of Populistic principles
which the Democratic party had fought
against for a century. While his associ-
ate and himself did not expect to be in
stalled at the national capital, they did be-
lieve they would be instrumental in saving
the life OF the Democratic party, and they
believed it would forever survive even the
stabS of it's friends.