The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-13
No COmprom,se for Gen. Palmer.

JOHN MoAUIEY PALMER Of Illinois, the
candidate Of the so-called Gold Democrats
in 1896, agrees with Ex-Gov. JOHN P. ALT
GELD and "Coin" HARVEY that free silver
is still the issue between the Republican
and Democratic parties. The announce
ment of Gen. PA1MER's views Of the present
situation was brought about in a somewhat
interesting manner.
The interchangeable and irrepressible BUCK
HNRICHsEN, Silverite and Congressman
for the Sixteenth district, was recently re-
ported as saying in Chicago that Gen.
PALMER had "come back into the fold;"
that is to say. had abandoned the fight
against the Chicago platform and decided
to support the regular Democratic candi-
dates this fall. This assertion was the more
readily believed in Chicago because OF the
present indifference Of many Of the local
leaders Of the Palmer movement two
years ago, and the positive frlendliness Of
some Of them to the regular organization.
Even the State Central Committee of the
Palmer Democracy Is apathetic in the pres
ence Of the free silver banner as now raised
| deiantly by ALTGELD and "Coin" HARVEY.
This committee held a meeting about eight
"COho o6o LII y AA1S Y" hOVP' up
the organization and issue an address to
such voters as are for sound money and yet
continue to call themselves Democrats but
the address was never issued, and the Or
ganization counts for nil in the campaign
now in progress.
Mr.. HNRICHsEN's SANDER having reached
the ears Of Gen. JOHN NJ. PALMER, that fine
old Roman proceeds to denounce 1t In Ian
guage that is ineligible. He has not gone
back intoSthe fold. His adherence Of the
doctrines Of the Chicago platform is as
great as it was two years Ago.. What
he told Mr.. HNRIcHsEN was that he was a
Democrat-not. q Chicago Democrat
and hoped that Democracy would
recover from the 10 to / folly" To an
other Bryanite, a Mr.. DUNLAP, he re-
marked at the same time, IT hope you
will get over it." Gen. PALMER now
says, in an interview te~legraphed from
Springfield to the Tmes-Herud Of
| Chicago: The 10 to 1 folly advo-
Gated by ALTGELD and HNRICHsEN is the
most foolish folly the Democratic party
ever committed. I regard the Chicago
platform as the most foolish platform ever
adopted by the Democratic party" And
he winds up his indignant denial OF HIN
RIcHsEN's yarn by squarely advising all
"Sound-Money Democrats" to vote this
fall for the Republican candidates for Con-
gress against Silver Democrats.
There is no sign here OF abandonment,
surrender, compromise or evasion. Gen.
PALMER stands just where he stood in
1895, even as ALTGELD and "Coin" HAIR
vEY stand where they stood two years ago.
AS to the fact that free silver is a living
issuethere Is perfect agreement between
Gen. PALMER and Ex-Gov. ALTGELD. But
there isno otherpoint disagreement between
them. The General is on one side OF the
free-silver question, and the Ex-Governor
Is on the other side; and ne jugglery Of
words and tricks Of suppression, such as
have tainted with dishonesty the recent no
torlous proceedings OF the Democracy In
New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut,
can reconcile the positions of Gen. PALMER
and Ex-Gov. ALTGELD or bring them into
political companionship.