The suburban citizen., 1900-09-29
GEN. PALMER DEAD.
Ex-senator Victim OF Apoplexy- Candi-
date for Presidency in 1896.

Ex-senator Victim OF ApopleXy- Candi-
date for Presidency in 1896.
Springfield, III. Especially Gen. John
M. Palmer, eX-United States Senator
from Illinois, and the candidate Of the
gold Democrats of the country for the
Presidency in 1896, died at his resi-
dence in this city at o'clock Tuesday
morning. Heart failure was the direct
cause Of his death. He had been in
lll-health for more than two years.
Last Saturday he attended the funeral
or General McClernand, acting as an
honorary pall-bearer. After viewing
campaign parade the General re-
tired, apparently as well as usual.
symptoms Of the fatal stroke mani
rested themselves about o'clock. The
General rested uneasily until that
hour, when he complained Of severe
pains in the chest AS he had felt
them before the family did not feel
seriously alarmed However, a physi-
sician was summoned at once. The
General fell asleep again and did not
awake until Z o'clock. The pains in
his chest became more severe, and
nothing could be done to afford relief.
The dying man then conversed calmly
with his wife for a time, then passed
away.
John McAuley Palmer was a native
OF Kentucky, being born In that State
in 1877. At an carly age, however, his
family removed to Illinois in 1881, set
Ting in Carlinville. He received the
greater part of his education in that
State and was admitted to the bar in.
1889. He was a delegate to the Peace
Convention in Washington in 1851 and
after the outbreak of the Civil War he
became a colonel in the Fourteenth
Illinois Volunteers. Later in the year
he became a bTigadier general. lie
served with General Pope at the cap
ture OF New Madrid and also COM
manded the First Brigade, First Divi-
sion, of the Army of the Mississippi.
He afterward commanded a division,
In 1862 he was made a major general
of the volunteers and led the Four
teenth Corps in the Atlanta campaign.
He retired from military life when the
war ended.
In 1896 General Palmer came promi-
nently before the public as the choice
of the National Democratic party,
Eound-money Democrats, for the Presl-
dency of the country. He was nomi-
mated at indianapolis with General
Buckner Many spoke of the nomina-
tlon as a reunion of the Blue and the
Gray, General Buckner having served
in the Confederate Army and General
Palmer having been a Union General.
The gold Democrats took kindly to the
idea and every one in the North and
South was called upon to support the
ticket. The response to the invitation
was not hearty, but a small vote being
polled for the gold Democrats. Since
his defeat in 1896 General Palmer has
been but little before the public. With
his death the second figure in the cam
paign of 1896 passes away, Arthur
Sewall, Bryan's running mate, having
preceded him to the grave.
General Palmer was prominent
Presidential possibility in 1892. But
he was a great admirer Of President
Cleveland, and through his influence
the delegates from Illinois favored the
latter. During his term in the Senate
General Palmer has shown the same
friendship, and has been one of the
most determined supporters of the Adj
ministration in Congress. He has also
persistently supported the cause Of
sound money.