The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-31
I. TUESDAY, MAR OH 81 ! 1903 1907

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PALMER AND BUcKt.Nt'lEl3R', Dem .'1li
OcRATS.
me fredericksburg star agrees with !.
me & Times. Dispatch that Democrats or rs
should forget old scores cease trying %
ever, them up, let by-gones be by-goe'n n't
and get together IN q spirit OF haf' ony.
OR contemporary does not believe that 40
Nv nj al, who was outside the party RAM
5ina 1900 will secure the norninatii ton y,
1904. but frankly says that if there come n
B.n he front such Y man combining the
,lements ecessary to success, MS pass
Il .ecord should not provea barrier re pro pro
yided the man be at the time Of the Is. con
f,ention loyal Democrat.
rs But tho Star takes US somewhat nat 20 20
I task for our remark concerning the Ia a
I nner and Buckner D ocrnts. It says t NJ.
3Ps The concluding paragraph Of our con-
", emnornry,s article strikes us, oWever,
flf we read the meaning correctly, as s; IN
\, sr IN consistent .5S3 Why does The Ilmes-
&Dtspatcll say If Democrats are to pc put
under the ban because in 1896 they sup
ported Palmer and ckner? WhyI 40
4 you say 4 Palmer and Bu ckner'' and leave
v n,,tHof the same category Mckinley and
y n bart 2" Y Do you mean that you iWoulo
$sirnit TO the eligible list the man who
3 SUPPORTED Il" Palmer and Buckneri' 4 nd
refuse admittancc to him who supported
The Republican candidate we must al /.
NIT that we never entertained any spe-.
cratic ticket which was placed before
tile people Of this country by men Sanx-i
siousE to defeat Bryan, but evidently ack-
ling the nerve to support Mex lnl ey,Ss$N we
much eferA those men who voted square
IN the Republican ticket In '06 but While
we / are extending the olive branch we
would gather beneath its folds those who
voted FOR Palmer and Il those who voted
for M Kinley Yould The Times D,ispa1t,c' '
do otherwise We think not. 81,
WEI d q not propose at this late day to
& 20 Into any rehnsh Of the Issues Of 1896
SSa1'nd the causes which led up sto the Pal
mer5 and $Buckner m ovement, We refer
red red Il to THE Democrats who supported
Palmer and Buckner" by way of deslg-l
mating all D emocrats who efused to su p
port Bryan and scwall We do not think,
however, that It Z Is, fair in our Freder-
Sicksburg contempt to make invidlous
distinctions and to make Its sweeping
charges against the Palmer and Buck
gner men. Some Of them have lacked
the courage OF their convictions. some Of
them may have voted that ticket as a
subterfuge,j but 1t is certainly not true
OF all. We know that some men who
took part In his movement, In organizing
the party, in promulgating the platform
and in nominating the candidates were
i honestly and sincerely DESTROYS of pref
serving the principles Of. the party and
Eof giving Democrats opposed TO the free
silver movement platform upon which
1 they could stand and ticket for which
they could vote without doing violence
Ito their convictions, i5 5
we submit: thatEt the indianapolis plat
u form was us fine a declaration OF true
K Democratic Principles as any that was
aver promulgated. and q platform which
ny8Democrat, might proudly support. II
there were those who supported this plat
form Ind who voted for Palmer and
Buckner as subterfuge, and
they because they had not the moral cour-
age to vote for Mckinley. they are to
y DO condemned as all moral towards are
to be condemned. But this cannot be said
{ OF honest Democrats. who had the cour-
age to oppose the Chicago platform and
I who supported the. ndianapolis platform
i because 1t represented their views. Are
4. such men to DO condemned? Is man
i ever to be condemned for doing what he
X believes to be right2 Is man any the
n less good and loyal Democrat because
1. In 1886 he voted honestly and brayely fol
4 that platform. which best represented his
VIEWS? Judge notsthat you be not judged
Every man must be the custodian OF his
own conscience. Let us be charitable
enough to give all men credit for sin.
cerity unlessTmorally sure that they are
frauds We know some Democrats who
voted for Palmer md Buckner In hon
esty. sincerity and courage and 1t would
not be safe for any doubtor to intimate
his doubts IN their hearing. X.