Original sentence: Buckner accepted an offer to become John Palmer's running mate on the Gold Democrat ticket in the 1896 presidential election.Buckner believed Bryan's plan would have ruined the American economy.Buckner left the Democratic party in 1896 when William Jennings Bryan was chosen as the party's nominee for president.Buckner opposed Bryan's call for "free silver," which was a plan to place the value of silver to gold at a 16-to-1 ratio and then tie the U.This plan ran contrary to the world market value of silver and gold, which was then about 32 to 1.dollar to that value
Edited sentence: At the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan for president and adopted a platform calling for the free coinage of silver.At the new party's state convention in Louisville, Buckner's name was proposed as a candidate for vice president.Former Union general John Palmer was chosen as the party's nominee for president.He was given the nomination without opposition at the party's national convention in Indianapolis.Sound money Democrats opposed Bryan's and the free silver platform.They formed a new party – the [[National Democratic Party (United States)|National Democratic Party, or Gold Democrats – which Buckner joined