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| John M. Palmer. |
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| Simon B. Buckner. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Friday, September 4, 1896.
PALMER AND
BUCKNER.
Ticket of the Gold Democrats at
Indianapolis.
CONVENTION ADJOURNS SINE DIE.
Platform
Brief, but Emphatic—Repudiates the Chicago Platform and Nominees and Sets Forth
the Principles of the New Party. Other Politics.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.—John M. Palmer of
Illinois and Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky, two white haired veterans of
the war, rival commanders of the blue and gray, were nominated by the National
Democratic convention for president and vice president on a brief but emphatic
platform which repudiates the doctrines enunciated by the Chicago convention; endorses President Cleveland and his administration in glowing terms; declares
for the gold standard, tariff for revenue only, liberal shipping laws, currency
reform, civil service and economy in public expenditures.
The spirit that dominated the convention was
contained in this declaration of the platform:
"The Democratic party has survived many
defeats, but it could not survive a victory won in behalf of the doctrine and
policy proclaimed in its name at Chicago, and so, in the language of Mr.
Hammond of Louisiana, this convention placed in the hands of the other nominees
their banner and bade them fling it forth, skyward and seaward, high and
wide."
The work of the convention was soon transacted
when it was reached, but the delay in reporting the platform gave opportunity for
a series of eloquent and stirring speeches.
The attendance was larger than on Wednesday
and the enthusiasm was great.
Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge, the famous blue
grass orator; Dewitt C. Warner of New York, H. A. Hammond of Georgia, F. W.
Lehman of Missouri, W. D. Bynum of Indiana and Comptroller of the Currency
Eckels of Illinois, were in turn called to the stage and stirred the enthusiasm
to a high pitch.
When the platform was at last brought in,
after the convention had been in session three hours, it was read amid an almost
continuous storm of applause and was adopted unanimously without a word of
debate.
When the nominations for president were
called for it was apparent that Palmer would be nominated over his protest, as
the opposition to Bragg had concentrated upon him. These two names were the
only ones presented to the convention.
It was known that a message from President
Cleveland had reached the convention that he could not entertain for a moment
the suggestion of his own nomination, and his decision was at once accepted as
final. Before the states were called for nomination Henry Watterson was taken
out of the lists by Mr. Carroll of Louisville, who, from the platform conveyed
to the convention a message from the Kentucky editor in his retreat in the
mountains in Switzerland. Mr. Watterson, Mr. Carroll said, three days after the
Chicago convention, had cabled that other candidates must be named or the
Democracy was lost. Later he had said he did not want the honor, but that if no
one else could be found to take command he would not ask others to go where he
would not lead. Now that others were ready to accept, he preferred to do battle
in the ranks.
Some of the nominating speeches were
eloquent and full of fire. L. L. Kilbourne of Michigan placed Senator Palmer in
nomination and there was a series of seconding speeches.
Burr W. Jones of Wisconsin nominated General
Bragg, "the hero of 50 battles and the commander of the Iron
brigade."
Illinois waited until all the other states
had been called. Then Judge Moran of Chicago took the stand and said they had
recognized from the first that Senator Palmer was the man to lead the fight. He
was, he said, a platform in himself. All his life he had fought fiatism,
greenbackism, free silver and other vagaries. But he had sealed their lips.
After seeing the temper of the convention, however, he said Illinois was
compelled to join hands with her sister states in urging his nomination.
The rollcall immediately developed an
overwhelming majority in favor of Senator Palmer, but it proceeded to the end,
Palmer receiving 757 1/2 votes and Bragg 121 1/2.
At its conclusion the commander of the Iron
brigade mounted a chair and in a brief but graceful speech, moved that the
nomination be made unanimous and pledged that he and Wisconsin in the coming
battle would be where brave soldiers should always be, nearest the flashing of
the guns.
He was given three hearty cheers and General
Palmer was declared the nominee amid an enthusiastic demonstration, during
which the state guidons were carried about the hall in the wake of the standard
of Illinois.
There never was any doubt about General
Buckner's nomination for vice president, except while the nomination was being
talked of for Senator Palmer for president.
When Chairman Caffrey instructed the
secretary to call the states for nominations for vice president, the latter
called but one state, "Kentucky," and the band struck up "My Old
Kentucky Home."
William F. Brodder of Russellville, Ky.,
placed General Buckner's name formally in nomination, and the nomination was
forthwith made unanimous.
After the convention had adjourned, Senator
Palmer succumbed. He said he would accept. He had never yet failed to respond
to the call of duty, he said, and he could not do so now with such a cause at
stake.
The national committee of the National Democratic
party held a meeting after the convention had adjourned. It was decided to have
an executive committee of nine to manage the campaign and W. D. Bynum was
selected, without opposition, for chairman of the executive committee. Mr.
Bynum was empowered to select the other members of the executive committee.
John P. Frenzel of Indianapolis was chosen
for treasurer, but the choice of a secretary was left to the committee.
Both the presidential and vice presidential candidates
will be notified of their nomination in Louisville on Sept. 13.
Headquarters of the executive committee
probably will be located in Chicago, where the other Democratic organization is
conducting its work.
When Mr. Bynum was asked whether the
organization would send out speakers and literature, he replied:
"All that I can say now is that we will
conduct a political campaign."
Sketch
of the Nominee.
John McCauley Palmer, who was nominated for
president by the national Democratic convention at Indianapolis, was born at
Eagle Creek, Scott county, Ky., on Sept. 13, 1817. In 1832 he removed to
Illinois and in 1839 he settled in Carlinville.
He was admitted to the bar in 1840, was a
delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1847, a member of the state
senate from 1852 to 1864, a delegate to the national Republican convention at
Philadelphia in 1856, a presidential elector on the Republican ticket of 1860,
and he was a delegate to the peace convention at Washington in 1861. In April,
1861, he was elected colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois Volunteers and
accompanied General John C. Fremont in the latter's expedition to Springfield,
Mo. He was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in December, 1861.
General Palmer was with General John Pope at the capture of New Madrid and
Island No. 10, and he afterwards commanded the First brigade of the First
division of the Army of the Mississippi.
In November, 1862, General Palmer was in
temporary command of a division of General Grant's army and he subsequently led
a division at the battle of Stone river. For his gallantry upon that occasion
he was promoted to the rank of major general of volunteers on Nov. 29, 1862.
General Palmer participated in the battle of
Chickamauga and he led the
Fourteenth
corps in the Atlanta campaign from May, 1864, until September of the same year.
The general was governor of Illinois from
1869 until 1873; was nominated as a candidate for United States senator by the
members of the Illinois legislature in January, 1877, and was twice nominated
for the same office.
In 1884 General Palmer was delegate-at-large
to the national Democratic convention and in 1888 he was nominated by the
Democratic state convention as a candidate for governor. He was nominated a
candidate for senator in 1890 and carried his state by 80,000 plurality. His
term will expire on March 8, 1897.
Sketch of
General Buckner.
Simon Boliver Buckner was born in Kentucky
in 1823. He graduated at the
United
States Military academy in 1844; entering the second infantry, he was from
August, 1845, until May, 1846, assistant professor of ethics at West Point. He
was brevetted first lieutenant for gallantry at Contreas, and Churubusco, where
he was wounded, and captain for gallantry at Molino del Rey. He was appointed
assistant instructor of infantry tactics at West Point, August, 1848, and
resigned March 25, 1855. He was superintendent of construction of Chicago
custom house in 1855, and colonel of the volunteers raised in Illinois in that
year for the Utah expedition, but was not mustered into service.
After some time devoted to the practice of
law he entered the Confederate service in which he took a prominent part. He
rose to the rank of major general and was in the battles of Murfreesboro and
Chickamauga and surrendered with Kirby Smith's army to Osterhaus at Baton Rouge,
May 26, 1865.
After the civil war began he was made
commander of the state guard of Kentucky and adjutant general of the state. He
was one of the pallbearers at General Grant's funeral. He was elected governor of
Kentucky in 1887.
TWO
VIEWS OF IT.
Chairman
Jones Says He Doesn't Know and Cares Less.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—The nomination of Gen.
Palmer for president and of Gen. Buckner for vice-president by gold Democrats
is to-day favorably commented upon at Republican headquarters.
Chairman Hahn of the speaker's bureau
declared the ticket "as strong as the Democrats could have made it,"
and added that if the nominations had been made by the united Democracy he would
consider it a very strong ticket.
At Democratic national headquarters Chairman
Jones replied as follows to inquiries as to his opinion of the new ticket:
"I did not nominate Senator Palmer; I don't know anything about it and
care much less. That is all I have to say about the matter.''
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| Fanny Osbourne Stevenson. |
MRS.
STEVENSON, LAWYER.
The
Novelist's Widow Conducts Her Own Case In a Lawsuit.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson has figured as
the defendant in a lawsuit in Samoa. She acted as her own attorney and made the
plaintiff weary before she let him leave the stand. It all grew out of Mrs.
Stevenson's trip to California last year.
According to advices received from Apia, Mrs. Stevenson was sued by R. F. Chatfield, proprietor of a Samoan newspaper,
for expenses incurred in caring for the estate of Valima during the 13 months
of her absence. When Chatfield went on the stand to answer Mrs. Stevenson's
cross examination, the lady held him for nearly three-quarters of an hour, and
her remarks did not lack abuse of the methods adopted by the newspaper man. The
plaintiff met all questions with a ready answer, and at the end of the trial
the justice awarded him half the amount of his claim. The amount sued for was
£129.
A WORD
OF WARNING.
Keep all
Doors and Windows Securely Fastened To-morrow.
Residents of Cortland cannot be too careful
in keeping locked doors to-morrow, the day of Barnum's circus. There are
probably the usual number of crooks following the show. Three extra policemen
will be on duty to-morrow and to-morrow night, but they cannot watch every back
door and window. Be very sure when you step out in the morning to see the
street parade that your house is securely fastened against all intruders, for
it is at this time that a great deal of the petty thieving is done. In fact,
all day and night every one should be particularly careful about this.
BREVITIES.
—One drunk paid a fine of five dollars in
police court this morning.
—Eighty-eight tickets for the state fair
were sold at the D. L. & W.
station this morning.
—A regular meeting of the board of managers
of the hospital association will be held at the hospital Monday next, Sept. 7,
at 3 P. M.
—Mrs. Nellie Brown was arrested this morning
on a warrant sworn out by Edward Sharp charging her with assault in the third
degree. In police court she gave bail in the sum of $500 for her appearance for
examination Thursday morning.
—The person who is frequently taking The
STANDARD from police headquarters and forgetting to return it will please
refrain from doing it in the future. The paper is left there for the
accommodation of the public and should remain there where any one who cares may
read it, but it is not there for any particular individual to appropriate to
himself.
—Of the standing committees appointed for
the ensuing year at the meeting of the state commission of prisons held this
week Commissioner Wm. J. Mantanye is chairman of the committees on annual
report, on Auburn prison and Elmira reformatory, and is a member of the committees
on legislation and on Brooklyn penitentiary. The committee on annual report is
the leading committee, as it outlines and formulates the work of the
commission.
—Every workingman will be interested in the
facts stated in the editorial article headed "How Workingmen Know Bryan,"
on our second page.
McGRAWVILLE.
Crisp
Local Happenings at the Corset City.
The game of ball announced for to-day
between the respective clubs of C. D. McGraw and C. C. Wilcox has been declared
off, Mr. Wilcox having suddenly arranged for a trip of two days to Cincinnatus.
While it does not seem possible, our best authority on baseball matters, Mr. W.
P. Parker declares that Mr. Wilcox's absence is due alone to the fact that he
was afraid to meet the enemy and rather than suffer an ignominious defeat left
the country. Others make the serious charge that the manager of the other club
was afraid to play for the championship and has hired Mr. Wilcox to desert his
club at this critical time. It is an assured fact that the public are
in a frame of mind that may lead to something serious if the game as advertised
does not come off in the near future. It is hoped the difficulty may be
arranged without the aid of the national guard.
Mr. J. H. Hill is visiting friends in Virgil
for a few days.
Mr. H. Wallace of Texas Valley was in town
Thursday.
Mr. W. L. Pritchard, who has been sick for a
few days with a severe case of bronchitis, is able to be out of doors again.
Miss Bertha and Cora Haughton, who have been
visiting friends in Elmira and Pine City for the past two weeks, returned home
Thursday evening.
Miss Nellie Smith of Cincinnatus is spending
a few days at Luell Harvey's.
Mr. A. L. Sherman of DeRuyter, who has been
in town for a few days, returned home Thursday.
Mr. H. C. Johnson is in Cincinnatus on a business
trip.
Gen. S. K. Light of the Christian Crusaders,
who has been in McGrawville for a week past, left this morning for Lebanon, N.
Y.
Mr. F. W. Eastman brought in to us this
morning a bunch of wild ripe strawberries picked in a field on the farm of Mr.
D. B. Phelps. Mr. Eastman says there is a full acre of land there that is covered
with strawberry blossoms and with ripening berries.
Mrs. Jennie Maybury and son Raymond of
Winona, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Adian Kenfield visited at Lee Maybury's Wednesday.
Mr. Edgar Valentine of Cortland was in town
to-day.
Mr. F. C. Welch is building a silo on his farm.
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