The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 13, 1896, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1896—THIRTY-TWO ' PAGES. CENTS. ALL UND ONE FLAG Democratic Business Men of Chicago Journey to Canton. JOIN THE REPUBLICANS IN A PILGRIMAGE. Five Thousand Sound-Money Men Show Their Loyalty ~ to National Honor. MAJOR McKINLEY ASSURED OF INVINCIBLE SUPPORT. Words by the Champion of Protection Show the Necessity of Pre- venting Repudiation. CANTON, Omio, Sept. 12.—Five thou- sand men who intend to vote for sound money made a pilgrimage to Canton to- day to shake hands with William McKin- ley, to listen to his discussion of the issues and to promise him personally their sup- port. From half-past 8 in the morning till 8 o’clock to-night the streets rang to the music of brass bands and echoed to the tread of marching feet. Five delega- tions cailed on Major McKinley, and some of the most important that have visited bim were among the number. The reception of the Chicago Democratic McKinley Club was a notable one. This club came 1000 strong, and the reception given it has never been exceeded in en- thusiasm since the opening of the cam- paign. The streets about the McKinley residence were filled with people who cheered and applauded vigorcusly, And no delegation-of lifelong Republicans was ever more demonstrative than these Chi- caco Democratic commercial men in their greetings to Major McKinley. When the candidate appeared on the porch be was greeted with an outburst of cheering and applause which continuved several minutes. When the applause bad subsided Mr. Hoffsiadt, the spokesman, turning to Major McKinley, said: In behalf of the Commercial Demoerstic Club of €hicayo, cowWpPrising only men who have alweys voted the Democratic ticketand representing every branch of mercantile in- terest in our city, I extend to you our mest cordial greeting and pledge to you our earnest and bearty support. While giving you our support in this campaign, the great ¥ of our club still believe in the vital principles of the real Democratic_party as enunciited by Jefferson, Jackson and Cleve- land, and while me may still differ with you in a number of minor policies of government, ciples which we have & vocated, though still dear to many of us, sink into ipsignificanee when our country is threatened by the alleged Democratic party, its platform and cen- didates nominated at Chicago; advocating repudiation and dishonor, which, if success- ful, we believe would create widespread dis- aster and ruin to the business interests of our country. We, bers of the Commercial Men’s Democratic McKinley Clbb, who have siways voted the Democratic ticket, will demonstrate to you in this crisis the same as all loyal Democrats did in the crisis of 1861 when their couutry was threatened with re- bellion; their patriotism end love for their country,so_will we demonstrate to you our patriotism @nd love for our country, its insti- tutions amd flag, by supporting you, whom we have confidence will best subserve and maintain the bonor &nd integrity of our country and restore 10 our people confidence &= prosperity. Major McKinley had to face another storm of epplause when he stepped for- ward to speak. He s«'d in part: Your call is most gratifying to me and most encouraging to the cause in which we are jointly eneazed. To have this large body of commercial men represeuting every branch of mercantile interest in the great city of Chicago, belonging to another political party than the one with which I am associated, pay me a visiz, is pecnliarly significant and demonstrates ina most striking manner that the great conserva. tive force of all parties can be relied upon to unite in every crisis of the country. [Tre- mendous cheering.] I sometimes think, my fellow-citizens, that possibly the dangerous menace of free silver and an irredeemable un- Iimited paper eurrency which now confronts us was needed to couvince the whole world that the old sectional lines are obliterated and that the domination of party is not tenacious enough to control agaiost the country’s wel- fare.. ITremendous cheering and cries of «Hurray for McKinley.”[ You have said, Mr. President, that you are still Democrats. [Laughter.] Icannotexpect you to be otherwise; butunow, as in the days of the war, men of all parties are united under the standard borne by the immortal Lincoln fgreat cheering], who stood for the National Union and the flag of our foreiathers. This year, moved by the same sentimeut of patriot- ism, you unite with the Republican party be- cause it carries the glorious banner on which is inscribed American honor and American prosperity. [Tremendous cneering and cries of “Hurrah for McKinley.”] Gentlemen, I am profoundly impressed by this call, and while differing from me, as you have stated, in minor policies of government, yet I weicome you, every one of you, as patri- otic associates in this great contest for the tri- umph of law and order [spplause], for Na- tional nonor and public and private honesty. [Renewed applause and cries of “Good.”] Our free institutions will never perish so long as the people are guided by the spirit of patriotism which you have expressed in turning swsy from your party because you believe its suecess endangers public and pri- vate credit and is & menace to public and pri- vate morals. [Entbusiastic cheering and cries of “That’s right.”] Itjis & noble cause which engages and inspires this large body of com- mercial men. Standing by constitutional authority and law is the highest obligation of Amesican citizensnip. Standing by public faith is & call to supreme duty. [Applause.] Preserving the public credit untainted and the currency uncorrupted and both above chal- lenge anywhere in the world, is the command of simple honesty and good morals. [Cheers and cries of “Good. g00d.""] One of the phasesof the political struggle this year, my feliow-¢itizens, is whether we shall have good money, or whether we shall have poor money. ([Cries of “We want gooa money.”’] Honest money is the only kind for honest people [great cheering], and the United States Government will have no other. [Cheers and cries of “Hurrah for McKinley.”) There | or try the hazardous expedient of engaging in ere good people, doubtless, who believe that | the free coinage of silver, an experiment that the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 will keep | has worked disaster everywhere and is bound our dollar as good as it is now, and result in | to work it here if ever tried. Some phases of €iving us more money; but will it? [Cries of | this question I want especially to put up for “No, no, never.”] Allauthority in our country, | your consideration. The statement is made and throughout the world, is against it. Isit | that tne gold standard has injured the coun- | reasonable that the stamp of the Government | try, diminished the prices of agricultural can mske 52 cents of silver worth a doller? | products, appreciated the price of gold ana | [Cries of “No,no.”’) We have the best money now | Wrought ruin ana disaster to the country. 2nd that is what it has been since 1879. That | This is, of course, a mere assumption and 1s is what it will continue to be if the Repub- | based upon the fluctuations of the market lican party is given control of every branch of | prices of commodities, which in many in- | the Government. [Cheers and cries of “It will | stances have diminished in the last twenty- be given that all right!”] 1f we were starting | five years, and because of this decrease in out now, gentlemen, to originate a new | prices it is asserted that gold has appreciated. financial system, would we make & different | The fall in prices every man in this audience one from that we now have? [Criesof *No! knows is easiiy and readily accounted for No!”] A metal whose market value is the | upon a moment’s reflection. same as i1s coln value is surely a safer stand- | The decrease in the products of commodi- ard thana metal whose market value is 48 | ties has been going on ‘ever since skill and cents less than its coin value. If you were to | genius and invention have beep st work and have two standards they must be equal. If we | such cheapening process has been marked and would fioat both gold and silver freely we | conspicuous for a third of a century, aided by | must meke the ratio based upon the com- | & protective tariff and the rich rewards that mercial value of the two metals. | our prosperity has offered. This was the view of the esrly statesmen of | Whenever agricultural products have fallen our history, irrespective of party. This was | in priceit isdiscoverable that there has beenan the view of both Jefferson and Hamilton, who | {ncreased production. Asgreat areas of land differed widely on other subjects. This has | have been opened to the raising of farm pro- been the view of the wise men—Democrats | ducts, the quantity of such production has in. and Republicans [spplause]—from the begin- | creased and the demand not increasing in the ning of the Guvernment until now. There are | same proportion prices have logically and in- | those who think there is something sacred | evitably fallen. If there is one day’s labor about the ratio of 16 to 1 because the fathers | for sixteen workingmen, you would not get established it, but the fathers did not establish | good wages as though there were sixteen days it. They established the ratio of fifteen ounces | work for one workingman. [Laaghter and of silyer to one ounce of gold, and those who | continued applause.] And that is the. sort of established that ratio made 1t upon the com- |16to1 we want in the United States. [Ap- mercial ratio between gold and silver,and | pisuse] The changes in the prices of agri- they seemed not to have been infinenced by | cultural products or any other commodities the fact that in 1492 the commercial and coin- | which have been cheapened in their produc- | age ratio was ten and three-fourths ounces of | tion by improved machinery and more com- silver to one ounce of gold. It was not until | petitive fields with their great production does 1834 that the United States adopted the ratio | not prove that gold has advanced in value, | of16to1l. And why wes it done? Becanse | that was believed to be the real relative value, { or nearly 50, between the two metals at that time. E Major McKinley then told how Presi- dent Jefferson ordered the discontinuance of the coinage of silver dollars because he | believed he could keep gold in the country | and make it circulate at a ratioof 15 to 1| by this action. He added: | There were no silver dollars coined in the | United States from 1806 to 1834. Then Con- | gress chsuged the ratio between the two | metals from 15 ounces of silver to 1 ounceof | gold, and our whole history has demonstrated | that whenever under any ratio the one metal | was more valuable than the other the more | valuable went out of circuletion and the less | valuable remained in. [Cries of “That's| right.””] In 1873, when the free coinage of | silver was stopped, we were not using either | gold or silver as money. We were using paper. We did pot use a doflar of silver then. We now have five hundred and fifty milllons, of | which four hundred and thirteen millions are | full legal-tender standard silver doilars, and | behind every one of them is the Government | of the United States. [Great cheering.] The lack of silver sureiy could not have depreciated | prices since 1873, for we have sixty times | more of it now than we had then. The depression in the price of wheat, it is | nuw said, must be accounted ior in some other | way. The Chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics states that the consumption of ‘wheat per capita in 1895 was 25 per cent less than in 1892. Do you not think that this might be a more ressonable accounting tor the depreciation in the price of wheat than to | charge it to the legislation of twenty-three yearsago? [Criesof ‘Yes.”] It was the de- crease of consumption and the ' inerease of | producers, not the need of the free eoinage of silver, that caused the low price of wheat to- day. We cannot make prices, but we can pro- vide that all prices shall be paidin dollars worth one hundred cents. [Cries of “That's right’’ and great cheering.] We csnnot re- verse the laws of trade and we will not reverse the laws of common honesty. [Great applause and eries of “Good.”] The great delegation of workingmen, 2000 in number, which arrived from Home- stead to-day, made an imposing im- pression as it marched up the streets. The Homestead Glee Clab sang several songs, and Superintendent McLachlan of the transportation department at Home- stead made an address. He said that the men—that 5000 workers—now tura out 9000 tons of finished material per month, and added: ‘“And the McKinley law would make us double that. It istoo bad to see such men and such a plant lie idle, all caused by a lot of theorists.” ‘When Major McKinley mounted a chair to reply he was kept silent for several min- utes by the tumultuous uproar of cheer- ing. When he was able to speak he said, in part: Iam glad to meet and to greet you working- men of Homestead. I nave always believed | in homesteaders. [Laughter and applause]. We are interested in a contest which involves the question of sound money, whether we shall have the same good money we now have and have had for more than sixteen years past | not the wages paid labor rather than the ever- | the price of wheat. The price of wheat is fixed | plause.] As it does not and as it promotes the but sumply that such products have fallen in price. A bushel of wheat, even at the present low price, will buy more American commodities than the same quantity would have bought thirty or forty years ago. Ah, gentlemen, are | changing market price of commodities the best and most logical test? Is not the labor of men rather than the thing which his labor creates, the real test? Have the wages paid to labor since 1873, as measured by gold, de- creased? [Applause.] That is the crucial question. We resumed specte payments on a gold basis, January 1, 1879. Since that time wages and salaries have not declined, but have risen. In 1880 the number of employes in the manufacturing industries of the United States, men and youths, was 2.732,000, aggregating in wages $947,375,000, or an aversge of $324 per capita. In 1890, ten years after resump- tion, the number of wage-earners was 4,712, 622, and their aggregate earniugs were $2,283,218,529, or $488 per capita. This showing wouid clearly indicate that the gold basis bas not injured labor. The cheapening of commodities comes from the introduction and application of labor- saving machinery, both on the farm and in the factory. There is scarcely any branch of production which does not turm out more commodities per hour of labor than in 1873. It would be just as reasonabie and just as couclusive to say that the suspedsion of the free coinage of sil- ver in 1873 reduced the orice of steel rails from $125 per ton to $25 and $20 per ton, the price now prevsiling, as to say that act reduced by the law of supply and demand, which is eternal. Gold bas not made long crops or short crops, high prices or low prices. Gold hasnotopened uv the wheat fields of Russia, India or the Ar- gentine Republic; nor will free silver dry them. Gold hes uot keptup the freight rate for the agricultursl producer and the stoppsge of free coinage in 1873 has not advanced ir. In 1873 the sverage freight on grain by lake | and rail from Chieago to New Vork was 26.9 cents per bushei. In 1895 it was 6.9 cents per bushel. Our working people have bought the necessaries and comforts of life cheaper for themselves and families durinz all these years since 1873 and down to 1892. They were getting better wages, paid in gold, for their labor than | ever before. In the United States everything has been cheapened but men, and as nearly as I can ascertain in the free-silver countries, | such as Mexico, Central America and South | Americe, man alone has been cheapened, everything he buys having been steadily in- creased with constant fluctuations by tne steadily decreasing price of silver. With the gold basis and the proiective tariff from 1878 to 1893 the workingmen of this country were never before so steadily employed. They never before received such go,d wages; they never before were paidin better money, and their wages never before bought so many of the necessaries, comforts and luxuries of life. [App\lusesnd hurrahs for McKinley. ] Il a gold standard deprives the A\mericani toiler of a single day’s work or his family of a | single comfort or reduced his wages or made life harder for him I should be ugainst it. [Ap- general prosperity and upholds the National | credit and honor, I am for 1t, and sha'l stead- ily favor it 50 long as I believe it is truly bene- ficial and alvantageous o our couniry. [Loud S and continued applause.] The Hon. John G. Carlisle, the distinguished Demoerat who is at present Secretary of the Treasury, on April 13, 1896, aadressed the werkingmen of Chi- cago in a speech of great pewer and eloquence. Among other things hesaid: “The value of the silver dollar under free coinage would fluctuate from day to day, moving up and down with the rise and fall of the commercial price of bullion contained in it, as the Mexi- can dollar does now, and the premium on tne gold dotlar would, of course, fluctuste to the same extent, thus affording an-opportunity to bullion-brokers and speculators to buy and sell ata profit. “It would cease to be used as money, becanse no man would pay his debts in gold dollars or in paper redeemable in dollars worth 100 cents when the law permitted him to pay them in silver doliars worth only 51 or 52 cents each.” “The sudden withdrawal,’’ says Mr. Carlisls, “of $620,000,000 of gold from the currency of the country would undoubtedly produce a financial and industrisl disturbanee far more disastrous to the interest of labor than has ever been experienced in our history; and no man who has a particle of sympathy for work- ingmen and their dépendent families can con- template the possibility of such a calamity without feeling that it is his duty, whether he occapies a private or public position, to em- ploy every honorable means at his command to avertit,” Those are the words of truth and soberness, and I commend them to the work- ingmen of Homestead [applause] and the en- tire country everywhere as well suited to their most serious and earnest consideration. Iam in favor of protecting to-day the labor- ing man of tke United States against & de- graded currency. [ am opposed to free trade, because it degrades American labor. I am opposed to free silver, becanse it degrades American money. [Cheering.] T thank you more than I can tell for this call from the men who toil. [A voice, “We are all with you, Major.""] It was2:30 when the music of the ad- vancing bands announced the approach of a thousand empioyes from the offices of the Pennsylvania Railway in Pittsburg. About the same time the skies darkened, the sun disappeared and great masses of black clouds rolled across the sky. Marching just behind the railway men was a column of 700 workingmen from Mc- Keesport, Pa. The two delegations filed into the yard togetber and before either of their spokesmen had said a word the rain began to fall. In-tantly & thousand um- brellas were raised. W. C. Cronemeyer, spokesman for the McKeesport people, tried to make himself heard, bat only said a few words. Then there was a iulland Samuel H. Church, the spokesman for the railway men, made a brief speech. ‘When Mr. Church had finished the rain was coming down in torrents and it was decided to go to the Tabernacle. The crowd marehed there and when Major McKinley arrived greeted him with voci- ferous applause. He expressed his regret that the inclement weather had dividea this great delegation, but added tha: he was sure that rain would not divide them on the 3d day of November. This was greeted with applause and cries of “No, you bet it won't.” The major went om to speak of the visit he made to McKeesport two years ago at celebration of its on-hl,:.ndndw anniver- sary and the, ren.arkable progress it had made. He addei: L - 1did not find everybody so well employed then as they had been during the previous two years, but I found great industri | employment to thonsands of workingmeu, which had been built up under the Republi- can policy that had an unfogerrupted exist ence for more tnan a third of a century. [Great spplause.] I was glad to note, smong other things in connection with that city, the establishment of & tinplate works—one of the first if not the first ever established in the United States—giving employment to hun- dreds of men and of hundreds more in other parts of the country. I am also glad to meet so many of the men employed in the general | offices of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- burg here at my home, for I have long known" much of their efficiency and fidelity. [Ap plause.] Idomnot think that there was ever a time in the history of our country when so many men were interested in the rightful settlement of public questions as this year, and no class of our people are so much interested in their rightful settlement as the men who work for wages end salary. [Great applause and cries of “You're right.”] 1t has pleased me very muck to observe that along thelines of the railways of this country the employes are organizing, and 1 thank them forit. [Applause and cries of “We don’t want tha ks.”] But I want togive you one piece of advice—don’t use these great organi zations to coerce your employers (o vote the same ticket as you do. [Tremendous applause and lsughter lasting several minutes.] When- Continued on Second Puge. | tine track this afternoon. SHN RAFAEL PONY RACES Society Gathers to View Equine Contests for' Mastery. GENTLEMEN RIDERS IN THE SADDLE, Waiter Hobart Carries Away a Large Proportion of the Trophies MR. ARCHIBALD THROWN BY HIS MOUNT, Escapes With a Few Scratches That Are Not Serious—A Ball at Night. SAN RAFAEL, Carn. Sept. 12.—Never ‘was a race meeting managed by the aris- tocracy of any country that brought more true lovers of sport on the field than that of the San Rafael Hunt Club at the Valen- The grand- stand flashed under the tempered rays of the sun with the bright multi-colors of the toilets of the ladies. The same sun gleamed on the hundred or more fashion- able turnouts drawn up close to the course to give their occupants viewsof the events. Throughout all the gay afternocon gen- tlemen in tbe flaring colors and circus- ring costumes of the jockey were rushing hither and thither over track and paddock, or, astride the steeds that sirove for mas- tery, applying spur and whip in efforts to win trophies and giory. And the while matrons aud maids of high degree ap- plauded their efforts graceiully. ‘When the sun Lad left the hollow in darkness and the echoes of the plaudits and the thundering of the ponies’ teet hurrying to the goal had died away, in the ballroom of Hotel Rafael the same enthu- siastic riders, clad in conventiona! garb, talked over the exciting events of the day and listened to their praises spoxen by fair lips. *The races began promptly at1:30 o’clock. The entries in the first event were: Hos- F. Follis; Black Beauty, Frank :m-n; Juicy Peach, J. F. Carolan; Bay Rum, J. J. Crooks; Hugh Dimond, W. H. Bradley; Lady Greensleeves, W. 8. Hobart; Mollihini, R. Spreckels; Nettie, R. Spreckels; Cock Robin, Master Purceli Jones. The race began dramatically. J. F. J. Archibald, on Spreckels’ Nettie, was thrown shortly after sitarting on the first lap. He narrowly escaped serious injury, but as luck would have it got off with only a few slight bruises. Lady Greensleeves, ridden by Mr. Hobart, won; Juicy Peach, nidden by Farnsworth, was second, and Mollihini third. In the second event Irma, W. H. Brown; | Burt, F. 8. Francis; Fin Slaughter, H. S. Anderson; Glcbe, J. R. Swain; Albatross. | Miss Buckley; Joanuie Payne, Wiiliam | 0’Connor, were the starters. Irma, rid- den by Jennings, won; Burt, ridden by K nney, second; Johnnie ‘Payne, ridden by Calahan, third. Entered for the third race were: Mau- rice D, Mrs. F. 8. Johnson; Cricket, Miss Thomas; Antrim, C. F. Ackley; Am- monia, R. P. Green; Ginger, C. L. Grif- fith; Redwood. Charles A. Neave. This dash was exciting and gave Mr. Hobart a chance to display his horsemanship. Maurice D, his mount, won by a half head from Cricket. Redwood came in third. For the fourth contest Hostetters, F.0% Follis; Sugar Cane, J. ¥. J. Archibald; | Ginger Ale, W. S. Hobart; Brandy, W. S. | Hobart; Juicy Peach, J. F. Carolan; Bay Rum, J. J. Crooks; Nettie, B. Spreckels; Mollthini, R. Spreckels, linea up. Brandy, ridden by Hobart, won; Sugar Cane, nd- den by Mr. Baggott, second; Bay Rum third. St. Brandon, Mr. M. Murray; Billy | Rebinson, Mr. Robinson; Billy, Mr. C. F. | Ackley: Antrim, Mr. C. F. Ackley, tried conclusions in the succeeding event. Billy won, Antrim second, St. Brandon third. The entries in the last event were: Gin- ger Ale, Mr. W. S. Hobart; Gold Coin, Mr. W. 8. Hobart; Hostetters, Mr. F. F. Fol- lis; Mollihini, Mr. R. Spreckels; Bay Rum, Mr. J. J. Crooks; Huga Dimond, Mr. W. H. Bradley; Sugar Cane, Mr. J. F. J. Archibald; Juicy Peach, Mr. J. F. Car- olan. Ginger Ale (ridden by Mr. Hobart) won, Hobart’s Gold Coin coming in sec- ond and Mollihini third. One of the most interesting races of the day was that between littie Purcell Jones and T. N. Johnson's little boy mounted on Shetland ponies. Young Jones won on Cock Robin, while Master Johnson came in second on Black Beauty. This evening a grand ball was held at Hotel Rafael in honor of the winners. Wolff Placed in Highlands. LOS ANGELES, CaL., Sept. 12.—Captain Maximilian Wolff was taken to the High- land Asylum yesterday. The captain 18 a scientist and an inventor, and pos. sesses an excellent education, having grad- uated from Heidelberg and the University of Leipsic. His mania was caused by spiritualism. Heclaims to bethe inventor of five different plans of airships, and feels confident that that mode of travel will soon displace the railroads. LI NEARIG VANCOUVER The Chinese Viceroy Enjoys His Transcontinental Trip by Rail Marvels at Canadian Enterprise in the Construction of Long Railroads. VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept 12—Li Hung Chang reached the Pacific division of the Canadian Pacific Railway at noon to-day, and his special train will arrive in Van- couver about noon to-morrow. Prepara- tions for the reception of the Earl arenow completed. Delegations of Chinamen from the cities of Puget Sound, Portland and San Francisco are here to render him homage. He will be carried in his sedan chair from the train to the steamship Empress of China, passing through a guard of his own countrymen, who, in silk robes, will stand in two long lines kow-towing to the Viceroy as he 3s carried through their ranks. A handsome triumphal arch has been erected by the local Chinamen on the way between the train and the steamer, and under this his Excellency will pass. The Viceroy has named Monday morning as the time to receive the various deputa- tions that are to wait upon him. The Viceroy’s special train reached Revelstoke at 5 o’clock this eveming. A press dispatch from that point states that Li Hung Chang is greatly pleased with his trip across Cannsl and with the um- torm kindness and courtesy he has re- ceived. He is much interested in every- thing pertaining to railroads and ex- presses great admiration and surprise at the energy and enterprise of the Canadians mn_undertaking the stupendous task of building a transcontinental road in rivalry with the existing American roads. He says such a road in his country would pay much bettéf than in Canada, because China is more thickly populuted. He does not offer much encouragement to foreigners in the matter of rairoad builc- ing in China. He says all such undertak- ings will be ziven to Chinese contractors, who may employ American or ‘European engineers if they see fit. - With regard 1o anti-Chinese agitation and legislation, he considers they are prompted by jealousy of the Chinese for their ability to work harder and live more economically than their white brother. The members of the party are in the best of health and spirits. " ACCEPT THE NOMINATION Palmer and Buckner Are Formally Notified at Louisville. BRYANISM DENOUNCED IN THEIR SPEECHES. Never Before Has Such a Large Audience Turned Out in Kentucky. ENTHUSIASTIC OVATION TO THE STANDARD-BEARERS, The National Democracy Shows Y¥es Strength by the Rally of Scuni- Money Advocates. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 12.—General John M. Palmer of Springfield, IlL, and General Simon Buckner of Hart County, Ky., were formally notified at the Audito- rium to-night that they are the nominees of the National Democratic party for the offices of President and Vice-President, in the presence of the largest andience that ever attended a political gathering in Kentucky. The 5000 seats in the hall were filled and 3000 people jammed the aisles and sides of the building, while at the doors were gathered a thousand more, eager to hear and shout for the standard- bearers of tne National Democracy. The meeting ‘'was presided over by Hon. W. D. Bynum of Indiana, chairman of the National Democratic Executive Com- mittee. Senator Dovelson Caffery of Louisiana notified Senator . Palmer, and Colonel John R. Fellows of New York in- formed Generai Buckner of the honor conferred upon him. The two standard-bearers replied in turn, and were greeted with applause which made the big building tremble, On the tower of the building were the names of Palmer and Buckner spelled in three-fogt electric letters. The stage was arranged in tiers of seats, and on tham sat some ofgthe foremost Democrats in the United States. In the vast andience ladies were p! t in conspicuous numbers, and the sixteen boxes were tilled with guests especially invited by George M. Davie, chairman of the State Execative Commit- tee. Senator Lindsey was the first to appear on the stage, and he was loudly cheered. sefore the arrival of Senator Palmer and General Buckner the National salute of forty-five guns was fired by Battery A. Senator Palmer and General Buckner walked on the stage from the wings arm in arm, and then the cheering began. For one and a half minutes tie two nominees stood still, looking av the vast audience, bowed their thanks and sat down in two big leather chairs. The cheering contin- ued a minute longer, when Hon. Zach Phelps, National committeeman from Kentucky, quieted the audience and called the meeting to order. He said: “Fellow-citizens, before I introduce the distinguished chairman 1 am instructed to direct all the audience to get the slips in their seats and unite with us in singing ‘My Country, 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty.” " The band bezan to play the good old NEW TO-DAY. ITCHING SKIN DISEASES RELIEVED BY ONE APPLICATION OF (Uticura BPEEDY CURS TREATMENT.— Warm baths with CuTicura Soap, gentle applications of CuTICURA (ointment), and mild doses of CoT~ CURA OLVENT, greateat of humor cures. Sold_th: t the world. Price, CoTi Se.. Sour, e C‘n‘:’l.‘;;t pie. and 9. Forrax brve 5. Corp., Sole. .. Bostor 4~ How to Cure ltching Skin Disesses,” mailed froa. 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