Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-07-03
manding personality.
It's Educational Advantages.

roads upon ones bank account, yet
all who possibly can should attend
at least one national Democratic
convention. Aside from the social
feature or pleasure, rubbing elbows
with men intelligent representa-
tive citizens-from all parts of the
country, including the Philippines,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and Alaska,
has decided educational advantage.
Then, too, while we are ostenslbly
or nominally one people, one coun-
try or nation, yet there is no gain
saying the fact that there are three
separate and distinct sections-the
North, the West, the South. A con-
vention of all of the rs states i'm
presses one with the sectional
differences of our people and at the
same time affords an opportunity to
study the people land conditions
through the pcople) of the other
sections. The interest of the South
and West lay practically along the
same lines, while those of the North
are altogether different. Briefly
stated, two sections supply the
world with raw material and the
third supplies only the manufactur-
ed product, which causes their view
points to be Numerically opposite.
Not until the lion and the lamb lie
down together peacefully, or until
Gabriel sounds the last call, will
the three sections be altogether in
harmony.
The Democratic Leaders.
An advantage that offsets both
the time and cost of attending a
convention is the opportunity of
seeing ane hearing the big men of
the party, the leaders in statecraft
and politics of the country. 1t is
one thing to read of and after a
n an through the press, but seeing
him face to face and forming your
own personal estimate of him is an
entirely different thing. For in
stance, ones estimate of Mr.. Bryan
is likely to change after seeing him
and hearing him speak. Then there
is Senator Gore, the blind senator
from Oklahoma. You could never
know him just as he is sby viewing
him through the press. He address
ed the convention on two occasions,
always proving himself to be practi-
cal, pleasing, pungent. His populari-
ty, and the position he Hholds in the
estimate of the leaders, is shown
by the fact that he was chosen to
make he address seconding the
nomination of Gov. Woodrow Will
son for the presidency. His time
being limited just as the other
speakers were, he was raped down
before concluding, but the conven-
ton insisted upon an extension of
his time, which was granted. Sena-
tor Cores figures and metaphors
are superb and at the same tine he
is eminently practical. There are
John Sharpe Williams and Gov.
Vardaman and O'Gorman and Par
ker and James and scores of others
whom to hear is worth while.
In order to be an active, con-
spicuous figure in a national conven-
tion man has to be more than an
intellectual giant. He must be big
man physically and have voice
equal to a fog-horn. Unless the
voice of one who speaks can be
heard in all parts of the hall the
people grow restless and soon start
a demonstration for their favorite
candidate. One morning while some
committees were completing their
reports several prominent men ad-
dressed the convention. more to
consume time than anything else,
the session being referred to after
wards as the hot air. session.
Among the last speakers was the
Hon. John Temple Graves, who,
unfortunately for him, followed Bell
of California, whose voice could
reach the remotest corner of a ten
acre field. Well, to make long
story short, the silver tongue of
Mr.. Graves CO. "a not send sound
wave more than half way across
the hall. The consequence was the
people began to talk and the ut
most disorder soon prevailed. In
truth, the voice of Hon. William
Walton Minis could come as near
filling hall of such enormous di-
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