The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-16

There never was any doubt of Presi.
lent Wilson's nomination last night, but
<here was a possibility that some vice.
president booms might be brought out
in opposition to Vice President Marshall
They melted away however, when the
convention got in session and as soon as
President Wilson's nomination had been
made by a roaring chorus of accalama
tion, Senator Kern, who renominated Mr.
Marshall, cast aside long prepared
speech and simply declared;
Il nominate Thomas Riley Marshall of
indiana, for vice president"
To President Wilson's nomination
there was only one dissenting vote, Rob-
ert Emmett Burke of Illinois, who came
to the convention announcing he was op-
posed to the president. His vote techni-
cally made the presidents nomination
1901 to |.
Wescott's Speech Nominating Wilson
Wilson's name was presented to the
convention by Judge John w. Wescott of
New Jersey, who spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Prophecy is fulfilled. The eternal yer.
tiles of righteousness have prevailed. I'm
dismayed by the calamities of war, un-
moved by vituperation and vain declama-
tion, holding to the pure altar of truth,
the schoolmaster is statesman, the states
man financier, the fnancier emancipation,
the emancipator paeihcatoA the pacifica-
tor the moral leader of democracy.
"1'he nation is at work. The nation is
at peace. The nation is accomplishing
the destiny of democracy. Four years ago
the nation was not at work With re-
sources boundless, with hundred million
people eager TO achieve and do. commerce
languished, industries halted, men were
idle. The country struggled in the tolls
of an inadequate financial system. Cred
it was at the mercy of piracy The small
business man was bound hand and foot.
Panic hung like a storm cloud over the
business world.
Now bursting granaries. teeming fac |
tories, crowded railways and overladen |
ships distribute wealth and comfort to |
uncounted millions the world over. Pro- !
duction outruns the means of distribu- |
tion. The parallel of American prosperi. /,
ty is not found in industrial history; nor
is it causeless. IL did not descend. like /
merciful accident, from heaven. II is \
not due to the devastation of reversed
tariff 1t is not the result Of destructive 4
legislation. II cannot be attributed to
the manufacture Of war materials. con.
stituting a bare five per centum Of the
volume of national business. War is de-
struction, not production. War curtsils
international trade. War depresses in
dustrial energy. When the European cat
sclysm struck the world. moratoria fell \
like q blight upon many Of the neutral
nations. but not upon the United States
The nation is at peace in world at
war. America is confronted with appall- Il
ing realities. Il Is not the part Of wis
dom to plsy with phantoms. deal in nd |,
dies. or seek 20 entertain the national ,
Imagination with the legerdemsin OF Ian
ruaee. To build words mountain high
Is the thrune Of vanity and ambition L
should not b. an American psstime. An !
attempt 70 catch the presidency phrases 4
i TIE work of folly. The function OF a 3
sounding brass and tinkling eymbal Is q
bot rermane % the tragic conditions of ,
TIE uord When the fate = millions % Z
% stake. it BE- not the part Of any man D
- stsck The cards With civilization in
peril. fhe SPHINX becomes an anschron-l