The Nevada County picayune., 1916-06-29

lGE fhe SIDEN mAhSF1HGEs setting. He was master of himself and at ease with the audience. He knew his subject; he knew his hearers and he spoke from his heart to their hearts. His first reference to the presI- dent was the signal for a demonstra- tion and applause greeted point after point as he presented them with tell ing force.
 His greatest climax came at the conclusion of his defense of neutrality as maintained by the president. He led his audience step by step up to the summit and then he flashed upon them an impassioned picture of peace that thrilled the multitude of eager listeners He interpreted the dominant thought in the Democratic party as It l is gathcd here in it's chosen represent tatives-the dominant thought of the country. The words will lye for they l give to a great truth the luster of the stars and the odor of the flowers This Is the paragraph:
 This policy may not satisfy those who revel in destruction and find l pleasure in despair. It may not sat i isfy the fire earter or the swashbuck= l Ter But 1t does satisfy those who worship at the altar of the God of peace It does satisfy the mothers i of the land at whose heart and fire side no iiugoistic war has placed an empty chair. It does satisfy the daugh- terS Of this land from whom buster and brag has sent no loving brother to the dissolution of the grave. It does satisfy the fathers of this land who will fight for our flag, and die for our flag when reason primes the rife, when honor draws the sword, when justice breatheS blessing on the standards they uphold"
 James Arouses Enthusiasm.
 The second day was equal to the first. The delegates instead of being exhausted by the demonstrations of Wednesday, seemed to be warmed mp for the entire convention. The an uouncrmcut that senator Jones of Kentucky would make speech in as- Sumiug the position of permanent chairman aroused great expectations, and the expectations were not disap pointed He was at his best.
 His style is his own; his sentences abound in pithy statement, in antithe- sis and in humor. The speech was not long, but it was full of meat The challenges he flung out to the enemy stirred the delegates to round after round of applause. He called atten- ton 10 the various remedial measures which this administration has written into law-first. a tariff law with an in come tax embodied in It. lifting lone hundred and twenty millions per an mum off the tables and backs of the poor" He justified the income tax on the ground that Tit Is tax that forecloseS no mortgages-forces no sales. It is collected only where riches abound and prosperity smiles"
 Republican prophecies have failed. They told us that a Democratic tarir would produce panic even in time of peace it has failed to produce a panic even when the world is st war.
 Defends Currency Law.
 
 was even more forceful than his de fense of tarifr reform. Here, too, he cOntrasted the old system with the new. Under a Republican currency law "a few men could create such a panic as the whole nation witnessed in 1907" The new law preserves pros perity and protects our financial insti- al hn itt,,. to secure gold He emphasized the fact that the Republican convention lacked both the caudor 10 indOrSc the currency law and the courage To de nounce lt.
 He brought 'hc convention to it~ feet in his eloquent justification of the presidents Mexican policy, The fel- loVNa passage from lis speech will be widely used during tho camrai-H. coWhIuiu@. aS it does. a citation from . Lincoln precedent with a powerful word picture oC the condition lla, would 'aNc ro1orr5 intervention. lt reads.
 "Nh~ the E,uH.aJu platform .t Chicago denounced 'hc Mexican pol fey of Woodrow Wilson # denounccd at Inc same l.uc thr similar Mexican policy ot >hmhum Lucom-thc one thcy h..r. heretofore called the pa tron >aiui at tfr Republican party.
 ',exoo Was in Turmoil.
 "Whcn ,he Lincoln administration came into power Mexico had been in