The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-06-22

ry was takea - al over ~ hAA.
The Commoner had just left the press
stand. but the people continued to
shout his name and redouiaei their
tuNult every time the chairnlsn At
tempted to say anything. After
long time he managed to make himself
heard. and assured the crowd that.
though Mr.. Bryan had gone to lunch.
they would have an opportunity to
hear him later. This proved satisfac-
tory. and the committee on rules WAS
called ON for q report.
Here came the bitter pill for the
hotels and business lnpis4.s Of 81. Louis
that had contributed toward the ex-
penSes Of the convention. and that had
counted on having the crowds here un-
Ill the end Of the wees. For some
hours there had been a rumOr that
the rules committee would report q
rule that would enable the visitors to
hurry home q day or two earlier. and
the runi0r proved to I've founded on
fact. The rule called for adjournment
until eight O'Clock Thursday evening
at which hour the work OF nominating
candidates should be taken UP. to be
continued until completed.
The expected opposition to this plan
on the part of the friends of st. Louis
dwindled to a successful effort to de-
lay he opening Of the evening ses-
sion. Senator Reed explained that
nearly all Of the delegates had accept
ed invitations to dinners. and In re-
sponSe to his plea the hour was
changed to nine.
The Thursday night session. the big
show OF the week, was married by the
same tactics for which the Chicago
politicians were justly condemned.
Doorkerpers selected from many sec
tons admitted the ward workers OF
ST. Louis and those accompanying
delegations from Chicago. New York
and other large cities and excluded
many delegates. newspaper men. and
legitimate ticket holders and even ma
tiOnal committeeman. After the fire
department had taken charge of the
Coliseum thousands OF people stOrIned
at the entrance and were fought back
by the police.
More than One-half Of the newspa-
permen. many OF whom reported the
largest and most influential papers Of
the country were denied admission
and their papers were deprived Of ade-
quate representatives.. Among those
who gave up the fight In disgust was
Samuel Gompers.
oryan Makes Speech.
The session opened with the intro
ductiOn Of Hon. WIN. J. Bryan, for
whom the crowd had been clamOring.
His appearance on the platform Occa.
stoned thunderOus applause which was
repeated time after time. as he eulo-
gized the party and the president for
the enactment of progressive legis-
lation. He said that while he had dis
agreed with the president. he thanked
God the nation had for a president a
man who had kept the nation out Of
war. Woodrow Wilson. In concluding
he announced his intention Of support
ing the party, its platform and Its
nominees. The applause that greeted
his conclusion was certainly an evil
dence that the distinguished Common
er still has hold on the Democratic
hosts.
John W. Westcott Of New Jersey
made the nominating speech that pre-
sented to the convention the only
candidate for nomination for presi-
dent: the second time he had named
Woodrow Wilson for the highest office
in the gift Of the people. He made a
scholarly address. but not of the kind