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

stepped to the front. gavel in hand. At
II 81. and started things going by d.
recting the band to play -America."
Al the strains Of the national hymn
burst forth every man, woman and
child sprang up with q cheer. and
every one of them waved an American
nag. The sight Was truly inspiring.
even TO the most blase. The band st
once swung into THE Star Spxngled
Banner" and another chorus OF cheers
swept the hall. Ten thousand of the
flags had been distributed free In the
Coliseum. and that was but one way
In which Americanism was empla sized
by the people running the convention.
Another was the red. white and blue
shield that hun. In front Of the speak
ers' stand md that bore the inscrip-
tiOn, America First" That Ameri-
canism Is not an issue to be mOnopp-
ceetlinsly plain at every tYrn. and fire.
q,ient references to II were made by the
various speakers.
A touch Of that Democratic infor-
mality came while Rev. DIR. James W.
Lee, presiding elder of the St. Louis
district of the Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church South, was delivering the In
vocation at the opening session. Some
thing he said met the especial approx
al of man In the body of the hall,
and he shouted: Good cid boy. You
said somethin. then" A ripple of
laughter. not irreverent. ran through
the assemblage.
Stirred by Chairman Giynn.
The same freedom from restraint
was shown while Martin ii. Glynn. for
mer governor Of New York, sounded
the keynote Of the campaign. Not
impressive In appearance. Mr. Glynn
Is so eloquent and finished an orator
that he quickly caught the undivided
attention of the thrOng. and held 1t
10 the finish. His spirited periods
called forth repeated cheers and when
lie showed symptoms Of stopping he
was urged over and over again to
''give US some more"
At one part Of his address he was
setting forth frequent instances when
the United States WAS threatened with
war. and each time he cried: But
we didn't 20 to war"
what did we do?" shouted a voice
In the gallery the second time, and
thereafter that query was taken up by
hundreds. and Mr.. Glynn responded
by telling how the diplomacy Of wise
president had warded OF the resort
to arms. 1t made his point more tell
ing. and he was quick to take ad-
vantage OF II.
A little later, as fhe temporary
chairman was In the midst Of one of
his most spirited passages, a donkey
outside the Coliseum set up such
tremendous braytng that Mr.. GIynn
was forced good naturedly to walt for
1t to finish. while the crowd laughed
itself into Mysteries.
There was no doubt that such Of the
Democratic party Us was at the con-
vention was enjoying itself.
Flag Starts Them Marching
One Of Glynn's tributes to the Stars
and Stripes started the crowd going
again. Col. John l. Martin. sergeant
at arms and official whOoper-up, waved
his arms wildly but unnecessarily. AL
ready the people were on their feet
and big Texas banner was carried
to the stand. This Glynn took and
waved around, and several Of the dele
cations, led by the Texans. began 4
march through the aisles.
At one point where Glynn was de-
voting himself to peace and neutral.
ity. the crowd roared Its approval.
and w. J. Bryan, in the press stand.
arose and waved a small flag. An ova-
ton for him ensued and man shout
ed: "Yes. and those views are the
same us Bryan's." The Nebraskun pa
cifist smiled his approval.
Once Glynn said: "A great many
people seem to think that the ncsiest
man In the land Is the best patriot"
"Nume him." shouted many, but the
speaker refrained.
When the keynote speech was ended.
the convention adjourned until Thurs
day morning. as a tribute to the men,-
DRY Of the late Thomas J. Pence for
mer secretary of the national COM
mittee.
Next Came Ollie James.
When the second day came around
there seemed so much time to kill that
no one was In a hurry, and the con-
ventiOn was very late In coming to
order. Music by the band. and also
by vocalist who tlatted and sharped
nll notes with perfect neutrality, and
more cheers for Bryan as he entered
the press section. Then Mr.. Glynn
announced the selection Of Senator o.
lie James as permanent chairman This
wasn't any surprise to the crowd but
the shouts Of glee. led by the sena-
tors fellow kentuckians, were as loud
as II 1t were. BY the way, 1t seemed
ridiculous that man as large as Mr..
James should have but one-hal! a vote
in the convention.
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