Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-06-23

VeuLlOu. 1u6 TeuOIllLdllOA VI IISSl
lent Wilson had been a foregone con-
clusion for months, and the opposition
which had threatened to develop to
Vice President Marshall died away be-
fore the time came to make the nomi-
nations.
President Wilson was declared the
nominee at IL 80 o'clock Thursday
night, and FIVE minutes later Mr.. Mar
shall was named without the formality
of a nominating speech, In order that
the dreaded Friday hoodoo might have
no chance to get In its work on the
party's nominees.
Following the nominations there
were some speeches of ~laudatory char
acter. This lasted until half after IL
In the morning. Then the convention
adjourned until IL a. m. Friday.
The platform committee sat up the
rest Of the night to white the planks
and get them ready to nail down.
The Democratic convention was seen
by unbiased observers as the most
nearly unanimous affair Of its kind
since the big wind of '72, or there
abouts. President Wilson controlled
the situation absolutely from Wash
ington, yet nobody could say 1t was a
boss-ridden festival.
And the Bosses Behaved.
To tell the truth the bosses, so
called, Charlie Murphy Of New York,
Tom Taggart Of Indiana and Roger
Sullivan Of Illinois, didn't seem to have
much luck. There was a great deal OF
talk before the convention began to
perform that these party captains
would try to nominate Mr.. Sullivan
for vice president. But there was
nothing to 1t. When the climax came,
Sullivan, Taggart and Murphy lined
up nicely for Mr.. Marshall.
The only real excitement of nomi-
mating night was made by William
Jennings Bryan, who. having been de-
feated as a delegate for the conve
ton, came as a plain newspaper re-
porter and sat among the scribes.
Considering his past leadership and
the present strong hold he has upon
the sentiments of hordes of Democrats,
1t would have been strange indeed II
the peerless Leader" hadn't been
shown at least a courtesy.
So 1t came about that the CONVEX
tioneers began to call for Bryan early
Thursday night, when he entered the
press stand with Mrs. Bryan. After
much ~good-natured shouting and play
full demonstration, the delegates per-
suaded the former secretary Of state
to make a speech. And he made n
Its theme was harmony. Various
movements In this political symphony
Of words were praise for Mr.. Wilson,
damnation of the money trust, en-
comium for Democratic reform meas
ures and laudation for the administra-
lions peace and neutrality policies.
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Copyright, 1916, by W. J. Bryan.)
st. Louis, Mo.-The Democratic
party has spoken; 1t has picked up
the gantlet thrown down by the two
other parties in their recent conven-
tions; the issues nave been joined, and
the country is now ready for the battle
which will determine whether the
hands Of President Wilson shall be
upheld or whether Republicans again
shall be enthroned upon the seats of
the mighty.
BY the will of the Democratic ma
tional convention, which was marked
throughout by harmony and loyalty to
the president, the party goes into the
coming fight under the same leader
ship as in 1912, and standing Upon a
platform which indorses unreservedly
the policies of the present admins
tration and embodies declarations of
principle around which 1t is believed
people Of all classes and Of all parties
can rally.
Contrast In Conventions.
What a contrast between the con-
vention here and the two conventions
at Chicagol At Chicago, plutocracy,
u~nrepentant, signalized its return to
supreme authority In the Republican
party. At st. Louis Democracy as
sembled to organize its fight to hold
the economic reforms secured, main
tain neutrality and peace in the midst
of q world Of war and advance the
lines in the direction of greater social
Justice.
At Chicago, all was chaos. In n
convention q number of favorite sons
divided the attention of the delegates
while the managers, as smooth a group
of machine politicians as ever manipu-
lated a party, Unanswered for the car
rying out Of the plans Of the special
interests. They did not dare to nomi-
nate the man of their choice, but they
were In position to select their second
choice. The other convention was a
case Of unreQuited affection. No lover
ever pleaded his cause more eloquently,
and no hard-hearted maiden ever re-
turned q more chilling response.
II can never marry you, but I shall
always be your friend" is cordially