The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-06-16
PEACE, PROSPERITY
AND PREPAREDNESS
Through Deep Waters of World Turmoil He Has Kept
Nation in Right Path Big Crowd in Coliseum
Feels Enthusiasm of the Moment as GIynn
Recifes Diplomatic History.

st. Louis, June 14.-The Democrat
ic national convention at it's first ses-
sion. today heard the keynote of
Americanism and peace, prepared
ness and prosperity sounded by For
mer Gov. Glynn of New York as tenn
porary chairman, and, with a high
pitch of enthusiasm, its approval of
President Wilson's peaceful conduct
of foreign affairs.
The convention, which had got un-
der way with such perfunctory demon
strations as mark every gathering of
the kind, soon stirred itself into roar
ing cheers as Chairman Glynn cited
historic parallels to show that other
presidents, including Republicans, had
adjusted threatening foreign situa-
ton without resort to war.
"The policy of the administration"
he declared, "has been just as Ameri-
can as the American flag ITSELF"
As he went down the list of presi-
dsnts irecounting their actions to
avoid war the delegates caught the
spirit Of his argument and as he re-
feryed to- each pattfes1Iar president
sssS}ns ds3el s would 8 eslll 90 !.
s Tls3s sat fuct6fy Reply.
tHe ssttlsd the trouble by negoti-
ation,1 was the reply which Glynn
invariably returned and the conven-
tion would roar its approval.
st. Louis, June 14.-With the as
sertion that no president since the
War of Secession had had so crucial
problems to solve; and no president
has displayed a grasp more sure, a
craftsmanship more profound as Pres
ident Wilson, Martin H. Glynn, former
governor of New York, opened the
Democratic national convention here
today. Declaring that "Americanism
and peace, preparedness and prosper
ity" are the issues upon which the
Democratic party stands, and the
heart of Democracy swells with pride
that is more than a pride of party,
as it halls the man who has asserted
this Americanism, assured this peace,
advocated this preparedness and pro-
duced this prosperity" he predicted
the reelection of President Wilson.
Taking up foreign relations that has
been called into emphatic prominence
by the worldwide war the speaker
declared that eve have entered this
hall as Democrats, we shall deliberate
as Americans"
The policy of neutrality, he argued
is as truly American as the American
flag. For two hundred years neutral
ity was theory; America made it a
fact. "It took Washington and his
successors 80 years Of endless negotia-
tion to win recognition of American
neutrality. And this 80 years of
struggle wove the doctrine of neu-
trality so closely into the warp and
woof of our national life that to tear
it out now would unravel the very
threads of our existence" BY the
records Of history Mr.. Glynn main
tanned that if Washington and Lin
coin were right, President Wilson is
right. The neutrality that President
Wilson stands for today was advo-
Gated by Washington, by Hamilton, by
Jefferson and by Lincoln.
Their Own Precedents.
BY citing precedents Mr.. Glynn
justified and defended the course of
the president in the Lusitania and
similar Incidents. "In the face of this
record" he asked, "do Republicans
realize that when they arraign the
policy Of the president of the United
States today they arraign the policy
Of Harrison, Of Blaine, of Lincoln and
Grant? For the pleasure of criti-
cising Democratic president, are
they willing to read out Of the Re-
publican party the greatest men the
Republican paryt ever had? Are they
willing to say that the Republican
party of today condemns what Hamil-
ton did in Revolutionary days, what
Lincoln did in Civil war days and
what Grant and Blaine and Harrison
did but yesterday?
"In his policy of peaceful negotia-
tions today the president of the Unit
cd States follows the example set
him by the greatest presidents which
the Democratic party and the great