The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-14

/ TO their feet waving flags vigorOusl.
until they had the audience started
off. The band added to the din. Bacl
OF the press stand Bryan aided in thu
] cheering by vigorous hand claps. Th
sergeant at arms stepped forward a
BGiynn, smiling, stepped back &
await the end of the noise and wavet
his flag, demanding new and re
doubled applause from the delegates
Parade About Hall.
On the floor everybody wavet
! flags except Senator John SHARP
Williams, who produced mois
4 handkerchief and alternately moppeC
and tapped it in the air. Texas dele
| gates produced a Lone Star" flag
| But the greatest applause came wher
some husky New Jersey delegate In
some explicable manner, managed
| to wrench one of the big standards up
| from the floor, and started paradlne
around with 1T. Illinois and Mary
land followed suit and there was
general lining up for strong men in all
delegations to root up the forest OF
banners. Pennsylvania and Missouri
! and Alaska got theirs up. Motion
picture operators in galleries ground
| away frantically, all light being
switched on to give them the best
possible pictures. Kansas, Oklahoma
and Utah were the last states to find
out the secret of the bolts by which
| the standards were fastened TO the
| floor
| Glynn stood, arms folded and grin
ned at the noise.
The band was then requisitioned at
| the end of eleven minutes, and as 1T
doomed forth John Browns Body
the audience yelled out the words of
the old time song.
By this time Glynn strove to re-
gain order, with arms outstretched.
while the sergeant at arms banged
for order.
Order was finally restored at 1884
and Glynn began anew. The cheering
and singing had lasted seventeen
minutes, though it had died out stead
lily during the last five.
Glynn spoke with hardly a refer
ence to the printed text of his speech
and with hardly word of hesitation.
In one place he depressed to de-
nounce bossism in the republican
party, declaring his certainty of be
lief that next November the people
would stand with Washington and
jefferson and the present president
OF the United States, rather than
with the bosses of the republican
party"
The heat combined with the patter
of rain on the roof, led many OF those
in the galleries to slip out after
several hundred vacant seats before
long.
The Lure to Progressives.
[By Lowell Mellett, United Press
Staff Correspondent
ST LOUIS, Mo-, June 14.-The
platform will contain
strong, direct bid to the so-called
"fatherless" progressives-or thereu
be fight.
This was made clear today as the
young and progressive members OF
the party began getting together. A
compact group led by Director of the
Mint Wooley, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Houston Thompsoh and Richard
Lloyd Jones, o. Wisconsin. having
started things humming last night.
kept it up with the avowed purpose OF
getting direct action.
With the arrival of Secretary OF
War Baker and pronouncement by
him on the subject, no doubt was LETT
that the proposition to throw the doors
wide open to progressives will have
strong backing before the resolutions
committee.
Baker, however, was dubious con-
corning the wisdom of inviting pro-
gressives into the party, plan that
has gained a good deal of Roadway
prior to his arrival. He would not in
dictate whether any of the W1lson-en-
dorsed platform planks that he
brought with him from Washington
bear on the question of winning pro-
gressive support by drawing plat
form so that it will meet with their
approval"
Senator Kern. democratic leader in
the senate, could see no objection he
said, to offering specific invitation
by platform plank.
ct should be directed" he said, "to
those progressives who endorse the
progressive achievements of the pres
ent administration and the progress
sive program enunciated in the plat
form adopted here"
Secretary Daniels declared his en-
thusiastic support Of any practical
plan" to prove to proSressives that
the democratic party offers that
which the progresslVes are seekAS.
The extreme to which Daniels might
be willing to go was indicated by
series of conferences with radicals OF
various shades-including spokesman
for women's suffrage. He talked with
the suffragists themselves but his
sessions with democratic leaders
which favor suffrage were regarded
as more significant.
Can they deliver what they prom
ise9" was the question attributed to
Daniels by one who urged admins
tration backing for the plan to give
the suffragists the plank endorsing
the federal amendment for suffrage
What they promise Is a strong
working organization in the suffrage
states in behalf of the democratic
candidates. The women of the con-
gressional union have offered to turn
their whole working force over to the
democratic organization If the pres
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