The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-17
HARMONY MARKS CLOSING HOURS
 OF CONVENTION
Suffrage Plank In Platform Precipitates Only Sub
 stantial Discussion

St. Louis, June 17-Harmony which dominated the Democratic con- vention throughout, marked its clos ing hours late yesterday, when with | the adoption of the platform with 1 only a short time sdeveted to discus
 sion of the suffrage measure. The results of the convention which adjourned at 2:57 D. m. Friday form are concerned, were aceem- plished with characterisiealty frank differences of opinien, but | without rancef.
 The nearest approach to a centre versy was provided by the eternal l feminine in the form af Woman | Suffrage and an aggressive partisan l of the Irish cause; yet there was no
 acrimeny in either, merely sincerity and earnesteness and some entertain
 ment.
 The spirited battle waged over I both propositions was reserved for 1 the final curtain of the national show. 1 The Suffragettes won, the Irish pat | riot lost.
 Both sprang into action with the submission of the report, or rather 1 reports, of the Committee on Reso- ] lutions. For the major part of the document, whicr had kept the repre-
 sentatives of all the States in con
 stant turmoil throughout the
 watches of the night, there was Portions of it, inspired by the Presi- dent himself and phrased by mem
 bers of the committee, provoked
 unanimous and raucous in0orse-
 ment.
 The following straight-out denun- citation of the alien enemies of the l Republic brought the highest note of patriotic enthusiasm sounded dur 1 ing the convention.
 we condemn all alliances and 1 combinations of, individuals in this | country, whatever nationality or l descent, who agree and conspire. to- gether for the purpose of embarraS- | ing, or weakening our Government,
 or improperly influencing or coerc- ing our public representatives in
 dealing or negotiating with any for
 eign power. We charge that such
 conspiracies among a limited number
 exist and have been instigated for
 the purpose of advancing the interests | of foreign countries to the prejudice
 and detriment of our country. We | condemn any political party which, | in view of the activity of such con-
 spirators, surrenders it's integrity or | rnodifies it's policy"
 The cheer that followed the read i ing of this sentiment was as truly
 American as the impressive phraSing of 1t. Thes pice came when Senator James, the hercu1ean Chairman, started to put the motion by Senator
 Stone, spokesman for the Resolu-
 tions Committee, that the report be adopted.
 Before he could do so a round | headed solid man with a pugnaciOus
 chin tuft of beard sprang up from
 the clunp of Massachusetts delegates and believed for recognition. He
 got it, though the delegates, tiring l oflthe session, roared a protest. | After a good deal of circumlocu- | ton as to language, during which he flung his arms like fails over the head of Tammany Leader Murphy I just across the aisles, he managed to | convey his meaning to the Chair He l carried a slip of paper and was finally 1 permitted to read 1t. The substance of his offering was an avid enand pathy and encouragement for the ef- forts of the Irish people to establish 1 a government of their own.
 There was a mixture of applause | and laughter, much of the one as the other. The aggressive advocate of his race was Martin Lomasney, Democrat and Irish patriot of Boston.
 MT. Lomasney was literally sur | charged with emotion. Some of it was intelligible, much of it simply had to be left to ones speculation or i imagination. He worked himself up into a fine state of excitement as he
 wrangled and spared with Chairman James and Senator Stone. He was finally accorded recognition and made clear his mission
 Then he was declared out of order.
 But he was ont so easily to be swept | aside. His continued cIamor, en-
 couraged by whoops from the gall Iery, compelled the reference of his
 resolution to the Resolutions Com
 1fittee which had been automatically put tout of business with the presen- l 4a4 cf