Macon beacon., 1916-06-23
FROM THE PEOPLE
Mr.. Brare Tells Of the Democratic Ma
tfonal Convention.
Macon. Miss. juno q, l9l6.

Since my return home from tht
great National Democratic Convention
which was held at St. Louis, hav,
concluded to give you and the people o
the county an outline of what | saw
and heard.
The Mississippi headquarters were al
the Marquette hotel, three or foul
blocks away from the Coliseum where
the convention was held There was
fairly good representation from oui
state, but when | looked around anC
saw the great number of delegates
and onlookers that came from Other
states in the Union, l felt like our peo
pie were not taking the interest II
this great event that they should take
| The convention was called to order
by Chairman McComb on Wednesday
morning and Governor Glynn of New
York was chosen as the temporary
chairman, and Senator Ollie James OF
Kentucky was elected permanent
chairman. Gov. Glynn, it is claimed,
made one of the most magnificent
soul-stirring and patriotic speeches
that was ever delivered by anyone or
such an occasion. He was in splendid
voice and every word could be heard
throughout that great auditorium,
where there must have been at least
twenty thousand people. No doubt
many of the Beacon s readers have had
the pleasure of reading this great
speech. There was no mistake made
in the selection Of Gov. Glynn to pres
ent the keynote of the campaign of
our great party. After conclusion Of
this speech, the various committees
were selected and the convention ad-
iourned until the next day. On the
following dav. the chairman, Ollie
James, made a great speech. A great
many thought it was equal to Gov.
Glynn's. Senator James is very
large, commanding person, being some
thing over six feet tall, and he had
equally as good a voice as Gov Glynn,
and had the strictest attention during
the entire time he was speaking. The
demonstrations by the audience are
almost indescribable. The enthusiasm
on every side was greater and more
deadly in earnest than anything that |
ever witnessed.
The convention then adjourned until
Thursday night at nine O'Clock. Hay-
ing been invited out, along with the
Mississippi delegation, to an entertain
ment at the Sunset club, we did not
reach the Coliseum until after the con
vention had assembled. When we ar
rived, we found the streets and doors
around the great building blocked by a
crowed estimated to be twenty-five
thousand in number. And no one, not
even a delegate, could get through
that crowd without the aid of two or
three policemen Bryan made one Of
his Characteristic Speeches that night,
which of course, captiVated the crowd.
The best part of it though, was that it
was a speech which showed he was
loyal to Wilson.
Another session was held the next
day. While waiting for the commit
tee on Resolutions to report, Senator
Reed of Missouri also made quite a
telling speech. After the committe
had reported, the session adjourned
sine die, l forgot to say that Wilson
and Marshall were nominated with but
one dissenting voice, that was by a
delegate from Chicago, an unrecon-
structed Irishman named Burke. He
claimed that he was instructed to vote
against Wilson. All of the big men Of
the party who were there are hopeful
and believe that we are going to have
a great Democratic convention il st.
Louis twelve years ago. | do not
think there were over twenty-five or
thirty ladies' in the hall at any session
thereof. / do not think | oYerestimate
when | say that at every session Of
this last convention there were from
two to three thousand women present
and there were thousands on the out
side who were unable to procure
tickets of admission.
We men folks may say what we
please about the suifragettes but in
less than TWENTY-FIVE years | believe
the women will be voting in every
state in the Union. | want to ask
this question; "Have you ever known
the good women to start out to accom-
plish something where they did not
succeed" I know that it viii be diff
cult to ever convince the men Of the
South that it is the proper thing for a
nice sweet woman to vote ard engage
in politics.
am pleased to say that everything
was harmonious with the Mississippi
delegation. And they even accorded a
hearing to three representatives Of the
sulfragists, every one of whom was
applauded for what was said,