White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
WILSON NAMED
BY ACCLAMAI|ON
NO ARGUMENT IN DEMOCRATIC
CAMP AS TO CHOICE OF PREsI-
DENTAL CANpiDATE-MAR-
SHALL ALSO RENOMINATED

President Wilson and Vice Presi-
dent Marshall were nominated by ac-
clamation at the Democratic National
Convention held In the coliseum at
st. Louis.
There never was a question about
the nomination of President Wilson.
but It was at first thought that there
might be some opposition In the mat
ter of his running mate. II was sa.
nounced early. however. that 1t was
the Presidents desire to have his
old running mate again placed on
the ticket with him. and this seemed
to settle the question. or course.
there we're vice-presidential booms.
but as Irwin Cobb expressed It, they
quickly took harps In their lily white
hands and ascended to the heavens
reserved for booms which die early
and sinless.
Perhaps there were some at st.
Louis who, while perhaps not super
stitious. yet loved q good sign. and
the nomination OF the two men to
whom the Democrats will pin their
faith and rely upon to carry the ban
ner OF Democracy to the front, was
made just four minutes before the
clock reached the hour OF twelve.
Thus 1t could not be said that the
nomination was made on the day that
80 many claim to be unlucky. On the
other hand. the news was not con-
yeyed to the chief executive by Pri-
vate Secretary Tumulty until short
IL before one o'clock on Friday morn
ing. This perhaps to satisfy those
who insist that Friday is the one day
OF the week on which all good things
start.
Just how William Jennings Bryan
feels I'm the matter has not yet been
learned. Oh, OF course he made a
speech. and is going to support Pres
ident Wilson. He will probably do
SO, however. with God Bless You"
and then devote considerable time to
telling the American people the great
mistakes which the president has
made, and weep bitterly while he ash
asks forgiveness for the chief execu-
tive of the nation, whose policies he
could not follow and therefore re-
signed the important post re secre-
tary of state at perhaps one of the
most critical periods In the history
of the country.
The Democratic convention was
perhaps marked only by the fact that
instead of such delays as are usual
the steam roller almost ran ahead of
schedule. This. perhaps, In order not
TO injure any secret boom'that might
be reposing quietly In the breast Of
some prominent Democrat, as 1t was
known that the nimble Nebraskan
would be at the convention, as q
newspaper man.
The convention did not adjourn af-
ter the nominations we're made, as.
strange to say. the platform was not
yet complete. OF course all the
planks were on the ground. but not
yet In place. For example. Presi-
dent Wilson's own plank charging
conspiracy among some foreign born
citizens for the benefit Of foreign
powers and denouncing any political
party which benefits and does not re-
pudiate such a situation. was incor-
porated In the platform just as the
President had sent II from Washing
ton. II was understood that the Pres
ident's instructions were that the
plank should not be planed or other
wise altered. but inserted as written,
and this was taken as part of the
schedule.
The plank which IL was said had
beer agreed upon as to suffrage did
not meet the approval o. the leaders
OF the woman suffragists. While the
entire plank had not been made clear
1t was said to be to the effect that the
matter was one to be decided by
the separate states, and not a federal
question. No doubt an effort will be
made by the leaders to get from both
President Wilson and his opponent,
Charles e. Hughes. a public state
ment of some kind on the matter and
this will be watched with keen in
terest
From all that now appears. Colonel
Roosevelt will not be a candidate on
the Progressive ticket. His telegram
to the convention In which he con-
itionally declined the nomination is
taken to mean that he win be found