Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-22

COLISEUM, ST. LOUIS, June ID
Nominations for president began at
l0:l4 p. m. Alabama yielded to New
Jersey and John w. Westcott nomi-
mated Woodrow Wilson.
Applause was given to Judge West
colts remarks on the policy toward
Mexico. The crowd was attentive and
'iet. 1t voiced approval OF America S
+enance Of international law.
IF the crowd, however, were
ca for the nomination.
Name him, name him." came cries
from the galleries.
Judge Westcott hurried little and
concluded his speech re-nominating
President Wilson at 1O:49 p. M.
Nominating Speech by John Prescott.
Prophecy is fulfilled. The eternal
verittas Of righteousness have prevail
ed. undism1yed by thn caamit.es of
war, unmoved by vituperation and
vain defamation, holding to tile pure
altar OF truth, the schoolmaster is
statesman and finaacier. the financial
emanclpator the cmancipator pacifi-
Gator, the pacitcator the moral leader
VI uGluOcTuCE.
The nation is at work. The nation
is at peace. The nation IS accomplish,
ing the destiny Of democracy Tour
Years ago the N1i0W MA rUt at u ". H.
With resources bonn Hess, with 4 hun.
dred million people eager to achieve
and do, commerce langushed indus,
tries halted, men werc idle. The cuun
try struggled in the tolls of an made
quatc financial system. Credit was
at the mercy of piracy. The small
business man was bound hand and
foot. Panic hung like storm cloud
ever the business world
Now bursting granaries, teeming
factories, crowded railways and over.
laden ships distribute wealth and com.
fort to uncounted millions the world
over. Production outruns the means
Of distribution. The parallel of Ameri-
can prosperity is not found in indus,
trial history; nor is it causeless. 1t
did not descend, like a merciful acci,
dent, from heaven. 1t is not due to
the devastations of a revised rariff
1t is not tho result of destructive leg
iSlation 1t cannot be attributed to
the manufacture OF war materials. con.
stituting a bare five per centum of the
volume of national business War is
destruction, not production War cur
tails international trade. War de,
presses industrial energy. When the
European cataclysm struck the world,
moratoria fell like q blight upon many
of the neutral nations, but not upon
the United States.
There stands the astounding l,he
nomenon of American prosperity.
What is its explanation? The Euclid
of financial theory worked to a dem,
onstration, measures for the country s
relief He promptly put into effect
tho legislative exp, ession Of great
program. He did not talk. Nc. did
things. He dynamited the monetary
dams and let credit flow to the remot
est corners of the land, it's spray dash.
ing even upon foreign shores. re re-
leased the nations resources and set
the energies of all men free to exploit
them. He destroyed commercial slav
cry. He struck off its shackles. The
prosperity of the nation is the product
Of craftsmanship and financial genius
American credit is now limited only
ly its own honesty and capacity The
cause being undisturbed, the effects
must remain. The schoolmas.er is
statesman, the statesman is tinancier
,he fnancier is erencipator. Will
Lincoln, the emancipator of the chat
tel slave, he will live forever as thu
emancipator Of the commercial slave.
The nation is at peace in a worlt
ct war America is confronted will
appalling realities. 1t is not the par
of wisdom to play with phant oms
deal in riddles, or seek to entertain
the national imagination with thu
legerdemain of language. To built
words mountain high as the throne o
vanity and ambition should not be al
American pastime. An attempt II
catch the presidency by phrases is th
work of folly. The function of
sounding brass and tinkling cymbal i
not germane to the tragic condition
Of the world. When the fate of mil
lions is at stake, it is not the par
of any man to stack the cards. Wit
civilization in peril, the sphinx be
comes an anachronism. The anachror
ism will remain the mysterious silenc
of the ages. The safety of the ratio
will not permit the supreme court c
the United States to become q lolit
ral supply shop. With the whole worl
tense and anxious, patriotic Cdvi2e al
suggestion are ol more value tha
ebuse and defamation. Spacu4atio
willis in the blaze of truth. Abusiv
phraseology shrivels before the r,
lentless fact. Honesty is the con
manding quality of a free and patriot
American.
What are the realities that face us
In Mexico exist the potentialiiies
civilization. In her wealth, her hi
tory. her schools, her religion, he
needs, her very suffering end patrio
ism lie the indestructible seeds ,
progress. To have conquered Mexic
would have seated death at the Anne
lean fireside. 1t would have destroye
our prosperity and added hundreds
millions of taxation to the burdeI
of the nation. 1t would have plantt
cistrust .and hatred of the Unite
States In every South American +
public. 1t would have forfeited Il
respect Of the world 1t would ha