Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-15
THOUSANDS HEAR CHAIRMAN
GLYNN'S PATRIOTIC ADDRESS
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of our only 'ism,' Americanism.

of our only 'ism,' Americansm.
1--WE have witnessed the drab spec.
tacle of two groups on men trading
principles like competitors in a fish
market in the hope that some compro-
mise would win public support. They
have not come togethcr-they have
fallen out over the 'swag. For the
sake OF victory. many of these men,
essentially opposite in principle, have
been willing to become friends with
false masks. The result is inevitable,
divided they fall We are proud in
the thought that united we stand.
We welcome the pent-up Americanism
of the progressives individually to our
ranks, offer them a haven in 4 princi.
pie. Their leader has abandoned them
with crash cruelty
THE gentleman from Oyster Bay, in
a recent letter to Chicago, quoted
Abraham Lincoln as saying, May not
all, having common interest. reunite
in a common effort to save our com,
mon country?'
Ladies and gentlemen, beg to call
your attention to the word 'reunite.
The words save the country have
been the disguise of opposition for sew
cral years. There may be a political
war today in this country, but that
war only exists between factions. Why
did the gentleman quote the words Of
/ Lincoln in the hope of reuniting Amer.
! leans! Americans are reunited as
never before. He meant by reuniting
that two factions Of his party should
reunite. These two factions or parts
g..
| dizemcnt
Leaders Of these two factions, fac
tons poWerless as entities hoped to
join hands, however, stained and how
ever divided on irreconcilablc princ
pies for the insiduous purpose Of over
4 throwing third entity which for the
past four years stood united in a com
mon cause; whose shibolcth is one
for all and all for one, equal rights
and special privileges to none; whose
chief tenet Of faith is that America
is American and Americans arc AL3cr
lea.
This is a crucial hour n the history
Of the world 1t is al hour when every
man should take stock of himself and
his principles. This is an hour when
every one should see whether in his
inner consciousness he squares with
the ideal of 177G and the later period
4 OF dramatic episode, when this coun
try rcsolutcly maintained peace with
I honor.
"Tle democratic party. in the face
CT scandalous and vicious attacks, has
1 maintained this great American ideal
/ While for peace it has steadily and
\ surely worked for sound and power.
! 1ul preparedness. 1t has maintained
q solemn dignity in the face of cir
Cumstances which might have drawn
it into vortex of world destruction
Though villified by self-seekers, it has
/ maintained friendly relations through.
out the world; it has been true to the
spirit of America; it has been true
to the principles of Washington, JEFF
ferson, Madison and Jackson; it has
allowed no selfish interest to blind
| it to the fundamentals of its faith
and the country has found that its
confidence has been well bestowed
The democratic party has proven it
self party of principle, party of
constructive ability, a party of per.
formance. 1t has proven that ideals
| can be realized. United we stand
for America.
Ladies and gentlemen of this con.
vention, the elephant is dead, the
moose is dead. Long live the Ameri-
can eagle"
1 Text of GIynn'a Keynote. Address.
With the observation that no presi-
dent since the Civil war has had as
! crucial problems to solve; and no
president has displayed u grasp more
sure, statesmanship more profound,
as President Wilson. Hon. Martin III
! Glynn, former governor of New York
/ opened the democratic national con-
vention here today. Declaring that
"AEiercailism and peace, prepared
ness and prosperity the issues
upon which the democratic party
stands, and the heart of democracy
swells with pride that is more than
pride of party, as it halls the man
who has asserted this Americanism.
assured this peace, advocated this pre-.
paredness and produced this prosper
lty,' he predicted the reelection of
President Wilson,
Taking up our foreign relations that
has been called into emphatic promi
nence by the worldwide war, the
speaker declared that, I'VE have en-
tered this hall as democrats; we shall
deliberate as Americans" !"
The policy of neutrality he argued is
as truly American as the American
flag. For 200 years neutrality was a
theory; America made it fact. ut
| took Washington and his successors
/ so years of endless negotiation to win
recognition of American neutrality.
And this 80 years of struggle wove
the doctrine of neutrality so closely
into the warp and woof of our ma
tional life that to tear it out now
would unravel the very threads of our
existence" BY the records of history.
Mr.. Glynn maintained that if Wash
lngton and Lincoln were right, Presi
dent Wilson is right. The neutrality
that President Wilson stands for today
was advocated by Washington, by
Hamilton, by Jefferson and by Lin
coln
BY citing precedents Mr.. Glynn
justified and defended the course of
the president in the Lusitania and
similar incidents. "ln the face of this