The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-06-15
OPENING
IN CROWDED HALL
PRELIMINARIEs OF DEMOCRATIC
MEETING ACCOMPLISHED.
DEM0NS1 RATION BY WOMEN
Five Thousand Suffragists Line Street
to Auditorium. "Time for Demo-
Gratis to Quit Flirting and
Prove Love for Cause"

/ uSh lIlplulHS III lllc N,ullStulll ny
4 William +. McCOmbs, chairman of the
4 national committee, and entered on
| its formal business promptly and
smoothly. The hall, which was quite
deliberately decorated with the Ameri-
can flag and with bunting, was filed
to more than the limit Of its seating
capacity, despite the fact that several
thousand additional seats had been
provided by the construction of mez-
canine balcony.
! AS the members Of the national COM
mittee and the delegations took their
places there was hearty applause for
the many notables whom the audience
was quick to recognize. Several MEN,
bers of the cabinet and. Of course,
many United States senators We're
among these distinguished attend
ants.
When Sergeant-at-Arms John I.
Martin and his assistants had brought
about quiet In the big assemblage,
Chairman McCombs stepped forward,
gavel in hand and was given hearty
round Of applause. He formally de-
|
err the divine blessing had been in
voked and the call for the convention
read Mr.. McCombs announced the Sc
lection of Martin ii. Glynn, former
governor Of New York, as temporary
chairman.
Glynn Sounds the Keynote.
Mr.. Glynn is an eloquent and
forceful speaker, and in setting forth
the issues Of the campaign as the
Democratic party sees them he evoked
the frequent cheers of his audience.
] Especially did he emphasize the siic-
4 cess Of President Wilson's policy IN
keeping the American nation from be-
Ing embrOlled in the European war.
The policy the president has pursued,
he asserted, is the same that has been
followed by many of his predecessors,
from Washington down, who by skill
full diplomacy avoided war without
sacrificing the nations honor. In
stance after instance he cited. and
said: "To maintain our national honor
by peace If we can, by war If we must,
is the motto Of the president of the
United States"
This led the speaker to the subject
of preparedness, and in this cOnnoc-
ton he claimed the present admins
tration has done more for our army
and our navy than any administration
in our history. Preparedness for de-
Tense, not preparedness for agrees
sion. he said. was what the Democratic
party advocated.
| On American Loyalty.
Turning to the matter of American
| ism, Mr.. Glynn asserted that the con-
vention must make 1t plain that all
! divisions among the American people
end Mt the oceans edge, and that the
world must be made to know that we
are n unuited people. High above
every other issue that this convention
offers to the American people," he
said, eve must therefore write a vim
dication Of American loyalty"
The chairman then took up the sub
| ject of domestic policies, and briefly
set forth what he called the great
landmarks which chart the change
! from government for the fortunate
| few to an even-handed government In
! the interest of all, credit for which he
gave TO the present administration.
These included the federal reserve
act, the creation Of a trade commits
sion and the Underwood tariff law,
which, he declared, Is the best and
fairest ever enacted.
Mr.. Glynn closed with an imnas-
stoned eulOgy of President Wilson,
predicting that when the history of
these days of war is writted his name
will represent the triumph of Ameri-
can principles over the hosts of dark
ness and Of death.
i Formal business occupied the time
of the rest of the first session. and the
convention was then adjourned until
> Thursday.
! Demonstration by Women.
/ St. Louis, June IA concentrated
: battery of 5000 pairs of feminine eyes
were turned on the democratic ma
tional convention in an appeal for
votes for women. The attack was
staged by the National Woman's Suf-
= frage organization headed by Mrs.
. Carrie Chapman Gait in the most
$ spectacular event of the suffrage cam
2 paign before the convention. Five
3 thousand women for two hours stared
\ with an unfriendly steady gaze on the
S delegates of the convention. In dou-
/. BILE lines they stood from the Jeffer-
|, son hotel to the coliseum. Between
these lines democrats attending the
Q convention walked or rode. The ma
r tional organization plans that at least
I $500 women will always be standing
\ for twelve blocks between the hotel