The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1916-06-22
MARTIN n. oLYNN, AT ST. Louis,
REVIEWS ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE PRESIDENT.
PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Nation Now Enjoying Fruits Of Great
statesmanshlp and Sound
Legislation.

Martin H. Glynn, former governor OF
New York, In his keynote speech at
the opening OF the Democratic na.
tional convention at st. Louis. June
IL, declared that the President stood
with Washington, Adams and Grant.
who likewise preserved peace with
honor, and that II Washington. and
jefferson and Hamilton we're right In
their handling OF foreign affairs. then
W!lion is right today
The citizens of this country must
stand behind their President because
his policies are right" he said They
viii stand behind him because his pol
icies are the policies which have
brought the nation century OF pros
porous and honored peace They will
stand behind him because they want
these policies continued, that prosper.
ity prolonged, that peace assured"
The Americans ideals and his aspi
rations served as the basis for Gov.
ernor Glynn's opening discussion.
We who stand today OH the fertile
soil Of America, who live under the
smiling skies OF a free and fruitful
land, must prove worthy OF the trus;
that American sacrifice has imposed
on every An erican.
"Disregardlng the divisions that
make one man Tory and another
Whig, one man q Republican and
another a Democrat. Americans will
cast aside the tinsel OF party labels
and the mummery of party cmblems.
From the great pulsing heart OF
the nation will come patriot com.
Hand to crush partisanship and re-.
buke whatever is mean or blind.
And when, century from now,
Americas children come To read our
history. We pray God that the history
We are about to make may prove an
inspiration TO their loyalty.
In the attainment OF this hope, the
uttsrance ot this prayer we who
gather here today have q responsi.
bility that sobers our emotions as It
strengthens our resolutions"
~. n...- ALL.
In asking for an endorsement OF
the Presidents peace policy. Mr..
Glynn said:
For two years the world has been
afire; the civilization that we know
has been torn by the mightiest
Lsrugsle In its history. Sparks from
Europes conflagration have blazed In
our own skies. echoes OF her strife
lave sounded at our very doors That
fire still burns. that struggle stiil con.
tinues, but thus far the United States
has hold he flame at bay: thus far
Il has saved its people from participa
ton In the conflict.
What the people Of the United
States must determine through their
suffrage. Is whether the course the
country has pursued through this
crucial period Is to be continued
whether the principles that have been
asserted as our national policy shall
be endorsed or withdrawn
This is the paramount issue. No
lesser issue must cloud II. no unre
lated problems must confuse IT,"
In declaring that the policy of neu
trality ID as American as the Ameri.
can flag, Mr Glynn asserted that;
The first President OF the United
States was the first man to pronounce
neutrality . rule OF international con
duct.
In April. i7s3, Washington declared
the doctrinsi and within a month,
John Jay. Chief Justice Of the su
prsme Court Of the United States. in
an epoch.makins decision from the
bench whose realization would ensure
universal and perpetual peace. wrote
the principle into the law OF this land
The Declaration OF Independence had
foretold II by declaring the rest OF
mankind enemies In war, in peace
friends: the Constitution recognized
Il: but the first President OF the
United States by proclamation. the
first Chief Justice by int ,rpretstion.
save II vitality and power.
"Ths President OF the United States
stands today where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America He stands where John
Adams ssseA, when he tsid King