Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-02

looks the assurances for the future and
the reparation for the past which have
been made.
Does 1t become Mr.. Root" he asked
Ito criticise the President and the ad-
ministration for not enforcing it's de-
mands when previous administrations
with which he was intimately con-
nected failed to use ordinary foresight
In LAYING the foundation for suitaoie
Mr.. Root forgets. the former governor
asserted, that the belligerent coun-
tries are wrought into state OF eX-
citement by the nervous tension of the
, conflict in which they are engaged.
MIR. Root" the speaker declares,
would make of the President of the
United States an incendiary in world
of fire. He could make the CHIEF
executive a swashbuckler instead or
statesman. He would have the Presi-
dent forget that while we debate men
are dying by thousands across the
ocean; that while we are inconven-
fenced the rest of the world IS enduring
the agonies of the damned: that while
We are sitting quietly by our f1resides
the rest of the human race ls writing
in the torments of the firing line.
rs it Mr. Roots conception of Amer
lean honor that we should assert that
honor by adding to universal misery =?
"Excitable people, whose European
sympathies one way or the other have
for the moment blinded them to the
welfare of this land-and whose
spokesman Mr.. Root seems willing to
become-may just Is we'll realize, once
and for all. that Woodrow Wilson will
not swerve from the course he has
laid out for himself in this crisis.
NO reward, no punishment. VIII
make him swerve from what he knows
to be his highest duty. He has pre-
served. strengthened, dignified and up
lifted our nob.est national traditions,
and he will continue to do so no matter
what the cost or what the penalty.
Endorses Wilson Administration.
The convention ratified the admins
tration of President Wilson. and took
steps to bring about his reelection.
Harmony marked the conventions de-
alterations. every proposal being adopt
ed unanimously.
The following delegates at large to
the national democratic convention at
St. Louis were recommended for the
support of the party voters at the
spring primaries: United States Senator
James A. OGorman, William Church
Osborn. chairman of the democratic
state committee: George J. Meyer OF
Buffalo. a German American supporter
of the President, and Samuel Inter
myer of New York.
The convention also adopted reso-
luton recommending the reelection of
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo as demo-
cratic national committeeman.
The delegates to the national conVen-
ton were unpledged, but were nomi-
mated with the understanding that they
are to work for second term for Mr..
Wilson.
The speech of former Gov Glynn
aroused much enthusiasm. The con-
vention adopted a resolution providing
for the distribution of 100000 copies
of the speech.
The platform expressed the faith of
New York's democracy in the President,
and urged his denomination and re-
election. 1t was adopted enthusiast
tically amid prolonged cheering 1t
dealt solely with national and interna-
tional issues. A futile attempt was
made by advocates of woman suffrage
to insert in the platform plank pledg-
ing the party to support the movement.