The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-06-22

| l. %, anu slhftei tliingS gong by dl-
recting the band to play America"
| AS the strains of the national hymn
| burst forth every man, woman and
| child sprang up with cheer, and
every one OF them waved an American
| flag. The sight was truly inspiring
| even to the most blase The band at
| once swung into THE Star Spangled
Banner and another chorus of cheers
swept the hail. Ten thousand Of the
| flags had been distributed free In the
Coliseum, and that was but one way
In which Amcricanism was emphasized
| by the people running the convention.
Another was the red, white and blue
shield that hung in front of the speak
erS stand and that bore the inScrip.
ton, America First" That Amerl-
cahlsin Is not an issue TO be mOnopo-
iiZcd by any one party was made eX-
cc"dInGly plain nj every turn. and fire.
qu"nt references to it were made by the
various speakers.
touch of thu. Democratic infnr-
mnlIty came while i;ev. Or. .IaI.rs W.
| Lee, presiding elder of the st. Louis
| '4r''' ~ Va lil' .I'llI'Ilrl IslliNtbpt.
! Church South, WAS delivering the in
! vocation ut the opening session. Some
thing he said met the especial npprov-
al of man In the body of the hail.
and he shouted: Good old boy. You
| said Somcthin" then" a ripple of
laughter, not irrcvcrrnt, ran through
the aSscmblugc.
Stirred by Chairman Glynn.
TIL" same freedom from restraint
was shown while Martin II. GIynn, for
m"r governor Of New York. sounded
th" keynote Of the campaign. Not
| Impressive In appearance, Mr. Glynn
IS 50 eloquent and finished an orator
that he quickly caught the undivided
| attention of the ihrong. and held 1t
to the finish. His spirited periods
called forth repeated cheers and when
he showed symptoms of stopping he
was urged over and over again to
give us some more"
At one part of his address he was
setting forth frequent instances when
the United States was threatened with
war, and each time he cried: But
We didn't go to war"
What did we dof" shouted Il voice
in the gallery the second time, and
thereafter that query was taken up by
hundreds. and Mr.. Glynn responded
by telling how the diplomacy OF wise
president had wardod OF the resort
TO arms. 1t made his point more tell
ing. and he was quick to take adj
vantage of It.
4 little later. as the temporary
chairman was in the midst Of one of
his most spirited passages, n donkey
outside the Coliseum set up such "A
tremendous braying that Mr.. Glynn
was forced good naturcdly to wait for
it to finish, while the crowd laughed
itself into Mysteries.
There was no doubt that such Of the
Democratic party as was ut the CON
vcntion was enjoying Itself.
Flag Starts Them Marching
One Of Glynn's tributes to the Stars
and Stripes started the crowd going
again. Cot John |. Martin. sergeant
at arms and official who"pcr-up. waved
his arms wildly bat unnecessarily. Al
ready the people were on their feet
and II big Texas banner was carried
to the stand. This Glynn took and
waved around. and several of the dele
cations. led by the Texans began n
march through the aiSlcS.
At on. point where Glyun was de-
voting himself to peace and neutral
ity, the crowd ruarrd lis approval.
and W. J. Bryan, In the press stand.
arose and waved n small ilu.. An nya-
tion FOR him cnsued and II man shout
ed: "NeS. and those Views are tn.
same rs Erynn's." Til" NrhraSknn pa.
cIhst smiled his approval.
once Glyun said: "A great many
people seem To think that the noiSi"st
mnn In III" land is the best patriot"
Name him." shouted many. but the
speaker r"lrninch.
when the keynote speech was ended
the convention adjourned until Thurs
day morning. nS tribut" Ia the mem,
DRY of the late Thomas j. Ponce for,
m"r secretary of the national com
mittcc.
Next Came Ollie James.
| when the second day came around
there seemed So much time To- XIII that
uu one WAS In hurry, and IN" con.
vcuiiun was very lat. IA coming Ia
order. Music 10y the band. aud also
hy vocalist who Halted and >hurpri
all mites with perfect neutrality, aud
more cheers FOR Bryan n he entered
N" press section. Then Sir. Glynn
announced the selection ~ senator pl.
lir james ~ permanent chairman This
wasn't amy surprise To the crowd hut
the shouts Of gl"", led hy the soma,
tors fellow koutuchIuns. were aS loud
as II II were, l'y the way It seemed
ridiculous that a man us large rs "
James should huv" but one hair vote
ia the convention.
Scnuior Ollir'> six frr' four Inches
NJ American manhood WIS escorted ia
the rostrum. aud he NJ once launched
forth Int" one ~ those ruUIlUs poIIu.
cal speeches which no man knows bet.