Fergus County Democrat., 1916-06-15
gave this nation,


convention representing every sec,
ton Of the United States. speaking for
every racial strain in America, to send
forth a message to all the world that
will leave no room for doubt.
I'VE must enable every real Ameri,
can to stand up and assert his Ameri.
oanism. We must make Tho isspc -
clear that every ballet box in Il o land
may become monument to Inc lov.
atty of American manhood
THE citizens Of this country must
tand behind their pro silent because
his policies are right They will stand
tehind him because his policies ara
The policies whie! have brought the
Lation a century 1f PROSPEROUS and
honCred peace. Tn,y will stant be.
hind him because they want these
policies continued, that prosperity
prolonged, that peace assured
He pointed ont that the promise
made four years ago that a democrat
ie administration ~nnld liherate the
nation from the chsius of Industrial
tyranny has hcen carried out. lie
olln;.i2ad tho federal reserve act and
declared that the "schoar-stasc csman
" iu~t tp' ~ iNh we Golut1l iOCh
OF Americas resources, to sci free
the wealth jmprison ID for half cen.
tury, is Moses who has led Amer.
lcaa industries from the wilderness
of doubt and despair to the Promised
Land Of prosperity and hope"
The laws restraining big business
from, Sitting competitions, the trade
commission act, the movement tc fos.
ter expansion or American TRACE, the
close union Of economic commercial
and financial interests between the
United States and the nations of
South America are shown to be legis.
latinn If the widest benefit. Tho Tn
Gerwcoa tariff Mr. Glynn character
lied as the fairest and the best OF all
we have enacted. Under the present
administration the United States has
(, enjoyed wonderful era of good bust
moss and good times.
The Americans ideals ana his aspi.
4 r;ltinns served ~ the basis for the
lsnrakcr's opening discussion.
We who stand today on the fertile
| sCil of America. who live under the
smiling skies Of free and fruitful
/ land. must provo worthy Of the trns:
that American sacrifice has imDOscd
on every American
''Dsregarding the divisions that
make one man Tory and another
a Whig, one man a republican and
another democrat, Americans will
cast aside the tinsel Of party labels
and the mnmmcry Of party emhlems.
From the great pulsing heart Of
the nation will come a patriotic com
mand to crush partisanship and rebukc
! whatever is mean or blind.
THAT command will be heard by
the poughman in his field, and hv
the aborer at his bench. 1t will reach
| iho merchant In his office and the law
Yer at his desk. We would be false
tc ourselves, and Tecreant to those
who send lis here If we permitted any
thought OF partisan profit, any tansid
GRAFTON Of political advantage to OBJ
scure our vicinn nf the treme ldoun
issues now before the people Of the
United States. Nc must cast aside
all that is selfish Wc must hold our.
selves worthy of a nationss confidence
by offering only the best of aur IN
tclligence, the flower of our patriotism
toward the solution of what all men
perceive to be a crisis in the nation'9
affairs
In asking for an Endorsement Of the
presidents peace policy Mr. Glynn
said:
"far tWo yaarst the world has been
afire; the civilization that we know
las been torn by the mightiest strug
Gle in its history. Sparks from Eu'
ropes conflagratiol have blazed In
our own skies, echoes of her strife
have sounded Of our very doors. That
fire still burns, that struggle still con
tinues, but thus far the United States
has held the flame at bay; thus FAR
it has saved its people from partici,
patton in the conflict.
"What the people of tho United
States must determine through their
suffrage, is whether the course the
country has pursued through this cru
cial period is to be continued, whether
the principles that have been asserte !
as our national policy shall be in
dorsed or withdrawn.
"This is the paramount issn1 No
| lesser issue must cloud IT, no unrelateo
problems must confuse it.
In declaring that The policy IT neu,
trality is as American as the Ameri-
/ can nag, MT. Iiyun dS5tIieu Allat'
"rhe first president of the United
| States was the first man to pronounce
neutrality rule of international con
duct
In April, 1893, Washington declared
! the doctrine; and within month,
John Jay, chief Justice of the SUI
! creme court of the United States, IN
IN epoch.making decision from the
bench whose realization would insure
universal and perpetual peace, wrote
/ the principle into the law of this land
The Declaration of independence had
foretold it by declaring the rest OF
mankind enemies in war, in peace
friends the constitution recognized
it; but the first president of the
United States by proclamation, the
first chief justice by Interpretation
gave it vitality and power.
"The president of the United States
stands today where stood the men
who made America and who saved
America He stands where John
Adams stood, when he told King
George that America was the land he
loved and that peace was her grand
cur and her welfare. He stands where
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