The Washington times., 1916-06-18
Second Emancipation
Declared in St. Louis
Democrats Free the Thirsty From Cupidity of Conve
y ton City Hotel Men in Declaring a
,,. New Freedom.
BY JUDsoN C. wELLIvER.

ST. LOUIS, June ls.-Anyhow, II re-
NAMED for a Democratic national con-
vention to Issue the second proclama-
ton Of Emancipation.
No longer are the guardians of our
liberties. the formulators OF our ma
tional policies. the dominators OF our
destinies. to be slaves to the cupidity
OF the convention towns hotel high
waymen and booze brokers. Never
again!
II was q quiet. mild-mannered revo-
luton: but It got In It's work as ef-
fectively as II II had pulled of reign
Of terror. Indeed. there was one period
when the rabble OF delegates showed
symptoms OF ambition to get out q
rusty old guillotine and cut on a few
heads. The .Bourbons OF the rules COM
mittee surrendered just In time.
II was this way. he national COM
mittee had promised the ~. Louis beg
and other ciassificstions Of leading
citizens, that II the town would cough
up 100000 for the campaign fund, the
convention should be given to the town.
that time the delegates and their
hordes OF admirers would be expected
to spend enough to give the money
back to the town. In addition to produce
Ing neat tOthi IN hBbeI Vnlue OF the
publicity that the burg would garner.
Fretful Before the Opening.
The delegates began to get stale be-
fore the convention had even opened.
Those who drank Bevo-heard OF BevoY
It's one OF the wonders OF 81. Louis.
and. therefore. OF the Northampton.
those who confined themselves to Bevo
discovered after their capacity was ex-
hausted that It was on the square: II
wouldn't give any sensation whatever
except that full feeling.
They drank II mostly for a joke; but
when they were chock full OF II. and
had no warehouse facilities for any
thing more inspiring, they were sore.
On the other hand. the more conserva-
tive ones who forehandedly stuck to the
standardized. types and took theirs
straight, accumulated so much inspira-
ton that they didn't care whether the
convention met at all.
Between the two elements there was
unanimity on just one point: that st.
Louis had somehow bilked them. They
didn't want to stay four days doing
one days work and incidentally keep
Ing the cash ,Sesisters busy; They
their systems and start home.
Prepared for Four Days.
The convention program had been d.
vided UP and attenuated 30 skillfully
that II was to run through four days.
At first there was a certain good-na-
tured acouiescenct in the scheme. be-
cause II was explained that to tighten
up the schedule would compel the nomi-
nation Of the President on Friday, and
that would be flying In the face OF
providence and tho hapgman. No Demo-
crat, OF course. Is superstitious about
Friday; nobody In the world is; except
that Democrats, like other folks, Just
naturally don't banker after starting
big doinss on Friday.
30 the anti-Friday argument served
to stall things along until the end OF
the first day. That was so sultry and
Saharan that even the Friday argument
ing tide Of insistence that things be
speeded up. Wednesday night. after
the first days proceedings. 100 delegates
left town; they couldn't stand II any
longer. Others were packing their
bags.
Thursday morning II looked as II, by
Saturday. when the nomination was
scheduled to be pulled Off Mr.. wes-
colt. of New Jersey. would be privileged
tn emit his welkin-ringlng observations
to an audience composed OF 900 empty
chairs and the forty-eight "jay bird
orators" from forty-eight States. wait
ing to unload their seconding speeches
and thereby nail down claims to their
Then the Committee Met.
Under these distressful circumstances,
the committee on rules and order OF
business met. II had heard of the de-