New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-15


1.-THE elephant ia dead! The Bull Moose
is dead Long live the American
Eagle" And the geological oratory
pleased the delegates.
To the tune Of Marching Through
Georgia" Mr. Glynn was escorted 70 the
platform by Senator Reed, Of Missouri;
Senator Taggart, of Indiana, and Sen
ator Pomerene. Of Ohio. He bore his
honors as temporary chairman without
undue elation. Initiating his chest, he
plunged into the 1880 words of speech
he had prepared, and the audience set
tied down for a long session. But Mr..
Glynn is an editor, and he edited him
self, with the result that he talked for
only an hour, elapsed time for cheering
not counted.
The temporary chairman said THIS
country was facing the third crisis in
its history, and the thing each voter
would have TO decide was whether the
Wilsonian policy Of neutrality, of up
holding the dignity of the country and
the rights of its citizens, but of avoid
ing war By every honorable means"
should be approved and continued. The
Democrats there assembled, he insisted,
stood for the Americanism which con
yerted men of every country into men
of this country, men of every flag into
men of one flag the Stars and Stripes.
Thereat there was much applause and
a liberal display of the Stars and
Stripes.
Neutrality, Mr.. Glynn declared was
Americas contribution TO the world,
enunciated by Washington and written
into the law of the land in an epoch
making decision of John Jay. For en-
forcing a policy Of neutrality Washing
ton was booted by a mob of war fsnat-
les who wanted to start revolution,
Hamilton was almost stoned 20 death In
New York, John Jay WAS burned in
effigy, Jefferson called poltroon and
Lincoln a craven.
THE fate of the fathers Of our coun-
try at the hands Of noisy minority IS
the fate of the President Of the United
States to-day" shouted Mr.. Glynn, but
their reward of dignities merited and
honors conferred will be his when the
people speak on Election Day."
Starts Big Demonstration.
That started the demonstration OF
the day. The band struck IN a good
marching air, and the regulation con-
vention pandemonium was carried along
for twenty minutes. Mr.. Glynn almost
started it again when he declared:
Hamilton placed patriotism above
partisanship. The Republican bosses
at Chicago placed partisanshlp above
patriotism Now, ask all the Repuo-
/ lican bosses who presided over that
/ convention if they think their Repuoll-
/ canism is better than Hamiltons y
The convention cheered Hamilton
! Just as Justify as il had cheered Wash.
] ington, jefferson and Lincoln. II seemed
perfectly willing to cheer dead kepuo-
, Leans along with dead Democrats.
According TO Mr.. Glynn's statistics
America is very patient nation. lie
/ catalogued a long series OF attacks by
/ foreign powers on American shipping,
costing untold millions of dollars and
many American lives.
But we didn't go 20 war;" he insist
ed after his recital Of each atrocity. -,
what did we do" chorused we'll
trained little group OF delegates.
! "Why, We settled it by arbitration
answered Mr.. Glynn.
Go on! Tell Us MORE" demanded
; the delegates SO the chairman told
tnem more several thousand words
more. He didn't answer the question
Of one delegate, who queried, -" nat
: did Teddy do"
Democracy for Preparedness.
Democracy, according to Mr.. Glynn,
was for preparedness. II recognized the
necessity Of having a policeman on the
beat and a watch dog on the corner
But it would never have a policy OF
aggression.
well fight war. If necessary" the
/ chairman said But reason We viii
have" Whereupon all present cheered.
/ They felt greatly comforted that there
was to be n reason
The Democrats the speaker insisted,
had modified the wealth OF the coun-