The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-16
Much Enthusiasm Among
Democrats II, Big Convention
GEynn Praises Wilson in Speech Ringing With
eeAn,erica First Sentiment Fight
OUer Presidential Nominations
KF. Murray in News and Courier.

KF. Murray in News and Courier.
st. Louis, Mo, June 14-Enthus-
iasm distinguished the opening ses-
sion of the Democratic national con-
vention. In this respect, it differed
distinctly from the Republican con-
0ention and resembled that of the
Progressives. Temporary Chairman
Martin H. Glynn, though his key
note speech was less epigrammat1cal
than Senator Harding's correspond
ing deliverance to the Republicans,
found his audience much more re-
sponsive and his oratory is being
complimented in extravagapt terms
by the delegates almost without ex-
ception. The Harding speech was
finished product of its kind, but 1t
lacked the snap and fire which Glynn
got into his periods today. The DEM
ocratic delegates and alternates and
many of the guests of the convention
were supplied this morning with good
sized American flags, which they ILL
stiuctively waved in unison at every
climax in the orators appeals to the
America first" sentiment, which is
the coming Wilson campaign motto
printed on the official button designed
by National Committeeman Mclean
of North Carolina And, by the way,
the convention unconsciously pinned
on this morning by signing "Amerlca"
6rst and then getting down to busi-
ness.
Smaller Than Average.
This convention is smaller than the
average, because of the practical
certainty that there will he no fight
over the presidential nomination and
nc very serious contest over anything
else that is to come before the entire
body. In some of the State delega-
tions the attendance of alternates does
not amount to 10 per cent. The St.
Louis Coliseum, however, is by no
means so large as the Chicago Coli
scum. so that the difference in the
size of the respective multitudes is
not very noticeable. Both buildings
were we'll filed on their opening ses-
sions. There were few seats vacant
in the galleries at Chicago and
rev more vacant in the galleries her7
yo,.ay but the floor was crowded
in each case and so was most of the
space in, the galleries and on the
stands. The smaller dimensions OF
the ST. Louis hall put an audience IL
closer touch with the speakers on the
official platform. Glynn was almost
able to shake hands with some OF his
ranks of the throng of delegates fac
1ns him, and he displayed a remark
able knack of giving them what they
seemed to want. Ready to stop a
number of times in his review Of his
torical procedents for the Wilson neu-
trality policy, where praise was the
burden of his speech, The eloquent
New Yorker yielded to the clamor as
demands of the delegates and con-
tinued his analogies to the obvious
satisfaction of the great assembly. In
the demeanor to the delegates there
was nothing to suggest any lack Of
confidence in the political outlook.
They acted like men who rejoice over
the prospect of victory, and by no
means like men who are attending a
funeral-which is the term which
some of the Republican leaders have
used in referring to the st. Louis
gathering. A Republican onlooker
consoled himself today by remarking,
as he listened to the cheers which
greeted every point made by Glynn,
that he had seen the same high spirits
man. sted at the convention which
nominated Judge Parker in 1904
eyes, but Judge Parker was mighty
far from being Woodrow Wilson" a
Democrat retorted.
Senator Ollie M. James Of Ken
lucky who will be permanent chair
man of this convention, as he was
of that in Baltimore in 1912, express
ed the belief that Roosevelt may ye:
surprise the public by accepting the
Bull Moose nomination. Few others
cboro fhic viaw They generally see