The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-20

will cut his remarks short at "ShadoW Lawn" for the President has prepared what may be assumed to be master ful speech of acceptance, and public ln- terest, as a matter of course, will cen ter only in what he has to say.
 As John M. Parker, the vice presi- dential nominee of the progressive party, is on a headless ticket it will save him embarrassment not to be notified. He is running nevertheless and his support will probably not be diminished by the fact that he has not been officially apprised of the action of the moose convention.
 It used to be that the nominees of the two big parties were notified with l in a few weeks after the conventions adjourned. Much was made of each notification ceremony and party en- thusiasm ran high. But in recent years the tendency has been to bring cam- paigns into shorter time limit. In the north great state campaigns rarely ever extend over two months. And two months is long enough for any presidential campaign. When President Wilson accepts" on September 2 the campaign will be in full swing, and it should require only few weeks to convince the independent voter that his true place is under the democratic banner.
 LAUDE A. SWANSON, Vir- |O ginia's junior senator, who is the nominee of the democratic party for reelection this fall, is to have strong republican opponent if ex- Congressman Jacob Yost of Staunton is nominated by his party as is now being urged by the Politics in the republican leaders. Old Dominion Democracy is so well entrenched in the Old Dominion that it would be impos- sible for any republican to be elected in statewide campaign, provided the democrats get stirred up.
 Yost was active in politics as far back as the early seventies, just after the reconstruction period. He was one of the few republicans who was not socially ostracised in the troublous days when General Malone got into power and turned the state over to "the enemy" After the demo- crats regained control Malone and his llieutenants continued to be ostracised, but Yost. like the Wickhams and the Lewises, was on friendly terms with the "best people"
 Of course, there is no social ostra- cism on account of politics in Virginia or in the other southern states today Many prominent lawyers, bankers and manufacturers in Richmond-clut men all-voted for Mckinley in 1886 and 1900, and for Roosevelt in 1904
 But there is more solidarity in the democratic party in Virginia now than in many years past. MT. Yost is ar old man, but he is still active and politically ambitious, and if he runs for the Senate he will probably poll somewhat larger vote than any other republican could be expected to do But Swanson is very popular, is splendid campaigner and will have a walkover.
 There is some talk of opposition tc Congressman Carter Glass of Lynch burg, but it amounts to nothing. Nc matter how Glass may have been re- garded as a statesman several years ago, he rose to the occasion as chair man of the banking and currency com mittee in the Sixty-third Congress and helped work out the federal re- serve act. That gave him nationa reputation and he has since ranked as one of the really able southern leaders.
 His seat will be secure as long as he cares to retain it; as he loves politics, as most Virginians do, he will