The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-15
Delegates EnIiVen Things With
Horns and RattleS.
Demand Made to Have Nominal
ton Speech Tonight.
BRYAN COMES OUT FOR WILSON
Rules Committee Adopts Two
Thirds Majority Provision.
COmmOner and Other Party
Orators to Help Kill Time.

St. Louis. June 15.-With the en-
thusiasm stirred up by the keynote
speech of former Governor Glynn of
New York on Americanisn, prepared
ness, peace and prosperity. delegates
today crowded into the Coliseum,
where the Democratic national con-
vention is being held to hear more
party doctrine expounded by leaders
of the Democracy. While the sub
committee of the resolutions commit
tee was engrossed in its work of plat
form building, the program called for
the permanent organization of the
convention, another keynote speech
to be delivered by the permanent
chairman and the delivery of ad-
dresses by well known leaders in the
party. Delegates were prepared to
stir up things with even more enthu-
siasm than yesterday. Nearly every
delegate was provided with an Alneri-
can flag and many carried noise pro-
ducing implements.
The days plans provide for the
opening of the convention at IL
o'clock by Temporary Chairman
Glynn, followed by prayer by the
Right Rev. John J. Glennon, arch
bishop of st. Louis. The committee
on credentials last night settled the
few contests that had been appealed
to it from the action of the national
committee and it's report to the con-
vention was expected to take up but
a few minutes. The committee on
permanent organization recommended
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky for
permanent chairman and the Ken
lucky senator was prepared to deliver
what some of his friends said would
be a notable speech. Senator James
has been high in the councils of the
party and mis- address today was
looked forward to with much interest.
Must Have Two-Thirds Majority.
The committee on rules and order
of business recommends no serious
changes in the rules that have gov
erned former Democratic national
conventions. The rules of the house
of representatives are to be adopted
by the convention as usual, and no
change is made in the rule which pro-
vides that candidates must receive
two-thirds of total number OF votes
in the convention to win a nomination.
The rule is considered unimportant in
the present convention as President
Wilson will be nominated by acclama-
ton and Vice President Marshall
leaders say will have more than 2-3
of 1892 votes in the convention for
denomination.
No change is expected in the pro-
gram to nominate President Wilson
late Friday night. Some of the dele
gates expressed a desire that the con-
ventiOn nominate its candidates to-
night, but members of the resolution
committee pointed out that the plat
form will not be ready for the consid-
Grafton of the convention until prob
ably Friday morning.
Those delegates who urged that the
convention wind up its work Thursday
night said said they felt it was mis-
take to hold the convention in session
day longer when it was definitely
known who would be nominated.
William A. Glasgow, jr., the @ennsyI-
vania member of the rules committee
may offer a resolution in the conven-
ton providing that the nomination of
President Wilson be made the order of
business at o'clock tonight, it was
sale.
Bryan Is Willing.
With the report of the rules COM
mittee adopted, the further proceed
ings of the convention were expected
to be at the pleasure of the delegates.
Managers of the convention before it
met said considerable time would be
given over to well known and popular
perty orators. That William Jen-
nings Bryan, who is attending the
convention as the newspaper CORE
spondent and is sitting among the
daily press men, will be called upon
for a speech, no one doubts. Mr..
Bryan, it is known, would respond
and make speech of support for the
president and all the things Mr.. Will
son stands for. The Nebraskan was
quoted last night as saying that he had
nothing to offer the convention except
that which the president wanted. His
plank will be mine,'' Mr.. Bryan was
reported to have said. 81 expect to go
before the people in his behalf"
What other Snoa NAV no oo1Iad
upon had not been determined early in
the day. With the program for the
day carried out the convention was
expected to adjourn until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning, when the resolu-
ton committee will be ready to report
With the adoption of the platform
more oratory is looked for and then a
recess will be declared until Friday
right when presidential nomination
will be made.
Sidestep Mexican Ffasco.
The gathering of the convention
crowd today was not as spectacular as
yesterday when the suffragists en-
livened the occasion and lent much
color to the scene But the assem-
blage, if anything, was larger, many
fortunate ticket holders who did moi
desire to see the preliminaries OF
opening a national convention being
on hand to hear the expected oratory
The delegates hoped for cooler wealth
err Because of the limited size of the
oval shaped auditorium the delegates
have been allotted only sixteen inches
of space for seats and in consequence
the crowding, coupled with the warm
weather of yesterday made things
none too comfortable.
The subcommittee of the reSolu-
tions committee went into session to-
day long before the convention me-
and it planned to sit until work wa:
ready for the full committee. The
full committee is to meet at O'CLOCK
this afternoon to receive the repor
of the smaller body if it is ready tt