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WILSON i St. Louis, .June 14. - Willi the na nci! ion that no President since Hie Civil War has had as crucial prob lems to solve; and no President has displayed a grasp more sure, a states manship more profound, as Presi dent Wilson, Hon. Marlin ll. Clynn. former Governor 01 New York, opened the Democratic National Con vention hero to-day. Declaring that "Americanism and peace prepared ness and prosperity-are the Issues upon which tho Democratic party stands, and the heart of Democracy swells with pride that is more than a pride of party, as it hails the man who has asserted this Americanism, assured this peace, advocated this preparedness and produced this pros perity," he predicted the re-olcctlon of President Wilson. Taking up our foreign relations that have boon called into emphatic prominence by tho wo rid-w bb war the speaker dec la rod that "We have entered this hall as Democrats; wc shall deliberate as Americans," and toni Inned : (?lynn's Croat Speech. "We who stand to-day on the fer tile soil ol' America, who 1 i vt? under the smiling skies ol' a free and fruit ful land, must prove worthy ol' the trust that American sacrifice has Im posed on every American. "Disregarding (he divisions that make uno mau a Tory and another a Whig, one man a Republican and another a Democrat, Americans will cast aside the tinsel ol' party labels and the mummery ol' party emblems. "From tho great, pulsing heart of the nation will come a patriot com mand to crush partisanship, ami re buke whatever is mean or blind. Command Will lb* Hoard. "That command will bo heard hy Hie plowman in his Held, am) by the laborer "at bis bench. lt will reach the merchant in his ellice and the lawyer at his desk. We would he false to ourselves, and recreant tn those who send us hore il" wo permit ted any thought ol' partisan prolit, any consideration of political ad vantage to obscuro our vision of the tremendous issues now hoi ort; the people of the United States. We must hold ourselves worthy of a na tion's confidence by offering only the best of our Intelligence, the (lower of our patriotism toward the solution of what all men perceive to he a crisis in the nation's affairs. The Paramount issue. "For two years the world has been allie; the civilization that we know has boon torn by the mightiest strug gle in its history. Sparks from Eu rope's con Hag rat ion have blazed in our own skies, echoes ol' ber strife have sounded at our very doors. That lire still burns, thal struggle still continues, but thus Car the Uni ted States bas held the Hame at bay; thus far it bas saved its people from participation in tin? conflict. "What the people ol' the United States must determine through their suffrage is whether the course the country has pursued through this crucial period is to bo continued; whether the principles that have been asserted as our national policy shall be endorsed or withdrawn, "This is the paramount issue. No lesser issue must cloud it, no unre lated problems must confuse it. Policy of Neutrality. "The first President of the United States was the Hist man to pronounce neutrality a rule of international con duct. "In April. 17!?:5, Washington de clared the doctrine; and within a month John .lay. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ol' the United States, in an epoch-making decision from the bench whose realization would in sure universal and perpetual pence, wrote the principle into the law of this land. Tho Declaration of Inde pendence had foretold it by declar ing 'tho rest of mankind enemies in war. in peace friends;' the constitu tion recognized it ; but the first Pres ident of the United States by procla mation, the first Chief Justice by In terpretation gave it vitality and 1>0 wer. "The President of the United Stales Btands to-day where stood the men who made America and who ?aved America. He stands where John Adams stood, when be told King George that America was the land he loved and that peace was her grandour and welfare, lie stands where Gen. Grant stood when he said there never was a war that could ?ot have been settled better some other way, and he has shown his willing ness to try the ways of peace before he seeks the paths of war. Ho. stands] whore Georgo Washington stood when he prayed that this country would never unsheath the sword ex cept In solf-defense so long as jus tice and our essential rights could be preserved without it. "For vain glory or for selfish pur \>OBO, others may cry out a policy of blood and iron, but tho President of AND MAR tho United States lina neted on the helier that the louder or u nation who plunge* his people into an un necessary war, like I'ontius Pilate vainly washes his hands ot' innocent blood while the earth quakes and the heavens are darkened and thousands I give up tue ghost. Opposition to I'eaee Policy. "Hy opposing what we stand for to-day, the Itepuhlloan party op poses what Hamilton stood lor a cen tury ago. The founder of the Re pu hlicnn party ami the founder ol' the Democratic party, placing their country's happiness above every I oilier consideration, forgot partisan ship and made American neutrality a national creed. We who follow Jef ferson stand where Jefferson stood, hut we look in vain for a sign from the present leaders of tho Republi can party to show that they follow where Hamilton led. Where Ha mil l?n counseled moderation they de nounce it. Where Hamilton thought only of country they think only ol' self. Where Hamilton placed patri otism above partisanship they place partisanship above patriotism. How then do they dare to speak for Hie g rea I hedy of American citizens who form the rank and hie of tho Repub lican parly? Do these leaders bo lievo that their republicanism is a helter republicanism than Hamil ton's, their Americanism a purer Americanism than that of Washing ton? "If Washington was right, if Jef ferson was right, if Hamilton was right, if Lincoln was right, then the President ol' the United States is right to-day; if the Republican lead ers are right, then Lincoln was wrong and Jefferson was wrong, and Hamilton was wrong, and Washing ton was wrong. "Defore this declaration every war was a world-war; since this declara tion nearly every war has been a local war. lief ore this declaration war was a whirlpool, ever-increasing in area and in its whirl dragging down the nations ol' thc earth; since this declaration war has become a sea of trouble upon which nations embark only from sell-will, from self interest or tlie necessity of geo graphical position, of financial obli gation or political alliances. Neutrality Ha? Kept Peace. "Neutrality is the policy which has kept us at peace while Europe has hoon driving the nails of wai through the hands and feet ol a cru ci lied humanity. "The praises of this policy are liol written in the ruins of American nomos, liol in the wreck of Ameri can industries, not in the mourning of American families; they are fount in the myriad evidences of prosper it y and plenty that make this a con tented land. From every whirling spindle in America, from every fac tory wheel that turns, from over: growing thing that breathes it: prayer of plenty to the skies, Iron every quiet school, from every crowd ed marl, from every peaceful bonn goes up a song ol' praise, a paean o thanksgiving lo hymn a nation' tribute to the statesmanship that ha brought those things lo pass. "When (Irani, was President, dur lng the war hot ween Spain and Uv Spanish Wost Indies, a Spanish gun boat seized tho vessel 'Virginias' Hy ing the American Hag and a Spanisl commandant in cold blood shot th captain of the 'Virglnius,1 36 of th crew and 16 of the passengers. "Rut we didn't go to war. Cran settled our troubles by negotiation just as thc President of the Unite States is trying to do to-day. "When Harrison was President th people of ('bile conceived a violon dislike to the United States for ou insistence upon neutrality during th Chilean revolution. When this feel lng was at its height one junior off cor from the United States warshI Baltimore was killed outright in tli streets of Valparaiso and ld of on sailors wounded, of whom one ai'tei wards died. "But wo didn't go (o war. Han son settled our trouhles by negotii Hon just as the President of th United States is trying to do to-da; "When Lincoln was President th country's rights wore violated o every side, longland, Russia, Franc and Spain wero guilty of such Hi grant violations that Secretary < State Soward advanced a plan to j1 to war with all of them nt one an the same time. "But we didn't go to war. Lil coln settled our trouhles by negotii Hon just as the President ls tryir to do to-day. "When Pierce was President tl British minister in this country ar three of his counsel violated 01 neutrality during tho Crimean wa We gave these representatives Oreat Britain their passports ai sent them homo. "But wo didn't go to war. Pier St. Louis, Mo., Juno 16.-Presi dent Woodrow Wilson was to-night unanimously named hy the National Democratic Convention as nominee of the Democratic party for Presi dent of tho United States to succeed himself, Vice President Thos. it, Marshall wa? nominated for Vice President. The balloting hogan at 1) o'clock. The mere mention of President Wil son's name was sufficient lo bring forth storms of cheers from the dele gates, and when he was nominated pandemonium reigned. There was shouting and singing, and the vari ous delegations marched around the tloor with their banners. Senator Thompson, of Kansas, moved a suspension of rules to per mit. William Jennings Bryan to ad dress the convention. It carried, ??nd tho Nebraskan immediately was brought to tho platform, where, amid cheers, he made a ringing speech, pledging to support the party nominees. The vote upon nominations to night stead of Friday, as was the original plan, was the result of the action of the rules committee to-day unanimously recommending that the vote upon the nominations of Prcsi settled our troubles by negotiation just as thc President of tho railed States is trying lo do to-day. "When Vau Buren was President a detachment of Canadian militia, dur ing the internal troubles In Canada, boarded the United States ship Caro lina in the American waters ol' Ni nga River, killed an American mem ber of the crew, fired the ship and sent her adrift over Niagara Falls. "Rut we didn't go to war. Van Hu ron settled our troubles by nego tiation, just as thc President of the United States is trying to do to-day. "When Jefferson was President longland seized hundreds of our ships and Napoleon hundreds more. "When Adams was President France preyed upon our commerce. She extended her seizure, searches and confiscations to the very waters of the United States themselves until she had idled up iv. our State Depart ment charges of over 2,;i00 violations of neutrality's law. "But we didn't go to war. Adams settled our troubles by negotiation, just as the President of the United States is trying to do to-day. How Washington Acted. "When Washington was President and, 'neutrality' first declared, war convulsed lOurope, our ships dared not put out to sea, commerce was paralyzed and business depressed. American passengers and American crews were thrown Into prison and deprived of legal rights. "Put w . didn't go to war. Wash ington settled our troubles by nego tiation, just as the President of the United States is trying to do to-day. Administration's Critics. "Do the critics of the present ad ministration believe that Lincoln should have risked national disaster by using tho sword rather than the pen in pressing the Alabama claims? Are they willing to brand Grant asa coward because he kept us at peace with Spain? "Chief Justice White, of the Uni ted States Supreme Court, says this polity has given America the great est diplomatie victory of the past generation. Maximilian Harden, Oormany'8 noted editor, says 'that never once has this republic violated its neutrality.' and (Ulbert K. Ches terton, the famous Fnglish journal ist, says, 'lt is the duty of the Presi dent of tho United States to protect the interests of the people of the United States,' that he can't dip his country into hell just to show the world he has a keen senso of being an individual saviour. Doesn't Satisfy Swash Bucklers. "This policy may not satisfy those who level in destruction and find pleasure in despair. It may not sat isfy the fire-eater or the swashbuck ler. But it does satisfy those who worship at the altar of the God of Peace. It does satisfy the mothers of the land at whose hearth and fire side no jingoistic war has placed an empty chair. It does satisfy thc daughters of this land from whom bluster and brag has sent no loving brother to tho dissolution of the grave, lt does satisfy the fathers of 'h|a land and tho sons of this land who will fight for our flag, and die for our flag when rcavon primes the rille, when honor draws the sword, when justice breathes a blessing on the standards they uphold. Peace Our Greatness. "We havo built our greatness on the resources of nature and thc peaceful toll of our people Tho ring of the anvil, not the rattle of the saber; tho Bong of the reaper, not tho shrlok of the soldier; tho clatter of the shuttlo, not the crack of tho rlflo, have won us thc place wo 5-NOMINA dent and Vice President be taken to night in order that the fullest possi ble attendance upon the convention might be present when the ballot was taken Nominated by Westcott. President Wilson's name was placed before the convention by John W. Westcott, Attorney General of New Jersey, who paid a wonderful tribute to the President in his nomi nating speech. Mr. Westcott was repeatedly interrupted with out bursts of cheering and applause. Mr. Westcott outlined the prosper ous conditions which now exist in the United States and emphasised the need of continued peace, after the manner in which President Wilson has so successfully steered tho na tion. He lauded the diplomacy which the President has shown in keeping the nation out of war and at the same time preserving the honor and Integrity of the country. Bryan Gets Reception. William J. Bryan got his usual re ception when he took his place in the press stand. Delegates and galler ies joined in cheers and applause. A soloist in the band stand sang "Wake Up, America," the prepared ness song, as Mr. Bryan was taking bis seat. occupy In the councils of the world. "Like tho old Mohawk chief who loved peace, we would like to throw tho tomahawk of war so high in the sky that no man's hand could ever pull it down. But when some other tribe among the, races of men sends us a bundle of arrows wrapped In the skin of a rattlesnake, we want, like old Governor Bradford, of Massa chusetts, to be In a position to send that rattlesnake's skin back stuffed with powder and 'ball. Wilson and Preparedness. "We have been carried too close to the rocks of war during the past two years to believe that those rocks do not exist. And looking into the fu ture we can perceive that If our sov ereignty ls not challenged, if our peace is not assailed it will only be because the world knows that wc are strong enough to defend ourselves from every foe. "For these reasons this adminis tration has done more for our army and our navy than any administra tion in our history. "More than this, it has mobilized the resources of the nation to meet tile needs of war. lt has placed tho wealth of the country back of the strength of the country, the toiler back of the soldier and the sailor. "And to our opponents we say you oan't create an army, can't create a navy in the course of a day; to them we say if our navy is not strong enough, our army not big enough, the Republican party is SO per cent to blame, for the Republican party has been in control of this nation 80 lier cent of the time during tho past ;")0 years. "The Democratic party advocates and seeks preparedness, but it is pre paredness for defense, not prepared ness for aggression. "lt is the preparedness which builds the nation's house upon a rock, so it will not fall when the rains descend and the floods come and the winds biow. "A regard for national surety as well as a pride of personal honor will, therefore, bring the American people to the support of their Presi dent. Whether their blood is drawn from the banks of the Rhine, or where the River Shannon flows, whe they they hail from Alpine valleys or the meadows of tho Prenees, whether their descent be German or French, Irish or English, Austrian or Italian, Russian or Greek, the men who have sworn an oath of fealty to the ideals of America will be true. "They may love the lands of their fathers much, but they love tho land of their children more. They may cherish the memory of the sod from whence they sprang, but they stand ready to die for thc soil that they have hallowed with their homes. Democratic Domestic Policy. "To-day tho prosperity which the nation enjoys bears witness that Democracy has kept the faith. To day the gates of opportunity aro open; the hosts of special privilege stand disarmed. To-day tho forces of government are encouraging, not blocking, the full expression of tho nation's progress. To-day Ibo 'busi ness man, the artisan and farmer find themselves free to enjoy the fruits of their labors, unhampered by the sinister power of special priv ilege or the selfish oppression of 'in visible government.' Tho Underwood Tarin*. "The Underwood traiff, onncted by this administration, has banished greed from the gates of our ports and written justice into our tariff schedules. Of all tho tariffs we ever enacted this is the fairest and the best. TED AT i "Until tlie foreign war reduced im portations no new tariff was ever more satisfactory. The highest pro tective tariff ever written would prob ably have given us no more revenue during this European war and a higher tariff on raw material would have hampered our manufactures; a higher tariff on the necessities of life would have placed a woeful burden on the poor man in the conditions which the war abroad has brought about. "By the Underwood law this ad ministration has taken the tariff out of politics; by the new tariff com mission it proposes to take politics out of the tariff. We Aro Prosperous. "To-day prosperity shines from bla/.ing furnaces and glowing forges, lt echoes from busy docks and from thronged emporiums of trade. Its message of plenty Ulis the land with the chant of the spindle and of loom, lifting tho mortgage from the poor man's home and promising his chil dren a future that seemed impossi ble before. "During the past four years this country has experienced a steady and continuous improvement in business. Wealth has increased 21 per cent, the value of manufactured products 39 per cent, capital 4.3 per cent, wages 54 per cent, and exports 77 per cent. The Mood-tide of our prosperity bas risen to such ail unprecedented height that the only limit to trade is our ability to make and transport ihe commodities demanded at home Mid abroad. Our fields and our facto ."ios cry aloud for men and unemployment has ceased to be a problem. Waget have advanced, building operation: have resumed, real estate has recov ered Its worth. Not An idle Car, "There is not an idle car on oui railroads or an idle ship at om docks. For the llrst time in histor: America's greatest port has beconn the world's greatest port. "The purchasing power of our peo pie is greater than that of any othe people on the globe. Never was then as much money In our vaults as to day. The aggregate resources of ou national hanks arc three hundroi millions more than the aggregate re sources of the Bank of England, th< Bank of France, the Bank of Husslii the Reich bank of Germany, the Bani of The Netherlands, the Swiss Na Monal Bank and tho Bank of Japan We have four hundred and one mil lions of money more than we had year and a half ago, and our gol supply exceeds hy many hundreds o millions the gold supply of any othe nation on earth. "This avalanche of money, pou re into our pockets by the rest of tb world as a tribute to our nation? resources and our fidelity to peacefi industry, is not the measure of on prosperity. lt is only the symbo Compared with our trade at bonn this foreign trade is a mero pittance Our domestic commerce to-day larger than the foreign commerce ( all the nations of the world con bined. "Against this actual condition ot opponents raise an argument of M ft With greater truth we cnn also ent< the realm of conjecture and declai that If another candidate had bet elected four years ago, the Unite States would he at war to-day. A tc of 'Ifs' do not weigh as much as singlo fact. Our opponents forg that 'if the flight of the seagulls c the coast of tho West Indies had n directed his course, Columbus wou not have discovered America when ! did. But tho seagulls were there 'ifs' cannot banish them-and C lumbus found our land." Tribute U? Wilson. Chairman Glynn concluded wi praise for President Wilson, who, said, has measured up to the best tl ditions of a great office. "He has been wisc with a wlsdc thal is steeped in the traditions his country, with a wisdom that h been disciplined by training a broadened by instruction. "He has been firm with the fir ness that proceeds from a deep cc viction, with the firmness that grounded In a duty well defined. "Ho has been patient with the | Hence which believes and trusts tl truth crushed to earth will r again, with the patience that can i duro and wait, watch and pray, I tho certain vindication of justice, 1 inanity and right. "Ho has been patriotic with pat riot ?s in that has never waver ti patriotism that is as pure a strong a> tho faith that moved 1 fathors when Iboy made our count free. "And when the history of tb? days conte to bo written, and I Children of to-morrow road their i Hon's story, when time shall ht disixdled all 'misconception and i ?ve:.: shall have rendered tholr i i' V >T. LOUIS partial verdict one name will shine in golden splendor upon the page that is blackened with tlie tale of Eu rope's war, one name will represent the triumph of American principles over the hosts of darkness and of death. "That name will be the name of the greatest President who has made Democracy proud that he is a Democrat, and made Americans proud that he is an American. "It will be the name of the states man who has kept his country true to its faith in a time that tried men's souls; the name of thc student and the scholar who has championed the cause of American freedom wher ever he found it oppressed; tho name of the patriot who has implant ed Iiis country's flag on the highest peak to which humanity has yet as pired; the name that carried the torch of progress to victory once and will carry it to victory again, the name of Woodrow Wilson, President and President-to-be." OCONEE TEACHERS1 NOUMAL. 'Pr?sico Who Attended tho Closing is Pleased With tlie Work. (Unavoidably Omitted Last Week.) Editor Keowee Courier: Please give me space in your columns for a few lines in regard to tlie normal course (or class) of Oconee, which closed on June 2d. I had the pleas ure of attending the closing day fete, and it impressed me very much. It was, in my judgment, one among the best efforts for building up Hie right spirit for modern rural life, develop ing common sense and bringing about a greater ability for the teacher to impart helpful and useful informa tion of all kinds. The State board deserves great credit for encouraging the class, the county for carrying it out and the teachers. Misses Sallie Stribling and Daisy Strong, deserve the highest i praise for their untiring efforts to I carry out this new work, and they are to be congratulated on the success they have made. Oconee county is the Hist to introduce normal work in this Stale. Those teachers who were not so fortunate as to attend this class do not realize what they have missed, and if more of tlie trustees had been there on the closing day I feel sure lt would have helped them to under stand the Improved methods that the teachers are trying to introduce into the schools. As it is, they do not see them as they are, and therefore we do not know how to co-operate with the teachers as we should. Of our trustees in Oconee county there are a number who cannot write their names, but if we all would take ad vantage of every opportunity to meet with the teachers, it would enable us to be betior judges of an energetic, wide-awake teacher. In all school districts there aro a number of people who are so far be hind the times that they are incl'ne'd to spend much of their time discuss ing and criticizing the teachers and trustees. But if even one of the board of trustees ls determined to move on with the modern improvements and new methods of work he can do it with the co-operation of a wide awake, up-to-date teacher. Fourteen years ago I moved to Fa ir Held school district. There was as ; cacher a seventh grade pupil. Two pupils in the school and 4 0 pupils in the district, and a three-months' school, conducted in a 11x26 foot building. Now we have a modern, up-to-date school building, with two wide-awake, progressive teachers, about 90 pupils in school, and a seven months' tenn. Yours very truly, M. Q. Holland. Walhalla, lt. F. I)., June 1 2. Masonic Picnic and Barliecue. Pair Play Lodge, No. 132, A. F. M., will give a picnic on Tuesday, June 27th, in the grove nt the homo of Rev. C. D. Boyd, near South Union. Every Mason In the county has a cor dial invitation lo 'be present with his family. The picnic will be in the nature of a barbecue, moats and bread hong furnished. Visitors are requested to bring a basket of sweets. There will be music and addresses on Masonic subjects during both morning and afternoon. W. C. Mays, Sec. A Doctor's Remedy for Coughs. As a sure cure for coughs and colds Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey combines these remedies In just tho right proportion to do the most good for summer coughs or colds. A trial will prove tho value of this splendid cough medicino. Dr. Bell's Plno Tnr-Honey soothes tho irritation, stops your cough, kills the cold germs and does you a world of good. A 25-cent bottle will more than con vince you-it will stop your cough. At druggists.-lAdv. 3. Serve Ice Cream at Oalrway, Tho ladles of tho Missionary So ciety of Bethel Baptist church aro going to serve Ice cream in tho grove nt Oak way on Saturday evening, tho 2 1th instant, commencing at 2 o'clock and continuing until 8 o'clock. The proceeds will go to help build a bap tistry. The public are most cordl .:iy Invited to attend, and all mem bers of thc church aro expected to ho present. W. II. Cole, for the Ladles. Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strensthenlns tonic, OROVR'8 TA8TKI,K89 chill TONIC, d*lve? out Malaria,enriches the blood,nnd bultda upthe aya tera. A true tonic. For adults nod children. Soc.