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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.
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and continuing until 8 o'clock. The
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