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Witton Will Carry Torch of Progress to Victory Again," Says Glynn in Keynote Speec
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AW IN KEYNOTE
LAUDS PRESIDENT
ASAREAL PATRIOT
iTella Convention Neutrality
K Pdlicv Has Kfinfc Nation's
Bdat Traditions
HIS "fRADUCERS SHAMED
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8T. XXWI8, Juno 14. With the asser
tion that no President since the Civil War
has had n crucial problems to solve! nnd no
President has dlptaycd a grasp more sure,
a statesmanship more profound! than has
President Wilson, Martin H. Glynn, ex-Governor
of New York, opened the Democratic
National Convention hero today. Declaring
that "Americanism find peace, preparedness
and prosperity are the Issues upon which
tne Democratic party stands, and the heart
of Democracy swells with pride that Is more
, than a prldo of party as It halls tho man
who! has'. asserted this Amerlpnnlsm, assured
this' peace, advocated this preprfredncss and
produced this prosperity," he predicted tho
re-eleatlon of President Wilson: He con
tinued: Ifor two years Uio world has been afire ;
'the civilization that we know has been torn
by the mightiest struggle' In Its history.
Sparks from Europo's conflagration have
blazed In our own skies, echoes of her
strlfa have sounded at our very doors.
That Are still burns, that struggle still con
tlnues, but thus far the United States has
.held the flame at bay 1 thus far It has savod
Its people from participation In the con
flict What the people of the United States
must determine through their suffrage la
whether the course the country has pursued
through this crucial period Is to be contin
ued ! whether the principles that have been
.assorted as our national policy shall bo In
dorsed or withdrawn.
This Is tho paramount Issue. No lesser
Issue must cloud It, no unrolated problem
must confuse It.
In the submission of this Issue to tnn
electorate, we, of this convention, hold
these truths to bo Bclf-ovldcnt to every fctu
dent of America's history, to every frlena
of America's Institutions.
First. That the United State Is eon
trained by the traditions of Its past, by the
logic of its present and by the promise ot
It future to hold Itself npprt from the Euro
pean warfare, to savo Its citizens from par
ticipation In the conflict that now devastates
the nations across the seas.
Second. That the United States In Its re
lations with the European belligerents must
contlnuo tho policy that It has pursued since
tho beginning of the war, tho policy of
strict neatral!ty-la relation to every war
ring nation, the policy which1 Thomas Jef
ferson defined as' "rendering to all tho serv
ices and courtesies of friendship and pray
ing for tho re-cstabllshmont of peace and
right I"
Third. That savo where the liberties, tho
territory or the substantial rights of tho
United States ore Invaded and assaulted.
It Is the doty of this nation to avoid war
by every honorable means.
Fourth, That It Is the duty of the
United States Government to maintain the
dignity and the honor of the American na
tion and In every situation to demand and
secure from every belligerent the recogni
tion of the neutral rights of Its cttliena.
Fifth. That because tho President of tho
United States has asserted these principles
and pursued 'these policies tho American
people must support him -with ardor and
With enthusiasm In order that those princi
ples and policies may bo knowri to nil the
world, not as the opinion of anV Individual
but as the doctrine and faith of a loyal and
united nation.
In emphasis of these self-evident prop
ositions we assert that tho policy of neu
trality Is as truly American as the Amer
ican flag.
For 200 years neutrality was a theory:
America made It a fact.
Tho first President of tho United States
was tho first man to pronounce neutrality
a rule ot international conduct
Neutrality Is America's contribution to
tho laws of the world. Sir Henry Maine
says' so, Charles Francis Adams says bo,
Henry Clay says so, Daniel Webster says
so, and upon the evidence of these witnesses
we rest oar Americanism against the sput
tering of pepper-pot politicians or the fabri
cations of those with whom a false Issue
1 good Issue until Its falsity Is shown,
Its maliciousness exposed.
HISTORY ItEPEATS ITSELF
For enforcing this policy of neutrality
George Washington was hooted by a howl
ing mob of 10,000 war fanatics who threat
ened to. pull him from the presidential chair
and, start a revolution. But half a century
later Charles Sumner said that "Washington
upholding tho peaceful neutrality of this
country, while he met unmoved the clamor
ot the people wickedly crying for war. Is
a, greater man thah Washington crossing
tho Delaware or taking Cornwallls' Bword
at Torktown."
For supporting this policy of neutrality
In a speech In the city of New York, Alex
ander Hamilton was stoned almost to death,
John Jay burned )n effigy, Jefferson called
a spineless poltroon and Lincoln pictured
aa a craven, Today, however, the nation
goes to alt these men for Its very conception
of all that Is best In American citizenship,
The President of the United States stands
today where stood the men who made Amer
ica and who saved America.
NEUTHAi RIGHTS MAINTAINED.
Ko American who knows the facts can
honestly oppose or criticise tho policy of
neutrality which the present Democratic
Administration has pursued. Driven from
this position by the logto of our history and
the lesson of our prosperity, carpers and
defamers rush to the opposite extreme and
assert that this policy has not been en
forced with sufficient vigor by the present
.Administration.
America's doctrine of neutrality never
meant that this nation must rush headlong
Into-war at the first Invasion ot Its neutral
rights, Neutrality Is not a halr-trlggered
policy that explodes In violence at the first
assault It Is a policy that has proved
successful because It has always been as
serted through negotiation rather than
through force, through diplomacy rather
than by an appeal to arms. This doe's not
mean that America will not resort to war
when all other means of protecting Its
neutral rights have (ailed, but It does rrifean
fest, America will exhaust every peaceful
Mass of protecting those rights before it
take the step from which thero I no appeal,
NATIONAL: H0NC2.
In desperation for a slogan our oppo
stets. try to create an issue out of national
JhSMOffr
These noisy critics forget that an ap.
prelatton of honor Is as elemental In every
an as the Instinct which calls the flush
ot rags to the cheek or the blaza or anger
a tho eye, When ths honor 0f Ms country
is outraged or ths glory of Its nar ,U
fcawnlrched. the man of the street, ijxf
' trtlir w 1" neios, wis anisan. m we tnops,
tlut man, 'Who shoulder bis musket and
Midw away at bis country's cjUl will
mmd ju owe to tell him, no one to show, him
wlssM) duty Ue and manhood calls'. T,he
BMi'Vlq will do the fighting will not have
to ' lrumrred fa war they will summon
r rttwttwtfyes to. battle with the valor of a
: JSwto riM th,r4ftef A Wayne.
'Vfks genius of this" country Is for pac.
e. Awteared with the bSood-emeared pages of
Piww ouc records, ore almost Immaculate.
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beat tfielr swords' Into plowshares, their
spears Into pruning hooka ; but we recognize
that the miracle la yet to be performed
which perfects human nature and Imbues
nations with the spirit to do unto others
ns they would do unto lis.
We depreeste the compnUlon bnt we
reeegnlte the need of the pollreman on the
best, the snfe In the bank and the watch
dog on the farm,
The war across the seas has brought
home to us 'the fear that so long as men
nre.men and nations nations, wars will
i-onunue.
We have been aroused from our dreams
of the millennium to the knowledge that
nothing that men cherish Is safe from
assault; that Uie man who would preserve
his rights to life, to liberty and to happiness
must stand ready to defend those rights
with tho last drop of his blood.
Wo have been carried too close to the
E0?. ' wpr ""ring tho past two years to
bollovo thnt those rocks do not exist. And
looking Into tho future we can percelvo
that If our sovereignty Is not challenged, If
our pence Is not assailed It will only be
because the world knows that wo are
strong enough to defend ourselves from
overy foe.
For theso reasons this Administration
has done more for our army and our navy
..i uiijr jiuminisirauon in our history.
The Wmocratie party advocates and
seeks preparedness, but It Is preparedness
ror defense, not preparedness for aggres
sion. We of this convention, representing overy
section of the United Slates, speaking for
overy racial strain In America, must send
forth a message to .nil tho world that will
lenvo no room for doubt.
A regard for national surety as well as a
pride of personal honor will, therefore
I .? ,th6 American peoplo to tho support
of their President. Whether their blood Is
drawn from tho banks of tho llhlne. or
where the Hlver Shannon flows; whether
they hall from Alplno vallcyH or tho mead
ows of the Pyrenees ; whether their descent
bo Clermnn or Kronen, Irish' or English,
Austrian or Itnllan, Itusslnn or Greek, tho
.- wnu nnvo sworn nn oath of fealty to
tho Ideals of America will be true
DOMESTIC POLICIES.
It Is more thnn coincidence that an ad
ministration which has steadfastly main
tnlned tho peace and the honor of the na.
tlon, should have sought with equal energy
and equal success tho Internal progress
and domestic prosperity which Is tho nat
ural product of tranquillity and fair deal
lng. To attempt to describe tho myriad ways
In which this new spirit of government
has found expression would necessitate a
roviow of overy national activity, a com
pendium of overy department of tho Na
tional Government. Wo must content our
selves here with n brief consideration of
tho grcnt landmarks which chart tho
chnngo from government for tho fortunate
few to nn even-handed government In tho
Interest of nil.
Tho first of these Is tho Federal Ileservo
net which freed tho business man and tho
farmer from tho financial domination of
tho money changers and lifted tho menace
of panc from our Industrial life.
Five times during tho past 30 years, at
periods when Industry was flourishing and
crops were abundant, tho purse strings of
tho country have tightened without np
pnrent reason and tho nation has been de
vastated by panics.
Throwing down tho gauntlet to those
who had fattened on tho system that made
theso evils possible, this Democratic ad
ministration passed tho Federal Reserve net.
Tho safety, the simplicity, the effective
ness of tho Federal Reserve plan constitute
a terrible Indictment of the Republican ad
ministrations which hnU permitted panics
to contlnuo without adopting It.
In tho panic of 1907, under the old sys
tem. New York could not lend a. country
banlt $50,000 with which to meet factory
payrolls; In 1915, under tho now system,
Inaugurated by this Democratic Adminis
tration, New York loaned Europo five hun
dred millions, oven though the financial
centres of tho world were disrupted by the
world war, nnd there were still left In New
York tho largest bank deposits In Its his
tory. BENEFICENT LEGISLATION.
In tho same spirit and with the same
motive that Inspired tho Federal Reserve
act thl3 administration has devoted' Itself
to the stimulation of American Industry,
agriculture and trade through all the
agencies of Government
Jt has given a new meaning and a new
force to the laws restraining big business
from stifling competition.
It has created a trade commission to
afford to business generally a more direct
and prompt administration of tho laws
relating to business.
It has established Government representa
tives throughout the world, whose sole
duty Is to fostef the expansion of American
trade.
It has created a closer union of economic,
commercial and financial Interests between
the United States and the nations of South
America.
It has declared In language that no
court and no employer can misunderstand
that "the labor ot a human being Is not a
commodity or article of commerce" and
that no employer can compel his men to
work for him against their will.
It has freed the farmer from the chains
of a financial system which was devised
for business and not for farming, and has
enabled him to sell his produce at prices
that compensate' him for the sweat of the
harvest, the tilling of the soil.
THE TARIFF.
The Underwood tariff enacted by this
administration has banished greed from the
gates of our ports and written Justice Into
our tariff schedules.
Of sit the tariffs we ever enacted this
Is the fairest and the best.
By the Underwood law this Administra
tion has taken the tariff out of politics ; by
and of loom, lifting the mortgage from the
the pew Tariff .Commission it proposes to
take politics out of the tariff,
Today Prosperity shines from blazing
furnaces and glowing forges. It echoes
from busy docks nnd from thronged em
poriums of trade. Its message of plenty
fills the land with the chant of the spindle
poor man's home and promising his chil
dren a future that seemed impossible be
fore. The prosperity of today la a true prosper
ltyfor it Is founded on a true balance be
tween agriculture, manufacturing and com
merce. Ahk the first manypu meet how
many of his friends are employed In muni
tion factories! Ask the bankers you know
how many of their accounts are munition
makers' accounts t Their answer will show
what a trivial figure' war order play In our
business today,
THE MAN.
Americanism and peace, preparedness and
prosperity these are the Issues upon which
the. Democratic party stands, and the heart
of Democracy swells with pride that Is
mfire than a pride of party as it halls the
man who has asserted this Americanism,
assured this. peace, advocated this prepared
ness and produced this prosperity.
Th? man who I president pf th United
Stat today has measured up to th bst
tradition of a great oftlee.
No President since the Civil Wa? has
bad as crucial problems to solve, "and no
President has displayed a grasp mere sure,
a .statesmanship more profound.
Assailed by the wolves of privilege, he
bas pulled their claws and drawn (heir
teeth.
And when the history of these days comes
to be written, and the children of tomorrow
read their nation's story, wlien tiros 'shall
have dispelled ail misconception, and tho
year shall have rendered their impartial
verdict, one nuns will ulne la golden spUu
def upon (be pay that Is blackened with
(fc tale of Iiurop's war, on nans will rp
rsnt the triumph of Amprlean. principles
over It) host of darkness and of death.
That samt will t ih Bans of th great
VfUllnt who hu ru3d lemcrecy proud
U4 1 I i Jtamoafitt, and made Asm-
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GLYNN IN KEYNOTE EULOGIZES
WILSON AND APPLAUDS NEUTRALITY
Tho United States is constrained by the traditions of its past, by the
logic of its present and by the promise of its future to hold itself apart
from tho European warfare, to save its citizens from participation in the
conflict thnt now devastates the nations across the seas.
In its relation with the European belligerents, the United States must
continue the policy that it has pursued since the beginning of the war, the
policy of strict neutrality in relation to every warring nation, the policy
which Thomas Jefferson defined as "rendering to all the services and courtesies
of friendship and praying for the re-cstablishment of peace and right!"
Save where tho liberties, the territory or the substantial rights of the
United States arc invaded and assaulted, it is the duty of this nation to avoid
war by every honorable means.
It is tho duty of tho United States Government to maintain the dignity
and tho honor of the American nation and in every situation to demand and
secure from every belligerent tho recognition of the neutral rights of its
citizens.
Because the President of the United States has asserted these principles
and pursued these policies the American people must support him in order
thnt these policies may be known to all tho world, not as tho opinion of an
individual, but as tho doctrine and faith of a loyal and united nation.
Because of his policy of neutrality, Washington was hooted by 10,000
persons. Alexander Hamilton was stoned almost to death. John Jay was
burned in effigy, Thomas Jefferson was called a spineless poltroon and Lin
coln pictured 03 a craven.
Fighting for every degree of injury would mean perpetual war and
this is tho policy of our opponents. It would not allow the United States
to keep the sword out of tho scabbard as long ns there remains nn unrightod
wrong or an unsatisfied hope between tho snowy wastes of Siberia and the
jungled hills of Borneo. This policy of our opponents would make the United
States tho policeman of the world.
If our navy nnd army arc not now strong enough, tho Republican party
is 80 per cent, to blame, for tho Republican party has been in control of this
nation 80 per cent, of the time during the last 50 years.
We deprecate compulsion, but wo recognize the need of tho policeman on
the beat, tho safe in the bank, the watchdog ori the farm.
Tho Democratic party advocates and seeks preparedness, but it is pre
paredness for defense, not preparedness for aggression.
This administration has done more for our army and navy than any
administration in our history.
Tho man who would preserve his rights to life, to liberty and to happiness
must stand ready to defend those rights with tho last drop of his blood.
Domestic policy of the administration, especially tho Federal Reserve
Bank act, and Underwood tariff praised and prosperity of tho nation attrib
uted to the Democratic Administration.
One namo will shine in golden splendor upon tho page that is blackened
with the tale of Europe's war, one namo will represent tho triumph of Amer
ican principles over the hosts of darkness and of death the name that carried
the torch of progress to victory again; the name of Woodrow Wilson.
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ROGER SULLIVAN'S EXPANSION
HAS HALTED EXCEPT AROUND WAIST
ST. LOUIS, June 14. Iloger C Sullivan,
of Illinois, who has quit growing on both
ends and begun to bulge In the middle,
wears his hat turned down and his nose
turned up while following his vice presi
dential bqom from one hotel to the other.
The back of Sullivan's neck overflows his
collar, which he trims low to give It a
chance,
Chairman William F. SIcCombs, of the
Democratic National Committee, today
presented Colonel William J. Bryan and
Mrs. Bryan with a box at the convention.
Delegate W. M. Farman, of Punxsutaw
ney, Pa., a tall, patriarchal old man with
flowing hair and conversation, came storm
ing Into the Jefferson lobby today, bellowing
at the top of his voice that he was "here to
make arrangements to have that blamed old
Justice of the Peace with whiskers licked
to a frazzle.
The Republicans had pompous and elab.
orate bronze badges for their convention,
but the Democratic Insignia Is such a cute
little old gold and pink ribbon affair that
It really should be perfumed.
Meredith Nicholson, the gentleman from
Indlann, and about the only writer who
Isn't here to do some writing, arrived In
a cream gray suit nnd a very Baity hat.
Secretary of War Baker Is the man of
the hour because he carries the "platform
suggestions" of President Wilson. The big.
gest Democrats have to seek Baker out to
find out what's doing.
HIGH HAT'S PURPOSE DISCOVERED;
IT IS TO TALK THROUGH, OF COURSE
By GEORGE MARTIN
ST. LOUIS, June 14. The reporter went
out among the Democrats today to find
out "why Is a high hat?" He interviewed
hundreds of statesmen and the answer In
variably was; .
"A high hat Is to talk through."
Among others approached was National
Committeeman William Fauntleroy Sapp,
of Galena, KansaB, perhaps the most able
and distinguished hlgh-hatter that the
world has ever known. As a hlgh-hatter
of parts, Mr. Sapp has all his high-hatted
competitors faded to a sweatband.
First off, Mr. Sapp believes no high hat
Is complete without a frockcoat and a
thoughtful countenance. He wears them
all.
It Is said by persons In a position to
know that Mr. Sapp has worn his high hat
through Bheer determination and a political
career of 38 years. The high hat Is pt
pf Mr. Sapp. The rest of him Is divided
Into equal narts of Ulcnltv. frn, j
national committeeman.
All this attention Is due Mr, Sapp be.
cause while the convention crowd Is ' tuat
full of hlgh-hatters like Colonel Bryan
Secretary McAdoo, Secretary Daniels Sec
retary Houston and others, Mr, Sapnls
about the only personage, who 13 wearing
his on this occasion. Mr, Sapp takes hla
hat and proceedings hers very seriously
He conveys the Impression that everything
Is a mystery, ",
Something his hat or something
weighs very heavily on Mr. Sapp'g ftid.
., ,B OT,M W.MUfilb laO
from an the others
to talk through.
that
SUffgeatlnn
a high hat is
SLEEP QUOTED AT TWO DOLLARS
A WINK BY HOTELS IN ST. LOUIS
ST- LOUIS. June 14. Sleep Is selling pn
the Democrotla convention hotel market
here at about 13 a wink. Sans room, sans
bath, sans privacy and sans quiet, hundr-ids
ot delegates and visitors today arose from
their troubled cots in sample rooms, hall-,
ways, lobbies and like spots, feeling heavy
in the head and light In th pocketfcoolr.
To lis down on an uncertain cot anions a
display of women's new spring suits un
qutatlonabty gives one the appearand of
being marked down from 110 nat to f.9;
and to recline blithely on a blanket and kid
ycutself Into bUvlng you re asleep when
iu fact you're nothing but a livinff corridor
door matt is far from an Ideal state of b
far, upect&Uy when you pay 1 fo.- the
iXt ua44' eotj iave teeo p!a'cd
In the sample rooms and mezzanine floor of
the Planters at -50 per cot. The American
Annex fixed up a ballroom full of beds and
charges 52 for a dapce with Morpheus. Cots
were jammed In tho'cellar, dining room and
ballroom pf the .Majestic and the same whs
done at the Jefferson, Maryland and Mar.
quttte.
The Convention Bureau pledged tha hptel
management not to make apy charges more
than normal times, but, fortunately for the
hotel men, nothing was aaid about cot
prices out In the halt and these are weights-!
down with tired men und all tho tariff the
traffla will bear.
Tho. hotel and business men have only a
tew day la which to get back th JloP.flOO
they save fer th wwtveatwn and jb,ro ji ui
4ny buy they ar alue tt
DEMOCRATS WANT
"PEP AND PUNCH"
IN THE PLATFORM
Leaders Criticise President's
Mexican and Foreign Re
lations Planks
MUST BE "LIVENED UP"
By E. R. SARTVVELL
ST. LOUiS, Juno 14. "Put pep and
punch In the platform" was the demand
voiced today by delegates and leaders who
will liavo the ilnnl say In framing the dec
laration of faith of the Democratic Na
iuni r.MnMinM rrun flnnl draft oi
President Wilson's platform ""KB"1'?"8'
brought to St, Louis by Secretary of War
Baker, was subjected to close scrutiny uy
members of tho Ilesolutlons Committee
which will pass on the document, as a
result mnny delegations prepared to mane
n vigorous light for changes In the 1 resi
dent's tentative proposals as to planus on
foreign relations and tho Mexican situa
tion. Tho suggested foreign rotations and
Mexican planks." said one member of tno
commlttoo, "reads altogether too much Uko
a historical review. It needs a punch. It
must bo llvoned up. A platform should not
bo a historical essay."
Tho draft of tho planks on tho subjocts
Indicated, dolcgatcs declared, did not con-
tln nnntivti nmrmnflvA tTMltter. ThO CrltlCS
of tho President's proposals demanded that
tho Ilesolutlons Committee so alter them
thnt thoy carry a real, live message to
tho people. They argued that a review nnd
dofenso of tho President's courso In tho
Kuropean nnd Mexican BltuatlonB would
not win votes.
WILSON'S "SUGOKSTIONS" ONLY.
Secretary Bakor said the platform mat
ter brought from Washington was In tho
naturo of "suggestions." Ho said that
theso. suggestions would be submitted to
the ncsolutlons Committee with tho state,
ment that thoy represented tho vlewB of
tho President. Ho asserted that tho com
mlttco would bo at liberty to make what
charges It thought necessary.
With tho weight of the White' House be
hind the toxt, however, critics of tho planks
believed they had a narn ngni imeuu
them to obtain any alterations whatever.
They wero nevertheless prepared to make
tho fight. Some loaders Inclined to the
view thnt what the President said on tho
two vital tilnnks should prevail no matter
how weak or Insufficient It might bo con
sidered. They argued thnt the President
was- responsible for his own record nnd
that ho was tho man who must make the
fight before tho peoplo on the plntform.
Therefore, they said, ho should bo nllowed
to dictate such platform planks as he de
sired. Tho presidential suggestions outsldo of
tho foregoing relations and Mexican planks
wore not reduced to final form. TIicbo
suggestions outline the remainder of the
platform In a skeleton form. The toxt of
these planks will bo framed by the Resolu
tions Committee, many of whom conferred
with tho President ns to tho planks In
which they wore personally Interested before
lonvlng Washington. Secretary Baker will
represent tho President In passing on final
form of such planks as have not been
reduced to (Icdnlto terms.
8TEH.V FIGHT FOIt SUFFRAGE PLANK.
With tho organizations of tho Resolutions
Committee preparations were made for a
stern fight to forco Into the platform a
womnn suffrnge declaration. Senator Hoi
lis, of New Hampshire, ono of tho Dem
ocratic leaders who participated In the
Wnshlngton conferences on tha platform
and who Is a member of the committee,
enmo out Into tho open ns the leader of tho
fight for tho suffrage plank. While admit
ting that tho suffrage proposal faced a hit
ter struggle, Senator Hollls declared that ho
was confident of success.
"I havo proposed and will mako every
possible effort to have Included In tho plat
form," ho said, "a plank which will put
tho party flatly on record as favoring ex
tending full suffrage to women. I know
that I will havo strong support for tho
proposal both In tho committee and among
tho rank and file of the delegates."
Senator Hollls conferred with tho leaders
of the woman suffrage lobby which has or
ganized a systematic fight for the suffrage
plank, and arrangements were' made for a
strenuous attack on the opposition In tho
committee
The American Federation of Labor lead
ers, headed by Samuel Gompers, president
of the Federation, submitted their proposals
today. The labor leaders Joined In the fight
for tho suffrage plank, submitting a demand
thnt the platform Include a plank Btntlng:
"We favor tho absolute suffrage of wom
en co-equal with men."
' DEMANDS OF LABOR.
Tho labor leaders expect to be heard by
tho Resolutions Committee on their de
mands. Gompers, Frank Morrison and John
11, Lennon, will present the arguments of
the labor organizations. Among the planks
they will demand are the following:
A general declaration that the Federal
Government must protect the rights of la
bor and that the "principles of human wel
fare must be made paramount to any other
consideration.".
A pledge to maintain and enforce the Fed
eral laws legalizing labor organizations,
limiting the use ot the Injunction in labor
disputes' and guaranteeing the right of trial
by jury In cases of contempt ot court.
A pledge for the liberal Interpretation
and Btrtct enforcement of the seamen's
law.
A statement favoring Federal legislation
to aid schools and colleges In vocational
and Industrial education.
A demand for the enactment ot a Fed
eral child labor law.
Demands for a "comprehensive and gen
erous workmen's compensation law." The
enforcement nnd extension pf the Federal
eight-hour law and legislation excluding
from Interstate commerce the products ot
convict labor,
A pledge for the creation of a bureau ot
safety In the Department of Labor to "abol
ish present preventable and appalling loss
ot life and mamng of human beings In
American Industries and transportation,
A demand that "all .adoptions pf speeding-up
systems shall be forbidden in nil
work in which the Government is concerned."
A demand for tne extension of tne pow
ers and functions of. the Federal Bureau ot
Mines. ' '
A pledge for the extension of American
citizenship to people of Porto R.ico.
A declaration In favor of "adequate com
pensation" and the establishment ot a min
imum wage for civil servlca employes; for
o irihunal to redress the grievances ot civil
service workers i for a civil ecrvjee federal
compensation jbwj ror a civil srvjce retire
ment law and for the guaranteeing of the
right of potltlon to Federal employes.
A Ueclaratlon In favor pf Government
ownership of telegraph, and telephone
systems
These voluminous demands wllli be. pre
sented to the committee as, vigorously as
Dosslbl. But the decision of th leaders.
Indorsed py President Wilson, to Veep the
Democratic planks of 4he, platform, aa brief
and terse as they can be made left llttlo
room for extensive, labor declarations.
JtiO ThRUST AT SUPREME COURT.
The arrival of Secretary Baker just about
put an F--4 to all possibility of the Inclusion
in the Dlatlortn of a plank criticising the
"lUpubllcan Mftrervco to th Buprem
r,,it.r Th ardor f tha advocatt-s sooted
ftli-T W .BJ. 'MNM-IMM
Kwmmr:pH& mm
to any mention of the Supteme Court in
the parly declaration of.,,fn,cJ5!V submit
The New Tork delegation edar sunm i
ted to members of the tt tta d?l
tee two proposed ptnk Wch the- aeu
gates voted to attempt to place In the piat
fTproTnih.so toTnact a elrll service retire-
Tpledge to create a system . of Xdwl
sanltorla for the universal treatment of
'Tenement favoring th. creation of
national "budget" system to el Im nato
waste "pork barrel" legislation and logrolling."
ALONG; HOLDS CONFAB
WITH COL. ROOSEVELT
Asks Party to Walt Until After
Committee Meets dune -so.
Johnson and Straus
See Colonel
NO HUGHES EMISSARY
NEW YORK, June 1 .. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, who came to tho city from Oys
ter Bay yesterday, was In c oso conference
nearly all day with George W. rkl"!' ?V
ornor Hlram Johnson, Chester II. Rowe 11.
Oscar S. Straus nnd other Progressive, lead
ers of various shades of radical and con
servatlve progrcsslvlsm. The leaders met
the Colonel nt tho homo of hlB son-in-law,
Dr. Richard Derby, 110 East 70th street,
where ho Bpont most of the day. Tho meet
lng between Colonel Roosevelt and Mr.
Perkins. Governor Johnson and tho others
was tha first since Uie conventions In Chi
cago, bo It Is certain there was plenty for
tho leaders to talk about.
After tho day's conference Mr. Perkins,
presumably with the coneurronco of Colonel
Roosovelt npd the others. Issued n stntc
ment prepared as a circular telegram dis
patched by him later to tho members ot
the Progressive National Commlttco nnd
the chairmen of the Progressive Stato or
ganizations. In effect, tho message urged
the Progressives not to bolt hurriedly to the
Republican fold nnd not to Insist Impulsive
ly upon tho Colonel's accepting their nomi
nation, but rathor to adopt n policy of
"watchful waiting" until the Pr6grosslv
Notional Commltteo meotB In Chicago on
Juno 26, by which tlmo tho Republicans
and Democrats will havo put themselves
finally and completoly on record.
Here Is Mr. Perkins' statement:
"All members of the Progressive pnrty
and Its organizations should remember that
at tho close of tho Progressive convention
In Chicago a meeting of the National Com
mittee was called, to bo held In Chicago on
June 10, a week from next Monday. This
will be after the Democratic convention In
St. Louis, and tho results of that convention
will be known. Sufficient time will have
elapsed after tho Progressive, Republican
and Democratic conventions to allow our
National Committeemen In each StRte to
learn In a general way tho public sentiment
and to bring this information to tho meet
ing of the Natlopal Committee.
"The action which will bo taken by our
commltteo on June 26 should bo awaited
by Progressives as Individuals and by tho
various local and Stato orcnnlzatlons, and
no action should be taken by any Individual
Progressive or by any organization until
tho action of the National Committee has
been made public."
So far ns could bo learned thero was no
communication between 'Colonel Roosevelt
or any one representing him and Mr.
Ilughes or nny ono representing him.
Colonel and MrB. Roosevelt will meet Mr.
nnd Mrs. Kcrmlt Roosevelt today . on tho
United Stntea transport Kllpatrlck, which
arrived at Quarantine from Pnnnma early
this morning. Later In tho day tho Colonel
will confer at his offices with Rnymond
Robins, chairman of tho Progressive Con
vention, and Harold L. Ickes, Progressive
National Comtttecman from Illinois.
COLBY WILL NOT INDORSE
v ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT
Democrats Have Many Claims on Pro
gressives' Support, Ho Says
NEW YORK, June 14. Balnbrldge Colby
was asked at the Metropolitan Club last
night If he had received the McCombs tele
gram Inviting him to Join the Democratic
party. He said he had, but had not yet
replied to It.
"Of course," said ,M. Colby, "we Pro
gressives are not primarily Interested in
an 'offer of safety,' nor do we feel that we
are 'stumbling to destruction' by virtue of
Colonel Roosevelt'u attitude toward his
nomination. I refer to phrases used In Mr,
McComb's telegram.
"The situation Is obscure and time only
will clear It up. Colonel Roosevelt's mes
sage to his party was a shock to Its mem
bers, but we admire him and earnestly hope,
for tho sake of his great reputation, that
his vision may be true and his steps guided
aright.
"The Democratic party has many claims
to the respect of all Progressives, It num
bers many true Progressives In Its mem
bership, and has accomplished many things
which we have been able to promote only
by advocating them.
' "As to the President, there are mnny
Progressives who will nat stand silent while
ho Is unfairly assailed In the campaign,
and of this number I wish to be Consid
ered one."
Strike Limits Cargoes
BOSTON, June 14, Freight shipments
from this port for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Norfolk have ben affected by a strike
ot 200 longshoremen employed by the Mer
chants and Miners' Transportation Com
pany. Officials of the line said vessels prob
ably would sail on time, although cargoes
might be limited. The strike followed the
company's refusal of demands by the long
shoremen tor a wage advance.
REAIi ESTATE FOR SALE
DEMOCRATIC PLANK
TO PENSION FEDERAL
x EMPLOYES IS UR(
New York Delegation Will prrJ
iuuvu j.ur uuvernment to fro-
viae especially for Let
ter Carriers
NEW BUDGET
SYSTEM
By GEORGE T. PRY
I
ST. LOUIS, June 14 For the first IW
since national conventions began tuuntnfl
or ratifying candidates, n fight l( to 2'
made for a class of Federal employes S(
are not Included In Hin political aspoint
ments of tho national government. '
This fight comes from the N(w T.:5
delegation nnd It has ror its object n$
making of pensions for old men and ita2
who havo given tholr lives t ,. 3.
service, nnd for whom no provision Is .
made when they reach the ago when n.i
may no longer be performed. " &
Letter cnrrlors wero principally rrirvJ
Bible for the movement. T """"E,
Tho Now York letter carriers Concelwl!
the notion that a system which provirt3(S
pension lists for tho army nnd navy iSi
left tho soldiers of peace to hustle for thSI
solves when they got too old to do ein?
hustling was all wrong. Through is8
organized effort the carriers brought thS
proposition to tho nttohtlon of the New TerkB
Krt fniln,, ntknn th. Phihh.II,.. h h. A
IllHnna fnlrra tin iUo -ilntf-cm I. , . . j
a big bit of timber dragged In by lUmrHl
av.,.u.,,u uu.ii, u. 1'iuB.iwu, wnicn II lj-M
tended to be used In building a home forth!
superannuated Fedoral employe. wl
"fin. rtn.a nnf illpn an 1,1 It... . . IS
w.v w.u ..... h.... .... u(w iiuibq -qui ten
Btnrve," Bays tho Now York CongrestmtJ
Why set nn old letter carrier' adrift .fttrr
Besldo taking up the fight ot the letter
carriers, me new xorit ueicgatlon agreHf
tn nflalt nlnntra nnllln,- fn thn ..h,1 . A
of the national welfare and national budtttl
Hyuieui. nivy wuu. uie care ox lUDercUICSU I
and kindred troubles placed under Federal
insLcuu ui oiuiu auijei vision.
PRESIDENT HEADS it
FLAG DAY PARADE
Continued from Fare One
his right shoulder. Thero was no breetvi
but the flag stuck straight out bthbij
most of tho distance. Atop the flag xu
a golden cnglo. .uw
Tho President's . long legs carried ertfl
the ground so rapidly that ho broke all r&t
ords for parades In Washington, wh'enl
parades are but things of the moment El 1
covered the mile In something like )j
minutes. . (
Directly behind tho President, his Ci-3
lnet. White IIouso employes and deparM
ment officials was a delegation ot .nel
paper correspondents representing a tnes-M
anna cuies oi mo counrry. -j
Everybody carried or wore a flag.- iMd
men marchers for tho most part .wore dtrl
sack coats and Palm Beach trousers, yn'A :
small flags In coat lapels and larger a&i
on tho end of n cane. ,
. There was a pleasing uniformity of arsMi
nmnntr wnmnn nn well ns men emrjloYe! of i Ja
tho Government. White shirtwaists tMf
duck skirts, white shoes and hosiery Ktrl 1
the rule for women. '
BUSINESS SHUTS DOWN. , . , 4j
Nearly one-third of Washington's JfSOJJ.'l
nnniilntinri nns' in line behind President .,11
Wilson nnd those members of "his Cabinet,. l
not attondlpg the Democratic wauonai uop-
vonHnn nt Sf T.nllls . t
Every Government department and tilth, jj
tioRx hntisn In the cltv thnt coilld be closed 1
without entirely stopping the business (pf 'J
tho nation and the city locKea ineir uoorsv
to permit their employes to march. Th
schools were closed and thousands of.cblM
dren were In line. ' A
Mrs. WoodroW Wilson, descendant tfj
Pocahontas, sat in tho presidential review; j
lng stand and saw a float pass by IjJ.E
"nwnnrfldncas" narnde nortraylng' rOO-j
hontas saving the life of Captain' Man
Omtth tVhnn thnt flnaf nnnnrrt Mrfl- IVU-S
nnn fimllftrf. th.n laWnerl over and touches!
President Wilson's arm with one1 tant.1
Artinrr M nttAt-iMi-iTi tr it , t1
A pleasing feature that added a flrraiusjfl
nt touch to the narade's theme WM' tni
presence of members of the recently strncks
Women's National service acnooi in
Lfcnbl fmm "a-I, n tnn Thll RACtlon '"WlAV
led by Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the eWt
it Rtntf nt h nrmv. ' Sl
Tho President left the procession, t tg
White IIouso and reviewed the remainder oC
U nnmHnra nn thv flutini? bV IntO tMl
broad thoroughfare between the WWMj
House grounds and the State, war mm
W,iw nnnnrfmwn VtntMInf? Into the VelTWE
green expanso surrounding the . 'WI
monument to the First president, w0 ""
'Tn tlnnA nt nni-fl nrprmrn for "Wtr,
It seemed fitting that Washington todsr
combined Its celebration of Flag Day wlta.
its call for preparedness. Following; w
parade,, special exercises were held en tns
monument lot.
An Imnraa.lv, flaiy.-nlalnt. .-ArmOllY WSf
held yesterday evening on the monupiest
grounds, For the first time since the rre
marble shaft was erected a huge banner ft
flung from' Its peak.
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