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Show K VV ?JC I-"" '' " " - i " , i "' X - "" "1 , 5 ' " ' . '- 1 WOODROW WILSON. DEMOCRATS STAND . FIRM FOR WILSON . ANDJIARS1LL INDORSE ADMINISTRATION AND , SELECT STANDARD BEARERS BY ACCLAMATION. Demonstration Lasting Forty-five Minutes Min-utes Follows Speech of Judge Wescott Eulogizring and Nominating Nominat-ing President Wilson. St. Louis, June 15. Just a few min-. min-. utes before midnight, President Wood-. Wood-. row Wilson and Vice-President Thomas Thom-as R. Marshall were nominated by iicclamation by the Democratic national na-tional convention, the ticket being completed just four minutes before Friday morning. The Democratic standard bearers were selected before the platform had been finally approved by the convention, conven-tion, and it was found necessary to hold another session on Friday for the approval of the platform, which It is understood had been approved by the president before he was nominated. nomi-nated. There never was any doubt of President Pres-ident Wilson's nomination, but there had seemed to be a possibility that some vice-presidential booms might be brought out in opposition to Vice-President Vice-President Marshall. They melted away, however, when the convention got in session and as soon as President Wilson's nomination had been made by a roaring chorus of acclamation. Senator Kern, who renominated re-nominated Mr. Marshall, cast aside a long prepared speech and simply declared: de-clared: r "I nominate Thomas Riley Marshall Mar-shall of Indiana for vice-president." To President Wilson's nomination there was only one dissenting vote, Robert Emmett Burke of Illinois, who came to the convention announcing that he was opposed to the president. ; His vote technically made the presi- j dent's nomination 1,091 to 1. ( When the convention crowds had i assembled at the Coliseum Thursday t night, it was realized that, stirred by t the speeches by the temporary and t permanent chairmen, both making President Wilson's peaceful conduct ( of the country's foreign relations the t keynote, the convention only awaited a the moment of balloting to renominate t Wilson and Marshall with the slogan of peace, preparedness and prosperity. r When the gavel fell, calling the E night session to order, John W, Wes-1 cott of New Jersey, who nominated President Wilson at the Baltimore convention, was ready on the floor to deliver the speech of renomination, and Senator Kern of Indiana to renominate renom-inate Vice-President Marshall. Judge 0 John W. Wescott, in closing his B speech nominating President Wilson, said: 0 "Therefore, my fellow countrymen, not I, but his deeds and achievements; not I, but the spirit and purposes of America; not I, but the prayers cf just men; not I, but civilization itself, ' nominates to succeed himself to the presidency of the United States, to the presidency of a hundred million " free people, bound in impregnable " union, the scholar, the statesman, the w financier, the emancipator, the pacificator, pacifi-cator, the moral leader of democracy, 1 Woodrow Wilson." As Judge Wescott closed with a a mention of the name "Woodrow Wilson," Wil-son," the crowd broke into a great demonstration, which lasted forty-five minutes. ' Moving picture flashlights blazed " and flags were paraded in front of the s' stand. The band played "The Star vl Spangled Banner," while a huge ban- s ner bearing the president's likeness was unfurled from the roof of the hall. The delegates began a parade, bearing bear-ing state stanchions. The crowds on the floor and balconies rose to their feet. Many delegates stood on their chairs. "Dixie" and other melodies by the band evoked fresh bursts of cheering. Chairman James yielded the chair during the demonstration to Representative Represen-tative Heflin of Alabama. Women' delegates were among the paraders inj the aisles. Senators and representa-1 tives helped carry banners. Senator Hughes personally bore the New Jersey Jer-sey flag. On motion of Senator Hughes of New Jersey, the rules were suspended suspend-ed and no ballots whatever were taken. tak-en. The delegates simply roared "aye," when the names of Wilson and Marshall were called, and Chairman Chair-man James declared them nominated by acclamation. President Wilson's own plank charging charg-ing conspiracy among some foreign-born foreign-born citizens for the benefit of foreign powers and denouncing any political party which benefits and does not repudiate re-pudiate such a situation was incorporated incorpor-ated in the platform just as the president pres-ident himself had sent, it from Washington. Wash-ington. It was understood that the president insisted that the plank should be put in the platform in the way he had drawn it. The Thursday afternoon session of the conventicfi gave the Democrats another chance to rejoice and be glad n an eloquent recital of the achievements achieve-ments of the party by United States Senator OIHe James of Kentucky, In lis speech as permanent chairman of he convention. Like former Governor Martin H. ilynn of New York, who made the keynote speech on Wednesday, Senator Sen-ator James aroused the great crowd in the Coliseum to a high pitch of enthusiasm and inspired them with liigh hopes of success at the polls. He lealt with subjects that had not been touched upon by Temporary Chair-nan Chair-nan Glynn and paid high tribute to President Wilson. And .it was the leeds of the party and the name of :he man that appealed to delegates md visitors and caused a demonstra-ion demonstra-ion that lasted nineteen minutes. The phrase that caught the crowd eferred to President Wilson's foreign )olicy. Senator James said; "President Wilson's object Is the rotection of American life and Amer-can Amer-can interests under international law. "he saving of neutral life, the freedom if the seas, and without orphaning a ingle American child, without widow-ng widow-ng a single American mother, with-ut with-ut firing a single gun, without the hedding of a single drop of blood he prung from the most militant spirit hat ever brooded above a battlefield, n acknowledgement of American ights and an agreement to American emands." Applause drowned out the words of he speaker before he had finished he last sentence. Immediately there cere cries froui all parts of the hall. "Repeat it! Tell it over again." Give it to us again, Ollie." Senator James nodded his "assent nd waived his hand for silence. Then slowly and effectively he re-eated re-eated his words, while the crowd lis-ened lis-ened in dead silence. Then came a eafening cheer, and it was repeated ver and over again in undiminished trength and vigor while delegates and isltors stood up and thrilled with the Dund of 10,000 voices tuned to the bat-e bat-e of politics. His audience appeared to be ai anxious to hear and understand tbt record of the Democratic party and its president as Senator James was to persuade them that it was big with brilliant achievements and had saved the peace, dignity annd prospei-ity prospei-ity o the country. He spoke for more than an hour, not counting the time he was forced to pause for big demonstrations dem-onstrations and prolonged applause, and closed with his high tribute to President Wilson. William Jennings Bryan addressed the convention at the night session, and, In reviewing the struggles of, thb Democratic party, said: "After sixteen years of waiting, oui party entered the White House and, fortunately, we won the senate and house at the same time. Our party became responsible for national affairs, af-fairs, and now we come, after three years of labor, to make our plans for the future, and to submit to the American people the claims of our party to continued confidence. "Whatever differences of opinion may exist, or may have existed, as to particular measures or particular acts, we are here to begin the fighi of 1916, a united party in every state in the union, ready for battle." In his keynote speech, ex-Governor Glynn declared that: "The president of the United States stands today where stood the men who made America and who saved America. He stands where George Washington stood when he prayed that this country would never un-sheath un-sheath the sword except in self-defense so long as justice and our essential es-sential rights could be preserved without it. "Wilson's name will he the name of the great president who has made Democracy proud that he is a Demo crat and made Americans proud that he is an American." ' f" ' -. V -1 - C- r j , 6; ' . "'' J r. !" ,' " ,,.. 4 h K. ''X ' - ' V . 1 If , . THOMAS R. MARSHALL. , |