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UNITED FRONT
BY UNKNOT
SAYS i'COHS
Chairman of National Committee
Calls Convention to Order Says
Republicans Offer Pulchritudlnous
Promise, But With Vacuous Intent
Promises Things Democrats Did.
ST. LOUIS, June M. Tn calling
the - democratic, national convention
to order nl noon today, Chairman
William F. MeCombs of the demo
cratic national committee hoke as
follews:
"Ladies nnd Oentlomon of the
Conventien: We nre in an ntmos
jihcrc of victory. Wc have no feel
ing of guess, but n spirit of cerluin
iy.' We arc hero to celebrate' the
marvelous nchievcments of the demo
cratic party .sineo.lt came into power
and to place u 'milestone upon the
pnlh of its future .success.
"Over UOUn years ago an old slave
related the fable or the frog who
wanted In grow to the size of an ele
phant. Such was the ambition of hi-,
soul thai his body swelled to a mar
velous proportion. Indeed, Aesop
went so far as to predict that the
frog, upon reaching tho sizo of the
clephnnl, would burst. I commend
to your notieo the wisdom of Aesop.
il look over lidlio years for his
prophecy In come true. Only last
week the frog-elephant, or tlie cle
phnnl -frog, exploded. The republi
can naily for yours succeeded in de
ceiving tho country. Now it is suc
cessfully deceiving itself. In its
platform it offers pulchritudinotts
promise Inil with vacuous intent. It
promise the country in the jnain
what the dyuinorntie party hag nl
rendy done or is in the liroeess of
dninjr, spying always the bogus god,
'protection,' ( has cloaked inequity
with n judicial robe, but tho cloven
hoof of special interest stftl pro.
triuhs.
Doctrine, of Foivordlunflon
"The board of directors hns snt in
Chicago nnd'ftgnin-resolved that they
rtro the coiu'llry. They have adopted
the doctrine of forcordination ami
.predestination,, but have made it up.
plionble only jo themselves.
"The rest of the people nre their
wards for profit.
"Ambition is u noble attribute, but
whnu it is adulterated with greed a
cataclysm is inevitable. Wo have
recently witnessed the painful spec
tncle, of two groat American parlies
t Chicngn pulling self in place of
ideals; self-glorification in plnco of
national honor; republicanism) nnd
,progresiveihin In plnco of Amerieun
isin. "Wc have witnessed (lie drab spec
tacle of two groups of men trained
principals like competitor in u fish
market in the hope that some com.
promise would win public support.
They have not come together -they
have fallen out over Hie 'swag.' For
the .sake of victory many of these
men, essentially opposite in princiolc,
have been willing to become friends
with false masks. The result is in
evitable 'divided, Ihey fall.'
Wdeoino PiwgmssUes
"Wo nre proud in tho (hough! that
'united we aland. We welcome the
pent-up AiiicricMinisin of the progre
aivrte individually to our rnnk, of
fering t'icin haven in a principle.
Their leader has abandoned them
with eras cruelty.
"The gentleman from Oyster liny,
jn a recent letter to Chnmgo, tpiofed
Abraham Lincoln as saying, '.May not
all, having a common interest, re
unite, in a common effort to nu our
common country.' Indies and gen
JJomen, I beg to call your attention
Jo the word 'reunite.' The word
avo (be uniinlry' have boon the di
MjliiM of the opposition for several
.vorc. Then' may be a oliliel war
trfHlny in this country, but thai war
only otot hot h mii factions. Whv
did the aenlleman quote the words of
;ihoIii, in the Imp- of reuniting
AiHorti-.iH7 AmerieatiK arc reuuit
sl aa never before. He meant bv
reaniliHg that two faction of his
jMiriy should reunite. These two
ftjuii6 or port of thotu hoped to
join for fcelf-agerandiaeniont. Load
r f these faction factions pow
orloas as ontities hood to join
;mnd, however stained and kowcer
.diviilwl on irreconcilable principle,
for the insidious mirtxtse of over
throwing a thiol entity, which for the
jwt four years stood united in a
JKWnSli.B Callr; v'sor MllVnlctO Is
owe for all ato all fr,f teat; ,ual
sijtbj eil HtSeial privileges to none;
vkoit th0( twtk of faith is that
Amrta is American and Americans
r America.
A Crucial Hour
This i a crucial hour in tin- la--
t!, iL :0- w..nd. It i- uu h..ir
MTCPFOKT)
when every rami should take slock of
himself and his principle.. This is
nn hour when cerynnp should ec
whether in hi inner eonscioune!.s
he H(imrcs with the ideals or 177(1,
and the later periods of dramatic
episode, when this eoutitry resolutely
nnintaincd pence -with honor.
"The democratic party, in the face
of seandnlous and vicious attacks,
has maintained this ureal American
ideal. While for peace, it has stead
ily nnd surely worked for sound and
powerful picpnreduoss. It ha main
tained a solemn dignity in the face
of eircumstnnees which might have
drawn it into the vortex nf worhl
dostnietion. Though villified by
helf-seekers, it hns maintained
friendly 1 elation, tlirniuthnut the
I worl(1: ''. 'H ,nu ' t'"-' i'"i or
wwnenea; it mis heen (rue to the
great principles of Washington, .Jef
ferson, Madison nnd Jackson; il has
allowed no selfish interest to blind
it to Ihn fundamentals of its fnitb
I nnd the country has found that its
confidence has been well boslnwcd.
The democratic party haw proven it
self a parly or principle, n patty of
constructive ability, a pnrly of per
formaucc. It has proven that ideals
can be realized. United wc stand for
America.
"Ladies and gentlemen of this
great convention, the elephant is
dead, the moose is dead loin? live
the American engle!"
RAILROAD STRIKE
"SKW YORK, June H Forced by
W. O. Lee, prosldont of tho Ilrothcr
hood of Hallrond Trainmen, Into ad
mitting that tho demands of tho 3.p,0.-
000 railroad men of tho fulled States
had been rejected, tho railroad man
tigers at tho conference called hero
to avert a general strike, today declnr
cd It wiih iij) to tho men to decldr
whether they should continue, the
conference, Tho union lenders, aftor
Mating that the railroads counte
proposition wns not acceptable, d-
clded to continue the conference hat!
Indicated they expected It to end late,
tonight or tomorrow. This apparent
crisis In tho negotiations canio when
President Leo Inquired of Hllsua Leo,
chnlrnian of tho rallioad managers,
how mnii)' of the tor. questions put
by the unions regarding the railroads
counter proposition wro still to ha
answered. When Chairman Lee
answered "thirty or forty," Lee said
It was useless to go further
BILL IS REPORTED
WASHINGTON, June 11. A fa
vorable icport was oidercd by the
house militnry committee today on
me unity appropriation mil carrying
.?lw,(Hi(,()()U. It makes prnwston for
the increases nnd changes nuthon.cd
by the new army reorganisation law,
"and includes .foOO.OOO jor uuliiin
training camps.
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WILSON LEADS
Carryinn Stars and Stripes, President
Marches at Head of 75,000 to Em
phasize Capitol's Demand for Ad
equate Army and Navy Sets a
Precedent by Walking the Entire
Lenytli of March.
WASIIINOTON, Juno M. Led by
Prcnidoijt Wilson, carrying the Still's
nnd Stripes, nearly 7.ri,000 men, wo,
men nml children of Washington
marched up broad PciiUNylvanin av
enue today in n preparedness parade
arranged to emphasize the national
en pit nl' cdmand for an adequate
(innv a lid iiiiw.
Hesidet iniirchiug himself and then
rcieuitij; the patudc, the president
ptcparcd an nddrcis 011 "Amcrua
first," tn be dilucred 111 the nfler-
The
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IN PARADE I'll
A N S
I mum at an open-air meeting south
1 of the white house.
j Washington was brilliantly deeo
naicd for the occasion. It was a
1 holiday, for undur nn exedtitive or
jder issued by the president, nil gov.
.imnicnt employe wei-e exoused from
work and many stores were closed.
President Wilson decided to set n
'precedent by walking during tho en
tire length of tho pniiide. Fonnor
! Presidents Roosevelt and Tuft also
had been invited, but found it im
possible to participate. Hoginniinr at
the peace monument, near the onpi
tol building, tho line of march pas,
cd the postofflce and treasury de
partment buildings nnd then reached
the whilo house, wheie a reviewing
stand draped with American flags
had been creeled. The picsident left
Ihc bend of the parade and ciileied
the stand with the remnindor of Ihc
line passing by.
No regulnr military orgnnirntlons
weiu permitted to inarch, beoauo
Secretaries linker nnd Onniels
thought il would ho improper for
piofcssional sohliorx nnd unilors to
participate.
After marching in leview the par
allels were directed lo proceed to the
open space back of the white house,
where a temporary stand was erect
ed lor the Flag da ccries Pics
idint Wil-nu planned lo begin pcak
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The president, attired in white
trousers, blue cont and straw lint,
and shouldering his flng liko n mus
ket, slopped briskly to martial airs
played by tho United States marine
band. Ho smiled broadly and fre
quently raised his lint in response to
cheers nn he marched along between
two district commissioners, escorted
by Secretnry Tumulty, the while
house employes nnd the white house
slaff.
President Tarries Flag
Ideal weather favored the demon
stration. Thuro wns lmrdlv a cloud in
the sky nnd it was as cool u lute
spring. Knthusinstio crowds crowd
ed the nvetiue from pence monument
to the white house.
As tho line swung around the
treasury building nl Fifteenth street
nnd Pennsylninln -avenue the presi
dent wns confronted by a huge ban
ner hearing tho loftend, "Ho Prepnied
If You Cain About Nincly-one
Kloctornl Votes, Consider l's -Woman's
Party."
It wns tho work of tho Congres
sional Union for Woman Suffrage
Sect claries MeAdoo, Red field,
Lnne and Wilson, Postmaster General
Ilitrlcsnu rfiid Attorney (Icuenil Greg
ory headed Ihc employes of their de
ipnrimcnis. M'cielarv l.ansiuc wa
in the reiiuir sl.iud, Sccrclarus
iiniiicis, ii.iKor nml lloiisltui wen out
of town.
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President Wilson, in the reviewing
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ognized. Each cabinet member fell
out nnd took his place by tho presi
dent as the reviewing stand was
reached.
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