The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-19


him an Insulting letter and cut loose
from the old organlzatlontot the party.
I.Then Davis built up q machine out Of
Ehist patronage and iadnehed his boon,
Y for governor He went over 10 chaun-
!. cey I. Filley, the hated rival OF thu
Warner forces, and sang his praises as
loudly as he had Major Warmers not
E5lons before. On one occasion he said:
~ ,considet Mr.. Filley far and away the
/ biggest man In the Republican party
Of Missouri, o-day"
Davis achieved unusual but not envi-
able fame during the mayoraity cans
t,paign In this citylin 1896, when he, told a
sensational story Of attempted assassi-
Snation and showed a hole shot through
ibis hat. That was why shouts came
from the gallery, WHO shot the hat?"
\ The a. P,.N came into existence as n
I3polltlcal factor In. Missouri. Its princi-
pies. among other things, declared that
no person d membeEof the Cathoh:
church should hold public office. Z Re-
publican leaders Of the state pursued 4
conservative course and did not rccug-
nize. or affiliate with the "A. PA. Davis
Endorsed the; principles section BY sec
tom His hat was shot and the alleged
attempt was made TO nssass!natc7 him
while he was going to an a. P. A. meet
Ing. + Il II II all 4
I In 1896 Davis became q candidate for.
governor and had the support Of Filley.
He was Sdefeated for the nomination,
however. Flllayf falling to set up the
pins Tor him. This was the occasion for
his DESERVING Filley. and thcnceforth
! Davis became a strong Kerens man.
Through Col. r. C. kerens he was sent
into Ohio and Arkansas by the ration
al Republican committee to speak for
the national ticket.
Trying to Undermine Kerens.
Davis was appointed assistant secre-
tary of the interior when the campaign
ended, Not long after he entered this
department.. It was charged that Davis.
was trying to undermine Kcrens, In the
hope OF succeeding him as national
committeeman from Missouri. Aftyr
Davis retired from the interior depart
ment some weekly papers in Missouri
undertook toslaunch boom for him for
the ,vicS presidential nomination. while
others mentioned him as available for
delegate-at-large to the national Re-
publican convention. Davis was dis
credited, however. as a party man, aud
no serious attention was paid by Ra-
publicans to him, his political aspira-
lions or his pro-Boer crusade. Davis
tried to break into tn. state Republic
can convention held In Kansas City in
May. but a resolution to invite him to
address the convention was bitterly
fought and finally rejected. He was at
Philadelphia. but obtained no recogni-
ton.
It was the general belief after Davls's
last nop yesterday thatihc HAD ar
ranged with the Democratic national
~S"'AAaA!t'-e Z W Spsdh ? lOEsa tle Bryan
ticket In the impending campaign at 20
much per speech. His descrtion OF his
oldS party. could be explained on no
other theory, becauee naithpr Davis nor
any other Politician OF ordinary judg-
,ment seriously believes that Bryan can
be elected In November. Daviss action
to-day sustains this belief, for, un-
doubtedly at the behcat Of the Demo-
cratic national committee Davis All
dressed the Silver Republican conven-
ton, Yesterday: in the national Demo
crati lGoaNaptiaaJ DaNia. worshlpped
anti frnrertailsm;;2T osday hetbecame 4
devoted 1870 ! Ter. THIS is what he.
said: SV - '2!'s!ts' tSA7 'tS't S'tt-'' -
we don't want 10 follow Great Bri-
'aln's Ideas any farther; we don't want
TO- help drag Great Brltain's chestnuts
out of 1.-The fire In China. We are big
enough TO have our own government.
free Of alliances with Great Britain.
We are big and grand enough to have
our own money"
{ The Democrats say very little when
asked how they like the new convert.
They laugh. Il
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