Arizona republican., 1904-07-12

after serving as a conductor for several years he became the agent of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Piedmont West Virginia. Later, he was a mer- chant. and one of the leading producers of coal in that region. He was d wealthy man before the close of the civil war. which he managed to keer out of. After he went into railway construction and coal mining on a large scale his fortune mounted into the mil lions rapidly. He projected and car
 fed to successful conclusion the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg railway, of which he is still president. He is also president of the Piedmont 6 Cum berland railway. president of the Davis national bank of Piedmont and is largely interested in several of the eastern railroads and manufacturing enterprise.
 His political career was not especial ly noteworthy. His long service in the senate of the. United States is now only memory with newspaper men and others whose business it Is to keep track of men and events. His exper- fence as an office holder began as a member of the state legislature, in 1885. He was a state senator from 1867 to 1869, and United States senator from 1871 to 1883. He might have remained In the senate indefinitely, but he de- clined reelection upon the close of his second term. He has attended many democratic national conventions as delegate. Noninally Q resident ct Elkins. West Virginia, the old gentle man actually resides in Washington, where he has a fine house.
 It was not, of course. his age or his close relation to Senator E.lxins wh ca prompted the democratic b-ss2s to nominate MT. Davis as Judge Parker's running mate, but it was the fasciua- ton wrought by the glitter sf that thirty millions of gold in the old mans war-bags. The old bosses of the dem ncratic party. who find themSe.ves firmly in the saddle since the crushing overthrow of the Bryan-H Hearst wing. are determined that the campaign fund this year shall be phenomentally fat and juicy It was known from the beginning of the campaign made for Parker by August Belmont, the Amer iCan r1a RothschildE, that if Parker sLould be nominated there would be en- -rmous contributions for his election, and af- ter Parker's nomination became prob- able 1t was decided that thers should be absolute assurance of such a supp.y of money as would utterly dwarf the republican campaign fund Accord ingly, there was dnigent search fer q candidate for vice-prssident wcr.h millions Marshall Field. the wealth. lest citizen Of Chicago. was app-c aoh- ed. but he declined to take the hook The delegates at St. Louis in general had practically naothing to do with the nomination. and presumably the bosses had q deal with and promises from Davis before the convention met.
 But it is not impossible that they took too much for granted= Dav 8 among the people who. know hiEn bes- is considered about the "chilliest mark in the United States. No man can boast that he ever pulled the old mans leg, and if he makes a princely con- tribution to the fund which MT. Bel mont is to raise for the salvation of the common people" the giving up win establish that age, and not the nomination, has lossened Henry Gas saway Davis traditional grip on the strings of his purse.