The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-26
MOVEMENT IN
NEED Of PUSH
If Strong Man Took the In
ltlative, Davis Might Be
the Nominee
BY MARK SULLIVAN

SPECIAL Dispatch To TIL" lntelll lgcncer.
SAN FRANCISCO. Ca. Jun" 2i.-
S'Nt"cn candidates 70 he put IN NOM
iration with formal nominating speech
- ut I'll" convention next week. SIX
;""n is N" score at this writing. with
others coming in every day.
The latest cntrant IS Senator Cham
herlaIn Of Oregon. and at least one ad-
Mltlcn may be expected yet OF course
not All these are serious candidates.
In several cases tho ceremony is mere
ly a friendly compliment 10 popular
man. which costs no more than twenty
minutes OF the conventions time \
man who j. a candidate for l"ra!
state ortrC" is thought I" hr helped
with his own voters by the fact that he
cIt \ figure in the rae" for III" PrCSi-
d"ury. In AT least a t"W cases II means
the ambition Nf someone to make \
>u""' and - case in which an ami
able politician asSentS In the request
Of Il speech making friend To Let his
name he put in nomination..
Without saying for the moment any
thirS very definite about the relative
chances Of the sixteen in the baloting.
yards both their ability and their avail
ability.
Davis the Premier.
or tn" sixteen one stands in a class
apart. The present ambassador 10
E,nrlAnd John W. Davis Of West Sir-
a.
, sarily as IA probability, but by virtue Of
his qualities. | have talked with no
Democratic leader who does not say
that Mr.. Davis. by the quality OF his
mind and tho distinction OF his person
ality. is more surely IN the class OF
statesmen than any other candidate.
Mr.. Davis is not merely an cutstand-
ing man in a period Of our history
when. as in the present year. tn" whole
, problem. both of the Democrats and
of h.N
from amoug several men who were not
outstanding
Mr.. Davis would have made a good
President of the United States at any
period in its history. and If he were
made President now. would stand shou!-
der 20 shoulder with any President the
Democrats have ever named. He couid
be- ono of the Democratic demi-gods
like Cleveland or Tilden.
"rhs Follows Don't Know Davis"
Unfortunately Mr.. Davis as n prob
ability in this convention does not
rank equally With NJ Payts 5Sads,, as ,a
admit Mr. Davis outstandspgs 9pslity IA
n spirit OF generous ana friendly ad-
mirarIon. gave three objections 70
choosing him. The first is that the
fellows don't know Davis. BY the
fellows" they mean the delegates. II
is quito true that Mr.. Davis career az
con ngrcSsman several years ago. as
solicitor general Of the United states.
and as ambassador TO Great Britain. has
not brought him into close contact with
the rank and Ale Of tho party workers.
III Is natural enough that tho delegates
should be unlikely TO choose man
Of whom they know SO little.
Eut this is far from a final objection:
Scores and hundreds OF delegates Will
vote for candidates OF whom they have
no personal knowledge: but whom they
accept on faith at In" bchcst OF the
leaders. II some strong leader were
70 PUT his heart into the Davis move
men, the delegates would not resist
him.
The second objection made TO Mr..
Davis is that hc is not known I" the
people. and tho business Of tn" Demo
Gratis during tho campaign would he to
make Mr. Davis known TO tn" public.
But this is what campaign is 1or'
and the four months of campaign IS
ample time for 1t. That also, Is not a
final objection.
Davis Against suffrage.
Aside from these. Other minor reasons
arc given against choosing Mr. Davis.
One is that az a congressman. he voted
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