San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
D. 5. DAVENPORT.
7 0 MAKE RACE
|FQR CONGRESS
Assured Of Solid Demo
cratic Backing Against
Wurzbach.
ARRAICNS THE COP.
Amazed That Incumbent
Is Keepng Silent Over
Scandals.

D. s. Davenport Of San Antonio,
member of the Legislature from Bexar
county. and known throughout the
state by reason of his white mans
primary law. is a candidate for Con-
gress from the Fourteenth district.
Party leaders who are to support his
candidacy express the opinion that he
may ~be nominated without a long
drawn out contest. They believe the
Democrats of this district have 6
good chance to win the congressional
place. and therefore want no prima ~
c. mpaign that might affect those
! chances.
As is generally known. Mr.. Daven
port was the moving force that put
over the white mans primary law dur
ing the Thirty-eighth legislative ses'
sion. He was n leader in the House,
and came into notice by reason of his
/ opposition to all increases in taxes
and his attempt to reduce the appro-
priations to within the revenues.
! Mr.. Davenport has been resident
lof San Antonio twelve years. He was
born in Breckenridge, Stephens. eoun-
ty. Although he studied law he never
practieed that profession. He has been
engaged in the newspaper business
many years. He is 80 years Of age.
! Arraigns tne Republicans.
His formal announcement contains
some things which his supporters be-
lieve will set the voters to thinking.
He arraigns the Republican admins
! ira ton as n whole and calls atten-
| ton to 1.-THE lack of representation
| from the Fourteenth district: which
is beginning to be remarked about by
| Republicans as well as Democrats
The statement follows: Il have def
initely agreed to become a candidate
| for the Democratic nomination for
Congress from the Fourteenth district
| only after a careful investigation of
| the situation in every county of the
district. / believe the Democrats Of
| the district realize the futility OF in
ternal warfare in the party and are
| now ready and anxious to present a
solid front to the Republican party
which has proved its own capacity and
| which appears to be honey-combed
| with corruption.
II have assurances from leading
Democrats from virtually every coun-
| ty in the district that my candidacy
will meet with the approval of all the
various elements in the party and that
n united front will be presented to
] the reactionaries in November.
A Timely Bulletin.
"In urging me to make the race.
| leaders of the party have been kind
| have not been identified with any
7 o,.4s a,,1or faas;a,, x,-,tlin ha ar4r
! my regularity as n Democrat and 10y
atty to the party has never been ques-
| toned, but on the other hand / was
leader in the last Legislature in
carrying out the platform demand that
our party be purged of the negro vote
which vote has been Democratic in
July and Republican in November.
This has been accomplished and will
do much toward bringing harmony
among Democrats and with harmony.
victory is certain.
THAT a Democrat should represent
| this district is now agreed to by al
most all voters. Even with a Repub-
lican administration virtually nothing
has been accomplished for the district:
even the old standby of bean seed =
missing and in its place is offered q
bulletin on the Origin and Treatment
Of the Heeby-Jeebies.'
sport development in the district
| has languishcd with a Republican con-
yressman. and the army within Bexar
county is dwindhng and flying
fields and army posts are being aban-
bonded This in the face of the we'll
known fact that San Antonio is ideal
| from the standpoint of health and
| Weather conditions for the concentra-
ton of large bodies of troops and for
the worlds greatest flying fields.
No Aid for Postoffice.
IF these things are allowed to-
come about when we have n Republi-
can congressman to deal with a Re
publican administration. imagine our
situation were the administration
Democratic. which the next national
administration undoubtedly will be.
Then. with the congestion apparent
in the federal building. no relief seems
to be in sight for the postoffice and
other federal activities in San An
tonic. as well as the fact that no at
tempt is being made to take care Of
the needs for postoffice buildings att
many other points in the district.
NO one expected our representa-
tive in Congress to make much i'm
preston on the nation: a Republican
from the Solid South. of course. would
be more or less ignored. but We could
and did have a right TO believe he
would be able to hold his own in the
little things effecting his own district.
After virtually four years in Wash
ington no one knows who serves the
Fourteenth district in the House OF
Representatives he has made no i'm
press on the congresses with which
he has been east nor the country gen