The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-19
LONG FRIENDSHIP FINDS REV ARD;
 SHAVER IS NAMED
West Virginia Lawyer, Stockman To Handle
 Davis Campaign
ACCEPTANCE SET
 FOR NIGHT SESSION
Leaders To Confer With Nominee During His
 Vacation
Bv RALPH H. TURNER. 'Rv I,.ased Wire to Age.Herald

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 NEW YORK, July 1s.-The man who first dreamed, years ago, that his friend, John W. Davis, was de- creed by destiny and politics to be president of the nited States, now assumes the official task of piloting his protege toward the White House.
 Glenn L. Shaver, lawyer and stock raiser of West Virginia, is the man. His formal appointment as the new chairman of the democratic national committee and campaign manager for the democratic presidential ;.om- inee, John W. Davis, was announced late Friday. It followed more than week of conferences in which Davis himself insisted that his old friend-the friend who had nomi- hated him as candidate for Con- Rress IA years ago-should receive i the job. Suggestions fro old line democrats that a figure better known nationally and with more political experience, be named, were brushed aside. '.
 Shaver. with some other "foOl friends" of Davis had begun promoting him for presidency way back when Davis himself insisted he wouldn't have it. Shaver put it over, and Davis In sisted upon the proper reward. This came, after days of uncertain ne eotiation, in the statement Eriday that 1 Davis had decided to recommend the l appqintment of. Shaver as national chairman. Now there only remains ths l lformaiify of the demOerAtic naf19sa v
 Gfttee ratifySas fbe n0mfnee l It also was announced at the Dawn I heatlduarters here that the candidate l would receive notification of his nomi nation and deliver his speech of accept ance at Clarksburg, ". Va, at p. m. 1 August II. The night hour was chosen to permit better facilities for radio broadcasting.
 With Shaver now officially in charge of the campaign, Davis left Friday night for PenObscot, Me. where he will spend several weeks at Dark SHarbor, the summer home of Charles Dana Gib- son. Shaver and Frank Polk accom- panied the nominee and will assist in the perfection of campaign plans: Va 1 rious other democratic leaders will visit the Maine resort from time to time, comforting with Davis on campaign strategy.
 A New Chapter
 The appointment of Shaver marks a new chapter in a modern political TO- nance. It was finally agreed upon at conference Friday between Davis, George Brennan, of Illinois, and Tom Taggart, of Indiana, but it really had it's inception in West Virginia many years ago, when both Davis and Shaver were serving their political apprentice ships. The two men were chairman of ! county committees in adjoining counties, Davis in Harrison county and Shaver in Marion. The contact which began then led to Shaver nominating Davis for Congress in 1910, but the tradition of West Virginia has it that long before then, even, Shaver saw in Davis pres idential candidate.
 Shaver's, adventures in home politics brought him the chairmanship of the democratic state committee, and later made him a member of the state legis- ture. Davis, meantime, like the be- rOes of HoratiO Alger. had left the home town of Clarksburg for fame and for tune in the city. But while Davis was gaining renown as solicitor-general, am bassadOr to the court of St. James and attorney for the greatest banking interests in the United States, Shaver kept plugging away, back in Fairmont, W. Va, as the leading "DaviS-Fcr- President exponent.
 In behalf of his old friend, he ap- peared at the democratic national con tiOn in New York, a shy, silent, ap- . parently unsophisticated person who I wandered quietly about the great spaces of the Waldorf headquarters for that faithful, undying band of crusaders known as the "Davis-FOr-President Hometown Club of Clarksburg."
 Not Much Pep
 All the external aspects of the tradi- tional practical politician are lacking in Shaver. He looks like country lawyer, who mixes his practice with farming. He is different, takes his time, and is wholly lacking in any out ward manifestations of pep"
 Shaver is g years old, six years the senior of his friend, the nominee. A bit of literature from the Davis headquarters here recalls that fellow West Virginian once remarked of Shaver, Il like him fine, but he hasn't a single, redeeming vice" The new ma tional committee chairman, according to the announcement. will taint the off, , flee with neither drinking nor smOk- ing; as he has never acquired either habit.
 Shaver was reared on a farm, studied law at George Washington university in Washington, D. C., and returned to practice his profession in Fairmont. Farming, cattle-raising, deals in COW and timber lands, and then more and more politics, finally crowded the law practice out of the picture.
 In the field of sport, the democratic campaign director is partial to fox hunting Ia strain of fOxhounds has been named after him) and is said to be an authority on stream fishing. But now he has one dominant in- terest-landing his. discovery" John W. Davis, in the presidency. He will devote his entire time to his new as- signment. I the democrats win in November, add to the makers of presi- dents a new name-Clem l.. Shaver.