Evening star., 1924-11-01
LIBERAL CONGRESS
FORESEEN BY DAVIS
Says If Coolidge Wins He
Cannot Have Progressive
Administration.
By the Associat ted Press.

NEW YORK. November lin the
fifth statement of the series being
issued BY John w Davis, Democratic
candidate for President, for the pur-
pose of summarizing campaign is
sues" il was claimed today that "the
country will elect a Congress pledged
to- progress ard remedial liberal legis-
iation.'
The statement further declares that
Senator La Toilette has no chance
of election. and adds tha. 'it is evil
dent that President Coolidge has not
been, and VIII not be, III accord with
the purposes of such Congress as it
is said will be elected
The statement said:
Text Of Statement.
During the campaign I have at
tempted to discuss the issues before
us with the greatest frankness and
sincerely. ] have done my utmost
10 make my position on all the ques-
tions of the day clear-cut. 1 have
pledged myself. ii elected. to do
everything within my power to open
up the markets Of the world for our
products. as the business men of our
country cannot hope for real and
durable prosperity OH any other basis.
"As manufacturers and merchants
cannot prosper unless the farmers
prosper. I have promised to exert my
every effort to raise agriculture to
plane of equality with our other great
industries. business cannot prosper
while idleness, poverty and discomfort
exist among our wage earners and
sAlaried men and women. who consti
tute the great bulk OF the buying
public. So l have pledged myself to
continue the Democratic policy OF
strengthening the position of labor.
None OF these things can be ac
complished without honesty and cour
age in Government and complete ac
cord and cooperation between the
President and Congress.
Nature of Congress.
There is TO doubt that the coun-
try will elect a Congress pledged tc
progress and remedial liberal legisla-
ton II Is admitted now that Sena-
tor La Toilette has no chance Of elec-
lion. 1t is evident that President
Coolidge has not been. and will no.
be. in accord with its high purpos es
DO the people want legislation or
do they want vcso.s and obstruction
md four re@rs Of de.,dlock between
the President aud Congress"
Prom the many expressions which
are coming in from all classes. from
very State. and from the iudorse-
nents received from various organi-
zatioas and from members Of alt
parties J an c1nT irCa1 that the peo-
pie do want reni5 dial Legislation. that
they do desire hs-m"iii"ur relations
between Congress ard tie President.
and that they Ir2li.;e nat they can
assure rEcro tiirg:s OILY b. voting -
tais elsctiou f"r the sat. and Ma
tional candidates al th- Democratic
party.
Reads Grundy Letters.
Mr.. Davis made the charge lat
night in q spe, cn that the Republican
party was trying t. buy the election
He read thu letters of Joseph T.
Grundy. who raised s650.o00 in Penn
sylvania. and contrasted what he
called the spirit "f rs.aterialism which
collected money from protected man
ufacturers With the spirit of idealism
shown in the letter Of a. gold star
mother who sent her dead sons in
surance check TO the Democratic ca
pafgn fund.
He read freel,- from the letters Of
Mr.. Grundy, which ALREADY had been
made public by testimony before the
Borah investigating committee
These letters urged rennsytvanian&
to contribute TO the Republican cam
paign fund OH the ground that they
ndu pToHttu Sfe"Iy under IN. kc-
publican administration. Receive
Freely and give freely" Ny Davis
paraphrasrI the ScriotUres in com
mcnt
Il have auo.htr letter ;ne!osing 4
check he said. The ca"cl- is from
the Treasurer uf the United States,
paid through IL Veterans Bureau.
The chech is :, small one. especially
when contracted wiz: the sS50,oo0
collected hy NJ. Gruudy. It is for
$3.50, and til" sender makes no men
tion Of sacrifice SIcn as Mr.. tirundr
in his lett r aid he and subscribers
for his fund ere making for the Re
publican p=rtE.
'The letter reads Is follows:
E. Mansfield. Ohio.
October 2S. 1924.
" James ". Gerard, Treasurer, Demo- |
cratic Committee, New York City.
"'Sir: [ inclosc the insurance check !
Of my dead son toward the fund for |
Mr.. Davis campaign. He would have |
sent it. Mrs JESSIE II. BLACK
81 don't l:now what you would |
Mr.. Davis said, but ] would !
choose that check. small as it may be,
against all the money that could be |
collected from protected manufacture
ers and possessors of privilege to pre-
serve their power to plumber their |