The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-11

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course Davis has more intelli-
gence. Otherwise the boys are
as like as two pickpockets-on
a colossal scale.
May Never Have Another.
The democratic party was allowed
to have a long convention. Perhaps
it may never have another. After
two weeks of hooting and kissing it
finally was told to go home and to
bed.
What surprised us from the start
was the patience exhibited by ]. P.
Morgan. But he was on the inside
and we were not. After all he knew
what he was about. AS The DAILY
WORKER pointed out, Morgan
wanted to tie the oil can to McAdoo
before putting his man across.
The great guessing contest now is
how the democratic party can make
"a campaign, that every member OF
the Hair Splitters' Union can differ.
entiate from that of the republican
party. They cannot attack Wall
Street without attacking Davis, the
personal representative of Morgan,
the leading representative of Wall
Street.
Charles w. Bryan, one of the Bryan
boys, is expected to provide the com.
edy touch to the campaign. There is
no anti-Darwinian plank in the party
platform, but if the democratic party
campaign managers will give "Bill
j." a hurdy gurdy and monkey to
play with he may win back the radio
vote which he lost over his Khan
fight.
Coolidge Not Satisfied.
Everybody was satisfied after the
nomination except Calvin Coolidge
why the devil didn't they nominate
me instead of wasting two good men
on one job" is what the president
is reported to have thot. He did not
speak for publication, but White
House reporters know how to read
his eyebrows, by now. Necessity is
the mother Of invention. Even re
porters can learn under compulsion.
King George wired the chairman Of
the democratic campaign committee
that he couldn't have made a better
selection himself for presidential
nominee, but he thot they should
have selected the British ambassador
Sir Esme Howard, for second place
on the ticket. He would catch the
labor vote.
Charles W. Bryan was the unani-
nous choice of the convention, after
John w. Davis selected him. Up until
then he was not even dreamt of
except by his brother Bill. But when
the delegates began to think they thot
fast.
Davis said 1--WE must either have a
Catholic or a well known protestant
for second place" AS all Catholics, no
matter how dry, favor sacramento
wine, in order to catch the Ku Klux
vote, he picked a dry who wears a
skull cap and wears flannel underwear
in summer time as penance for coming
to New York and associating with
Tammany Hall. This keeps him itch.
ing for a fight with booze.
The Democratic politicians are find.
ing it difficult to agree on whom to
give the credit to for putting over
Davis. In order to prevent Governor
Cox from going over openly to Coolidge
before the election, he was given a
little publicity and given the title OF
boss Of the party for day 1t is hard
to satisfy Cox. He was beaten by the
biggest majority in American political
history for the presidency, by Harding
But he wanted more glory. He got it
After being ignored for two weeks, he
was invited to New York and described
in the press as a medium sized man
close knit, alert, immaculate as a
banker dressed for business etc."
Gompers spent most OF his time in
the Lennox hospital while the great
battle was on. fLook again thru the