The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-27
COMMON HONESTY
 H.ISSUE--- DAVIS
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(COntinued From Page One.) success unmatched since the days of Hamilton" MT. Davis brought cheers from his audience by a declaration that one secretary of the treasury who stood along side of Alexander Hamilton was William G. McAdoo.
 Turning to the scandals disclosed by the Senate investigations, Mir. Davis said he was somewhat surprised" to find credit for these investigations claimed by the White House. He added that as he read American history, the disclosures "came from faithful serv- ants in the legislative and not in the executive branch of the government"
 AssaiTs Foreign Policy
 Assailing the administration on its foreign policy MT. Davis said he has no reason to suppose that the world court which has laid like a step child on the senatorial doorstep for the last four years even would be taken inside the door unless some other friend of the doorstep is secured.
 Then, last of all, Mir. Davis said. we are told that the things for which the American people are longing and yearning, that the things above all others which they desire and the things which they are going to struggle to is government is common sense.
 "Now shall not go back over, the story of the last three and a half years in order to define that term. Those who are familiar with the history of the last three years and half can
 "Now I shall not go back over the story of the Inst three and a half years in order to define that term. Those who are familiar with the history of the last three years and a half can reach the definition of that term as well as l."
 Presenting then the program of his own party, Mir. Davis said, the demo- crats had some rather common things to offer. First of all he presented common justice. We want it in our legislation and we declare that tariff law which takes from one man in order to enrich another, which imposes upon the people of this country an indirect burden in the form of revenue derived by the government is in it's nature in- herently injustice and must be modified. We say that in their system of tax re- auctions which favors those at the top as against those at the bottom is also inherently unjust and can not be ratified.
 Then we want not only common justice, but we want to offer to the American people common honesty. And when I speak of common honesty, l do not mean only that we shall keep our fingers out of the public pocket. I do not mean only that we shall abe stain from stealing the public money or giving away public land. mean honesty in thought as well as honesty in deed"
 Klan Denounced
 Having denounced the Ku Klux Klan at Seagirt, N. J., Mir. Davis did not mention that subject here. Before his appearance in the convention hall. the Ohio democratic delegates adopted a plank in their platform embOdying the very language used in naming the klan at Seagirt last Friday.
 After his address to the con vention where he was presented by former Gov. James M Cox, the demo- cratic presidential standard bearer four years aga, Mir. Davis went to the state fair grounds where he spoke infor- mally to a crowd of many thousands.
 After his appearance at the fair grounds Mir. Davis left for New York where he will prepare for the first extended speaking trip on his campaign, which will begin at Wheeling, W. Va, on Labor Day,