The Dawson news., 1924-09-23
F]IVIS GREETs $4,000
n MISSOURI BARBECIIg1; ];
,,DoNG sTAMPEDEs OVER
'IrT1c TO HEAR CANDIDATE
,coA7I. ADMINISTRATION.
Eur GREATEST RALLY KNOWN

.:da for Miles. Nominee Swung
Tbs ~ Campaign Throttle Wide Open
II Speech to Frenzied Crowd.
p1NCFTON, Mo.-Missouri turn
ont today to give John w. Davis
,.rotic candidate for president, a
reat ovation.
" tbe heart of the states agricul-
80, ben at least $4,000 persons were
,u,h,ad on the farm of DR.. Arthur
Nelson. Missouri's democratic
o,,,;ree for governor, to see and
beer Mfr. Davis when he arrived
.utl. after noon from Kansas City.
was an inspiring throng that pack
+be hills of the Nelson farm when
democratic standard bearer reach
tbem and he swung his campaign
-ottle wide open when it came his
Hrn to speak.
Probably never in the history OF
merican politics were so many as
tnbled for a campaign rally as were
,.sed on the rolling Nelson estate.
he crowd was SO great that lZ,UOOO
pnrds Of barbecued beef and 5000
Drnds Of mutton had vanished in the
b'Iqctiye many hours before Mr.. Da-
arr;yed and thousands unfed were
smoring for food. The physically
rngrv soon had an oratorical feast
ben Mr.. Davis threw restraint to
winds and talked rough as his
Imoaign strategists have long desir-
Crowd Stampedes Over Fields.
The crowd, which begun arriving
o'clock in the morning, stampeded
qr the fields, pushed and showed,
h,mbled and fell, and yelled and
souted itself into a frenzy as Mr,
evs cut loose with the punch that
eperallv has been lacking III his
eeches a..
Cucb a crowd under such conditions
never faced Mr.. Davis nor any
her presidential candidate. +. |.
eredjth former secretary OF agrlcul-
re. estimated that forty acres were
Ken in parking automobiles alone
her space was taken by parking
Fnlancs for Missouri came by every
bde Of travel Truck carried scores.
anv walked Special trains brought
Are thew all democrats?" asked
OF Mr.. Davis advisers. III they
where the devil were they IN
o:" =.
Mr.. Davis special train pulled in
a side track at Syracuse, Mo, early,
thc morning. The two stores and
bank had closed for the cele6ra-
n. A sign in the station Windo"
n Won want tickets walk half block
hth OF mail car and half block east
agents house.
Country Constables Rented.
rbe democratic nominee stepped
! worn automobile which DR.:
lson drives and through clouds OF
wen to the farm four miles
ay half way between Syracuse ana
1hCeton.
Suddenly into view of the Davis
ty as it dropped over hill came
lse acres of automobiles, those
Busands of persons, and the clamor
mob. In a moment, as the 1ren-
OF the crowd recognized the new
nocratc leader, the Nelson hills
e roaring with a diapason OF
erS.
cores OF deputy town constables,
overals and mounted on plow
ses, quit polishing their tin stars
the effort to clear way tor MI
vis but they lacked both ability
numbers. After an hour OF slow
Eing Mr.. Davis finally entered the
son house. Everybody suraeed
inst it. trampling over beds, kick
each other in the shins, seeking
look at the nominee.
here he isl There he is! The man
the white hairl" women shouted
t he good looking?"
hey were not all democrats. ior
y OF the thousands of automobiles
ied pictures of Coolidge and
eS, but their occupants either kept
Or Joined the Davis celebration
the iervor of old-time democrats
be speech they heard was an am
FED couglomeration of everything
Davis has said. He opened with a
Icy OF the late Champ Clark. That
the audience in a cheering mood.
praised the women and the thous-
OF iarmers' wives sitting around
ed clapped or chortled.
Cites Farm Investigations"
ruIege creeps like a shiny viper
the administrative chambers OF
executive departments" Mr.. Da-
shouted 1T lays its hand upon
Fnment officials, large and small,
coaXes from them some special
ht and advantage over and above
fellow citizens"
dry rot" he added, "permeates
whole body polite" q"
Davis cited the numerous IN
cations of farmers troubles, and
ested that if any farmer present
been Investigated his name be
Su INTO the government at once.
came repetition of previous
es to labor, the farmer, the man
tuIeT and a new pledge to help
iarmer by fostering inland water
might thousands of automobiles
We're trying to find their way
country roads of one-track
thousands Of nersons were