The Washington times., 1924-07-08


The delegates would have car.
ried their State banners around to
New York ana made obeisance to
the standard Of the empire State
and the galleries would have been
shouting yet. But presto, changed
Mr.. Smiths managers have dis
covered that the gallery il a la.
bility instead Of an asset. and 81
was interesting, II not amusing, to
see the frantic efforts made by the
New York delegation to hush the
galleries. They waved and gesticu.
lated and looked as fierce as pos
sible. f
One delegate seemed to be on
o pivot and turned round and
round. waving to the galleries in
every direction. And the effort was
q success. Instead Of q prolonged,
vociferous exultation, the conven-
ton. was still again In a few min.
uteS, and the announcement Of the
vote proceeded.
Expects Smith Decline.
II one can venture to make any
prediction In q convention so un.
certain a. this, it seems likely that
Mr.. Smith win soon reach his peak
and begin TO decline.
The lines are so strictly drawn
that It would seem impossible for
him TO gather q great many more
votes from the McAdoo States, and
he cannot expect many from Wiz.
ginia, Arkansas or even Alabama,
When he has reached his limit
and begins his weary descent down
the other side Of the hill, we win
be nearer adjournment.
| Today will be interesting be.
Fcause It will be devoted to the
trying out OF the different candi-
dates.
| Mr.. Davis, Of West Virginia, may
take another squirt, but the dele.
gates know that despite his genial
ity ana excellent personal qualities,
his nomination would not only be
disastrous In the west, but danger.
out to the east.
With Mr.. La Toilette pulling
away . large section of the labor
vote from President Coolidge in all
the cities Of the East, Wall Street
VIII need all the reactionary Demo.
Gratis to protect its majority in New
York. New Jersey and New Eng
land.
A candidate like Mr.. Davis would
lose the Eastern States to Coolidge
and the Western States to La Fol
lette, leaving him with nothing but
the South.
Disappointing to Davis.
The facts may be disappointing
to Mr.. Davis friends. but 1t il bet.
ter to face the facts candidly be-
fore the nomination IL made than
to learn them during the campaign.
As soon az Wan Street finds that
MI. Davis is impossible. it win Sc
lect some other man and blight him
with its affectionate embrace. I
do not care to mention any names
unnecessarily.
In twenty-eight years of active
participation In national politics.
have singled out only about a half.
dozen Democrats and criticism, and
have criticised them only when I
thought them a menace to the
party's welfare.
| SO, In this campaign, have only
pointed out the weakness Of candi-
dates whom deemed impossible,
either because they were reaction.
airy, or because they were wet, or
because they were both wet and re.
dictionary.
I would do anything possible for
any OF them personally, but / owe
q debt to the Democrats, who have
trusted me for more than q quarter
OF a century, and who have given
me whatever influence I have in
the party. I am trying to protect
these Democrats from a mistake
that would 1eopardize our success.
and by so doing disappoint the
hopes Of those who see in the
Democratic party their only power
full friend-the only party that has
both the ability and the disposition
to protect the masses.
Folly Of Capitalists.
II the delegates want to know
against whom to vote, they need
only watch the Wall street crowd
and take the opposite side.
1t 10 strange that the capitalists
do not see the folly Of trying to
divide the conservative element into
two parties, when there are not
enough Of them to give one party q
majority. It Is an old saying that
whom the Gods would destroy,
they first made mad. Is It not sheer
madness for big business to try to
control the Democratic party?
Our party 10 not as radical az the
new third party, but It Is a pro.
gressive party; ais shown by it's
platform and it's record. It Is more
progressive than It has ever been
before. It IL opposed to class govern
ment, and the only party that can
consistently oppose class govern
ment.
The Republican party has been
willing to put the Republican party
under the control OK several OF the
J smaller classes-the manufacturers,
the trusts, the railroads, the banks
how can 1t oppose farmer party,
made up Of nearly q third Of the
nation? There are moro in the
farmer class than in the combined
strength Of all the classes, with
which the Republican party il will.
ing to entrust the government.
The wage-earning class Is next In
lsizo to the. agricultural group. It
too, has more members than the
combined strength Of all the classes
favored by the Republican. party.
When the farmers and laborers
Join hands, they constitute a ma.
jority Of the American people and
can control the electoral college.
Do the Representatives Of big
business think 1t wise to force this
union? The Democratic party is
the only hope Of constant progress