The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-09
DAVIS ANSWERS. HUGHES KEYNOTE
 IN BUFFALO TALK
Appeal Recalls Plea For Newberry, Candidate
 Declares
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BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 8.-Answer ing at length the keynote" address made in Cincinnati last week by Secre tary of States Hughes, John W. Davis democratic nominee. for president brought his campaign in western New York to close here tonight and re. turned again to New York City to pre-. pare for his second tour of the middle west, scheduled to begin Friday.
 At Rochester, earlier in the day, Mr. Davis paid tribute to the Jewish re- ligion and race and declared again his intolerance to ':any feeling of religious prejudice or racial discrimination what ever." His speech here tonight, how ever, dealt mainly with political issues between the Democratic and Republi- can parties.
 Mir. Hughes speech, Mir. Davis said, represented "all that legal ingenuity and the zeal of an advocate could do for a client" and recalled ito one's mind his glowing defense of Senator Newberry when few others were ready to come forward in his behalf" The secretary's statement that 'one issue' of the campaign was whether the ad- ministration of Calvin Coolidge should be continued, MT. Davis said he was willing to accept. For the other asser- tions, the candidate held opposing or contentious views.
 To Avoid Personalities
 If this campaign takes the form of q comparison of personalities, Mir. Davis said, ''it will not do so of my choosing, and shall not permit myself to attack the personal or private char acter of the present occupant of the White House. But the case is different so far as questions of official conduct and administration or the performance or non-performance of official duty, are concerned"
 It was in this sense, the speaker said, that he approached Mir. Hughes dis cussion of executive leadership admin lstrative scandals, tax reduction, the tariff and foreign affairs. He asserted that the secretary had seen fit to apologize flor the conspicuous lack of cooperation between the president and his party in congress-" and added that :he message which MT. Coolidge sent to congress last December and which was said to have "captiyated the country" contained from recommendations that that attracted the attention of congress, judging from results.
 With reference to the scandals that have arisen since 1021," as Mir. Davis described the instances of corruption and official conduct" disclosed by con gressional investigations, the candidate asked if Fall and Daugherty or Denby would be out of the cabinet today if c3isgrpg had been silent"
 1t other point, Mir. Davis said: II invite ne secretary of state and I in- Vita an, defender of the present admin. istrati0l, to name one single act in hll tiiis sorry business initiated by the executi e."
 Tie andidate mentioned the Fordney- Nee a.4 per tariff act, saying it had not
 ., side by the secretary of state
 nRortent issue in this campaign. is inued with this statement
 Wants To Be Left Alone
 JPrIriege once intrenched never asks anything but to be left alone. It is t'leor tia in the secretary's mind the offense Of those who procured the writ ing Of an unjust and extortionate srtlf 's more to be forgiven than that of those who would rewrite it.
 When he approaches the subject of the League of Nations" Mir. Davis said, 'the secretary has nothing but scorn for the democratic proposal that this great question should be lifted above the sphere of partisan politics. Surely he has not forgotten the manifesto publish ed by thirty-one distinguished republi- cans, of whom he was One-appealing for the support of MT. Harding.'