The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-19
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 BEHIND DAVIS
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(Continued from Page One.) which the party stands as unit" with out the intervention of faction, bloc or section.
 He pledged his full support to Mir. Davis and declared both he and
 the presidential candidate are in
 harmony with the platform upon
 which they will fight for electoral
 support.
 By the selection of one from the heart of the great Middle West as its candidate, the democratic party recog- nizes the importance of agriculture as one of the basic industries of the na- tion," Mir. Bryan asserted, adding that i've have the assurance that our party is in direct sympathy with the needs and advancement of the farmers of the country"
 "It is unthinkable," he said at an other point, "that the great host of pro- gressive farmers and wage earners. both organized and unorganized, who know from active association and CO., operation in service for many years, having this great party organization presented now as fit instrument through which to work their will, should permit diversion of strength and make possible the triumph of the forces of reaction and selfish interest"
 Not Obligated.
 He felt, he said, that it was but due to say that he was conscious of no ob- ligation to any interest or any indi- vidual that would embarrass me in the discharge of the duties of this office" He accepted with solemn pledge, he added, that 'every ability can exer- else and every effort make, shall be with an eye single to the material, moral, spiritual welfare of my country and my countrymen."
 Honesty, efficiency and economy in government were declared by the nom- inee as the need of the hour.
 He laid to the door of the republican administration the responsibility for the unrest through the country" duplica- tion of governmental work, unnecessary boards and commissions, high cost of government and excessive taxation.
 Woman worth and activity child welfare, sthe democratic party's inter est in the support of labor" Outlawing of war, water power, law enforcement and private monopoly were other sub jects discussed by Governor Bryan. He promised to take up later during the campaign other matters enumerated in the party's platform as demanding at tention.
 Blames Republicans
 He dwelt particularly though on ag-. rieulture and charged the republicans with changing the farmers condition from prosperity to adnersity." Their policy, he said, of reducing the higher suitax schedules on incomes and re- moving the tax from the profiteer had shifted the burden to the shoulders of those least able to pay and caused in jury to the farmers.
 The farmer, he continued, needs the high tariff rates reduced so as to en- able him to buy in a competitive mar ket at home and remove the restrictions which have injuriously affected the foreign market in which he sells his sur plus products"
 Support of the federal reserve sys- tenn, lower rail and water rates, de- velopment of a deep waterway system from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean and gulf, water power, cheap fertilizer, more uniform warehouse laws, cooperative marketing legisla- tion, an export marketing corporation and the benefit of the newly proposed act were listed as other needs.
 Discussing war, Governor Bryan de- clared the democratic party would en- deavor to secure world disarmament by international agreement and seek also an international referendum on the subject.
 War propaganda, demobilization programs, or civilian and industrial re- sources. he deplored as a great economic waste, misleading and un- necessarily inflammatory."
 Appeals To Women
 The democratic party has no prin- ciples, no policies, nor plans that it could not submit to women's council, he said. Protection of the child and the care of mothers were essential, he added. Democratic votes, he asserted had major part in the adoption of the child labor constitutional amendment.
 The nominee recalled that Arkansas, a democratic state, was the first state to ratify it,
 Labor must be dealt with humanly, Governor Bryan asserted, adding that the democratic party "has always been the laboring mans friend, not to se- cure his vote, but because the nation cannot progress unless he progresses. '
 Strict public control and conserva- tion of natural resources, development of Muscle Shoals, recovery of the coun- try's oil reserves and other parts of the public domain, (which have been fraudulently or illegally leased or otherwise transferred to private inter ests," were advocated by the nominee. The democratic platform peldged it. self, he added, to ''restore and enforce the Constitution and all laws"
 The farmers, middle classes and wage earners, he asserted, had been placed at disadvantage as a result of the fail ure of the republican administration to enforce the laws against conspiracies in restraint of trade or illegal combina- tions." Some middle western states, he continued, had been forced to enter the commercial field, "to protest the