Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17


Davis of West Virginia, nominated To-
i've conference at Cleveland.
Adoos letter of withdrawal was read.
The century ballot the last of the ses-
sion, gave McAdoo 100, Smith 351 and
Davis 2O3, with Meredith jumping
from 81 to rs.
T Ohm WILLIAM DAVIS of West
j Virginia since 1921 has been a New
York lawyer whose practice is largely
among corporations and banks, because
of which William Jennings Bryan per-
sistently opposed him as repre-
sentative of Wall street" He is fifty
one years of age and was born in
Clarksburg, w. Va, the son of John J.
and Anna (Kennedy) Davis. He took
from Washington and Lee university
his A, B. in 1892 and his LII. b. in 1895.
He has been awarded the degree of
LII. D. by half dozen universities at
home and abroad. He also enjoys the
honor rare among American lawyers,
of being a bencher of Middle Temple,
London. He practiced law in Clarks-
burg from 1897 to 1913, took hand in
state and national politics and was
elected to congress in 1911. President
Wilson made him solicitor general in
1918 and in 1918 appointed him ambas-
sador to Great Britain. He was preSi-
dent of the American Bar association
two years ago He is Phi Beta Kappa
and a Phi Kappa Psi, a Mason and a
Presbyterian. His first wife died in
1900. He married January 2, 1912,
Ellen G. Basel. He has one daugh-
ter.
CHARLES w. BRYAN was born in
~ Salem, ILL.,, February 10, 1867. He
was educated at the old Chicago uni
versity and as young man went to
Lincoln, Neb., where William Jennings
Bryan had preceded him. He became
identified with his brother in politics
in 1896. He was associate editor of
Bryan's publication, The Commoner.
He was selected in 1915 as mayor by
the city commissioners of Lincoln. He
established a municipal coal yard from
which he retailed all over the state.
He was elected governor after truce
had been declared between the Nebras-
ka Democratic factions headed by his
brother and by former Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock. He claims to have eff
fected a saving of $1,000, 900 in operat-
ing expenses of the state government.
He married in 1892 Miss Elizabeth
Brokaw of Salem. There are two
grown-up children. Governor Bryan is
not member of any church; his wife
and children are Baptists.
ID OBERT MARION LAFOLLETTE,
IN since 1905 United States Repub-
lican senator from Wisconsin, invites
the dissatisfied voters of the country
to register their disapproval of exist
ing conditions by voting for him as an
independent candidate for the Presi-
dency. He has been Endorsed by the
Progressive national conference and
by the Socialist national convention.
He and committee will select rum
ming mate. A convention is to be held
in January of 1925 to organize per-
manent and independent new party.
The Socialist national convention con-
demned the Ku Klux Khan by name
and elected Eugene V. Debs national
chairman.
Duncan Mcdonald and William
Bouck, named for President and vice
president by the new national Farmer
Labor party at its st. Paul convention
have been asked to resign in favor of
LaFollette and his unknown running
mate. The Workers party, of which
William q. Foster is the head, an
nounces that it will fight LaFollette
The National Independent party re-
fused to accept LaFollette and
Wednesday nominated a President and
vice president.
Representative John M. Nelson of
Wisconsin, Republican" insurgent
leader in the house and LaFollettes
campaign manager says that It they
cannot win a majority of the electoral
college they stand a good chance of
throwing the election of the next Presi-
dent into the house and that they Will
take an active part in the congress
sional elections of next fall with the
purpose of maintaining their balance
of power in both houses.
CALVIN COOLIDGE, JR., aged six
~ teen, younger son of President
Coolidge, died Monday night in Waiter
Reed hospital, Washington, from blood
poisoning resulting from blistering his
foot while playing tennis with his
brother, John, on the White House
grounds. The boy made heroic fight
for life and medical science did its
best for him.