The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-23
DAVIS TO IGNOp' (. Q. r. TERRITOh< IN FINAL DRIVE Attention To Be Centered In Building Popular
 Vote
 NEW ENGLAND TRIP
 TO BE DROPPED Candidate Sure Of ElectO- ral Success, But Takes
 No Chances
Especial To Age.Herald)

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 22. Political considerations, which are regarded as of the utmost importance by John W. Davis and his advisers, have caused a revision of the campaign plans of the democratic presidential nominee, which will mean that the whole of next week will be spent in a town-to-town and borough-to-b borough canvass of the territory in and about New York City.
 There are two considerations which have entered into the decision to ignore all republican territory for the rest of the campaign and devote the time to those sections where there is ordinarily basic plurality of democratic votes. First is the conviction that if New York and New Jersey can be carried for Davis, it is certain to mean vic tory in the electoral college.
 To Boost Popular Vote
 Second, and perhaps of more impor- tance, is the decision of the leaders as matter of strategy the biggest pos sible popular vote should be turned out for Mir. Davis in every state. Natural ly it is the normally democratic territory which is regarded as the best field for such a vote. So in his speech at Nash vile, which was intended for consump- tion in the democratic south, he ex- nressed the plea for united and over whelnljng vote," the plea was repeated yesterday as he struck into Kentucky with a series of five speeches ending at night with a big meeting on the state fair grounds at Louisville.
 "I beg the men and women of this state and especially the women" he told the Kentuckians, ito take with a seriousness their duties of citizenship and see that when the sun goes down on election night, not one of the good women of the state has proven untrue to the great trust imposed in her, or neg lected to discharge the first and most solmen duty of the American citizen"
 Within the next week this message or it's equivalent is to be carried to every democratic bailiwick of the country. It is already being spread by the leaders throughout the south. Behind it all is the decision of the democratic ehieftain that there are two eyentualities which cannot be overlooked in the coming cleo tion.
 PrOfesses Confidence
 Mir. Davis professes every confidence that he is going to receive 266 votes in the electoral college. It is to be taken as indicating no lack of faith by him in. the friendliness of the American peo- ple to his cause. That he and his ad- visers are also giving consideration to a possible deadlock which will throw the election into the house of represen- tatives, and if the decision should go there, it is recognized that the man with a big popular vote behind him, will have a powerful argument. The bigger the popular vote the harder it will be for the house of representatives to ignore it when it comes to choosing a presi- dent.
 The leaders up to a few days ago had heen considering sending MT. Davis into New England for a part of his final weeks campaigning. This would have meant a speech in New Hampshire, which the leaders there have been de- handing, and probably one also in Massachusetts, but there are not so many voters who can be appealed to in either of these states, as there are in New York City and New Jersey, nor do the two states combined have as many electoral votes as New York.
 Hence it is that as soon as Mir. Davis reaches New York on October p he will begin with a tour of the bOroughs and will then speak throughout New Jersey.