Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-12
SOUNDS
BAT TIE CRY At
HIS HOME CITY
Prepares Today to Begin Ex-
tenSive Drive Over the
Whole Country
SERIES OF SPEECHES
First Will Be Given at CoIum-
bus, Ohio, on Aug. 20
Given Great Ovation

CLARKsBURG. w. Va, Aug. 12-
Having sounded the battle cry of his
party, John w. Davis, Democratic
presidential candidate. prepared to-
day to begin an intensive drive over
the country.
In series of speeches, the first of
which will be delivered at Colum bus,
Ohio, on August 26, Mr.. Davis will
treat in more detail those subjects
which he announced in his accept
ance address here last night he views
as the outstanding issues of the
campaign.
First among these Is honesty In
government. The nominee devoted
major portion of his address-de-
livered in q downpour of rain---to a
discussion of the issue. He laid full
responsibility upon the Republican
party for corruption in Office and
charged that some of those in high
places In the administration had
made an effort to weaken the effect
of the exposures at Washington by
crying out not against the guilty but
against those who opposed them. Il
charge the Republican party with
corruption in administration" Mr..
Davis declared, with favorism with
privileged classes In legislation. l
also charge it with division in coun-
sci and impotence in action"
Passing to discussion of econ
omics, Mr.. Davis accused the admin
istration in offering the Mellon tax
bill with a desire to favor a few pos
SCISSORS of swollen incomes and de-
clared that in the enactment of the
NJ ofN,,
had been an unblushing return to
the evil days of rewarding party
support and political contributions
with legislative favorism.
The administrations foreign pol
icy was denounced by the candidate
who declared that In this, too. ther e
had appeared the symptoms of "a
creeping paralysis" He promised
that If he became president of the
United States of America would sit as
an equal among equals whenever she
sat at all in conference with the
other nations of the world. With
respect to the League of Nations, he
said the Democratoc party could not
accept the dictum. unauthorized by
any expression of popular will. That
the league Is a closed incident so far
as America Is concerned. He de-
clared the day could and would come
when this great question would fl
nally be lifted above the plane of
partisan politics and when the voice
of public approval would find means
to make itself heard. The world
court was endorsed and MIR. Davis
declared he deemed 1t the duty Of
the chief executive to co-ouerate of
ficially" by every means at his COM
mand. with all legitimate endeavors,
whether they come from the league
or from any other source. to lessen
the presence of war and to promote
disarmament.
While omitting direct reference to
the Ku Klux Klan the Democratic
standard bearer made solemn dec
laration for religious liberty and told
his audience that every right think
ing American must endorse such a
declaration.
Referring to any possible criticism
concerning his past career and con-
duct as lawyer. Mr.. Davis said he
had no apology to offer for either.
This statement by the candidate
was in response to references in the
notification address of Senator
Thomas j. Walsh, of Montana, to
Mr.. Davis former employment pro-
lSSSlOndplY as lawyer ny BlSunlic
business interests "whose policy and
conduct has aroused quite general
Indignation
"The argument that you are a
Wall Street man in an opprobrious
sense" Senator Walsh said. "is with
out merit as Is the assertion that
your nomination is a Wall Street
nomination. 1t was effected without
any support from delegations popu-
/ larly believed to be under the influ-
ence OF Wall Street. Neither call
umny nor over-zealous partisan hip
can rise to such heights as to charge
that the convention from which your
credentials came was bossed by any
| one"
Although he received drenching,
as did the thousands who heard him
| speak, Mr.. Davis apparently had
suffered no Ill effects. He was rather
tired when he had concluded and
was driven Immediately to his home
and retired early.