The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-20
CROWD GREETS
JOHN v. DAVIS
At SOUTH BEND
Democratic Candidate Wins
Applause at Gary With
Attack on G. 0. P.
BY WALTER A. SHEAD
Times staff Correspondent

ON BOARD THE DAVIS SPE-
CIAL THROUGH INDIANA,f Sept.
2O-With cheers Of his first Indiana
audience ringing in his ears, John !
w. Davis, Democratic nominee for
the presidency, was speeding through
Hoosierdom today to preach the gos-,
pei Of democracy to mass meetings I
at South Bend this afternoon and !
TT. Wayne tonight. 4
Thousands Of people lined the /
streets as the Davis special arrived /
at South Bend just before noon. A (
newsboys band and an escort Of .
mounted police headed a parade to /
tbs Oliver Hotel.
Luncheon Guest
Davis was guest at luncheon and .
was to speak at Howard Park at 2:SO .
p. m. at a mass meeting presided .
over by Judge J. Fred Ningham. /
James L. Harmon, Elkhart was to .
make the Introductory speech.
At Fl. Wayne Davis will speak at /
8 p. m. in the Courthouse square. 4
En- route to South Bend, Davis .
spoke briefly from the rear platform
when his train stopped at La Porte. .
Word was received aboard the /
special today that Governor Al 4
Smith Of New York had definitely /
decided to run for reelection.
Davis Friday night invaded Indi- /
ana's steel city, Gary, the hotbed Of !
Repubicanism and Klanism. and
brought a giant audience to its feet
through force Of his eloquence.
Paying 4 tribute to labor. denounc-
ing the Republican doctrine of "spe-
c,aI privilege" extolling attributes Of
the Democratic tariff and the evils
Of the Fordney-McCumber tariff, and
expounding his bill Of American
rights, Davis won his Gary audience
from the start.
No Lost States
Fresh from a conference with his
national chairman, Glen Shaver,
Davis declared:
Il 90 not tonight, gentleman. con-
code to the adversaries of the Demo
cratic party a single State without
a battle. I want the word to 90 out
that there are no lost Democratic
.battalions cut off from headquarters.
it IS not in mortals to command
success, but in the forty-eight
States Of the American union we
propose to do better-we propose to
deserve it"
Davis was met in Chicago by the
Gary reception committee composed
of Harry Arnold, Emmett White.
Democratic county chairman of
Lake County, James Sweeney, Allan
Nave. all Of Gary, and Harold Ger
schilder of Hammond. They beard
ed the special train.
Walter S. Chambers, Democratic
State chairman, Joined the party at
Gary. L. G.. Ellington, FIT. Wayne;
Dan W. Simms, Lafayette; Charles
A. Greathouse, Democratic national
committeeman from Indiana; Rob
ert Brackem. Democratic candidate
for auditor of State; DR.. Carleton Nc
Culloch, Democratic candidate for
Governor; Mrs. James R. Riggs, Sui
NV ali IEillOCAdlAC lldLlCItd4 COItlIillI~
teewoman from Indiana, In charge
Of organization work at Western
headquarterssin Chicago, and United
States Senator Mcclellan, Tennessee,
joined the train ats Chicago for the
trip across Indiana.
McCulloch Speaks
The Gary armory was packed to
the walls when the party arrived
in 8 pouring rain. DIR. McCulloch
received an ovation when he was
introduced by Greathouse as "thA
next Governor Of Indiana"
McCulloch, in a short adc~vsss,
cited the Democrat State platform
as a labor platform and spoke Of the
party's friendless to labor. After
Davis speech the party returned to
Chicago TO spend the night.