Evening star., 1924-07-18
Davis Rated Strongest Choice
Bv Most Democratic Editors

the nation should understand this
situation; they should realize that
through division they may imperiI
existing government" because either
Calvin Coolidge will have a majority
in the electoral college or the La
Toilette party will carry enough
states TO hold the balance Of power
there is the issue" The Portland
Oregonian independent Republican,
agrees that Davis will merely di-
vide the conservative forces and add
to the risk of their defeat"
The New York kHerald-Tribune CRe-
publican) insists the chief handi-
caps of Mr.. Davis are his platform
convention of 1924 registered chaos
go long that even the benign and dig
nified figure of Mr.. Davis will hardly
assuage the doubts of the voters"
Although the st. Paul Pioneer Press
independent Republican, admits it
does not agree with his platform and
has very little confidence in his party
yet it declares none but the most
narrow minded of partisans can fail
to admit that Mr.. Davis is an ex-
cellent selection-a man in whose
hands the welfare of this country
would be safe
The main objection the Spokane
Spokesman Review independent Re
publicanl mentions is that, regardless
of his fine qualities. he is unknown
terizlng Mr.. Davis as ''the ablest
Democrat living today" the Sioux
City Journal (Republican) is inclined
to discount Mr.. Bryan's objection to
Mr. Davis, because "a corporation
lawyer can be as honest and straight
forward in his attitude toward the
American people as corporation
doctor or corporation expert in any
capacity"
The Des Moines Register Gndepend-
ent Republican, concludes the Re
publican leaders cannot make a more
serious blunder than to accept the
nomination of Davis as an assurance
of Coolidge victory" because Davis
is showing from the start the politi-
cal sagacity that counts; he an
nounced at once that he will cam
paign in the west and it is the west
that is going to determine the cleo
ton"
Among the Independents the San
Francisco Bulletin Gndependent,
voices the opinion that there should
be in Mr.. Davis candidacy that which
shall bring to the American people a
sounder solidarity, state of mind
less reflective of ancient differences
and outworn grudges, more consid
crate of realities as they present
themselves in these modern days
Personally and in every other way he
is man of the highest type. An
administration under his hand would
assure sanity and safety"
In Mr.. Davis the Milwaukee Jour-
nal independently declares the Dem
ocrats offer the country their
strongest man, a candidate who will
lift the campaign to high plane of
principle, will be respected and make
the position of his party respected"
In fact, the Lincoln Star Gndepend-
enD is confident Democracy has
given America an idealist in John w
Davis, who is capable of restoring
vision and decency in American po-
litical life and of bringing her to a
position of influence and power
among the nations of the world"
While Mr.. Davis nomination will
come as a disappointment to many
Progressives who have. heard him
branded as a corporation lawyer"
the Omaha World-Herald Gndepend-
claims that disappointment will
| wear off as his character and record
| become better known" because Mr..
Davis is a statesman who transcends
the bounds of class and sectional
strife; whose commanding abilities
would be wholeheartedly at the serv-
! ice of the whole people," The ST.
| Louis Post-Dispatch independently
| insists Mr.. Davis raises banner be-
| tween the Republican reactionarfes
and the La Toilette radicals, to which
liberal Americans Of all creeds and
conditions may repair"