Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-17
CHRONICLE
PRAISES GEORG|ANS'
CONDUCT IN n. !.

ing, The Democratic Convention in
New York"
When Charles w. Bryan was
named for vice president in the early
hours of Thursday, July 10, the most
turbulent and the most tumultuous
convention ever held by the Demo
Gratis Of America came to an end. For
we'll over two weeks delegations
from all the states and territories
had batt1ed over various issues and
over a small army Of candidates for
the presidency OF the United States.
There were issues brought in that
had no business being injected, is
sues which all clear thinking Demo
Gratis agree had no place in the con-
vention. for if the Democratic party
is to win at the polls next Novem
Der there must be a united front
against the Republican party, which
has established the unique record of
having more corruption in public Of
flee in the short space of one ad-
ministration than any half dozen
other administrations in the history
of the country"
THE ultimate choice of the Demo-
cratic party was the Hon. John w.
Davis, of West Virginia. for the
presidency, and the Hon. Charles w.
Bryan, of Nebraska, for the vice
presidency. For geographical rea-
l2cns, very largely, Mr.. Bryan was
chosen as the running mate Of the
distinguished West Virginian, whose
residence is now New York city,
where he is regarded as the greatest
lawyer of the metropolis and of the
entire country. Mr.. Davis has been
described by some of his enemies as
'superlatively conservative, which
does him an injustice. That he is
not militantly progressive we are
compelled to admit, but that he is
not a reactionary we may we'll know
from the fact that ne was selected
for exalted positions by that most
illustrious progressive, President
Woodrow Wilson.
Mr.. Davis, it is true, has been the
attorney for j. P. Morgan & Co., for
Standard Oil interests and other
great corporations, but a man of his
character cannot be made to do
wrong because Of retainers he re-
ceives. The only danger we could
see from Davis would be in re-
gard to his state of mind and
whether or not long ASSOCIATION with
great corporate interests had gotten
his mind in q certain channel of
thought and caused his heart to be
out of tune to the needs of the great
common people of the country. We
hope, and believe not, for his speech
before the convention brist1ed with
determination to carry out the prin-
ciples of the most progressive plat
form ever written in the history Of
American political parties.
1--WE shall never forget a sentence
used by brilliant woman Of West
Virginia in nominating Mr.. Davis.
1t was a, sentence which will always
remain fixed in our mind and was
one of the really great utterances
of the convention. She said of Da-
Wis: He is broad enough between
the shoulders to have a. heart and
wide enough between the eyes to
have a brain" With a heart and a
brain and with an understanding of
the problems confronting America,
today, we hope that John w. Davis
if elected president of this country,
will more than fulfill the expecta,
tionss of the party which has Sc.
lected him as it's standard bearer.
"And as for the candidacy of VIII.
liam Gibbs McAdoo and the part
that Georgia played in it, the editor
of this paper feels that he can write
with intimate sympathy and under
standing because of the rather
prominent part that he played in it..
1t was with the keenest disappoint-
ments that we saw the banner of Will
liam c. McAdoo trailing> in defeat.
We fought for him-the Georgia and
other delegations did-until the last,
in St oon cniraou Of hOOZe h0Odlp
and bosses. We saw early that it
was a fight to kill McAdoo; it did
not matter whether the Democratic
party went on the rocks or not. A
great many of those who fought Nc
Adoo had rather see the Republic
ans in control in Washington than
fearless progressive like William
G. McAdoo. He was magnificent in
defeat and withdrew after making
the gamest fight in the history of
American politics. Though he lost
In the battle of New York against a
combination of hostile press, rowdy
galleries and corrupt bosses, tools
of the liquor interests and Wall
Street, the principles for which he
stood will prevail.
This editor is proud OF the Nc
,sdoo victory in Georgia, waged
gainst Underwood on March 19-
III the time he gave the cause
"a cheerfully given and would be
= - again. AS head OF the McAdoo
movement in this state, he saw Geor-
gia swing into line for our great
candidate by $4,000 majority, and we
went to New York and fought for
him until he asked us not to support
him longer. That the Georgia dele
cation, in spite OF the slurs and SLAM
ders of unfair New York newspapers
showed GOODNESS and moderation UNI
der trying difficulties all fairminded
observers will cheerfully admit.
Now it Is all over and we come
out unequivocally for our ticket We
are Democrats and we believe we
can be game sports-which means
good losers. Mr.. Davis was not our
choice before the convention, but he
Is our candidate now.
And as for the much -discussed
minority report on the Ku kluX
plank in the platform, we are proud
to have happened to be at the head
OF the roll and therefore the first
of the Georgia delegation to have
voted against it. 1t was intended to
embarrass McAdoo and the party
and had no place in the platform
Far,seeing Democrats of all faiths
agree now that it was a hideous mis-.
take, That it was killed by a mar
row margin and that Georgia killed
1t will always rebound to our credit,
for by so doing we saved the Demo
cratic party from the most serious
menace in its history. Protestants,
Jews and Catholics who love their
party and their country realize that
nothing can be gained by injecting
: the religious issue and there is eX-
IRENE danger of precipitating i'll feel
ing which will increase through the
wears"