Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-30
DAVIS WINNING PERSONALITY
ACCOUNTS FOR GREAT SUCCESS
OF WESTERN CAMPAIGN TRIP
Intimate View of Democrat C Nominee, His Pleasing
Characteristics, His Cour tesy, His Hard Work. De-
Scrbed by Edward 10y ry, Former AtIantian
Radio Revolution yes Campaigning

ASo VAN JolSlIIliS
of those proud, stuck-up fellows; he
went over and got me a chair him.
self. He did not send someone for
it and he did not leave me standing
after he saw me. He went straight
into the next room and got me
chair and made me comfortable" So
are partiSanS made.
Political Ability
We are justly esteemed one of the
great politically-minded constituent
cies, but there are arid areas within
our great domain. A candidate for
the presidency encounters some sur
prising spots. Three horse Wranglers
up in Estes Park did not know that
this was a presidential year or the
names Of any Of the candidates.
Their ignorance was not due to $50
lation; they were dude Vranglers"
and had been in contact daily all
through the summer with intelligent
men and women-tourists and vaca-
ton seekers from all parts of the
country. Apparently they had not
heard the presidential campaign
mentioned. The barber in the viii
L l1CN'A
shaving city people all the summer,
asked If Mr.. Davis was a Denver
man. He did not know the names
of the other candidates. How many
more such people there may be in
the electorate I have no manner of
knowing, but these are actual in
stances. They may explain the
apathy of which political workers
&C. hin.
Radio Big Factor
- vividly brought home, now
ever, to any one who goes cam
paigning this year that radio broao-
casting is becoming the most I'M
portant avenue of communication
in this country and is doing more
to awaken political interest and en-
large political intelligence than any
other one factor. Some evidences ol
this were brought to the notice OF
Mr.. Davis and those with him.
Coming out of the auditorium at
Omaha at the conclusion of his
hour and a quarter speech, Mr.. Da-
Wis was handed a telegraph mes
sage from Godsboro. N. c., saying
in substance: II have heard every
word of your speech clearly over
nv radio; [ warmly approve what
YOU have to say about agriculture
and wish you good luck" This
message was handed to Mr.. Davis
as he left the door of the hall five
minutes after he had concluded his
speech and while he was still hot
and the dew Of respiration still
upon him. Goldshoro, n. c., take
it, is, roughly, 1900 miles from
Omaha.
Arriving at his train five minutes
later. Mr.. Davis was handed an
other pack of kilograms from people
who had heard his speech over the
radio. One [ remember came from
Tulsa, Okla; another from Staun-
ton. Va; another from western
New York; another from the Adj
rondacks; another from somewhere
in Pennsylvania. This happened
more than once; it came to be
commonplace that Mr.. Davis would
receive a half dozen or more tele-'
grams from various parts of the
country about his speech while the
echo of his words was still ringing
and his auditors were leaving the
hall.
Apparently,
this vast unseen audience. The
political effect is incalculable. 1t is
coming to be that the number of
people who crowd into hall to hear
a candidate are the least important
part of his audience. The people
who never see the speaker outnum-
Der those who come to the meeting
by more than hundred to one.
H., ~
FIT. Wayne, Ind, the other night one
of two men sitting beside me on the
platform turned to his companion
and said NOW. that we've had a
good look at him, Jim, and shook
his hand, let's go home and hear him
on the radio: we can get it much
better there and hear everything ne
says.
Only Clear Speaking Needed
1 followed them off the platform
and circulated among the crowd.
The meeting was held in the city
square: trolley cars passed on the
outskirts and automobile traffic. In
the fringes of the crowd l heard
again half a dozen times people say
to one another, Nov that we have
seen him, let's go home where it is
quiet and get his speech on the
radio"
The radio and the loud voice
amplifier have changed the whole
conditions of troubadouring Candi-
dates have only to speak clearly and
enunciate clearly and their mes
sage carries. The loudest-voced
orator. Bryan at his best, the IA
NOUS Bell of California. all others
whose pride and boast was that they
could be heard by thousands are re
duced to nothingness in competition
with the radio and amplifier, These
mechanical inventions ease inn
measurably the strain on the condi-
date.
Mr.. Davis had the car in which
he travelled fitted with amplifiers.
He could. and did, address meetings
in railroad stations, in small towns.
in railroad yards and elsewhere, and
easily overcame the noises that
usually have such a destructive eff
feet on these gatherings. All of the
halls in which he spoke, except the
little gymnasium at Cheyenne. were
equipped with amplifiers inside the
building and out. It was child s play
TO talk clearly to fourteen thousand
people inside and to other thousands
outside who could not gain admit
| lance, without the slightest strain
or fatigue
This new condition ap5 +boSo nav.