Evening star., 1924-09-28
MUFFLER ON G. O.P.
RECORD, SAYSDAv|S
Mysterious Silence Even En-
veIopes Saber-RattIing Cabi-
net Officer, He Adds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON. Del, September 27.
Just as the historian Will describe
the year 1920 as that of the year of
great promises" so he will come to
denominatc 1924 as the year of the
great silence" John w. Davis de-
clared in an address to several thou
sand persons here tonight.
1T is a vast, perNadine and mys-
terious silence" Mr.. Davis said. 1t
is broken here and there by the
vocal nominee of the Republican
party. warning the American people
in anxious tones that around every
corner and under every bedstead
there turks Bolshevik ready TO de-
Stroy them.
Now and then some person almost
forgotten writes to candidate and
complains of the terms in which he
has been described.
Refers to Wilbur.
And then occasionally some cab
met officer. standing on the western
shore, Will rattle his saber like a
new toy recently given him. Ihe
extinguishment is placed upon him
and silence reigns supreme once
more. 1t all reminds me of nothing
so much as the words of Tennyson:
The dead steered by the dumb
move onward Win tnt IOOu.
Why this silence asked Mr..
Davis, then he proceeded to answer
his own question with review of
the record of the Republican party S
administration of the Federal Gov
ernment both in the field of domeS-
tic and foreign affairs.
Word for La Toilette.
Referring to Senator La Toilette,
the independent presidential candi
date by name for the first time in the
campaign, Mr.. Davis said Il "bogey
man" was being set up by spokesmen
for the Republican party. n bosey
man clad in great cloak with the
word "bolshevik" burnt across his
breast.
But when the cloak drops" he
added 40 and behold. it's none other
than our familiar friends Senator Bob
La Toilette.
IT hold no brief for Senator La Fol-
istte" Mr.. Davis said adding that he
had opposed with all his vigor the
La Toilette proposal for a veto power
by legislatures over the Supreme
Court on legislative matters
AS to the contention that La Fol-
lette is seeking to lead the coun-
try TO Moscow" Mr.. Davis said he was
rather of the opinion that he was
seeking to lead il to London, where,
under the British form of govern
ment, the parliament is supreme"
Recalls Roosevelt Plan.
"I do not like the British theory as
well as ours" he continued, and I do
not like it either in the modified form
proposed by Senator La Toilette, or In
the far more dangerous form of which
Theodore Roosevelt made himself the
protagonist when he demanded the re-
call of judicial decisions.
II should be slow, for that reason,
to denounce either Senator La Fol-
lette or Theodore Roosevelt as a boil
shevik and L decline for myself to
stand afrighted before the bogey man.
You know, we must have a bogey man
in American politics occasionally"
The Democratic presidential nomi-
nee declared that one of the big is
sues of this campaign was that of
party responsibility and he added
that the Republican party would and
must be held to accountability for its
acts.
And that brings me to a painful
subject" the nominee added. 81
could recite that chapter simply by
calling names. l could say teapot
l see that you understand what l am
talking about.
Il could say Perryville.' 1 see
the World War veterans and their
friends know what I mean. Then I
might talk about CASTOR Means"
That brought a laugh.
But this is a serious subject" Mr.
Davis went on. The betrayal of
the public trust by these men was
not a random accident or the un-
fortunate selection of men. Their
actions were symptoms of disease
the idea that government exists for
what men can get out of it and not
for what they can put into it,
Dawes to Tour East.
Before beginning his second west
ward swing early next month Davis
will carry his fight for the presidency
into two additional eastern states
Rhode Island and New Jersey-where
he holds he has a better than even
chance for victory in November
Under present plans he will speak
at either Newark or Jersey City next
Friday night, and at Providence Sat
urday night
In his Thursday night speech at
Madison Square Garden, Mr. Davis
says he will talk largely along lines
not yet touched upon. This rally
will mark the opening of the sec
ond phase as well as the beginning
of the second month of his intensive
campaigning.
Returning westward through upper
New York State, Mr.. Davis expects
to deliver four addresses before NOV
ing into Ohio to speak at Cleveland
and Toledo.
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