The Washington times., 1924-07-02
OPPOSITION To
DAVIS CROWS
| WITH VOTES
yosephus Daniels Sees Lead
Ing Candidates Of Present
Attacking Nest virginian
BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
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NEW YORK. July 2.-Yesterday
WAS q slaughter Of the ''innocents,' .
~ . newspaperman called the, dark
horses and favorite sons, who were
retired from the track.
It was q tragic fate that came
20 these promising nags. Most o.
them had not really expected to
secure the nomination. Some Of
them had consented to enter the
race with no expectations of win.
ming, but had been entered to pre-.
vent the delegation from their
States being hog-tied in the con.
vention.
Instructed delegates deny quick
action and make conferences with
immediate results impossible. Is
there not some way for q uniform
rule In conventional Can the best
results be secured by one-ha1f In
gtructed and one-half uninstructed?
Lincoln thought the government
could not endure half slave ana
half free. Can conventions endure
~ the best way when half the
convention Is able to do what it
pleases and the others are messen-
GERS with special instructions.
No Dark Horses Shown.
So far / see no dark horses IN
sight. Davis is the most promis-
ing. But II he gets 800, viii he
not then have to run the gamut
Of the same x-ray to which Smith
and McAdoo have been subjected?
Can any dark horse come out bet.
ter under the calcium light. AZ
the Davis vote goes up the oppo.
Dttion to him win be created.
Why drop me for Davis?" Mo.
Adoo and Smith viii ask. And
u Is up to supporters Of Davis
20 give the answer. They are
already fighting him. and Saying:
His Wall street connections win
Be too great handicap for q, sue.
cessful candidate" Western Demo.
Gratis fear his nomination would
give the west to La Toilette but
that sentiment did not influence
Missouri, a western State, which
went from McAdoo, the accepted
progressive, to Davis. the accepted
conservative.
Today perhaps tomorrow also
Davis will be In the limelight and
subject to discussion and exanina.
ton. Bryan and others Of like
views think Davis il not eligible be.
cause of Wall Street connections
In fact, Mississippi delegates were
urged not to vote for Davis because
Of the alleged closeness to J.. Pier,
pont Morgan and Standard OIL. But
the delegates in Mississippi followed
the lead of Missouri and pumped
their full vote for Davis. It Is
known that there IL Davis senti.
nnent In other instructed delega.
Mong. But WIN this convention
nominate conservative?
Forget Cleveland Meet.
Up to this time the convention
has seemed to forget that there a
% be a convention In Cleveland on
July q, and that what happens in
New York may affect either the
course Of that convention or the &C.
ton here may affect the vote the
candidates rarned there win receive
Ia November
The platform-lnakers had In mind
the necessity Of doing everything
possible to show approval or the
record Of Democrats In Congress
who had co-operated with the West,
ern progressive Republicans. no.
gether they made Coolidge iYnpotef,
and ploughed burrows In the Repub.
lican patch. The men who wrote
the platform on agriculture and
railroads and taxation had in mind
the 100000 Western farmers made
bankrupt by the Republican policies
They saw the danger OF the risina
tide at Cleveland.
This convention, however. IN the
main, is composed Of town and city
men. There are very few farmers
IN It. Perhaps half Of them are
lawyers. Do they give proper
weight to what should be done "a
give relief to agriculture? Both the
Republican and Democratic plat.
forms declared agriculture to ID
sour basic industry"
Is the candidate to 1T the plat.
form and appeal to the farmer?
McAdoo's loss Of Oklahoma last
night, following the loss OF Missouri
earlier in tho day, gave great en-.
cOuragemenr to all other candidates
and TAT dark horses.
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