Evening star., 1924-07-10
DAVIS AND BRYAN
CHOICE IS LOGICAL
Selection Virtually Unani-
nous When Delegates
Were Free to Act.
BOTH FAV0RABLY KNOWN
Davis to Take Offensive, and In.
telligent Campaign Is
e. Indicated.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK, July 10.--John W.
Davis of West Virginia and Gov
Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska may
be called surprise ticket because it
came after an unprecedented dead
lock, but it Is nevertheless the logic
of American politics.
without organization and manage
ment, the two men who were selected
TO lead the Democratic party won
their honors. The delegates, un-
bossed and unint1uenced, took four
ballots after they had been released
from the shackles of pledges and in
Structions and almost unanimously
came to their decision
But the reputation of both men
their achievements in the past, their
integrity and their principles-had
long been known to the delegates
johc Davis was second choice in the
minds of most of the men who came
here pledged to McAdoo and a great
many of those who supported Smith.
Palmer Forecast True.
In line with the formula set forth
IN these dispatches in the early days
of the convention, when A Mitchell
lalmer's theory about second choices
was explained, the nomination went
This year. as it did in 1920 and in
Isis, TO the men with the greatest
convention assembled
Mr.. Davis was about as widely ad-
Vertised personality as any before
the convention. Gov. Bryan of Ne
nraska had made profound impress
SION IN the west as a progressive
The leaders knew that Mr.. Bryan
had carried Nebraska for the Demo
Gratis in the last election by so, 900 and
that this year he had been nominated
for governor in the primaries, not
only by the Democratic party. but by
the Farmer-Labor party. He must
now withdraw from the gubernatorial
race, but will serve out his term as
governor to the first of the year.
Recognition of West.
What the west has sought from
both parties has been recognition. The
Bryan nomination may not impress
the east, but it is an action which
western Democrats understand The
failure of the Republicans to select
Kenyon of Iowa for. Vice President
name Gov. Bryan
There is no doubt that the final
decision to name the Nebraska gov
ernor was Influenced by the knowl-
edge that the nomination of Davis
would be critized as a Wall street
appointment, for he has been counsel
for. ]. P. Morgan & Co. and the stand
ard Oil Company. 1t is true he has
been counsel also for Eugene V. Debs.
Mother Jones and the Plate Glass
Blowers Union, and has had every
conceivable type of client Perhaps
the situation is best expressed by
what William Jennings Bryan said
TO the writer today:
'Of course l shall support the tick
ct. You will observe that in every
thing that ] wrote or said before this
convention made-its nominations ]
was careful to speak OF the high re-
gard which l personally have had for
Mr.. Davis and for his integrity.
simply said that his connections rails
ed presumption of corporate infiu-
ence. But l believe every man is en-
titled to a. square deal And what Mr..
Davis has said in his first statement
namely. there can be no compromise
with reaction indicates what his
views will be. Also he has accepted
the most progressive platform any
political party ever presented to the
nation
W. j. Bryan to Campaign.
= Mr.. Bryan said he would campaign
actively for the ticket. 1t is no secret
that he was f1attered by the selection