Evening star., 1924-07-10
DAVIS SELECTION
!. VICTORY FOR EAST
Democratic. Tradition of
! Picking Prominent Man
as Leader Followed.
VAS FOUGHT BY McADOO
Yet Votes Which Started Stampede
Came From Californian's
Supporters.
VAS FOUGHT BY McADOO
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, July 1O-'The battle
of Madison Square Garden" is ended.
From now until November, it was
announced at the lovefeast in the
Garden last night, the Democrats will
be found fighting "elephants," not
each other. At least, this is what the
Democrats are hoping.
The selection of John W. Davis as
Democratic standard bearer places at
the head of the party ticket one of
the few men who were nominated and
who did not themselves take. charge
of their campaign for nomination. His
nomination came swift" after the
hands of the hard working and self
seeking candidates for the nomina-
tion had been lifted from the dele
gates.
Is Victory for East.
The east won out in its long fight
with the west for the nomination.
a strange circumstances connected
with the victory is found in the fact
that the votes which put Mr.. Davis
within striking distance of the nomi-
nation came from the stronghold of
McAdoo-the south and the west.
anu yet lHe pTOpOSdl Cndt Davis
should be nominated had been de-
nounced by McAdoo and by his sup
porter, William Jennings Bryan, as
obnoxious to the ''progressives" of
the country
The history of the Democratic party
shows that the Democrats have al
most invariably chosen as their
leaders men of prominence to whom
the party was able to look up. The
democrats have not been content in
the past to take celorless standard
bearer. They have been in a measure
nero Worshipers. And out of all the
men placed in nomina ton for the
presidency none so we'll filled the bill
In this respect as the man who has
been an outstanding figure in the
House of Representatives. d solicitor
general of the United States and an
ambassador to Great Britain. Sena-
tor Underwood of Alabama, Davis
chief competitor at the end, is also
an outstanding figure to whom the
Democrats might we'll have rallied
First, that he halls from the south;
second, because he raised the Ku
klux klan issue, and, third. because
he has been heralded as wet"
Ability Long Recognized.
With Gov. AL Smith of New York
and Mr. McAdoo both eliminated as a
result of the long deadlock it was not
oiliid lul dl lIldt the democrats 1Ock6Q
therefore, to Davis, whose ability has
long been recognized, in preference to
others on the list
The "drys' are entirely satisfied
with the selection of Mr.. Davis In
fact, 1T was in part due to the fear
that unless Davis was selected the
honors might go to Senator Under
wood that caused some of the dry
southern and western states to go to
Davis in the closing hour of the
contest. How well pleased the tdrys''
are is indicated clearly in state
ment made by Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League. Mr.. Wheeler said, in part:
The vets were routed at all three
political conventions. Even their
Oldest frieuds and stanchest support
ers denied their acquaintance. No
one would say a kind word for them.
Their cause is as fat as stale beer
Inc Democratic convention proved
their Waterloo. They were deserted
oy those whose support they had ex-
pected.
The dry south and west resented the
oHered beer label Their arguments
We're heard, but not taken seriously.
TO hoodwink their contributors, they
professed to consider a plank on the
old Democratic doctrine of state
rights was favorable to them"
Walsh Refuses Second Place.
Inc Democrats, no less than the Re-
puol1cans. had difficulty in finding a
suitable nominee for Vice President.
senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon