The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-10-22
TO MY FRIENDS IN NEVADA:


travelling with John W. Davis as one
of his chief advisors In this campaign.
/ could not do ii with self-respect
or with efficiency If l did not know
and admire the record OF John W
Davis
Do you know what it is? Do you
know that John W Davis when he
was 26 years old was elected to the
legislature of West Virginia from a
district that had always been over
whelming Republican? Do you know
that he was elected at that time By
the vote of the miners and other
laboring men in the district? What
was his record in the legislature Of
West Virginia way back in 1892
He had charge of, and, through his
fighting qualities. put through the
following bills.
A bill TO protect the safety, life
and health of miners in coal mines
A bill to protect the safety. life
and health of factory hands in West
Virginia.
A bill to prevent the employment
of boys In the coal mines in the
manufacturing institutions.
A child labor bill.
An eight-hour law.
He then passed through the legis-
lature of West Virginia a resolution
calling upon congress to set aside a
day as a national holiday to be
known as Labor Day In honor of
labor.
Do you know the record of John.
w. Davis in congress? He was elect
ed to congress in 1911. He imme-
diately lent his great energy and
ability to the following humane leg
lsiatiOE
The Adamson eight-nour day bill
The Workmen's Compensation Act
The Parcel Post Act.
Increased pay for railway mail
clerks.
The establishment of the Chill
dren's Bureau.
The Income Tax amendment
The amendment for the election of
senators by direct vote of the people.
1t was he who formulated the pro-
vision in the Clayton Antitrust Law
declaring that labor was not a com
modify but human.
1t was Davis whose ability urged
the provision that labor and farm
organizations should never be con-
sidered as trusts.
II was John w. Davis who, in the
house. fought the abuse cf Federal
injunctlons.
No one will deny this. The Con-
gressional Record proves it.
His ability as a lawyer first at
tr8eted the attention of President
Wilson when he acted as prosecutor
OF Judge Archibald of the United
States Commerce Court. in impeaeh
ment proceedings In the House of
Representatives where Judge Arch.
bald was charged with receiving IA
vors from the railroad companies
while he was Judge. He sustained
the impeachment charges and Judge
Archibald was impeached.
And then in 1912 Woodrow vii
son took him ont of congress and
made him Solicitor General of the
United States so that he could de.
fend the constitutionality of all OF
these humane measures that he had
taken part In preparing and passing.
Do you know his record as Solicitor
General? This is part of 1t. He de-
Tended before the Supreme Court If
the United States and established the
constitutionality of the following
Acts:
The Federal Reserve Act.
The Income Tax amendment.
The Adamson eight-hour law.
The authority of the Interstate
Commerce Commission to compel
railroads to increase tankage capac-
ity
He ably defended before the Su-
creme Court of the United States the
child Labor law.
No man can be a reactionary who
has this record, and no man who has
this record can obtain the political
support of reactionaries.
understand why Republicans in
Nevada should vote for La Toilette.
II is because they do not want Ne.
yada to go for Coolidge.
| am informed by the press that
some Democrats in certain Republl
can states will vote for La Toilette
because they believe there is no
chance of such Republican states
going for Davis.
But I cannot understand why any
Democrat in Nevada should vote for
La Toilette. Nevada is normally
Democratic state, and for a Democrat
to vote for La Toilette is simply to
split the Democrat vote in the State
and risk the carrying of the State
by Coolidge In Nevada a Democrat
vote for La Toilette Is half vote
for Coolidge.
The records to which I refer IN
this letter are in the possession of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee In Nevada, and can be oh
templates n contest for q decision.
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