Evening star., 1924-06-24
FARMERS OBJECT
TO CONSERVATIVE
Demand Dry Nominee Who Stands
Firm for Agricultural
Relief.
DAVIS. BOOM Is GROWING
Oil Taints McAdoo and Rum Smith
in Minds of Many Progress
sive Delegates.
DAVIS. BOOM IS GROWING
BY a StaT Correspondent.

BY STAFF Correspondent.
NEW YORK, June 23.-As the del
egates to the Democratic national
convention troopeld into Madison
Square Garden today one thing stood
out in bold relief-"east is east and
west is west"
Whether the two can meet-on
candidate for the presidency-and
meet harmoniously is problem upon
which the chieftains of the party are
comes the demand for a pro
gressive," western progressive,
who can realize the needs of the
great agricultural states, which have
war readjustment The west rallied
to William Gibbs McAdoo as the
most outstanding of the progressive
leaders in the party.
But the oil scandals, revealed in
the senatorial investigation, justly
or unjustly, have drawn the name of
McAdoo into unfavorable light. This
circumstance gave to the opponents
of McAdoo in the east-and they are
many-the ammunition with which
TO attack his candidacy. They have
done so relentlessly. The east has
put forward Gov. AL Smith of New
YORK. 1t has put forward Senator
Oscar Underwood of Alabama But
ioi OHC IcdSOI oT dHOlHeT the west
so far has been unwilling to consider
them as presidential Possibilities.
East Makes New Bids.
And now the east is making an
other bid for the nomination with
John w. Davis of West Virginia with
Senator Ralston of Indiana, who has,
TO be sure, middle-western flavor,
and Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
The question today iS-with Nc
Adoo eliminated-as many claim he
Will be-what candidate will be ac-
cepted by the progressive west and
so accepted that there may be some
assurance of his success at the polls
next November.
1t is a tough nut. 1t is a problem
which the delegates themselves must
solve, now that the pre-convention
campaign is over. Or it must be
solved by the leaders meeting in con-
ference much as the leaders Of the
Republican party solved the Repub-
lican tangle in 1920.
Progressives from the western
states suggested as dark horses"
Kansas, and Gov. Sweet of Colorado
But what appeal have they for the
east? They have not been national
figures: They are not known in this
part of the country.
There is. too, William Jennings
Bryan. who is attending the conven-
tion as a delegate from Florida, but
who really belongs to the entire
country. He is dry and he is
progressive.
Might Draft Cox.
Gov. James NJ. Cox of Ohio, the
last nominee of the Democrats for
President, might be drafted if his
followers had their way. But he has
against him the memory of defeat
four years ago, when he crusaded for
the league of nations.
In the background awaiting the
action taken by the national con-
vention is the progressive group,
headed by Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin. Robert NJ. La Toilette,
jr., who was a delegate from Wis
consin to the Republican national
convention in Cleveland, is on the
ground here, watching events. He is
saying little for publication. and in
sists that Senator La Toilette will
make no statement rega riding his pos
Sible candidacy on a third and inde-
pendent ticket until after the Demo-
Gratis have written their platform and
nominated their candidates. Mr.. La
Toilette is an object of the keenest
interest to the Democrats.
The Democrats are figuring that
one of two things may happen in re-
gard to the La Toilette group. Either
that group may decide not to put