Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
Putnam. July 22. 1924.

sound mental attachments and wide experience in affairs" of both the Re publican and Democratic candidates.
 He cannot, of course, deny that Mir.
 Davis is preemlnently qualified to be
 president. But when he comes 10 lcompare the two parties, he thinks that the Republicans have all the best lof the argument.
 May l trespass. therefore. upon your space to quote Mr. Bowen's nine arguments or assertions and briefly answer each?
 Says Mir. Bowen:
 1st. Our people undoubtedly will prefer Mir. Dawes to Mir. Bryan.
 This is unsupported assertion. While the statement may be true of many people in the east. yet anyone who has :! travelled west of the Hudson river or who is familiar with American pub lie opinion as voiced in the bulk of our western papers. knows that Mir. Dawes is widely known throughout the west as an anti-labor extremest. This will probably be a great liabil- ity to his party in the coming cam paign. On the other hand no Gov ernor enjoys the affection of the peo- pie of his own state more than Gov ernor Bryan of Nebraska, unless 1t be Governor Smith of New York. Be fore the campaign progresses far, Governor Bryan's record for eeon- omy and social reform. and especially | his successful efforts in making the | coal and gasolene ring stop gouging the people. will be known from one end of the country to the other. It will undoubtedly win many votes for the Democratic ticket.
 AS to the Cabinet 2nd. A cabinet composed of men ] like Mir. Hughes and Mir. Hoover would be more efficient than any cab linet Mir Davis could form
 More assumptionl Have the peo- pie already forgotten that an enraged public opinion finally forced Mr. Coolidge 10 lei go in disgrace three of his cabinet officers The men he chose fo fill their places are excellent appuintees. but as yet they have not impressed themselves on the country as great statesmen. And as for Mf. Hughes and Mr. Heover. Is there any candid American who will assert that they have not both lost political pres tigc since the old days when one ran for president and the other was re- garded as one of the greatest lnde- pendents of his time2 A for Mr. Davis, he could get an abler and far more progressive cabinet than the present Republican one # he went Ha further than to pick if from his de feated rivals for the Democratic nom inaiton.
 The Naturalization
 3rd ''The Coolidge administration has been tried and tested and has been proved trustworthy"
 Shades of Teapo. Dome! IL the present Republican administration ls trustworthy" after its oil record, then Secretary Fall is as straight as an apple tree.
 4th. "A Davis administration would have to be formed of the dis eordant elements that came t0 the fore in the Madison Garden eonven- ton. and We could not, therefore, hope for as good administrative teamwork under Mir Davis as we have had. and shanld have. under Mr. Coolidge
 While 1t is true that the Democrat ic convention opened with healthy diff ferenees of opinion and broke the time record before it iroued out it's dif- ferenees. nevertheless the convention was probably the least bossed eonven- ton in the history of either major party. All the delegates were freed from their pledges before they united on Mr. Davis, and the debates by which they arrived at their ultimate on both candidates and platform reached the high water mark of forensic ability and elo- quence.
 As 10 the alleged "team-work" of t the present Republican regime, one has only t0 recall how bfutaliy and cynically the Republican majority m Congress bludgeoucd Mir Coolidge on the bonus. the World Court, and tax reduction. to see that even the een- servalive wing Of the party is shot in 1 two And now Co make bad matters worse. Mir. LaFollette has at last se- ceded and is not unlikely to earry the Republican states and possibly Iowa.
 In Foreign Affairs
 5th. In foreign affairs Mr. Cool idge Is vastly more experienced than Mr. Davis.
 Does Mr Bowen really mean to stand by this assertion3 Mir Coolidge never held an office that dealt with foreign affairs until he was elected Vice President, and even then he had little or no responsibility in deaiiug with foreign affairs untN he succeeded Mir. Harding. Unless ] am mistakeu he has never been abroad something Of g handicap. l should think iu deal-I in with foreign measures and mon. Mf. Davis. on the contrary, as mem Der of Congress had to pass on for eiFn aifairs frequently, and as United States minister tQ the Court Of St. James, had an opportunity to study | and master foreign affairs. as have few living men. 4 man of his eXcep- tional character and ability is not ae- customed to waste his opportunities
 9th "Afr. Coolidge has che ad- vant taga over Mr Davis in having his party committed to the support and aE sta zas.5 a#zaa