The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-13
DEADLOCK FEAR
Is NOT SHARED
BY ]. ". DAVIS
Declares Butler State
ment Is Virtual COnces-
sion Of Defeat

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct. 12.-
Confidence that the November elections
will be decisive and that the Democratic
ticket will win in the electoral college
without reference to Congress was ex-
pressed today by John w. Davis, demo-
cratic nominee for president.
The candidates statement was made
to newspapermen in conference here and
was said to have been founded upon re-
ports given to him by democratic lead
ers IN the middle west. 1t was intended
apparently to answer the statement
made recently by Chairman Butler of
the republican national committee in
which he was reported to have declared
that it would be disastrous if the de-
cisicn OH the election should be thrown
into Congress and Charles w. Bryan.
democratic vice-presidential candidate,
chosen president.
Mr.. Davis also ANNOUNCED today n
revision of his itinerary fortthe remain
der of his two-week tour of middle west
ern states. He will leave indianapolis
at noon tomorrow, making brief ad-
dresses at Lebanon, Lafayette and
Greencastle and in the evening at
Terre TTaute. Tuesday, Mr.. Davis will
visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln at
Springfield. ILL.,, in the afternoon, and
deliver night speech in that city.
To Chicago Thursday.
Wednesday will be spent in Quincy,
ILL.,, with an evining address on the
program there and Thursday and Fri
day will be given over to addresses in
Chicago.
From Chicago the Davis party will
go tn st. Louis. arriving there Satur-
day morning. 1t is planned to motor
to East st. Louis, ILL.,, for noon speech
there and return to st. Louis that night
for the principal address of the day.
Mr.. Davis will arrive in Nashville,
Tenn. Sunday. the day being set apart
for church and rest, and Monday eve
ming he will speak there. Louisville
has been designated for n speech Tues
day night. From there the candidate
will go to Evansville, Ind.
The remainder of the itinerary is I'M
certain. Strong pressure for the can
didate to visit both Cincinnati and
Cleveland is being brought to bear and
it is not improbable that the original
plans will be, changed and Cleveland
substituted for Cincinnati. the time al
western tour being too brief to permit
him TO visit both places.
Sees Admission OF Defeat.
Mr.. Davis told newspapermen in a
conference today that he regarded Mr..
Buffers statement about the election
being decided by Congress ''as more or
less of concession of defeat on his
part
eff that is the best he can hope for, D."
Mr.: Davis said, 81 think he will proba-
bly, find himself worse than that"
The candidate declared he did not
anticipate a deadlock i'll the electoral
college. He explained his calculations
showed that the democratic candidates
would carry all the southern and Dor
der states and would pick up enough
out of the west and east to make vic
tory in the electoral college certain.
Although the nominee preferred moi
to name the states mentioned, he said
Missouri twas perfectly safe" and that
Maryland. West Virginia and Kentucky
were counted upon in his calculations
Is Not Alarmed.
Answering again suggestions that the
election might be referred to Congress
despite the calculations he had made to
the contrary, Mr.. Davis said he did not
believe the pillars of society would
tumble" even then.
chairman Butler is greatly alarmed
about the election of Governor Bryan,
he continued. of course. don't share
that alarm. about Governor Bryan
either as ice-president or president. II
Chairman Butler and his friends are
as much alarmed about that as they
appear to be, they would have it en-
tirely within their power in the House
to make me president
Mr.. Davis attended services today al
the First Presbyterian church, lunched
with relatives ana tonight was the guest
Of Senator Ralston at a dinner.