The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-09-26
MAINE RESULT
PAVES WAY To
c. D. P. VICTORY
Election Result Surpris-
ing, Even to Republi-
can; Claims" Not All
Facts.

as presaging a sweeping victory TO
the Republican ticket in November
The Maine election was a great sur
prise to the leaders OF both parties
Both believed the Klan issue wouls
outweigh all other considerations anC
il would have .occasioned no grea
surprise to the Republicans had 2
Democratic governor been elected
Representative Chindbloom OF Illinois
who has been campaigning in Maine
and who is, perhaps. better able to
Judge OF the results than a citizen OF
the state, has brought to the president
the most emphatic assurances that
the Maine election was essentially a
Coolidge victory.
That the system OF claiming every
thing in sight" has been carried to a
deplorable point by campaign man
ayers is becoming more and more
obvious. To such extravagant pre-
dictions do the chairmen of the
national committees. irrespective OF
party, lend themselves that II has
made their statements worthless. 1t
is a reasonable assumption that be
cause of their vantage points these
gentlemen should be in position 10
give the country the most. accurate
information-and probably they could,
if they would. But they won't. They
content themselves with claiming
everything, declaring that the oppos-
ing candidates are through and each
insisting that his particular candidate
will "sweep the country Such /
foolish predictions are reflection on
the intelligence of the public and ac-
complish nothing. Very few Wash
ington correspondents will burden
their wires or impose on their editors
with the nonsense the campaign
chairmen hand out To paraphrase
declaration OF a once famous governor
OF Wisconsin, ats facts. not boasts,
the people want
From sources other than the cam
paign chairmen your correspondent
learns that Mr.. Davis is making a
sad mess OF his compaign; that he is
proving a woeful disappointment to
his political hackers and to the party
which made him its candidate; nor !
are the reasons hard to find. John ,
W. Davis is a conservative, at heart I
Tor more conservative than Calvin
Coolidge. AT heart no man has 5
greater contempt for Bryan and all I
hat Bryan represents than John
Davis, and yet, because I've thinks II
will win him votes he is posing as F.,
radical and going up and down ,
he land saying things be does not :
elieve and advocating policies in
,hich he has no faith. The result OF
his insincerity stands out in his every ;,
peech and takes all 1.-THE punch out :;
{ it. Every good salesman knows
nat the first essential of good sales
lanship is a firm belief in the merits
the article he is selling. And as I
saleman of himself and the Demo 81
ratic party John Davis is a failure L
IMPLY because he cannot believe =
Their in himself or in the Democrats
arty as that party is represented II
y the platform on which Davis il II
,rced to stand. This is not the Il
dividual view of your correspondent, II
II is a composite OF the views OF
any men who have come to wash 4
gton from all parts OF the country, II
any of whom have heard Davis h
eak and all OF whom have been at II
me pains to ASCERTAIN the political II
ntiment in the communities in
iich they live, of which they have -
,ited. e.
While John Davis is proving 4 q
lure as a presidential candidate n n
a platform which, no doubt, at eli
art he abhors, there is no war is
1t for the continued declaration OF
, Republican chairman that Its all
err but the shouting" 1t is per- IS
tly evident that many Democrats oh
III radical tendencies are going SSu
,r to La Toilette and there still str
Mains the danger that the third wi
-ty candidate may gain sufficient IN.
mber of voters in the electoral H.
lege to prevent Mr.. Coolidge's II,
Giving the POO votes necessary TO FEY
,ice. That means, OF course, thai ao'
re is still the danger OF throwing nc;
election successfully into the Dir
Use and the senate and of the ye;
er's being compelled to choose MY M.
wecn Dawes and Bryan. with Of
ry likelihood that it would choose DEF
latter That is what La Toilette i!
working for and all that he eN- l;,h
is to get out OF the election Il hor
I'D mean that he and the little TAX
up in the senate who vote with az az;