Evening star., 1924-10-01
COMM0NER GAINS
SUPPORT FOR DAVIS
w. }. Bryan Campaigning
Strongly in West-Praises
All Candidates.
Hl DAVID LAWRENCE

EN ROUTE TO SALT LAKE CITY.
october 1.--William Jennings BRYAN.
america oldest political campaigner
VINO was running for the presidency 2S
5taiH ago. when the men now in public
iie We're stll youths, is making what
may be his last active campafpn With
Characteristic vigor, the Commouer is
i"Nei'hg the West he knows so well
ana giving to John W Davis an on
IhuAiaSiIc support which permits of no
reservation or doubts. Mr. BRYAN is
speaking I" enormous crowds His
po"eflnl voice. his eloquence. his
oFhamic personality are still as fas-
ciha'hg as they were years ago. He is
the symbol Of Democracy in this mart of
America, and it is not denied. even bv
lhe Republicans, that he has made votes
FOR Davis. At least he has kept many
waver1ng ones from going 10 La Fol
lette.
II ABOUT the same speech every day
put ~ has a telling effect for. as usual
therc ar" kindly words for an oppon4nt
no assault Oh character. but d scathiug
remuneration of what seems TO him 10
ne IN" erroneous philosophy Of his op-
ponents
LA Toilette hasn't chance in tho
''f'torai college. explains Mr.
Bryan. II" has only a remote chance
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calvin toQlidg" is through .Iohu W.
Davis. never called th" HepuhIi-
cans scoundrcIs. | know Mr.. Coolidge
and Iik" him He is clean i'm public
and private life, Of high character
! ana as we'll meaning as any man
who ever occupied tho White Hous,.
That's high praise of IA Republican hy
a Democrat. III go farther and let
any Republican 20 through the die
tionary and pick out the best adjec-
tivcs from to Il and III agree
they all fit Mr. Coolidge if can
add just fv" words, but he is re-
aCtiUnary.'
Praise for Dawes.
Mr.. Dawes is just as fue ii man
W" are good friends and practiccd
law together in Lincoln. We enjoy
visiting each other. and yxn wish each
other everything hut votes, But
Dawes is more rcacti"uary than Cool
idge. if such q thing is possible
They arc in perfect accord. Dawes is
articulate while Coolidge is silent
Cal Dawes says what Coolidge thinks
I've known La Fullett" for 20
years know Bob is progress sSiVc.
and can prove it by his record. /
know Wheeler. too. He was original
ly a Republican, but came into the
lppUOtTd TIC rams hbI lJl- ny iCS'
campaign. and stayed there. He is
still a Democrat. and doesn't deny it,
although running on another ticket
MIR Davis is a. we'll qualified for
tho presidency as amy man who ever
ran. He has had greater experience
than any other barring jefferson.
There is no greater lawyer in the
country. He has been president OF
the American Ear Association: SoliCi-
tor general for FIVE years-and We
never had better one for law en-
forcement-and he represented Us at
tho Court of St James. lie Is Il bet
ter candidate than | ever was. lie
is IA years older. and has that much
more experience than | had when i
started running for the presidency.
why did | oppose him? 1t was
not because of what he said or did
that | opposed him. but only on ac-
count of the positions which he had
held and my fear that the presump-
tion which rested on his legal rela-
tionships would handicap US in the
campaign. | feared the Republican
papers would attack because of his
clients and try them in the campa ign.
Now they are doing that, criticiZing
his clientS-not him.
They don't tell you that he was
a country lawyer - years and Il
corporation lawyer only three, or
that he was on the peoples side
five years and on the corporation s
side only three. Was he corrupted
knowledge of his views. | know
them now, for l have talked with
him and ] know he was never cor
rupted. He came through fire with
no smell of smoke. l talked to him
and l knew he was progressive
when l came away. AT heart. he is
with the people and can be trusted
by the people"
EatoIx Own Brother.
And SO the speech runs with a
modest reference now and then to
the brother. Gov. Bryan. and his
business ability. He was not nom
mated for the vice presidency" remarks
the Commoner. because he is my
brother. Mr.. Davis wanted a run
ming mate from the agricultural
West, a progressive and a dry, and
Gov. Bryan is all of them"
There have been campaigns like
1916 when the former Secretary of
State. crusading for peace. could
arouse intense emotion in the West
He was most effective then. He is
still the idol of thousands of Demo-
Gratis who think of him as a good
Christian with a greater morality
than the average political leader But
there is no doubt that the West dis
counts to some extent the Commoner's $
enthusiasm because he has a brother
on the ticket and because he did op-
pose the nomination of Davis. At
any rate. William Jennings Bryan is
on the defensive, which has not been
his usual role in the past. But let
no one derstand-William Jen-
nings Bryan is giving a, wholehearted
100 per cent support to John W. Davis.
Copyright, 1924