Milford chronicle., 1924-08-15
POLITICAL NEWS
WHY JOHN w. DAVIS WILL BE
DEFEATED FOR PRESIDENT


DEFEATED FOR PRESIDENT
Ihe first and natural reaction on
the nomination of John w. Davis bv
the Democrats in convention in New
YORK Is one of relief and satisfac-
tion that after the un-American. riot
GUS and at times thoroughly disrep-
utable proceedings, it finally became
possible to nominate a man for the
Presidency who rises high above the
cunning and the unconscfonableness
of McAdOO and the appeal to the in
ordinate appetites of men which, af-
ter all, was the big card of Al Smith.
| Mr.. Davis made no bid for the wet
vote of the convention but it will re-
main of record that he got it. He has
wet sentiments; how deep they are
and how far he will carry them re-
mains to be seen. If he attempts to
carry them at all, or if he even al
lows it to pass without further COM
ment by him that he is a wet in SEN
timent, he will never even be in the
running. William Randolph Heart.
in his New York American. two
days ago said with great truth and
percipiency: "a consistent, conscien-
tious dry candidate is what the
country demands, and the only kind
of candidate which the country
will vote for" Mr.. Davis is not that
kind of candidate.
Mr.. Davis will not be defeated en-
tirely because of himself. He is a
man who has much to commend
him. But his party does not have
anything to commend il. He must |
answer for the things Of which it |
was guilty in convention assembled.
The dragging in of the religious
question is something that shocked
and disgusted the American people
because it was, above everything
else, un-American. They are going to
rebuke that act. They cannot get at
the convention next November so
they will register their rebuke
against that which the convention
finally produced-John w. Davis, it's
candidate for the Presidency.
Mr.. Davis cannot rise above the
Democratic platform. There it
stands with all it's hokum, with all
is appeal to passion and prejudice
Ind with all its platitudes and here
lies. AS a candidate Davis must sub
cribe to the platform. 1t must be his
Alpha and Omega, his command
nents, more than ten. He dare not
'reak the tablet upon which they
we're written for they represented
he will of the convention before his
omniation represented the will of
he convention. In other words the g.
latform takes precedence over him .
nd stands above him.
President Coolidge inspired and o
haped the platform upon which he B
'as nominated. He made sure if S,
to his views so that it t.
an be truthfully said Coolidge is the
Iattorm and the platform is coo1
PC. The Republican party stenned
LEX ana let Mr.. Coolidge have bis
ay' Inc Democratic platform NOS
'OuSnt into being by the Denocro+
OOsses' They nailed the blanks in III
having done this they fonebt
ID haggled few weeks and +ben
alarm, put up Mr.. Davis tn lend
-e color of responsibility tn +boiT A
proceedings. WHY did tbov 8
this? Because they had n ~ Q
LIeInl1g - 51 10 save their own faces p
ID the battered face of their partv,
:. hrst they would have none of
I'm W. Davis. He represented Wall 4
rect and certain amount Of de-
ncy and they did not want anv de-
ncy at all. AS for Wall street if
part of their stock in trade fo hean
on it when ever the public
res them a chance. But this time
ey were in sore straits and thew
d to swallow Wall street in n1h-
as they have swallowed if in
lvate almost since the birth of the
rty. The Democratic crowd curse
Ill street until Wall street needs =
I'M badly and invites them to come Ii
'und to dinner to talk things ov- III
Then they take a bath, put on IL
an linen and go around to see e
at they can get. Il
Davis Wall street connection
uld not necessarily damn him !
h the country. The people are \
ting over looking upon Wall
eet as a den Of thieves. AS a wo-
q delegate to the convention said,
there was no Wall street there
lid be no Main streets" Incident
it might be said that frequently l
'se things are found on some I
n streets than on Wall street.
)hn w. Davis will be defeated by
sibly ten million majority be-
Sc he represents a Democratic
y that is no longer worthy of be- 5
called the Democratic party, as
demonstrated before it had been
convention a week.-Pottsvile
} Journal. n
tile Girl-"What is tact. papa?"