Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-11-01

elected, and lament, probably wi a
tears In his honest eyes, the frailty
and weakness of man.
To speak plainly, no individual
can breast the waves of popular an.
prevail or disapproval successfully.
Grover Cleveland was ahe last states
man of this type and he is remem.
berd with reverence by those of us,
who long for a return Of statesmen
10 great leadership. The distin-
gufshed West Virginian and New
Yorker is fleet runner with mill
stona about his waist, so far as the
prosperous States of the East and
those bordering on ahe Mississippi
ale concerned. The politi: al cam
paigners in this section of the coun-
try speak only of Davis as Me Dem
ocraEc candidate
The threat of a Bryan even as
near ahe White House as the Vice
Presidential chair sends a tremor
through Democrats in this section
and if Calvin Coolidge is elected. it
will be brougha about by Democrats
WI : will vote tac Republican ticket.
no, because they love John w. Davis
o. WesN Virginia less, but because
they hate Charles w. Bryan and his
- o.;;:,cr ucre Even Davis friends
lave Tot forgotten the wanton attack
made upon this distinguished Amer
lean In the Democratic National Cen
venuon in New York. when he failed
10 mention his name in his list of
eligible candidates for President. 1t
may be though that despite all IF
4hIs the unexpected may happen and
the American people may land him
In the White House.
Should this take pace, it will be
IN die nature Of a miracle. But what
about Hon. Robert M. La Toilette.
that sormy petrol from Wisconsin?
1t Is practically admitted thas he is
not running 20 win. He has ''shied
his caster in the ring" in behalf Of
a principle or as might be said in
the 1nteresa IF many principles. He
is the champion of the "under-dog'.
He is the Henry of Navarro champ
ion of the righss of the masses as
those masses stand arrayed against
plutocracy. He has done well, but
he leaned too far backward or went
too far forward, when he proposed
to nullify decision of the Supreme
Court of 1he United States by con-
gressional action.
He might have provided G plan for
the publication % the Supreme
Court itself, by making the elevation
to the bench more difficult propo-
sition, but he argued in favor of the
destruction of that coordinate power,
the wiping out of that gentle bal,
ancing of power by destruction of the
checks upon precipitate action and
the abolishing of the conservation OF.
the rights of an otherwise helpless
minority On all other great fun-
danfental principles, so far as we
have been able to observe, he is an
ideal candidate of the type and class
Of he electorate which he represents
He is fearless, tireless and aple.
This American people have never ma"
anu we fear will never again possess
a statesman of his type. His aim 10
f. build up a new party DO Misplace
mr. tn supplant one of the old ones
His efforts though are undermining
his constitution and for these reas-
ons alone, he is Fastening SowaroS
his setting" Still his writings, Ma
.snaecbes. his remarkable personallty
will live afJer him, and tens OF thous-
ands viii gather around the snaIt To
be erected in his memory to call hiln
blessed.
II is for the citizen Of color to