The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-08-11
FRIENDS
GIVEN HONEY
GREETING
cIarksburg Hospitality Is
Lavished on Guests There
To Hear Notification

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prove itself worthy Of having pro-
duced a potential President, and
from the standpoint Of rising to an
emergency, it certainly has sue
ceeded.
Mob Is Well Done
In handling the horde of poIiti.
clans and newspaper correspondents
and curiosity seekers which has
descended upon 1t, Clarksburg, for
its size. undertook larger task
than New York undertook in
handling the Democratic conven-
ton.
1t is striking proof Of the uni
versal capacity for organization in
this country that Clarksburg has
accomplished it's task IN this mat
ter just as competently as New
York accomplished the apparently
larger but really smaller task which
was put upon it by the convention
of June "a and of the days fol-
lowing.
With every visitor provided with
transportation, and with shelter,
whether in hotels or in the homes
of citizens, and with appropriate
entertainment, Clarksburg then as
sembled on the meZzanine floor Of
the principal hotel and looks
down from it into the open lobby
on the first floor and inspects the
straw hats beneath which hide the
faces of her sons who may be ma.
tional committeeman or State chair.
men or spell-binders or other i'm
portant political personages.
Clarksburg is entertaining the
world magnificently and inspecting
the world with the utmost care be-
fore it gets away.
AS at Canton, Ohio, in William
McKinley's day, and as now also
at Plymouth, Vermont, the reporter
gets a deep impression of the ready
and indeed instant adaptability Of
an American town to any role
which fate gives it.
One Permanent Gain.
The flags and the bunting and
the new little temporary booths for
selling soft drinks on street corners
and the pavilion from which MIR.
Davis will speak tonight have given
the town a passingly festive ap-
pearance; but there is also one per-
manent improvement to be noticed.
In the front yard of the Davis
house, on the line where the yard
meets the street there Is a new side.
walk and new parapet.
This new construction marks the
end Of a long struggle between the
Davis family and the town. The
Davis family resisted this new con.
because 1t encroached upon
the front yard. The Davis family
resisted 1t and delayed 1t for a long
time. Then a member Of the family
who was living in New York got
nominated for the Presidency and
decided to come home to be notified
the nomination. A crisis
was created. There had to be a
sidewalk in front Of the candidates
home; the family yielded. The side.
walk was built. It was completed
a few days ago. If Mr.. Davis
nomination has done nothing else.
1t. at least, has settled a local
struggle and produced a. new
permanent Improvement in Clarks.
burg.
Behind that sidewalk, Mr.. Davis
receives a never ceasing stream of
visitors, and receives it coollv.
steadily, graciously, and with
really quite extraordinary minglin9
OF cordially and Of unperturbed
poise. He does not seem wearied.
He does not seem even excited. He
exchanged conventional jokes with
his old ClarkSburg friends. He as.
sures them that he will welcome
them to the White House. He shows
a confidence partly jocular and at
the same time tinged with a Ger.
tain apparently clear sincerity Of
He definitely has made up his
mind as to the sort of campaign
he will conduct. He is not going TO
be impolite. but he is going to be
drastic and emphatic and hard hit.
ting He says that this campaign
Is not going to be a kid glove cam.