Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-04-03
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DanviIle. lYa.l Register

NO small importance Is being
attached in some quarters to the
incident that Ex-Governor West
moreland Davis has written
letter to State Senator Walter
Mapp, an aspirant for COVER
nor, offering him his support i'll
his aspiration. To use the an
announcement is not unexpected
and was rather to be anticipat-
ed In the light of recent po-l
litical history and an elementary |
knowledge of men and tile weak
nesses and motives which sway
them. The-attitude of the ex-
governor is supporting the Acco-l
mac county senator whose name
is familiar in connection with
prohibition legislation, while Mr.
Davis himself was regarded as
| the head and front of the wet
element during his candidacy for
Nomination and his term as ex-
ecutive, may seem a bit incon-
gruouS, but the trite saying,
Politics makes strange bed
fellows seems to find rather
conspicuous exemplifcation iii
this assurance.
II The ex-governor proposes to
Support Mr.. Mapp, not because
: he is or has been sympathetic
with the things that the Acco-
, mac legislator most prominently
E stands for and most ardently
s advocates, but in spite of that
fact. When one recalls that Mr.
oIDavis ran for the nomination fol
i United States senator against
Mr. Swanson a lew years age
il and was showed under by al
$ Overwhelming majority, ant
!, when with this bit of politica
:. history is coupled the fact thai
+ Mr.. Swanson is friend and sup
n porter Of State Senator Harry
d Flood Byrd in his candidacy fol
; the governorship, nothing elss
was expected but, that the
o Loudoun ex-governor would
d align himself with the opponent.
u lof Senator Byrd. Is not Mr.
.lSwanson supporting Byrd, ant
v could man of Mr.. Davis tenn
o permanent and calibre be expected
o leven to support the same guber
material aspirant whom Mr.
sISwanson was known to bt
e supporting The memory OF hi.
). Town decisive defeat by Senator
rlSwanson doubtless rankles in thu
} heart of the Loudoun man to thi:
olday. And SO it is but natural &c
). find Mr.. Davis arrayed against a
: Igood and able man for no other
S reason than that Mr.. Swanson
elwas in favor of that man. To
! one who knows Mr.. Davis, this
latitude on his part hardly need
e ed announcement.
After all. we suspect that Mr.
. Davis prefer of support will
n rather embarrass Mr.. Mapp thar
J. cause him any particular ex.
elulation. Oil and water do not
mix, but liquor and water will
+ and it would be strange and in.
e lcongruous thing if Mr.. Mapp, fol
ltlyears the head and front of the
+ Virginia dry" forces, should by
: any possibility, triumph with the
. aid of Mr.. Davis followers. Sc
o far as we are aware and believe,
o the Loudoun county ex-governor,
Mr.. Davis, has not demonstrated
that he has any numerous and
e influential following. Nor do we
e fancy that the announcement OF
I Mr.. Davis support of Mr.. Mapp
!, Twill cause any exultation to the
earnest and sincere men who have
so long supported prohibition
legislation, Mr.. Mapp probably
could not prevent the Davis an.
nouncement and the publicity
given it, even though it may
: raise doubts in some minds as to
Mr.. Maps sincerity as a prohi-
bition candidate and leader.
AS for Mr.. Davis own election
to the goyernorship, lie was NOM
mated by minority of the vot-
ers participating in the primary,
there being three candidates, and
he is the only minority guberna-
torial nominee selected since the
lprimary plan was adopted in
1902. In word. the combined
vote of Ellyson and Pollard, the
two recognized dry candidates,
largely exceeded that of Mr..
Davis.