Show g X X t I DAVIS LAUNCHES 1924 CAMPAIGN NOMINEE TO TOMAKE TOMAKE MAKE SERIES C Davis Holds G G- O 0 P Re Re- Re Re For Dishonest Official Conduct ALLUDES TO KLAN Candidate and Hearers Soaked By Rain at Ceremonies The t lc of John W ti Daviss Davis's lI formally the Democrat c nomination for president Is published else else- elsewhere where In this hi lone issue CLARKSBURG W Va 11 V Aur Aug 12 Ha hating HaInG InG sounded the th battle batti cry or of hIs 1 party John W Davis Demo Demo- Democratic cratic candidate pre pre- prepared prepared pre prepared pared today to b gln ln an Ive drive 0 r o er the th country In a II erles emlea of speeches s speech the th first of oC which will Ill be b dell ered at Co- Co Columbus Columbus lumbus Co-lumbus lumbus Ohio on August 16 t 6 Mr lIr Da DaIs Daule Is l will Ill treat In more those e subjects which he h announced In hi hi- hi acceptance address here her hut night he views view aa lIS the outstanding issues of the th First among the these I Is honesty of If go Th The nominee nomine devot devot- devoted devoted devoted ed a II major portion of hi his first ad address ad- ad dress dress In a downpour ofrain of ofrain rain rain- to a discussion of th the issue lie He laid full Cull rc responsibIlIty pon upon the Republican part for corruption In office and charged that some om of Iho In hl hIgh h i In the admin admin- administration had made an effort to weaken th the effect of the exposure lit at ton by crying out rot against the th guilt guilty but ut against a tho those who ho opposed them thorn I J charge the tho Republican part party with cor- cor ocr cor corruption In administration Mr Da l I declared with favoritism to classes clas c In legislation I Ial al also o charge charf It St with dh division In council and Impotence In action MELT O DILL BILL ATT CItED Passing to a discussion ton of economies Mr Davis Dals accused the tho administration In offering the Mel Mel- Mellon lon Ml-lon lon Ion tax tx bill with a II desire to favor favora a few f possessors of swollen In Incomes comes come and declared that In th the ell en- n of th the Fordney el tariff bill there had been an un un- un un blushing return to th the evil day days clays ot of rewarding party support and po political political contributions contribution with tive favoritism Th The administrations administration foreign pol policy pul- pul I icy Ic wai a d denounced bT by the candidate dat late date who ho declared that In lii tills this too loo there had bad appeared the 1 of a creeping paralysis lie promised that If It he h became becam president president president dent America would sit lit as a an equal among equals equal whenever she h sat at t a-t at atall atall atall all In conference other na- na na nations lions of th the world With Ith rep c t 10 to the league leru of nations nation ho he h eald asid to te Democratic party could not accept the dictum unauthorized by y yany any expression lon of popular will III that the th Is lague l rue gue Is I a closed Iod Incident so fe far as a America Is The world court wag WILS wa Indorsed and Mr Davis declared h lie he deemed It the duty of the chief executive to cooperate by every mes at hi his command with all legitimate endeavors whether hether they canto cane from th the league or from any other source to lesson lusen th the pros pros- prospect poet of war ar and nd to f promote dl die dis- disarmament armament ALLUSION TO While omItting direct reference to the th Ku Klux Klan KIn Mr Davis declared for religious liberty and told his hi audience that every evry t thinking American must such uch a declaration Referring to any po criticism clam cism concerning his hl hi past pa t t carl or can orand conduct as a a lawyer Mr fr Bald ald ald he h had no n apology to offer for tor either This Tue statement nt b by the tho th candidate was VU In response to references re rence In III Inthe Inthe the notification addre address of o S Sn 3 n- n n-ator n ator Thomas Thoma J S Walsh of Montana to Mr ls Da Da former professionally as to gigantic business interests t whose who policy and conduct have hav aroused quit quite al goner goner- general al NOTIFIES Th The argument that you ar are re aWall a 0 Wall Vall street man mn in sense ns Senator Sinator Sen tor Wal Walsh V h said aid is hla 1 without merit u ae a Is la th the a aa assertion I that your yur nomination I Is a Wallstreet Wall VII Wallstreet street nomination nomination- It WILl was wa effected without lion ira any support from dolego dolega- d l lion popularly believed to be b under I the tho Influence of Wall all street Neith Neith- Neither Neither er em calumny nor over zealous par par u can rise ris to such euch uch heights as to charge charKe ch r that the th conI contention from which 5 our credentials ered como came I Ins 8 bossed by any ens na n 4 |