. >> garland tucker the third recounts the presidential elections between john davison: coolidge. last time according to the author that both 30s feel the conservative candidate. mr. tucker discusses both of the john locke foundation in raleigh, north carolina. this program is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. especially to the john locke foundation for inviting me today. i've been looking forward to this. they were very generous in giving me a lot of latitude as to what i've talked about today. and what i'd like to do is try to answer the question that i've been getting a lot of represents the book came out, as most of you all know, this is my first attempt and probably only attempt at writing a book. and so lots of people have asked me, why did you write it or what you hope to accomplish with this book? so that's what i'm going to try to answer today. and as i thought about it, there are really three reasons for my writing the book or i would slow it down to three reasons. the first two reasons for thoughts are reasons that i had in mind when i started. and the th

to consider the lives of the word and the warnings of two of america's greatest conservatives, john davison, coolidge. thank you. [applause] and i hope i have not talked above our question time. but we've got time for a few, i'd be happy to say as long as everybody wants. >> you didn't mention your convention to davis biw nl and the professor i think the advance would be interested in not. >> now, the way i personally got interested in davis was he was a graduate of washington lake, which is where i went and i had a great friend who is a retired in there who have known david for years. and i remember him talking about him. and it was about the time i graduated that the one good biography of davis came out and taught as a lawyer. and they gave me a copy in a red day. and i hadn't had that contact. i probably would've never done that davis was. >> 1924 democratic convention is fascinating. i wonder if you could kind of talk a little bit about the personalities involved and mother of one of the other two gentlemen, certainly not smith, if not to do had been nominated, probably not him as well,