Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1928, Page 10

an = HUNDREDS CHEER (& AUGUST D. - STAR. WASHINGTON, 10 THURSDAY, THE EVENING » o ——— | ENGINEER DIES IN WRECK.| | feven Passengers Hurt as Coaches OITTMANS SPEECH DRY LAW CHANGE URGED BY SMITH Burns Bridges Behind Him in' Friends Accepting Party Nomination. mbs down shou! approv ch, di- Gov. Smith that e the prohibition 1 never stand for the saloon. They argue sident Gov. Si not himself change the Volstead act or amend the eighteenth amendment They expoet to elect the usual number of dry Scnalors and Representatives and o tic Gov. Smith’s hands, even though he be in the White House. The question has been raised by opponents as to Gov. Smith's ability o jeal with national questions. It has b at he circumscribed in his outlook by the Youndaries of New York. In ech¥last night he Jaid that idea to rest. He showed a grasp of national issues and abjity to deal with them i v he will Jaws and th a return_of that -as P s to the Charpes made is a Tammany he would be fluenced through his church affil; ns in performing his du- ties as President. Gov. Smith took oc- casion to reply effectually to these ai- tacks. “To me one of the greatest elements of satisfaction in my nomination,” he said, “is the fact that I owe it to no one man or set of men. I can with complete honesty make the statement that my nomination was brought about by no promise given or implied by me or any one in my behalf. I will not be influ- enced in appointments by the question of a_perso et or dry attitude, by whether he is rich or poor. whether he comes from the North, South. East or West. or by what church he attends in the worship of God.” If ever a candidate stated that he ‘wore no man’s collar, it was Gov. Smith in this part of his address. Opposes Intervention. . and Nor did he refer directly to charges | brought against him by Senator Heflin of Alabama that if elected President he | would seek to plunge the United States into war with Mesico, but he said, “1 personally declare: what the platform declares, Interference in purely internal 2ffairs of Latin American countries thust ceas> and I specifically pledge myself to folicw this declaration with regard to Mexico as weil as the other Latin American countries.” Next to prohibition, more interest centered today in what Gov. Smith had to say about the farm problem. It was grnerally conceded he had made strong appeal to the farmers of the country for support. particularly to those of the Middle West and Northwest, where the sgricultural depression has been mor marked than in other sections of the country. He promised cvervihing the farm leaders have asked, except the equalization fee. That he turned down eold in an interview a few weeks 2go. But, even so, he gave support in his sesch last night to the principle back of the equalization fee, saying “Our platform declares for the de- velopmen co-operative marketing end an earnest endea solve the problem of the distribution of the cost of dealing with crop surpluses over the marketed unit of the crop whose pro- ducers are benefited by such assistance. the mechanics remain to be de- ie opinion of some of the s there’s the rub. The S ich have been devised vyears of They Smith’s_position would be strengthened today in the end after study is contend t equalization fee method r under the bridge, and re who listened to last night insist h te re- » and wheat 0. P. “Negleet.” ced the Republican fatled to de- of farm aid 0. P, nad that twice a ed legis- ctoed by & Presi- Scores G, and that no | four miliion men, desirous 1o work and | of the prohibition amendment and lawx legislation iended by the jon for in- hostility my admin oA with 4 1 called cquipped on vith such come from type aut con render tion, 1 body ed upon did 1 Itepubli LOVETLEIL arty today stands idespread dishon- | yeombed s adimin g the lust presidentia Republic managers cesstul in Jeading the that these n ie party now 4 i it "Ld‘(. chzdleng! disy e ! indd g be wlsdom opnd efleiuoos. NOISE AND GLARE AR SMITH'S TALK Hold Reading of | Document Takes Out Characteristic Fire. fnued from First Page) mith's address, they have the expla- | ion_at hand At the start there was ineptitude which caused 2 the impresaric C Clubd ripped rophe of beer, ren rowdtest of the old rath buttressed on bas a chance bit ne un- s of the| off a i keller the | wer roaring the s of one the tirew the posimor nominat- or They had st ulous bellow when dianitarics on the platform switch en them. T today tem, gagacious politicians are 18r the v b r error N who p: with t ation as the man who to touch second bas cene Is Alma Mater. A lot of traflic I Iyn Bnd his cow ed the Furthermore, phones. rolled o 0, Tommic Muivihiil, con: juvenile c¢florts to its building there has been a big trai- this gloomy and ornate nce the new t New York T overcoat old a mblyman from d much may discern much or little moment in before he History Horatio Alger idvll; s hing mol han a managed d methodizea polit- | al denouement. Speaking in his a ater, as did Herbert Hoover. Smith transcended the necessary hip- podroming of the occasion, reaching i plane of carnestness, deep conviction and dignity—the triumph and fulfil ment of 25 of apprenticeship and i leadership in this same assembly hail | Those who know Gov. Smith best say e was hampered, not only by the glare, noise and confusion, but by read- ing his address. The old deep. belliger- jent tones of his voice, which carry a | | powerful impact when impelied by a sudden inspiration, were misinsg. His words ‘were carefully paced and the | tempo was slower than his speech in | contiquersial tilts. His friends predict that his later add in the rough- and-tumble of the al much more Siith One thing was impressive and note- | | worthy! in the notification ceremony. | |In the speeches of John J. Raskob, | Senator Key Pittman and Gov. Smith there was a complete absence of patent | i medicine formulas or rabble-baiting {slogans. In view of the restraint of | | the Repulican candidate in this re- gard, it may appear that somebody or | something is de-bunking big league pol- | ities. Maybe it’s the radio. Somehow those listening “mikes” seem to chill he rhetorical fever. {Copyright. 1928 ) of good judg! ¢ of the American people, |is the lunquestioned evidence of party | + guilt.” | | " Gov. Smith insisted he would not | | rest the claim for the confidence of the | people ‘alone upon the misdeeds of the | opposite party. - | “Ours must be a constructive mm-] paign.” he said But the Democratic nominee did at- | tack the Coolidge administration for its conduct of affairs in Latin America and is foreign policy generally, de-| claring that 1t had brought America ! enemies instead of friends. | | " *To no declaration of our party plat | form do I more heartily commit myself | {than the one for the abolition of the| | practice of the President of entering {into agreements for the settiement of | | internal disputes in Latin-American | | countries, unless the agreements have | I been consented to by the Senate, as | provided for in the Constitution of the | United States,” he said. | Gov. Smith’ pledged himself and the Democratic party under his leadership | 10 no drastic tariff changes. There is | nothing in his address that should | frightan business, but rather give it| confidence in the party under his ad- ministration if he be clected. He de-| clared his adherence to the principle of | “equal opportunity for all, special privi- s for none.” | With regard to water power the Gov- ernor was specific. He attacked the| methods of certain utility corporations | seeking to gain control of these public | resources, | “The ownership of some of these| great water powers is in the Natjon,” | Gov. Smith said, “and of others in the | several States. These sources of water | power must remain forever under pubiic | ownership and control. Where they | are owned by the Federal Government| they should remain under Federal con- | trol. Where they are owned by an in- dividugl State they should be under the contro} of that State, or where they are | owned by States jointly they should be under | the control of those Statc-. | e 1 shall carry into the Federal | administration the same policy which I have maintained against heavy odds in my own State. Under no circum- | stancas should private monopoly be | permitted to capitalize for rate-making purposes water power sites that are the | property of the people themselves” | The Democratic candidate ridiculed Republican claims of prosperity in this | country and painted a plcture of con- | i | | ditiong as black as the picture painted by Mr, Hoover in his acceptance speech was bright “Prosperity a Myt “THe Republican party.” builds ils case upon a my he h. sald, When | suppott their families, are unable to | secure employment th | in the picture of prosperity them and the millions dependent upon them. ! God. Smith scoffed of Coplidge economy Federpl abpropriation creasdd i U 5. He prom- sed 4 real recrpanizalion and consoli- dution of governmental activities upon & by The preses and of ernment or iy o, at the claim puinting out that had steadily in- ecii of ueceptunce Is an whle of the Democratic cause | !‘n.}? s own ideas of gov- | He i high tribute to| prom! thorough stud of in jons in labor dis- he had grown into that might b He se which, ald ahuse, 10 conditions remedied The attitude of Gov. Bmith toward the immigration laws has been awalted with keen interest Etery race,” he sald contribution 1o the betterny ica. | While I stand squar platferm declaration that the | ¢ immigration must be pr force and effect, I am he vor of removing from the immigration w Ahe barsh provision which sepa rates tamilies, and 1 am opposed 1o Lhe pringiple of restriction based upon the | figures of Bmmigrant population. con | talned in & census 38 years ohl. 1 he ve this 15 designed o diseriminate | ainst certain tationalites, and 15 an policy made 1t Amer onout ws which ved in tily in has " o y . Liner's Captain Dies at Sea. EW YORK, August 23 () Capt | helm Mueller, 63, commander of | the | Hamburg-American liner Rellance dieq at sea last evening, according 1o # rddin messape from the ship received The Reliance s due here this’ | Democrat | the A Few Differences of Opinion Comparison of the Stand on Public Issues Taken by the Party Standard Bearers Emphasizes Two Points of View How Gov. Smith's views on important issues in the presidential campaign compare with those of Secretary mns. from the Democratic caffdidate’s ech of the Republican nominee delivered August 11 so that the excerpts selected below are not to be dates dealt more at length than the other interpreted s always conveying the Mr. Hoover sa Commoree and industry have revived Although the ravicultural, coal and textile industries still lag in their 1l require our solicitude and they have made substantial While other countries engaged in the war are only now regaining their pre-war level of foreten trade, our exports, even if we allow for the depreciated doflar, are 58 per eent greater than before the war. Constructive leadership and co-operation by the Government have released and stimulated the energies of our people. Faith in the future has been restored progress By rigorous economy Federal expenses have been reduced by two billions per annum. The g national debt has been reduced by six and a EC( half billions. The foreign debts have been > part and on terms which have regard and taxpayers Taxes have been reduced four successive times These reductions have heen made in the particular interest of the smaller taxpayers. For this pur- pose taxes upon articles of consumption and popular service have been removed. ‘The in- come tax roils show a reduction of 80 per cent in the total revenue collected on incomes under $10.000 a vear, while they show a reduction of only 25 per cent \ the revenues on incomes above that amount. FEach suceessive reduction in taxes has brought a reduction in the cost of living to our people es to make such revisions as may be necessary to provide real gainst the shiftings of economic various industries. I am sure the an people would rather intrust the per- of the tarlf to the consistent friend of the tariff than to our opnonents, who have always reduced our tariffs, who voted against our present protection to the worker and the farmer and whose economic theory for generatio been the destruction of the pro- tective prin Peace has been made. The hea of good will have extinguished the fires of hate. Year by year in our rela- tions with other nations we have advanced the ideals of the law and of peace in sub- stitution for force. g processes I do not favor the repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. I stand for the efficient enforcement of the law enacted thereunder. * * * Our coun- try has deliberately undertaken a great social experiment, noble in motive and far reaching in purpose. It must be worked out con- structively. Common sense compels us to realize that grave abuses have occurred—abuses which must be remedied. * * * Modification of the enforcement laws which would permit that which the Constitution forbids is nullification. * * * Change in the Consti- tution can and must be brought about only by the straightforward methods provided in the Constitution itself. The most urgent economic problem in our Nation today is in agriculture. * 1 do not believe that any single human being, or any group of human beings, can determine in advance FARM all questions that will arise in so vast and complicated an industry over a term of years. The first step is to create an effective agency directly for these purposes and give it authority and resources * * ¢ 8o far as my own abilities may be of,service, I dedicate them to help secure prosperity and con- tentment in that industry where I and my forefathers were born and nearly all of my family still obtain their livelikood. The Republican platform gives the pledge of the party to the support of labor. It indorses the principle of collective bargaining and free- dom in labor negotiations. We stand also pledged to the curtailment of excessive use of the injunction in labor disputes. We shall amend the & ation laws relieve unnecessary hardships upon families. As a member of the commission whose duty it is to determine the quota basis under the national orizins law 1 have found it impossible to do 50 accurately and without hardship. to Appointive office. both North, South, East and West must be based solely on merit, character and reputa- tion in the community in which the appointee is to serve, * * By blood and conviction T stand for religious tolerance both in act and fn spirit, The glory of our American ideals Is the right of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his own consclence. APPOIT candidates’ PROSPERITY N( TAXES ¢ TARIFF FOREIGN PROHIBITION RELIEF LABOR IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS Hoover is strikingly shown by the following extracts, printed in paraliel speech of acceptance last night and the acceptance On some subjects one of the candi- full views upon the subjects chosen for Gov. Smith says: When 4.000,000 men, desirons to work and support their families, are unable to secure employment, there is very little in the picture of prosperity to attract them and the millions dependent upon them. » In the year 1926 the Iatest figures available show that one-twentieth of 1 per cent of the 430000 corporations in this country earned 40 per cent of their profits: 40 per cent of the corporations actually lost money. * * * Prosperity to the extent that we have it is unduly concentrated and has not touched the lives of the farmer, the waze carner and the individual business man. appropriations for independent bureaus and offices not responsible to any cabinet officer in- JMY creased from $3.400,000 in 1914 to $163,000,000 in 1921 and to $556,000.000 4n 1928, © * * The appropriation bills signed by the President of the United States for the last year are just one-half & billion dollars more than they were for the first year of his administration * * The actual expendi- tures for governmental activities during the fiscal year ending In 1928 were just $346.000000 more than in President Coolidge’s first year. The The to coll ed are $24.000.000 more than in the first year of the Coolidge administration. While tax rates have been reduced and some war-time < sbandoned, the Government actually took ffom the people in income taxes $383.000.000 more during the last fiscal year than during the first fiscnl vear of the Coolidge administration. * * * If the people commission me to do it. I shall, with the aid of Congress, effect a real rcorganization and con- qation of Government activities upon a business basis and institute the real economy that comes from priddent expenditure. Acting on the principle of “equal opportunity for all, speefal privileges for none,” I shall ask Congress to carry out the tariff declaration of our plat- form The Democratie party :does not and under my leadership will not, advocate any or drastic revolution in our economic system wonld cause business upheaval and popilar sudder which distress At the end of President Wilson's administration we enjoyed not only the friendship but the respectful admiration of the peo- ples of the world. Today we see un- mistakable evidences of a widespread distrust of us and unfriendliness to us, particularly among our Latin American neighbors, I shs platform to the very limit execute the pledge of our “to make an honest endeavor to enforce the eighteenth amendment and all other pro- visions of the Federal Constitution and all laws enacted pursuant thereto.” * * ¢ In accordance with this Democratic principle, some im- mediate relief would come from an amendment to the Volstead law giving a scientific definition of the aleoholic content of an intoxicating beverage, * * * I belleve, moreover, that there should be submitted to the people the question of some change in the pro- visions of the eighteenth amendment. * * * I will never advocate nor approve any law which directly or indirectly permits the return of the saloon. It 1 am elected. T shall immediately ask lead * * jrrespective of party, to enter upon this task I shall join with them in the discharge of their duties during the coming Winter and present to Congress Immediately upon its convening -the solution recommended by the bady of men best fitted to render this signal service to the Nation. 1 shall continue my sympathetic interest in the advancement of progressive legislation for the protection and advancement of working men and women. While I stand squarely on our platform declaration that the laws which limit immigration must be preserved in full force and effect, 1 am heartily in favor of removing from the immigration law the harsh provision which sepa- rates families, and I am opposed to the principle of vestriction based upon the figures of Immigrant popu- lation contained in a census 38 years old I will not be influenced in appointments by the question of a person’s wet or dry attitude, by whether he is gich or poor, whether he comes M from the North, South, East or West, or by what church he attends in the worship of God ments will be the The sole standard of my appoint- same as they have been in my governorship—integrity of the man or woman and his or her ability to give me the greatest possible ald in devoted service to the people. } COMMENT ON GOV. SMITH’S SPEECH (Continued from First Page.) { former sald that the governor pledged enforcement | ‘which 1 | specifically | live stock, dairy industries” Sena | ed the address cratic politic the Underwood and added “His assurance that he will ruthlessly stamp out corruption in the enforee ment agencies car conviction “ * He recognizes the right of any to ditfer from his view. He | ruined th asumnes full vesponsibility for his con= | had not o clusions and purposes specific remedy Senator 1 Senator - Caraway declared the gov- | City, found that crnor’s farm veliel views would have the approval of “every sincere friend of ade- quate farm legislation” and held that nith had advanced “every issue with 1ch courage that his political foes will mpelled Lo admit both his intel- and Bty courage nator Fleteher came This speech shows a grasp that fs refreshing. | v 1an- th v, commendable but wssatled LOVErnoN' “The governor be lgenc From comment of national problem stimulating and inspiring ticipate a wave of popular approv sl be arveststible Representatiy Bloom deseribed the speech “a fearle xposition of real demoeracy, devold of ham and pretense Josephis Danfels decla or's prohibition stand was “unwise,” but | held the speech otherwise to “ring true upon the fundamentals of Democracy thix | ple.” Postmast eighteenth | Volstead act.” In a statement d (he govern ol the Crisp Also Dissents, {rastod with Ation (on tenabl sndd e ary, “the proposal of amending tie eighteenth amendment which Is now w0 fwpossible of U thit 16 45 nothing more | jon of & personal opin- | en At Goy Mion) were former nuval smith's et L taritt dustry " Former one Accomnlishine than the expre o T dissenter from Repre other Democratic mith prohibition stand | Crisp of Georgla -sald the | sovernor otherwise delighted him on ery subject He decluored thal as a Congreseman he would not vote to ry ont the Smith prohibition recom- mendations On the Republican side. gy, Smith's declaration as to the tarifl wis criticlzed entative ance speech M. Callfas, thre the country rred the k | by Senators Borah and Smoot. Underwood understand the governor indorse."” poultry Smoot fuirly good Demo- 1 speech,’ [ it the feature wmong prohibition stand, elghteenth ume attitude past “is not convineing to the Amer New Opposes Re General “Smith attitude toward prohibition could ! mean “nothing else than the repeal of amendment condemning farm relief view as expressed at West Branch, George N. Peek praised thot | New York governor Hoover aid, Hmith has approved the idea th sound wiy must . the Gkt effective on agricultural prod - | with exportuble surpluses, and that | ¢ st he equality of treatment 1 ehedules for agricalture with in Henator cqually commendatory on Uhe governor's farm relief declaration, “The prohibition part of the aceept howe ton fram Democratic mitterwoman for Nebraskn “1 shall oppose the election of Goy Amith becanse he 15 opposed (o the principles of prohibition and his prop- dment i and pres be ranks. Iy times national com- The ise to work for its serious modification tariff, lication by the Hudson, N of a statement accredited to former | Representative Edward W. Gray, a Re- publican who ran for the Senate last Spring on a wet platform “1 cannot find 1t possible tong 1 Gray, “lo indorse Herbert Hoover.” 1But who knows but that the comment that interested Gov. Simith most the simple declaration that cane { the woman who bas se progress with the greatest intimacy. ST think 1L was just finet” sald Mrs. s | ; {LOCAL DEMOCRATS "« o CONGRATULATE SMITH would ruin the and kindred who describ- tht as n lfe- have War declared ‘would the World ter at Kansas the b speech hiad of frankne other thing the nt,” New and the | racio sets at the Mayflower In the headquarters of the Hodyor' “mu Jast night to hear Gov. Smith at Albany 1t was estimated that about 2,000 as- { sembled at the Mayfower under aus I piees of the Democratic central com As con the farm leader found 1o o the Al Smith Club, Hmith's addre bl national ¢ e conchvion ol Gov. Contello, Den mitteeman tor B Colpoys. chatrman | committ Wit D eongratulating the nominee of those nssembled, A similar tel wits sent by those who list headquarters i the South 1 ol the Hanshrough ) Huilding aused o deflog Jennic | was addressed by Henry Clay hrough. a former Republican from North Dakota yeeord of Herbeit Hoover lean presidential nom rellef problemy senator naid ' Against this deflection was the puo- J.. Dispatch publican,” the newspaper quoted Wit \ s politicil Loeal Democrats gathered arvound the Hotel and Al Smith Democratic Club in the Southern Build- the speech of | mittee, and more than 200 in the head- AL the Johin the Distriet, and John | central | jolned In sending a telegram on behall The gathering at the Mavflower also Hans- who attacked the the Repub- ee, on the fam AS SMITH SPEAKS Cry of “Al Is Greater Than Them All” Reflects Albany ', Crowd’s Sentiment. | (Continued from First Page) | President, and Scnator Pittman of Ne- chairman of the notification com- e: Gov. Ritchie of Maryland and Chairman John J. Raskob of the Dem- | ocratic national committee, whose duty | it was to preside. ‘The great majority | of the Democrats there gathered had never 1 the new chairman before, | | and there was much craning ofe necks to | | get a look at him | | _A few minutes later in eame Gov.| | Smith himself, debonaire and friendly. ! The band struck up “The Sidewalks of | | New York.” the crowd howled and ! | howled. e was escorted by Col. Edwin A Halsey, geant-at-arms of the | | Democratie national convention. and the | | zovernor smiled and threw them kisses. | | Finally after the demonstration had | been under way several minutes, in pan- tomime as amusing as it was effectual, Gov. Smith hushed the thronz. much as | he might have quicted a child. | Many Leaders Present. Many members of the Democratic na- | tional commitiee were present, as well | a5 members of the notification commit- | tee. Among the Senators who put in an! appearance, in addition to Robinson and | | Pittman, were Senators David I Walsh | of Massachusetts, Wagner of New York Gerry of Rhode Tsland and Tydings of nd. Almost as many women were | Assembly chamber as there were Half 4 hundred cameramen trained thieir outfits on the governor and other | distinguished Demaerats. Gov. Smith and | Senator Robinson obligingly posed be- | fore the instrument which was to flash their likenesses on screens miles away. Gov. Smith laj v and then into thé accent of “the sidewalks of New | York” as he read his address, particu- | larly when he became most earnest. But if his “firsts” sounded sometimes li and he said “tch no man never once did he lack dignity and never once did the auditors lose the impre: sion that they were listening to an out- standing character in public life of | America today. | His address was frequently interrupted | | by cheers and applause. The most pro- longed applause he received came to- ward the close of his address when he declared that he owed his nomination | to no man or to no set of men and that { he would not be influenced by wet or dry, | | wealth or church in making his ap- | | pointments to office it he were elected President. The crowd recognized in a moment 1t was the governor's reply to those who haye charged he was merely a Tammany tool and that he would be influenced in his administration by his church, | Promise Brings Applause. | Just before he tackled the prohibition question, the governor reached over a | took a large drink of ice water. crowd followed his discussion of | wet and dry issue with keenest atten- ! tion, His declaration that if clected he | would rigidly cnforee the dry laws was | received with louder applause than his | plan for the amendment of the eighi- the eenth amendment and the modification of the Volstead act. The real signifi- | cance of the proposal to amendment of | | the Constitution seemingly did not sir {in at once. No one applauded m | vigorously the governor's declaration he | would enforce the dry laws than did Senator Robinson, his running mate. | | The crowd sensed a hit at Herbert | { Hoover when Gov. Smith, discussing | Mississippi flood relief, sud he would | | tackle the problem of flood prevention | and added, “An ounce of prevention is | worth & pound of first-aid relief.” There | or s well as applause, | At the conclusion of lis formal ac- | | ceptance address. Gov. Smith went to the platform on the Capitol steps to say | a few words of appreciation to the | thousands who had stood in the rair | and to thank them. Me was grected | with tremendous cheers | The comments of leading Democrats on Gov. Smith's speech gave him much |'praise. Some of the most prominent | dry Democrats of the South, however | were conspicuous by their absence last night. One dry, however, not only was present, but had much to say in praise of the party candidate, though he did not agree with the Smith proposal to! amend the dry laws. It was Charles M. Hay, Democratic nominee for the Senate from Missouri. He said in part “the speech presents Gov. Smith to the country as a big. broad, progressive Democrat, It is shot through with the sphit of Woodrow Wilson. Disagrees on Prohibition. “Goy. Smith's di agriculturai problem should enthuse every advoeate of farm relief in the country. His presentation of the water power and utilities questions should be « rallying cry to every progressive citi- ven. His views on international issues should command the support of all who | love peace and who believe in presed ing America’s time-honore | international affairs. He | master’s grasp of the practic of government “While T do not | cussion of the 1 workings ree with his pro- | | posals to modify the prohibtion policy. I respect him for his frankness and steaightforwardness in dealing with the questions. 1 was particularly impressed with his manifest sincereity and earnest- | Iness In declaring his determination, if | elected. to enforce the law and to stamp |out ruthlessly the corruption now pre- venting honest enforcement. In my | judgment if the present administration | had approached and discharged the en- | forcement task in that spirit, there | would be no liquor issue in American politics today. ~ Gov. Smith rightly and ! frankly recognizes that the question of | amendment of the present poliey is up | |to Congress and the people, while him- | self recommending some changes in the | inw. He pledges honest and vigorous | enforcement. Such enforcement will | lin my judgment solve the whole prob- | lem.” | Norman | teeman for New [ test of the wets K. Mack, national commit- York. one of the wet- alsa gave his hearty | ul o the governor's speceh | s fine d Mack” It was [ clear and understandable to every one | He deals with the tsues fearlessly. 1 Lagree 100 per cent with his views and propusals ar the dry law What we Iwant 1 temperanee. We do not want | the saloon back.” Warper 1 Robert N uds Speech. il raststant Harper of Washington treasurer of the Democratic natlonal committee, said Gov. Smith has demonstrated a real grasp of national affairs and fssues, He has shown he 1s not provineial. He | has proved himself & man of broad analytieal mind. His proposal for loeal | option, as 1 interpret his rocommenda- | tons with regard to the dry laws, is | Teffersenian i prineiple. T hetleve it is | the strongest position he_conld have taken. 1 well recall that William Jen- | nings Bryan was strongly in favor of Llocal option always. Gov. Smith's pro- posal that the natural resources of the Nation, ineluding water power, be op- | erated under Covernment control Is ound. As 1 understand him, his pro- | posal for operation by private agencies, but with striet Government supervision. ' Jesse Jones of Texas, chalrman of (e advbory board finance committee. | the man who was lavgely responsible for | tnking the Democratic nattonal con- | vention to Houston, sald “His speech 18 a elear-cut statement of facts and leaves no one in doubt as to what his attitude will be, regardiess | af the problem or the geagraphy. CHis plan for meeting the very qition) altuatich W the Sarmips Wduss Vinained upright. | his best | amendment itself would not be met en- {the subject. th | clected, and w [ law | straightforwardness in dealing with the | | ognized Leave Rails Nenr St. Paul. ST. PAUL, August 23 (¥).—Enginecr willlam Richardson, of St. Paul, was killed and seven passengers eligaly in- | jured when Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- | | apolis and Omaho, eastbound passenzer | Senator, was derailed at Still- train. No. 502, None of water Junction this morning. attention. 3 Six coaches left the rails, but re- Officials of the road are investigating BUTLER COMMENDS SMITH ON SPEECH the injured passengers nexded h()tp.u’:lj i | Wet Republican Calls It a Statesmanlike Utterance, 1 if Partisan. NEW YORK. August 23 (). Nicholas Murray Butler, who a few ago wrote a letter to the New : Times criticizing the stand of Herbert | Hoover on prohibition and national de- | fense, made the follo tatement to the Herald-Tribune on Gov. Smith's | peech of acceptatice | The address of acceptance of Gov. Smith is u statesmanlike document, well | coneeived, vell phrased and admirably ! It shows the governor at | and we New York Republic- | ans know by long experience how good | that is. His setting forth of the case of the Democratic party in this cam paign is able and on a high plane. This can only be met by like or better argu- ments on a similarly high plane. Dr. | bl xpressed | “Viewpoint Partisan.” ‘Of course, the governor's viewpoin| strictly partisan one. On all thres | paramount subjects of agriculture, for- cign policy with respect to internation- al peace, and prohibition, the governo speaks with no uncertain sound. No | one can mistake what he means or | what he will aim te do if elected. Hi treatment of prohibition is frank, con- | uctive and forward-facing. 1f Gov. | Smith can bring the Democratic party to the support of the position which he | takes, an enormous service will thereby be rendered to the Nation. It remains | for those of us Republicans of the old- fashioned sort who are profoundly in- | terested in fundamental political prin- s to see whether we can get to something with the Repblican party. The proposed modification of the Volstead act is fully within the present | powers of Congress and would perhaps | culties of the howe present situation. It would not, pr, teach the root of the matter, is the eighteenth amendment |t 8 i Urges Absolute Repeal. “For reasons of moral and political principle which I have frequently given and which have never been answered | I urge and shall continue to urge abso- lute repeal of that, amendment. Gov. | Smith now progoses an ingenious and | practicable plan by amending the | eighteenth amendment. of returning to | those States whose people desire it the authority to control the liquor traffic within iheir several borders after t hion which has proven so success- ul in Quebec and other Canadian pr Lices, The objection to the eighteenth | tirely by this method of dealing with That amendment would | remain to plague the Constitution with talse docirine for years to come | It will be most interesting to observe the reaction of public opinion to Gov. Smith's very definite and reasonable recommendation.” RASKOB FIRST TO COMMENT. Jesse Jones and Charles M. Hay Both | Praise Governor. ALBANY, N. Y., August 23 (#)—In- dorsements of Gov. Smith's acceptance | speech were forthcoming today from many chieftains _in the Democratic camp, Chairman John J. Raskob of the national committee being one of the first to issue a statement praising the addr He described it as a “state document.” Jesse H. Jones of Houston, Tex.. a prime mover in the party’s national convention in June and now chairman of the advisory board of the finance committee, likewise issued a statement of praise, as did Charles M. Hay, re- cently nominated by Missouri Demo- crats for the United States Senate on a dry platform. The three agreed that the presiden- tial nominee had defined his position clearly on all questions, Mr. Raskob in- sisting that no one could misinterpret his stand Jones biggest i id that farm relief is the ue in the campaign, adding t the governol peech “makes it so, for he proposes guing at it as soon as expect his plan is now | in the making On prohibition the while the governor's view. not ac- ceptable to those who disagree with | * they should not be “offensive to air-minded prohibitionists, for the that the ident is a law enforcer and not a| lawmaker, and that he will enforce the id that Hay said that while he did not agrec with the presidential nominee's “pro- posals to modify the prohibition policy, I respect him for his frankness and question.” | “1 was particularly impressed with his | manifest sincerity and earnestness,” he | added, “in declaring his determination, if elected, to enforce the law and to stamp out ruthlessly the corruption now preventing honest enforcement. In my dzment. if the present administratiod | pproached and dischurged the en- ment task i thai spirit, there would be no lguor isue o American politics today “Gov. Smith rightly and frankly rec- thut the question of amend- of the present policy 15 up to s and the people. while himselt inmending some changes in the Taw: he pledges honest and vigorous en- forcement. Such enforcement will, in my judgment, solve the whole problem.” | BYRD PLANS DISCUSSION. Smith Speech Masterly Expres. sion of Principles. ! RICHMOND, Va, August 23 (P | The acceptance speech of Mr. Smith = | a masterly expression of the principles of democracy.” Gov. Harry F. Byrd satd | today. "I will discuss tomorrow the | campaign issues he presents and state my attitude thereo ment. ol try will insure immediate legislation to solve that problem, and that 1s the big- west baue I this campatgn “His views on prohibition were al- veady well known, and his program as outlined, while not acceptable to (hose who disagree with them, should not be offensive to any falt-minded pro- hibitioniat. for the reason that he makes it clear that the President s a law enforcer and not a law maker, and that he will enforce the law.” Among those who came from Wash- lngton to attend the cer Mis. . Borden Harriman, Cormiek, treasurer of ths Jeflorson Democratie Association of Washington: | Joseph Tumulty otary to the late | President W Mrs, Tumulty and Joseph Sch; n, | yet we mot defe | Republi | relieve to some slight extent the diffi- | pendence | these mistakes happen. | you had wrought. { liberal man { sourage, without intolerance, prejudice | has bee you will cairy owr OF NOTIFICATION in Address. Hails Smith as Leader of Party. ALBANY. N. Y, Au; The fol- is the text of the address of Senator Pittman of Nevada Gov. Smith of his nomination for sidency Gov. Smith: notifying the 1 have the honor chairman of notification mittee of th fonal convey to vou an official message from the Democracy of the United States “Qur people. at all times, irrespective of party affliations, have been ad- herents of the great principles of Democracy proclaimed by Thomas Jef- ferson. Only unusual events, and the vicissitudes and confusion attending our swift progress, have led some of our people into the train of false gods Only periodically have we paused, faced the facts, and reset our course—aligne our votes with our minds and oir hearts, “Such a time we hold now to be upon us. The World War, notwithstanding the glory of our arm: disturbed. The po to be an auspicious forces of reaction—those greedy group: which have contrived by tenuous threads to tie themselves together under the label of Republicanism. Govern- ment reaction, and inaction, were the orders of the day. Faced by the de- ‘ructive results of war, we permitted t{he White House to become a cooling-off place for cur emotions. We kept cool while brigandry waxed warm. We kept cool, while, as a Nation, we remamed morally impotent. “Forgot Need of Honest Action.” “Unctuous and meaningless phrases became our political fetish. We forgot the need of courage. We forgot the need of honest and uncompromising ac- tion. It became heresy to the prevailing faith of a man to speak what he thought, to act as he believed. We rould rani about the Constitution and we were termed statesmen, however much in practice we trampled upon the enets of our fundamental law. “We permitted stark hypocrisy to have unprecedented sway. We were ceped In self-delusion. We uncon- <ciously sinned. Our worst sin was the sin against ourselves, the sip of not be- ing ourselves. We had lost the old grit that Jackson gave u! inst these abject tendencies time we fought. Our cause was We did not hesitate to fight, and t. W= realized that anism has the cohesive power whilst Democracy is sometimes divided through the inde- of mdivicualism. We had seen dissension. among our generals: we had witnessed rebellion in our ranks: we had seen our great cause obscured and belittled by petty issues and local contentions. We understand now that even a superior army, with many great cannot prevail unless there is a_universal se under the leadershin of a great and supreme commander. W= determined that never again should You, sir, stirred our patriotism and brought back to our minds the realization of our higher duties s citizens of the National Got- ernme Holds Sectionalism Abandoned. “And so. sir. our people, in every eil and hamlet, in the marts of trade, in the mines in the bowels of the earth. while following the plow, or driving their herds on the Western mountain plateaus, awakened to this realization. and in their minds was born the deter- mination to select a commander-in-chief who, under one banner, with a united party, would lead them back to Democracy. ‘We aban our vision search out every part of our broad country to find Democracy's na- tional leader. In our search. our eves tarily, and with peculiar unanim- ity, turned to the chief executive of ‘he great State of New York—a State that contains one-tenth of the popula- tion of the United States, and where exists every character of business. in- dustry and occupation: a State with a cosmopolitan population. “There we saw a Democrat who, for four terms, had been elected governor. Our wonder grew that a man born among the masses. laboring in his vouth to educate himself and support his mother, unaided by wealth or influence. could have been elected four times as chief executive of a State that hersto- fore has given the Republican nationa! ticket a vote of 900,000 majority. “We studied your record as Governor of the State of New York. We mar- veled at the economies you had ac- complished. and the constructive works We saw, sir vou had practiced the just and principles of Thomas~ Jefferson com- convention. to the fight of selfishness, | you had lived and fought in the ranks of the common people, while co-operat- ing with and receiving the commenda- tion of the Nation's recognized states- men. Wi w your acts of justi tempered with merey “We witnessed a plain, simpla man contending with most powerful oppo- aents in the adjustment of the grave problems that affect human life and happiness. We saw a happy man, a of broad vision. a man of or hatred: a man morally and mantally honest, who has the courage to express and act upon his convictions: a man who loves his country, his fellow man, his family and his God. Convinced of Impartiality, “Your appointment of able, honest and efficient men and women to the highest offices solely by reason of their ualifications, and without regard to nfluence afiliations or assoctations, ronvinced us of your impartiality. tol- ‘rance and singleness of purpose. Your cefusal to give your support to the am- sitions of individuals or to causes which vou considered unworthy, even when wged by vour friends and supporters. was conclusive proof of your independ- e and courage “We discovered. sir, that you Mad won the confldence of the people of the State of New York by your abie, un- partial, independent and courage public service i the many public oftices you had filled before you became a can- didate for governor. We discovered hat your administration as Governor of the State of New York, from your firs inauguration until the present n so manly, brilllant, fair ar istructive that you have maintained the confidence of the people in every walk of life, irvespeetive of political business or religious aMliations, “We* understand then why you, » Demecrat. had been elected four tim: chief executive of the great Stats of New York. Ws rceognized and knev sir, that you possess those great char acteristics that marked Jeflerson. Jack son, Cleveland and Wilson. We realizec that you are imbued with a love of the fundamental principles of Democ: that tnspirsd Thomas Jefferson: that you have the courage and initiative o Andrew Jackson: that you posses Tranky and unselfish - hones aver Cleveland, and the broad vision and mastery of statecraft that will make immortal the name of Woodiow Wilsan, “And so. sir, having discovered our ideal leader, Democrats asembled in the hundreds of thonsands of precinets throughout our broad country and sent their representatives to their great na- Uonul convention at Houston. Those representatives in response to the will of the people, without eavil or contest upon the first ballot, with a remarkable nnanimity, have seloeted yow, sir, a8 the commander-in-chief of the hosts of Democracy, with full iunndsn" that 1o vistorpy