Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1928, Page 4

HUGHES ATTACKS SHITH'S POLICIES Declares His Election Would Mean “Vast Increase of Bureaucrats.” Py the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, October 31. «—Charles E. Hughes, bringing his cam- paign for Herbert Hoover into New JEngland last night, asserted in a broad- cast address that a Republican adminis- tpation not only would assure mainte- nance of the protective tariff and an economical administration, but also would protect the country “against the invasion of disastrous policies.” “Gov. Smith indorses policies,” said Nr. Hughes, “if I understand him aright, which would introduce govern- t into business on a large scale a a vast increase of bureaucrats.” “The former Secretary of State then declared that he had not heard any answer to “certain definite questions” Wwhich the speaker had recently put to ‘Goy. Smith on farm relief. “1 asked with respect to the McNary- Haugen bill,” he continued, “is Gov. Smith for the imposition of the equali- %ation fee by the Government? Does he not know that it is a component and necessary part of that plan that the Government must buy and sell, or ap- point agents to buy and sell, farm prod- ucts on behalf of the Government so as to make the equalization fee effective? It he does know that, will he explain how the scheme would operate other- wise? If he does know that, is he for 12 Government in Business. “Now that is a simple question which tests what he means when he says that he is for something ‘in principle’ I have not heard any answer. If it is Smith and Borah Head Radio Speakers On Politics Tonight By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, October 31.— Political speakers over the radio tonight and tomorrow include: Tonight. DEMOCRATIC. Gov. Alfred E. Smith from Newark, N. J., at 9 pm. over ‘WEAF and coast-to-coast net- work. John W. Davis at 10:30 p.m. over WEAF and coast-to-coast network. Edward W. Edwards, president of the New York State Allied Printing Trades Council, at 6 p.m. over WEAF, WGY and WGR. REPUBLICAN. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho from Baltimore at 8 p.m. over WJZ and blue network of National Broadcasting Co. Rev. Daniel A. Poling, president of the International Christian FEndeavor Society, at 8:30 p.m. over WOR and Columbia chain. Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire at 9 p.m. from Passaic, N. J., over WRNY. ‘Tomorrow. DEMOCRATIC. No chain broadcasts scheduled. REPUBLICAN. Charles Evans Hughes from Brooklyn at 9 p.m. over WEAF and chain. telegrams from members of Congress giving assurance of support of the Democratic candidate’s tariff position, Mr. Hughes said: “The significant thing about the statement is that Gov. Smith found it necessary to ask for assurance. You do not have to ask for assurance from the Republican members of Congress that they will support the policy of pro- tection.” his plan to have the Government intro- duced into this enterprise, is it not clear that this is the most gigantic program of government in commercial business ever proposed in this country? And, as I have said, both the West and the East are entitled to know where the governor stand on this question. If he does not know where he stands, then I suppose that would explain why he has said that he would appoint a commis- sion.” ‘Turning to the question of power, Mr, Hughes asserted that Gov. Smith had not stated, “despite his constant pro- testations of entire candor on the plat- form, in language that anybody can umderstand,” whether he favored Gov- ernment operation of hydro-electric plants. “There is no issue on Government control between him and Mr. Hoover,” said Mr. Hughes. “Is Gov. Smith in favor of the building by the Government of transmission lines and distributing electrical power? Does he propose that the Government should undertake the generation and sale and distribution of power? If so, and he could have his way, we should have to contemplate e vast governmental business in the future with new bureaus and & host of offices with all the difficulties which adhere in governmental business admin- istration. “Nowif Gov. Smith does not favor the Government going into the business of operation, then let him say so dis- tinctly and he and Mr. Hoover will be found much closer together.” Refers to Prohibition. Reiterating that he did not consider prohibition a real issue in the campaign, Mr. Hughes recalled that in a recent campaign speech he had stated “certain inescapable facts.” “Gov. Smith has made a long speech in an attempted answer,” he continued, “but he has not met or questioned one of these facts. He has not questioned that the eighteenth amendment is a part of the Constitution and that it can be changed only by the vote of 36 States. He has not questioned that The test of an economical adminis- tration, Mr. Hughes declared, was “in its success in meeting proper demnands without inordinate outlays.” “Whatever explanation Gov. Smith may have—and I have not found him to be accurate and satisfactory in his financial criticisms and explanations— the results of his administration in New York do not recommend him as quali- fied to be put in charge of the financial administration of the Federal Govern- ment.” Discussing the question of the quali- fications of the two candidates, Mr. Hughes said there seemed to be “but little room for hesitation.” “In the range of activities as gover- mor, Gov. Smith has hardly touched the important difficulties which he would have to face as President. I do not think he knows much about them.” “Qualifications for our highest office are not produced over night,” he con- cluded. “I should be the last to set store by mere knowledge of books or by the detachment of those who know very little of the way in which our Government functions, Mr. Hoover is Dot of the detached, academic class. He is the most practical of men.” 1 Lamps Congress cannot .authorize that which the Constitution expressly forbids.” “Gov. Smith says he will appeal to the people,” said Mr. Hughes. “That is a good method, but in this case he will be dealing with the Federal Con- stitution which requires the action of 36 States. That is quite different from an appeal to the people with respect to legislation or even the constitution of a State. “If it is not a sham battle over pro- ‘hibition,” he asked, “why is Gov. Smith not asking the people to elect a Congress favorable to his liguor program? Why «does he state that the Democratic can- didates for Congress are free to run as drys, if they see fit? * * * “He would not change the Consti- tution or the laws, but I believe there would ensue far greater demoralization than we have had and that the diffi- culties of obtaining even the measure of enforcement that we now have would be far greater.” With Gov. Smith in the presidency, Mr. Hughes declared, “the country ‘would not believe that the prohibition policy was being fairly and honestly tested” and enforcement under a Smith administration “certainly would not be sany easier,” “Gov. Smith might raise his hand to Heaven and swear that he was trying to enforce the prohibitory law,” said Mr. Hughes, “but the country would not accept any p.rformance by his admin- istration as an adequate test. Without questioring his sincerity—although I do not believe that he thinks he would enforce the law—I am quite confident the country would never accept en- forcement by a wet as a test of pro- hibition.” Mr. Hughes gave considerable time to a discussion of the Democratic tariff position, asserting that the party always had pledged fairness to all in- terests, but that “we do not trust their opinion upon what is fair.” “Gov. Smith,” he said, “says the Democratic party will not approve any changes which will interfere with ‘American standards of living and level of wages’ That is precisely what the Democratic party has always promised, but its record shows that it" does not know how to maintain the American standard of living and level of wages. How can you trust the application of the principle of protection to those who have never believed in it?” Referring to_Gov. Smith's receipt of It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. 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And so it goes in this most bitter of cam- paigns. ‘The legislative committee which has been investigating Mayor Hague and Hudson County generally is controlled by a Republican, and Hudson County generally is controlled by a Republican majority, and Mayor Hague, in refusing to appear before it, declared that it had waited until now to question him mere- ly to serve political purposes. But there have been charges of large cash transactions in Hudson County, transactions in real estate and bank stocks, undisclosed profits taken by mysterious persons in the purchase of Split Rock Pond in Morris County for the Jersey City water supply, and the criticism aroused by padded pay rolls and manipulation of bus franchises, all of which it has been the purpose of the legislative committee to question Mr. Hague about. Mr. Hague's refusal to appear before the committee now does not adequately answer this inquiry, it is held. Democrats here expect Mayor Hague to come to Newark and sit on the plat- form while Gov. Smith speaks. It would be a strange thing to have Hague ab- sent, they say, and his absence might be more conspicuous than his presence. He is not only the State Democratic leader, but also a vice chairman of the Democratic national committee. It is true that he has not been active around the national headquarters in New York during the campaign. He has been iven the job of carrying this State if e can, But at a big “blowout” in Jer- sey he would be expected to be present. 417,000 Registration Gain. Not a few complainers are heard among Democrats that little has been done to organize the very real sentiment that exists for Smith here in Sussex County. The same is true in other counties. Lack of leadership is given as the reason. New Jersey, like other States, has seen a very great increase in registration this year. The increase amounts to 417,000. No one can say positively just which one of the candi- dates is going to benefit most from this increase, but a Democratic leader told me that he thought if Gov. Smith had an even break on the voters he would be doing remarkably well, Mayor Hague has other troubles in Hudson County. The Court of Errors and Appeals has denied an appeal from the decision of the Supreme Court of the State upholding the Wolber act. ‘This act is the authority for striking out names of voters not registered legally. The superintendents of election in Hud- son County are intent on striking out some of the names there, much to the dismay of Mayor Hague. State Senator Clarence E. Case, chair- man of the legislative investigating committee, who made a considerable reputation in the Hall-Mills murder case, is planning to have Mayor Hague up for contempt of the Legislature, be- cause of his refusal to come before his committee when he was called. The Legislature, however, is not in session until November 19, and it will not be possible to bring Hague before the bar of that tribunal until it convenes. Whether other legal steps can be taken against the mayor in the meantime is uncertain. While the Democrats are putting up a bold front for their candidates for governor and Senator, some of them are of the opinion that they will lose both those offices. The senatorial race has not attracted a great deal of attention, largely because of the interest ir the presidential race and that for governor. Scnator Edwards, who promised the voters that if he were elected before he would make New Jersey “as wet as the Atlantic” refers to this promise now and then in his speeches, and then says to his audience: “Isn't it?” and the crowd usually whoops it up. Hamilton Kean is the Republican nominee for the Senate, a millionaire many times over, and a conservative old-line Republican. He is running along with the national ticket, though he will probably fall short of the vote cast for Mr. Hoover. One complaint among the Democrats here is lack of funds for the campaign. - SENATOR GLASS MAKES ATTACK ON SMITH FOES By the Assoclated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October 31. —Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, in an address here last pight in behalf of Gov. Al Smith, attacked Senator William E. Borah of Idahc and Metho- dist ministers who have campaigned for Herbert Hoover, Republican nomi- nee. The Virginian read excerpts from the Congressional Record quoting Senator Borah's statements on Herbert Hoover while Hoover was serving as food ad- ministrator in 1919. These, Senator Glass said, characterized the Republi- can nominee as a “man whose viewpoint was indecent and dishonest.” Turning to the Methodist ministers who have campaigned for the Republi- can ticket, Senator Glass said that the religious question was the only issue left to them. “My church, the Methodist Church, has got a trinity of popes, tryin transform the Methodist ® Episcopal Church South into the Methodist Re- publican Church South,” he declared. 2o s e e TOMORROW-—Ends This CAMPAIGN HEATED IN FREDERICKSBURG Adherents of Smith and Hoover Wage War in Spotsylvania. (Centinued From First Page.) of Smith's wet views, and—more im- portant than all in swaying voters—his religion. ‘The normal total vote of Fredericks- burg for President is in the neighbor- hood of 1,200. The highest Republican vote cast in this city heretofore—in a total vote of only 1,000—was 275. This year, after a careful check-up on all voters who would express their opinions or intentions, the best that the Smith Democrats can count on at this time, according to one of them, is about 100 majority, which would mean an enor- mous Republican gain. The Democrats who are planning to sult should be counted as a “Republi- can gain.” They point to the unusual factors in the present campaign and declare that they are as good Democrats as they ever have been, merely being unable in this instance to give their support to the regular party nominee because he happens to stand for things which they have fought against. County Much the Same. Spotsylvania County, outside of Fredericksburg, is pretty much in the same condition politically as this city. ‘The majority which the Smith adhe; ents are counting upon as sure is so small as to be decidedly uncomfortable any way a Smith supporter may look at it. It is small enough to be easily wiped out if things do not go exactly as planned, and here—just the same as in other parts of the State visited by The Star correspondent—no one knows for certain what hundreds of man and woman voters will actually do when they get inside the election booths No- vember 6. Stafford County, which is directly across the Rappahannock River from this city, on_the way to Washington, usually goes Republican in presidential elections, although it was carried by Davis in 1924. It is expected by every- body to go Republican this year by a larger majority than it has ever given a President. King George County, a corner of which touches Spotsylvania County on the east, has sometimes gone Republican in the past and is counted on to give Hoover a comfortable ma- jority this year by the Hoover cam- paign managers. ‘There is plenty of organization for the fight here. The regular or Smith Democrats have a county committee, of which John W. Kimman of Henry 1 chairman. There is a similar organi~ zation for this city, the Fredericksbury ELECTRICAL HEADQUARTERS 14th & C Sts. N. W. SALE of b TV Regularly $11.50 & $14.00 $Q-90 Just one day remains to take advantage of this slashed price for Floor Lamps suitable for the finest home. Your choice of either Bridge or Junior models with colorful parchment shades and sturdy metal bases. The new ship- ment of this popular style will be marked at the regular prices—so get yours for only $9.90, first thing tomorrow. And Another Special TOMORROW The Marion WAFFLE IRON 95 Regularly $8.75 $6 one Today vote for Hoover deny that such a re-: PDemonnun committee, with Dr. R. ayne as chairman, The’ anti-Smith Democrats are well organized in’ Predericksburg, although not so well in the county outside. They have an anti-Smith club in this city and there is &lso a Hoover-Curtis clul headéd by Julian J. Garner, a Republ can, most of whose officers, however, and scores of whose members, are Democrats. This club is the point of contact between the Hoover Democrats and the Republicans and is knitting them closely together in their common cause—to defeat, if possible the nomi- nee of the Democratic party for Presi- dent. The vice president of this Hoo- ver-Curtis club is Frank G. Jones, a Democrat. ‘The Republican city committee of Fredericksburg is working for Hoover independently of the other Hoover or- ganizations. It is composed of the old- line Republicans of this city, and its chairman is F, L. W. Green, a lorg- time Rgpublican and member of an old Rey@blican family. “Religion and Liquor” Issues, “Religion and liquor are the prin- cipal issues in the campaign here,” sald a pro-Smith Democrat to The Star, “with religion in reality generating the whole anti-Smith movement.” The contest has become so intense in Predericksburg that, in addition to the regular Democratic city committee, there has been organized a Smith-Rob- inson Club, of which Dr. J. N. Barney is president. It has been very active obtaining & list of signed-up members, and the number has reached 450, ac- cording to information given by one in a position to know. C. O'Connor Goolrick, former State Senator, who is a veteran campaigner, has done much of the work of organiz- ing the Smith Democrats here. The city committee of the regular Demo- crats, and the committee of the oppo- sition, seem to have been strengthened by sllamcient fungs for carrying on their work. The situation in Fredericksburg is much better from a Democratic stand- point than in many other places. The Ku Klux Klan is not strong here. Gov. Byrd, however, has not been as popu- lar here as in sume other parts cf the State. This city gave Mapp, his opp nent, a heavy majority in the guberna- torial primary, and the first congres- slonal district as a whole also voted for Byrd’'s opponent. In Spotsylvania County, outside of this city, the people do not seem to be so much interested in the religlous issue as the town folks. Farm relief is one of their favorite subjects. Considerable difference of opinion exists with regard to the McNary-Haugen bill and the promises of the rival presidential can- didates to solve this problem imme- diately after the new administration begins in Washington. Certain portions of Spotsylvania County are fertile and produce good crops. Large portions of it consist of poor land, which is grown up for the most part in small oaks, pines and other “scrub” trees. The Star correspondent, coming here from Charlottsville by way of Orange, passed through the famous ‘Wilderness, where several bloody battles of the Civil War were fought and where “Stonewall” Jackson received his mortal Bridge or For Free Trial and Demonstration wound. 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