New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1928, Page 30

WHSPERING 15 ANTIOLE HETHOD Many Other Candidates in Past Have Boon Amcke_d (BY LYLE C. WILSON) (United Press Staff Correspondent) | (Copyright, 1928, by United Press Washington, Sept.. 28 (UP)— ‘Whispering campaigns, the mixture of religion and politics, and other startling phases of the current pras- idential campaign are revealed to- H H i “ Im an fol the library’'s record of campaign literature to have maligned of candidates. lish “a vindication of the character and public Jackson.” In the same year, Charles | against relations in reference to his fitness ' for the presidency.” | quently haye explained, he jnadvert- ently became the husband of a wo- caused Jackson NEW BRITAIN, DAILY HERALD, Jackson Maligned |discussea and comparcd, his ignor- Andrew Jackson appeared from |ance of the constitution, his hostility o Catholics, ‘his incompetency, aris- been the most|tocracy and preserving efforts In 1828, 1 enry Lee felt called upon to pub- | proved by his own words. Henry Clay was charged with “bargain, intrigue and corruption.” John C. Fremont was alleged to have taken government money to buy and stock a ranch from which he subsequently’ sold meat to the government. Lincoln was called uncouth and after his first term was charged | with being despotic and arbitrary. Isaac Allerton attacked General |George B. McClellan's presidential |ambitions on the score that Jeffer- | son Davis was a party to them. A {devastating barrage against Horatio mour, who ran against Grant, 14 that he had been nominated by services of Andrew ammond indicated the type of hispering campaign in process Jackson by publishing a | iew of General Jackson's domestic As biographies of Jackson fre an whose divorce was incomplets nd this state of affairs continued Resultant gos ip and his wife tre- sment. r some time, endous embarr against the naturalization laws—all | E. B. CROF0OT NAMED Chalrman of Darien Town Commit- tee Is Appointed State Supervisor Among the most famous whispe: ing incidents of this century invol ed the charge that Theodore Roose- velt was a habitual drunkard. Roose- velt finally was able to smash the gossip by suing an obscure Michigan editor for libel. of Industrial Relations, D"‘es “’ ltl‘out IM“; 4 Stamford, Sept. 28 P —It was an- Auto Brakes Are Bad |uounced here today that Ernest B. |sem ‘o) iy repiswwoy syy | Crofoot. chairman of the Darien Church street, was arrested shortly [town committee for more than 20 after 1 o'clock this afternoon by |vears and treasurer of Fairfield | Motorcycle: Officer David Doty onlcounty, has been appointed state | Rockwell avenue on the charge of |supervisor of industrial relations by operating an automobile without a State Labor Commissioner Harry license, and when Sergeant T. J.|Mackenzie. He will commence his Feeney made an inspection of the|guties October 1. He has been a car's brakes and reported that they |candidata for the vacancy on the were defective, an additicnal charge | 1airfielq county commission which |was made. Captain Kelly released |,,¢ heen unfilled by Gov. Trumbull Stasky on his own recognizance for (o noariy twoiyears. Clifford Wil- day by yellowing manuscripts in the Congressional Library to be an old |’ story in American politics. | Examination of the collécted doc- uments shows that Tammany Hall, Catholicism, domestic life of the candidate, their families and their habits have figured off and on in| American presidential caanpaigns since the earliest days of the repub- | lle. Among candidates who especial- ly were targets of anonymous or| scurrilous attacks were Jefferson, | Jackson, Horace Greely, John C. Fremont, General Hancock, Zachary Taylor, Lewis Case, General Winfield | Scott and General George B. Mc- | Clellan. Juckson was charged with inhu- manity, brutality and cruelty to soldiers under his command. Jan L. Armstrong, a supporter of Adams, published “an account of the trial and execution of the poor and un- fortunate John Woods, a youth of | about 18 years; who was executed | at Fort Strother in the year 1814 under the orders of General Andrew Jackson, as given hy eyewitnesses of that sickening and heartrending transaction." Jackson was also attacked because of the execution of six rilitia men under his command. His pelitical enemies called. him a butcher while | his supporters sought to prove the | | executions were justified and Jack- | son’ powerless to stop them anyway. Slanters Answered To these criticisms of his official | and domestic life, the various Jack- son committees replied. “A brief refutation of slandérs” appeared in 1828 addressed to the people of | Baltimore. “The agents of the administra- | tion,” it said, “are busily circulating among you the foulest calumnies | against the saviour of the Union (Jackson.)” “Falsehood and slander exposed,” was published by the -Jackson cen- tral committee. It begina: “To valify the character of Gen’ eral Jackson and his family has be- come part of the settled policy of “Garfield or Pope” A booklet, “Garfield of the Pope— How Popery Intends to Overthrow This Government,” was published in 1830 by Stephen F. Blackwell of St. -Louis, Mo, “If General Hancock should be elected president,” Blackwell wrote, “the White House will be filled with | priests, monks and nuns.” Jefferson's friends were compelled to defend him from attacks alleg- edly based upon a forgery inserted | in ome of his letters and in 1500, the Rev. John M. Mason of New York published “a voice of warning to 'Christians on the ensuing election of - president.” Mason expressed fear that the “infidel,” Jefferson, would be elected president. Faces Crisis’ rebels. were “malversations usurpations, ism. imbecility, despotism and neg- |lect of duty.” Grant and his administration iled by democrats for and corruptions, profligancies, favorit- Grant Pilloried William Henry Harrison’s enemies said he had. resigned military com- mand in the because he lacked faith in his own | ability to command. Grant was pil- {loried by the New York World and pamphleteers for attributed Jews as a class who violated federal trade midst of a campaign an army order to him which described regulations. | morrow. Stasky said he borrowed the au- tomobile from a fellow clerk at a grocery store on West Main street, opposite Lincoln, to drive home for dinner. He admitted that he has never had an operator’s license. W. E. LATHAM 86 TODAY William E. Latham, former first | selectman and prominent member his $6th birthday anniversary today. The Herald Classified Ad Dept. is constantly at your service. his appearance in police court to- | |mot of Greenwich was also a can- didate for the position. The ap- | pointment of Crofoot is expected to | pave the way for Wilmot's appoint- | ment as county commissioner within a few days. | | COUPE | A coupe driven by Julia Bentz jof 110 Smith street struck a truck jdriven by Armando Sarra of 142 ND TRUCK CRASH |of Stanley Post, G. A. R., observed | Wilcox street at 8:15 this morning | |at the intersection of Myrtle and |Curtis streets, damaging the right |tront headlight, fender and wheel of the coupe. ' Miss Bentz, accom panied by H Ji ritt street, was driving south Curtis street and the truck was go- ing east on Myrtle street. Sarra THANK POLICE FORCE said he sounded the horn but Miss| Chairman C. L. Sheldon and Bentz said she did not hear it. The |Secretary E. E. Ogrer of the coupe struck the truck in the cen-|memorial parade committee have ad. ter. Nobody was hurt and Detective |dressed a letteasto Chief W. C. Hart ans cSena’s ew e;zaa/z/'on.'s n P ——— ®A erisis of no common magni- | th: tude awaits our country,” he wrote. *“The approaching election of a pres- ident is to decide a question of na- tions! regard or disregard to the religion of Jesus Christ. I dread the ‘elastion of Mr. Jefferson because I believe him to be a confirmed in- ‘fdel.” A writer styling himself “Chris- tisnus,” in 1801 wrote in behalf of ‘John Adams and against Jefferson a plea -addressed to professors and frisnds of the Christian religion, es- pecially to: those religious societies called Friends and Methodists. Christianus defended Adams against charges that he had abandoned ‘Washington's policles, Against James Monroe it was al- leged by the pamphleteers that he was of “moderate capacity and slow of » The influences of these faults i Monroe's public life were @oveloped at length. Qu ve 50 of eul aul br ar, ta wi tree, Mase., was the Adams home. tics against Martin Van Buren, ridi- allowances above hia salary while asserted that thejr candidate, Gen- eral Lewis Cass, had not drawn a penny more ¢han his pay. pacity of his mind. published “a document for all think- ing meén: e present administration.” Efforts to make capital of John| uincy Adams' gentility are re- aled in pamphlets lauding Jack- n and ridiculing, “John the second the House of Braintree." Brain- ]’” Charles Ogle, tried the same tac- . I I I i ling the splendors with which he | rrounded ‘himself. Democrats | oadcast a story that General Zach: y Taylor had drawn $74,804.04 as ‘M -the fleld with troops and proudly Gen. scott. Attacked General Winfield Scott was at- cked because of the alleged incd- | His opponents | The political letters and Titing of General Scott reviewed, HOFFMAN'S ARMY & NAVY STORE 56 CHURCH ST. 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