The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
DRY DRIVE OPENS
 AGAINST SMITH
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tenn that benefits one section of the country at the expense of another"
 In view of the fact that the only op- position to Davis is based upon his corporation connections, this authori- tative statement of his-position is highly significant and if accepted at face value by the delegates will be of ma terial assistance in forwarding the Davis movement. Delegates from Washington and Nevada called at Davis headquarters Sunday to say they favored Davis as compromise if Me Adoo were stopped, indicating that the | customer has strength in the west
 The Bryan boys furnished the fun Sunday. They occupy the same suite at the Waldorf, but the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. In one corner of the Bryan suite Brother Charley, governor of Ne braska and favorite son, presidential candidate, was being interviewed on the necessity of putting up a candidate and a platform which would appeal to the independent vote of the middle west. In the other corner of the same room, William J., wearing his famous convention alpaca coat, held forth on McAdoo, to whom he is pledged as long as McAdOo is a candidate, and dis cussed regulation of campaign contri- buttons, abolition of war, the world i court the reactionary republican tick ct, and other timely topics Reporters hopped back and forth in bewilderment between the two men, each of whom was ! the center of an animated group of |
 After Southern Delegates
 Reports circulated around convention row that Smith workers are engaged in highly orga lized drive to round up southern delegations to break down ! the klan opposition to a man of Smiths religion.
 Norman B. Mack, who will be Smith s floor leader at the convention, an- nounced late Sunday that he had found no evidence that religious prejudices were entering into the question of se- lectipg a candidate.
 Drys, however, opened up a sharp bombardment of the damp New York governor.
 Governor Smith has betrayed his trust" said Wayne R. Wheeler, gen eral counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, in statement issued Sunday. He de- nOunced Smiths approval of the repeal of the state enforcement act a year ago.
 "In order to complete this nullifica tion program" he added, "his wet packers announce their plrns to re- peal the national enforcement code, just as Governor Smith by signing the repealer destroyed the state code. This plan, if consummated, would leave the nation defenseless and without any weapon with which to fight criminal bootleggers. The beer and light wine campaign is but the entering wedge to accomplish their purpose. Friends of law enforcement will meet and de- feat this scheme to nullify the consti- tuition, and will relentlessly oppose Governor Smith and all others who champion that indefensible wet pro- gram"
 Vets Make Counter Charge
 Vets countered with statement that the Anti-Saloon League "and its child, the Ku Klux Klan, both pledged to the republicans, and brazenly here in an effort to strangle and hobble the democratic party" This statement, is- sued by the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, also charged Bryan with being in the pay of the Anti-Saloon- League.
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