Evening star., 1924-08-08
"HoNESTY" AS ISSUE.
Davis and Smith Rap G.. o. P. at
Rally.

.POUGHKEEPSIE, n. Y, August s.
John w. Davis, Democratic presiden-
tial candidate, opened his campaign.
in New York State last night at
rally of Democrats in the Republican
stronghold of Duchess County. Called
on to speak unexpectedly after Gov.
Alfred f. Smith had vigorously as
sailed the Republican party on its
record in this State and the nation.
Mr.. Davis told a cheering crowd that
he believed ''the great issue of this
campaign is honesty in government"
"A Democrat" he said, "is one who
wants the record of his party re-
vealed and a Republican is one who
wants 1T forgotten. 1 join with Gov.
Smith in urging that you see that
they are not of failing memory in
that direction"
Gov. Smith attacked the Repub-
lican party in connection with the oil
scandals and on what, he said. had
been gross failure to make good
on prediction promises of Govern
ment reorganization and many other
issues.
''Feedins at the Trough
The governor declared that the Re-
publicans had not had time to make
good their promises for feeding at
the trough ...
You know, they had been away
from the public trough for eight
all up in four years" he. said.
referring to the division within
the Republican ranks and the difrer-
ences between President Coolidge
ana congress, Gov. Smith said the
Republicans could not knock the
brains out of Coolidge's policies down
IN Washington as they have done and
then hold him up as their candidate
for President"
The party did not agree with the
a n in
speaker added in detailing subjects
on which Congress and the Executive
differed. -
Khan Is AksaiIed. '.-
The ku klux Khan issue was re-
ferred to by Gov. Smith and Lieut..
Gov. Lunn and also by Franklin ID
Roosevelt. in whose honor the rally
was held. The rally was held at the
Riding Park. near here, where Khan
demonstration took place recently
In referring to that meeting Mr..
roosevelt said he was afraid ne had
| partiality to the kind OF Amer
icanism exhibited last night by the
gathering. Mr.. Lunn declared amid
vigorous cheering that the princlpIe
OF religious freedom would never die
and that to uphold that principle was
to exhibit 100 per cent American,sm.
Mr. Davis came here yesterday 10
attend the rally and then left for
New York. Making the trip here by
rail, he broke the monotony Of the
16-mile run by riding nearly half the
way in the cab of the electric loco
motive. With the engineer, George
Trainer, directing him, he ran the .
train from the Grand Central to the
125th Street Station in New York.
Transferring to his compartment at
Harmon, where steam locomotive
replaced the electric one, the nominee
examined some of his latest corre-
spondence and gave attention to plans
for the coming campaign. His host,
Franklin d. Roosevelt. had expected
him to leave the train at Poughkeep-
sic, and was there with detachment
of State troopers to ascort him to
Hyde Park. The nominee understood
however, that he was to be met at
Hyde Park and he continued on there.
Mrs. Roosevelt was on the same train,
but Mr.. Davis was unaware of it. She
joined Mr.. Roosevelt at Poughkeepsie
and they made a hurried automobile
trip on the seven miles to Hyde Park.
but when they arrived home they
found Mr.. Davis there. n' =
Gov. Smith and his family arrived
soon afterward, having motored down
from Albany. The nominee and the
governor talked politics for time.
After lunch the Roosevelt guests had
a swim in the pool on the estate. and
late in the afternoon motored to the
driving park for the rally.