The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-11-20
TAMMANY TO BOOST
AL. SMITH


Washington, d. e.
Press reports state that Mayor.
elect Walker, of New York, is tC
make a southern trip in the interest
of Tammany, and presumably in the
interests of Governor Al. Smith
fhe south will be interested to know
Mr.. Walkers connection with New
York's odorous prizetighting game
and with those elements In New
York which are doing their best t,
murder American standards o.
morality.
The advancement of Governor AL
Smith as a proposed presidential.
candidate is, in view of the circum
stances OF the last campaign, as
.onishing effrontery, and there is nc
doubt it will so appear to the south
Mr.. Walker, who will experience
sourteous hospitility not given tc
ar. McAdoo's southern delegates a.
he New York convention, need not
the south will support the country,
foremost political champion of tn,
liquor interests.
The south has come into new ano
wonderful prosperity which is tn
frult of two generations OF careful
intelligent conservation of the merit.
Of the pre-war civilization and Of
devoted industry for fifty lean years
1t has kept the faith and now has
The sympathy and understanding o
the entire country in the difficulties
which are rapidly being cleared
away, a sympathy no less than south
ern pride in northern industry ano
economic achievement.
Let the south remember the de
fance by Tammany, of the Demo.
cratic decision rendered by the
south, west and a large portion OF
the east, that the liquor traftice shall
not be legalized and protected in its
exploitation OF the American people,
Let it remember the propaganda
which is Systematically organized to
lncite to crime in the south and west
in order that the prohibition law
may be overthrown by these
criminal activities. Let it remem-
DER that Governor AL Smith and his
friends were the first political
group in America to introduce a
| religious issue into a convention of a
political party, an atrocious thing to
do in country where all religions
stand upon the same basis. The
effort to make it appear that Gov
ernor Smiths opponents are pre-
JUDGED" against his religion is as
false now as it was then. To man
they have more respect for a good
Catholic than they have for a bad
Protestant. But they will never
accept as a president man whose
conduct of his office as governor
promoted the effort to stabilize a
condition of notification in Amer
ica's greatest state, and melted
ignorant and criminal people thru
out the country to violation of the
law. Let the south remember the
insults and epithets that were show
cred upon the delegates who refused
to be bdllied into thts politica
conspiracy.
The country needs two political
parties and needs them badly. II
aeeds a strong Democratic party and
strong Republican party for, the
purposes of the 1928 campaign.
It needs two parties which can com
mand the respect of the entire
American people. II Tammany. o.
Tammany candidate is allowed to
dictate the nomination at the next
Democratic convention the south
knows that for all practical pur-
poses there will be but one party
when the people march to the polls
in November. 1t is exceedingly
doubtful If the Democrats coulc
carry a single southern state with
Governor AL. Smith as candidate fol-
president, and it is not at all certain
that they could carry any state az
ALL Let the south be on its guard
Let all America be on its guard.