The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-20


York, he will make his closing
He leaves the West entirely sat-
isfied," to use his own words, with
the outlook. For 10 days he has
been on the road continuously, re-
ceived everywhere by crowds such
asS- political d-timers say have
never turned out for any candidate
for public office.
Courts Indiana Farmers
He enters Indiana today for his
final bow in the Middle West happy
and confident. The Hoosier State
has Is electoral votes and Governor
Smith believes he has a fine chance
to capture them notwithstanding
the traditional Republicanism OF the
State.
At indianapolis this afternoon,
Governor Smith will stop for an
hour, perhaps two. He plans a call
there on Thomas Taggart, the
} veteran Democratic leader of the
State, who is i'll, and a conference
with a number of farm leaders that,
may be in the nature Of speech.
The residents of indianapolis VIII
get a chance to glimpse the brown
derby in one Of the usual parades.
Other stops viii be made at Lafay-
cite, Mu1cie and possibly Lebanon.
Governor Smith has been told that
the Republican agriculturists in In
diana, who normally roll up big
G. o. p. majoritiess are on the war
path this year. He is going to add
fuel to the fire by telling the leaders
! they can take a personal message
from him into their districts that
IL elected in November he is going
..&s1.@ sx,ar~,e5fofolu IN fIaa 70.
lief problem.
Turns Guns on Borah
Governor Smith closed his speak
ing campaign in the West in Chi
cago last night with the most slash
ing attack he has yet made on the
Republican record. He hit every
thing from farm relief to water
power, and from the oil scandals to
prohibition.
Eight thousand madly cheering
Chicageans. all that could possibly
shove. Jam or push into the old
arn1ory on Michigan Avenue ap-
plauded his every thrust. Thou |
sands of others battled with the
police to get in.
The governor was in his best
speaking form. He sailed into Sen
ator William E. Borah, whom the
Republicans put on the Smith
trail for follow UP speeches on the
present trip.
SarcasticalIy, he read extracts
from Borah's Senate speeches be-
rating his own party for neglecting
the farm program. Satirically ne
read extracts Of other speeches OF
Borah's in which the Idahoan
roundly attacked Herebrt Hoover.
and satrically again he would in
quire whether Borah was right
eight years ago or whether he was
right now in going about the coun-
try praising Hoover and espousing
mis- candidacy.
Senator Borah did not always
think so much about Mr.. Hoover"
said Governor Smith. He had d
little different idea of him when he
was food administrator than he has
today when he is the candidate If
mis- party. Lets go into the record
on it."
Quotes Attacks On Hoover
Then he read from Borah's Sem
sate speeches accusing Mr.. Hoover
of gross Encouragement OF the
food administration, Of being "un
fit'' to direct the handling of $780,
600 900 for food relief in Europe i'm
violating the most fundamental
principles of the Constitution.
This in my way Of thinking,
said Governor Smith, lis a polite
way of calling a man a lawbreaker.
And with this performance of only
nine years ago, Senator Borah is
now travelling through the country
proclaiming that Hoover is the
s9reatest man in the United States
and ought to be its President for
the next four years.
He is telling the farming COM
rnunities that during the war and
reconstruction period, Candidate
Hoover was responsible for keeping
ND the prices Of farm products.
And the record of the present
Administration" he Knocked, ''is a
guarantee of what may be expected
of the next.
over and over again, Governor
Smith rang in this line after some
blistering comment upon the vari-
eous scandals.
Four More Years of 1t.
He declared the friends of public
ownership and development of water
mower could expect nothing in the
next four years if Hoover is elected
because what you got the last
four you will get these four"
Governor Smiths audience keenly
anioyed all these thrusts and wise
: cracks" but when the governor
aid: Now let's talk some about
prohibition" there was long
Swhee-e.e' and roar that fairly
,ocked the building.
The Republican record on prohi-
t,tion. he said, was one of double
dealing. embarrassing, trying to
he wet with the vets and dry with
the drys, meanwhile surrounded
on ali sides by official corruption
and official bribery such as no arm
~ the public service in this country
haa ever seen or realized.
soThe Republican candidate" he
aid "says it must be worked out
.constructively." What does this
means?"
II Mr.. Hoover has a plan, he said,
- oues it to the American people
&c explain it to them.
Cites Own Remedy
The New York Governor repeated
his own prescription" for dealing
nth prohibition-amendment Of
hoth the Volstead Act and the
Ti1hteenth Amendment so as to al
he