The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-25
REED LINES UP
WITH MOODY .
TO down Al
UniieS With Texas Chiefs
Forces in Final Move
to Stop Governor.
AIDS OF M'ADo0 JOIN
N. Y. Camp Turns Attention
on Running Mate to
Undermine Foes.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press stan Correspondent

BY RAYMOND CLAFHEk
United Press stan Correspondent
HOUSTON, Texas, June 25.--
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri
veteran political warrior, for many
years a bitter foe of the Anti
Saloon League, is here pulling in
harness with the young 35-year- old
bone-dry Governor of Texas, Dan
Moody, in last hour struggle ~
keep the already triumphant forces
Of Governor Smith from pushing
through to victory.
Whether the movement succeeds
depends upon developments within
the next forty-eight hours or so,
for Smith is conceded to be within
about fifty votes of the two-thirds
majority which would insure his
nomination.
Desperate Struggle
1t is desperate struggle and for
the moment the veteran Senator,
making possibly his final battle in
the national arena, is fighting side
by side with young boyish figure,
one new to the national stage, and
some Of his friends think, another
possible Bryan in the making.
The anti-Smith fight has taken
on new life due to the activity Of
two former lieutenants of William
G, McAdoo, George Fort Milton of
Chattanooga and Daniel c.. Roper.
collector of internal revenue under
the Wilson Administration.
1t is a joining of strange figures
and former enemies in Democratic
battles, Senator Reed having been
elected from the Democratic ma
tional convention Of 1920 due large
ly to the activities of the McAdoo
group of which Roper was an i'm
portant member.
Hold Night Conference
In the rain early today, at II .25
a. M, Senator Reed, accompanied
by two managers, went to Roper's
hotel room to discuss the strategy
of their common fight against
Smith.
In an adjoining room was Ira
Champion, active in the Anti
Saloon League which Senator Reed
has fought for many years at
Washington. He too, was inter-
ested in stopping Smith.
just prior to the midnight con-
terence with Reed, Roper issued a
formal statement that the anti
Smith forces were united. This
statement was issued, it was said.
because OF raiding operations by
Smith forces.
Seek Running Mate
1t was even charged that friends
OF Smith had offered Reed the vice
presidential nomination to placate
him, it was also said in the anti
smith camp that the vice presiden-
tlal nomination had been offered to
1lve different States in the hope Of
undermining the opposition.
Reed, after his conference with
Roper, which ended at 1:45 a. m,
said
Il have entered into no coalition.
combination or combine, Missouri is
here for only one thing, to get all
the votes we can. We are not offer
ing the vice presidential nomination,
cabinet posts, or anything else to
get votes"
Reed Raps Tammany
1t is said that in his early morn
ing conference with Roper, Reed
was especially vehement regarding
Tammany Hall and made reference
to recent alleged scandals which
have been discussed in New York
newspapers.
A few hours before Reed had is
sued a statement reviewing his pro-
hibition record, stating that he had
supported Woodrow Wilson in OBJ
posing the eighteenth amendment
and unfolding his veto of the Vol
stead act, but affirming his belief
that the law must be enforced now
that it is on the books, and adding
that he had opposed recent at
tempt to repeal the Missouri State
act, believing that such
repeal would have played into the
hands of bootleggers.
This last was regarded as an at
tempt to contrast his own position
with that Of Governor Smith, who
approved the repeal of the New
York State enforcement act some
years ago.