Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
DRY ISSUE is HELD.
TO FRONT BY G. 0. P.
KENTUCKY SPEAKERS
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NEW UNI or EHNEnS
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man to defend me. He is P. H. Gala
han of Louisville, a Catholic and a
business man, who led in the war WORK
of the knights of Columbus"
Cites Callahan Letter.
Mrs. willebrandt read letter written
to her by Mr. Callahan in which he
said that ne had read her speeches and
that he could not find any criticism of
the Catholic Church in them or an
attack on Gov Smiths religion. He
said that prohibition meant as much
to the Methodist Church as the pa
rochial schools mean to the Catholic
Church, and if any candidate undertook
to attack the parochial schools, the
Catholics would be up in arms against
that candidate.
Mr. Galatians letter added that Mrs.
Willebrandt apparently had been mis-
informed when she said that the Catho-
lie association favoring prohibition, of
which he Is a prominent member, had
Endorsed Mr. Hoover The association,
he said had no meeting and took no
action in regard to the presidential
candidates.
Mrs. Willebrandt is in the border
States to make as much of the prohibit
ton issue as possible against Gov.
Smith. She is here to strengthen the
backbones of the Democrats who have
bolted Smith on that ISSUE and to help
them from wabbling back into the
party ranks before election day.
Look at those boiling Democrats"
she shouted to her breathless audience,
who stand by the Constitution just as
their party did in its platform. Gov.
Smith bored bunghole in his party's
dry plank after the convention had put
it in the platform"
RidicGles Canadian Plan.
Smiths proposal that this country
adopt the Canadian system and have
the Government sell liquor was ridi-
culed by Mrs. Willebrandt who pointed
out that the Government dispenSary
system had been tried in South Caro-
lima under old Ben Tillman and proved
failure.
why doesn't Gov. Smith tell you
about that?" she said.
Gov. Smith has declared he will en-
force the prohibition laws until they
are changed" she continued. But what
has he done in New York, his own
State2 New York has between 1000
and 5000 State police and New York
City has from 10000 to $1,000 police
men, 1t has county judges and State
judges All might be used to enforce
the law and were being used until Gov.
Smith used his tremendous influence to
have the State law for enforcement
repealed, and crime has increased in
New York until few Federal agents
cannot cope with it."
Then Mrs. Willebrandt pictured Mr..
Hoover as the best qualified man for
the presidency put before the American
people in long time, and along with
her praise of Mr.. Hoover came praise
of Mrs. Hoover as the perfect help
meet.
Praises Mrs. Coolidge.
wherever you find man who has
succeeded you are likely to find little
woman who has aided him." she said.
She declared that President Coolidge
had been immeasurably helped in his
career by that splendid woman. Mrs.
Coolidge"
THE same may be said of Gov.
Smith," continued Mrs. Willebrandt.
After she had praised Mrs. Hoover
and the home life of the Hoovers, Mrs.
Willebrandt added:
What / have said about Mr. and Mrs.
Hoover must not be twisted into any
thing derogatory of the home life of
Gov. and Mrs Smith. There. too, I
think there has been a real home"
From miles about the farmer folk had
come into the county seat to hear Mrs,
Willebrandt. Lines of mules and horses,
crudely saddled, stood near the court
house, and lines of dusty automobiles
supplemented them. Half the crowd
could not get into the courthouse at all.
but an open-air meeting was staged on
the lawn, which Mrs. Willebrandt ad-
dressed after she had concluded her adj
dress indoors,
In the courteous the people we're
packed so closely that they were unable
to move Mrs. Willebrandt stood on the
raised platform where the county judge
usually sits.
Makes Smart Figure.
The first woman Assistant Attorney
General was an attractive and dynamic
figure in this throng. She motored
from Louisville to Hardinsburg. accom-
panied by some of the local Republican
committee. She was dressed in
smartly tailored black suit and wore
small black hat The latter she dis
carded before she began speaking. She
Is a forceful speaker Her voice car
ried we'll to all the crowd, both indoors
and at the outdoor meeting.
The courtroom in this country dis
trict was no ornate setting for this
widely known speaker. Three great
stoves, with their smoke pipes reach
ing high up on the walls, provided the
heating plant for the big, bare hall,
With its walls painted blue and the
ceiling paneled in dark wood. On the
walls hung pictures. presumably of
Judges who have presided over the
court.
While Breckenridge County went Re-
publican in 1924 and in 1920 by sew
eral hundred votes, the fourth congress
Sional district, in which the county
stands, is Democratic, represented in
Congress today by Representative
Norman. Mr.. Moorman's antagonist
in the present campaign, j. B. Grad
dock, introduced Mrs. w. j. Piggot,
who, in turn, introduced Mrs. WILLIE
brandt.
CraddOck Given Chance.
Craddock has a chance, some Of the
Republican leaders believe. to carry
the fourth district this year, If the
Hoover ticket runs strongly there In
the district are many Catholics as well
us Protestants, but some of the Catholics
are supporting the Republican candidate