Evening star., 1928-10-30
THRONG APPLAUDS
ATTACK ON SMITH
Nearly 1000 Attend Repub-
Iican Campaign Rally
in District.

Nearly thousand men and women
attended the Republican meeting last
night in the auditorium of Masonic
Temple and cheered the speakers as
they assailed the policies of Gov. Smith
and extolled the Republican platform
and the achievements of their party.
Each orator predicted Hoover and
Curtis victory Tuesday.
During a discussion of immigration,
which he declared has been made an
issue in the. campaign by Gov. Smith,
w w. Husband, Second Assistant Sec
retary of Labor, declared that nothing
would do more to break down the i'm
migration barriers than election OF e.
representative of Tammany Hall He
added that Tammany has always been
opposed to restricting immigration and
said "if Gov Smith is really In favor
of restriction now. he must have been
a very recent convert"
Expressing doubt as to Gov. Smiths
sincerity. Mr.. Husband quoted from a
speech the former made In New York
in 1923. in which the governor ex-
pressed himself as being very strongly
opposed to restriction.
When They Say What They Mean.
"Of course a man can honestly
change his mind" Mr.. Husband de-
clared. but Gov. Smith appears to
doubt conversations that come to the
surface only during presidential cam
paiqns. for, in his recent speech IN
Chicago. he said that talking when
presidential elections are away on Is a
great habit with our public men, and,
he added. that is the time, to my way
of thinking, that they say what they
reallv mean. There was no political
campaign on in 1928. when Gov. Smith
said he felt so strongly against restric-
tion of immigration. and, according 10
his own observations as to the habits
of our public men, we are forced 10
the conclusion that he said what ne
really meant back in 1923. Evidently
Gov. Smiths declaration at Nashvllle
and Louisville in favor OF the present
restrictive laws are what ne calls
'boloney' as distinguished from the low
down. or real fact, concerning his at
titude toward restrictive immigration.
The rally was held under auspices OF
the Republican State committee IN ana
for the District of Columbia, and as
chairman of that committee Samuel j.
Prescott opened the meeting with a
speech in which he praised Republican
men and women who have been work.
ing for their party during this CAM
paign. Edgar c. Snyder, United States
marshal of the District, as chairman
of the speakers bureau OF the local
campaign committee, presided during
the remainder of the meeting.
Assistant Attorney General George r.
Farnum in his speech dealt principally
with the merits of the Republican prin-
ciples of tariff protection and with
the prosperity experienced in this coun-
try during Republican administrations,
especially during the past seven and
one-half years. He said that regardless
of what Gov Smith says about retain
ing the protective tariff, majority OF
Democrats on the ways and means
committee of the House and the finance
committee of the Senate are on record
as being opposed to such protection.
He quoted Senator Simmons OF North
Carolina, Harrison of Mississippi and
Representatives Garner of Texas, Old
field of Arkansas and Rainey of Illinois.
Speaks on Prosperity.
Miss Mary Stewart, head of the busi-
ness and professional women's division
of the Republican national committee.
spoke on prosperity and what 1t has
meant to the American home.
william w. Sanders, superintendent
of colored schools In West Virginia
made the prediction that West Vir-
ginia would 60 for Hoover and Curtis
by plurality of more than $4,000, and
that former Gov. Hatfield. Republican