The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-08
APPEALING TO PREJUDICES AND
 SECTI0NALISM.

The New York World very properly we be- leve, rather harshly criticised Mayor Walker and Senator Edwards for appealing to anti English sentiment for votes by questioning the patriotism of Mr Hoover because of his long residence in London and British colonies. While their offense was not nearly so great that of Senator Curtis and whole mob Of whisper ers who contend that Gov Smith is not American because he was born and reared in Americas greatest metfopolis instead of New England Middle Western village farm. yet it was an unfair attack If they had pointed to any con crete act or word in the record of Mr. Hoover to prove dsloyalty or un-American ideals it would be different, but to say that because his pro- fessional and financial operations took him beyond the borders of the United States and kept him there for twenty years he must be pro-British and un-American is simply to appeal to preiudices and ignorance
 While The Empire believes very intensely that the attacks of Mayor Walker and Senator Ewards were not fair they incomparably less represhensible than Senator Curtis's appeal to prejudees when he declared that:
 We Republicans want meetings
 opened with the music of the Star
 Spangled Banner and not the Side
 walks of New York
 That is the sort of sectional flapdoodle that William Jennings Bryan was won't to peddle when he proclaimed everything east of the Ale ghanes Enemy Country
 It is close kin to the spew of the author of a campaign booklet that is being freely cir culated in which fellow named Kendall with peanut for brain speaking of the issue, said:
 In brief, it's the United States of
 America against East Side New York
 We can understand what William Allen White was laborng with when he called Senator Curtis 'nitwit." He is either that or he is unfairly appealing for votes strictly m the hasis of eec- tional prejudees. If he is not "nitwit' he knows that New York is the greatest exhibit in America for the competence, industry and loyalty of it's citizens. It is there more than any other one place that American superiority in the ap- pcation of science and art to craftsmanship and the practical things is being worked out in fullest measure The building of that greatest city in the world, the high-class workmanship in it's manufacturing tand it is the largest manufacturing center and manufactures the highest grade cf products in the country) the manner in which the city functions the operation of her public service institutions. the books that are written and printed, the papers, magazines and other publications that eminate from the city, the manner in which the visitor is catered to Tn hotels and elsewhere, everything tells the obvious story to intelligent visitor that New York is the home Of more hard-working painstakng, capable workmen in the crafts aits pioiesslohs, etc, lhan any other American city. Millions of hard-working high-thinking God-fearng American and women make up the majority of New York residents Al Smith is of them
 Why shouldn't bands play a popular home town air as tribute to one that is being honored? Would it be unpatriotie to play a California air at a Hoover meeting a Kansas air at a Curtis meeting? Wouldn't they be doing it if they had airs that were as catchy and tuneful as is the Sidewalks of New York?n
 Talking of Amerioanism, We have n lot of Little Americans who trying to give us very mean standard for measuring it.