Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30


publicans or independents the Asheville
meeting of dry" Democrats to organize
Southern opposition to Gov Smith is
treated as serious party detection. the
press generally fails to take such view.
In facts most of the Southern Demo-
cratic papers are quite emphatic IN
their declarations that the gathering
was not representative of any real Lead
ership In the party.
Nevertheless. the Springfield Republic
can independently feels that these
men have dedicated themselves to
liberty of Judgment and liberty of ac-
ton, and. so doing. have terminated the
political life of the South" Benefits
disproportionate to the immediate issues
may come in later years" the Republic
can believes. IF this spirit Of liberty and
of protest wings Its way through the
South"
Giving Endorsement to the theory that
'the wet or dry question Is squarely in
the front Of the campaign. the Balti-
more Sun independent Democratic)
objects to the effort to inject church
organizations into the fight. 1T is
obvious that 1t will result in many
shifts of party loyalty" says the Sun.
But the debate should be conducted by
individuals or groups acting in a dis
tinct political capacity and 1t should be
addressed to citizens as citizens"
49,
'"The Asheville movement" according
to the New York Herald Tribune IRE
publican), sis more than a simple re-
quotation of a single nominee. 1t is an
experiment to determine whether nor
NAL individual or group action in poll
tics can be restored in part In the
South" The San Bernardino Sun IRE
publican). assuming that most Republic
cans do not expect Hoover to break into
the Solid South explains that ''predic-
tons are based on tradition" and adds
that perhaps. after all. the South Is a
battle-ground In the election" The
Lansing State Journal independently
advises, however: IF citizens cannot find
expression of their views in one way,
they are free to seek 1t In any lawful
way they can. But, on the other hand,
the breaking OF party ties Is not with
out penalty"
The vigorous statements issued by the
ASheville conference are criticized by
the Cleveland Plain Dealer independent
Dcmocraticl with the comment: 1T
must. indeed have been very warm at
Asheville. The rhetoricianS probably
feel lot better now that all this Is out
of their systems But these advocates
of temperance forget to practice tenn
perance in their speech" The Newark
Evening News independently. admitting
the existence of liquor evils. states: ITO
discuss the best way TO remedy these
evils is a patriotic duty, 1t Is not g
simple problem; II II were. II would have
been solved before this. 1t calls for the
best thinking that can be given TO II,
by vets and drys alike. Progress viii
be more rapid II the amenities of rea-
Soned discussion are observed, and per-
fervid wiSecracking and abuse are
deleted."
Denial that "a single outstanding
Southern Democratic leader" attended
the conference Is made by the Hunt
ington Advertiser (Democraticl, which
sees no serious threat to the solidarity
of Southern Democracy" and the
Rock Island Argus independently con-
ciudeS that apparently the convention
was not representative of the rank and
Daily Record independently
contends that the leaders of the move
ment, having aligned themselves with
the Anti Saloon League. lin effect are
Republicans" and that paper does not |
believe the time has come when Re-
publicans are authorized to act as
Spokesman for Democrats OF the South !
ern States"
Similar judgments as To align |,
ment with the Republican party are |
expressed by the Roanoke Times tinde- !
pendent Democratic) and Charleston /,
evening Post independent Democratici, |
while the New York Times tindepend- /
ent) observes: In the same breath |
with which they, Democrats, pledge an |
to help elect Republican !
as President, they assign as one of |
their reasons that the Democratic |
nominee picked faithless' man as |
national chairman, why Is he faith |
less? Because, forsooth, reversing the
process of the AShVeille revolterS. he !
changed from the support of Republi-
cans to the support of Democrats"
Dental that the position taken by /
Gov. Smith on prohibition Is ''repudia-
ton of the Democratic platform" Is
made by the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch |
independent Democraticl. which refers !
"a the confereek as fundamentals Of |
by the Louisville Times
independently. the New York World
and the Asheville Times
Democraticl. The New
Orleans Item (Democraticl declares;
Gov. Smith will be held up tn the In
locent-ninded as having hoofs, horns
and forked tail. The fact Is that he
IS high-grade, able, hroadminded
one of the eleanest-out
men nominated for the presidency by
either party In many . day"