Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-09
TEXAS DEMOCRACY
DEF|EO BY BOILERS
Loss OF States 20 Electoral
Votes Seen Defeat for Ma
tional Ticket.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| AUSTIN. Tex, September s.-Since
| Senator Robinson. Democratic vice
presidential nominee. has set the prece
/ dent of a national nominee making
! speeches in Texas. Democratic concern
with carrying the State has been dis
closed along with the discovery that
! the loss of the 90 Texas electoral votes
would offset possible party victory
| through carrying doubtful Eastern
! States.
Senator Robinsons speeches at Dali
| las and Cisco made a direct appeal to
the Southern and Southwestern dry
vote to stay behind the Democratic
nominee. representing largely a discus
sion of Gov. Smiths church relations
attitude on the liquor question and at
| tituds toward organized labor. The
! first speech at Dallas was made Labor
day.
A Democratic victory in Texas is chal-
| lenged by a boiling element of the
| party which has gone over to support
of the Republican electors The Re-
/ publican party has abandoned any at
! tempt to support State candidates. con-
centrating on the group of electors
and has been pledged the support of a
| statewide organization of boiler Demo-
Gratis who have already put speakers
in the field to fight the Democratic cleo
! tors.
Extent of the boilers menace to
! Texas staying in the solid South group
| is likely to be disclosed in the Demo.
cratic State convention next week. it is
| claimed. At this time. discord threatens
| in the regular" party organization over
| the seating of delegations with the
! promise that some counties will send tC
| the party session delegates hostile to
the national nominee.
! Gov. Dan Moody, who fought Smiths
| nomination. but pledged his support az
nominal party leader in the State tc
| the nominees. has not vet disclosed
whether he will campaign the State fol-
tbs national ticket. His friends in ar
ndependent1y-org Democratic de.
Tense committee insist he will take tht
stump
1t has become known, however, that
Gov Moody was ignored by the ma
tional campaign organization when II
| invited several Texans to make speeches
! in other States for Smith and Robin
| son. Among Texans so invited we're
Senators Morris Sheppard and Earle B
| Mavfield, and Tom Connally. Demo-
cratic nominee to succeed Mayfield
| During the past week the Democratic
breach over Smiths liquor stand has
| been emuhasized by a clash between
Senator Sheppard, author of the eight
zenith amendment, but q supporter OF
Gov. Smith and Mrs. Claude de van
| Watts of Austin. State w. G. T. u
| president. Mrs de van Watts CUES
toned Sheppard's support of Smith
and was in turn reproved by the Sen
stor. who expressed regret that she and
members of her organization would "at-
tempt to defeat" the Democratic party
BY supporting the Republican attack
on 1t.
The w. C. T. U. represents severa
! thousand votes in Texas. and so fal
as its leaders have indicated. its mem.
! bers will vote along with officials OF
the Anti-Saloon League against the
Democratic electors.
Texas showed four years ago that
it had nearly 100000 Democrats who
were willing to bolt the ticket against
an unpopular governor nominee. The
boilers now are claiming they will have
still larger vote, including the former
boilers. the ultra-dry elements and the
! Love-anti-Smith State organization oil
Democrats who oppose Gov, Smith.
1t has been pointed out that shoulC
Smith carry New York and Oklahoma
/ and a number of doubtful Western
nominally Republican States. still the
loss of 20 votes in Texas heretofore
regarded as safely Democratic, would
likely defeat the ticket nationally
The STATE will have an intensive cam
caien on the national ticket, the first
IN many years. between now and gen.
eral election day.
S. RAYMOND BROOKS.