Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-21
United PRESS OFFERS SURVEY
OF SOUTH'S POLITICAL STATUS

leader has given any signs of re-
wmu.uc on, oi line Senator +.
/ NJ. Simm.ns Of North Carolina,
land bc only made gesture.
! lie VIZ tx, no active part in
! Oh. ngl: against Smith. lie re-
signed from tH. national committee
/ without explanation. While his
rua. .uatlon was interpreted as n
gesture Indicating continued cppo-
s.tiun 10 ;lc Democratic nominee.
Ills frinnis explain that Simmons
viii do d .liug. Some Of them laid
his igra:ion o. bis old age .nd
. ;lI lralth, saving D." is NOT phv~j.
ealy ahletn carry on his duties with
T tha committee.
Despite tins explanation his res.
icuat.on at ;hr particular timl ap-
r.arad iu>m-"d Hy other eonsta.ra-
tiou, lir sud nothing ot hi, Ill
.l..l;h in lis letter of rrsigLa.i
+ U;der prom;a,u. southern l..d-
cr5 have uo; "oua forward H.ta
strong endorsements of smith bu.
Hanf VIII stay IN lime aud quietly
direct the campaign for the N,W
YORK governor. ~ somc ease, Iu.
cal political situations are d.r..t-
iag their decision against on.n
prouounvemont, at this time.
Most active in the campaign
/ against Smith is Bishop James
Cannon. j.. of Richmond, Of tie
Southern Methods, church. H. is
the prime mover 10 date. lie start
"a by organizing the Ashe>lilt
Conference Of Dry Church Leaders
and is extending Eis activities now
to other parts of the south, most
recently in Florida. lie makes
speeches and issues statements,
J and already has come into opru
, controversy with national lead
/ tr-.
/ Cannon is working through the
1 churches and the AntiSaloon Lea.
+ cue. He delivered the keynote -
. speech at an Anti-@aloon League
/ convention.
Go to the polls next November
and tell the world that Florida Be
iiI'N Nttn ItA bNt ~ W Ndi lli' Ntliti
Of Tammany, he said to the 500
People gathered at that conycn-
ton.
The aim Of this body is similar
to that Of other anti-Smith groups.
They are urging Democrats to vote
! for Hoover, bat 10 support Demo
Gratis for state offices and congress.
Most OF such meetings have been
small, bat thcy are made up of
ieayening influences. leaders who
carry weight with church groups in
their own localities.
Rows With Rasbob
Cannon got into long distance
controversy with Chairman John J.
Ras,eb Of the Democratic National
Committee taking issue with =
statement by RasEOb that sub
. .staatiaI Methodists had inform
Cd him that many southern Metho-
dists were threatening to withhold
contributions from the church if
, bishops and ministers continued to
raise the religious issue against
Governor Smith. Cannon interpret
n TINS &s an attempt to threaten
Methodist leaders. RaSkob answer
Cd that Cannon 5 attacks on Smith
ON the prohibition issue were mere
~ cloak fer religious 'bigOtrY.
There is an organized bolt move
ment in Arkansas, the home state
of senator Joseph T, Robinson, De
mocratic vice presidential candi-
date. II is led By Rev II. d. Knick
crbocEer, Methodist pastor of Lit
tie Rock. At a meeting Of repre-
sentativcs Of - counties in Arkan-
sas at Little Rock in July. per
mancnt organization was formed
''to defeat Smith and Robinson a;
any cost.
1t was announced after this meet
ing that Il speakers bureau would
be formed and an intensive Anti
Smlth-R Robinson campaign conduct
cd after the primary on August "a
Several thousand dollars have beer
contributed TO support the cam
raign
"All the additional money We
need has been promised " Knick
crbocker said.
The organization before the pri
mary urged that Democratic voters
refrain from signing the pledge tC
support the nominees in the gencr
| al election i'm November. Tn,
Democratic Central Committee an
nouncod that all who attempt t.
violat" the pledge would be bar
red from the November election
knickcrbockcr said that if thi
cdict is enforced the election woulC
l he contested.
Contrasting with the activities OF
Cannon, knickerbockcr and Other
Mcthodists is the general state
ment issued by Bishop Warren A
Gambler, Of Georgia, Methodist lead
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