Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-25
SMITH VICTORY HELD SURE:
DRYS TURN TO REED, MOODY

siStant Secretary of the Treasury under
President Wilson and chairman of the
Kansas delegations 10 three Democratic
national conventions. He urged tnat
Sam Houston Hall should not be like
Madison Square Garden.
Mr.. Shouse was one of the major
factors in the success OF the Repub-
lican convention in Kansas City. hav-
ing had an important part in the civic
arrangements for the G. O. P. meet
ing. which he discharged without par
tisanship Mr. Shouse urged the DEM
ocrats now here to avoid dissention
and not to forget the lesson of Madison
Square Garden, He said:
The Democratic party went into
the Madison Square Garden conven-
ton four years ago with an excellent
chance to win the election. 1t left
that convention certain to lose the
election
Delegates TO Sam Houston Hall Will
have that fact constantly before them.
Senator Harrison Of Mississippi says
that If We avoid division we Will avoid
defeat.
My suggestion /; that If we avoid
dissension we are certain TO win. The
Democratic party has the unquestioned
advantage. On the conduct OF the
party in this convention will depend
whether II shall hold that advantage.
Individual candidates. are Of far
less importance than the party
solidarity, which Is essential for the
Democratic party to return the Gov
eminent to the coatrol Of the Ameri-
can people.
THE nominee Of this convention
whether he be Senator Reed, Congress
man Hull or Gov. Smith, will wage a
winning fight.
Emphasizes Harmony.
1.-THE nominee of the Houston con-
vention, whoever he may be. Will make
a conscious effort to enforce all laws,
so long as they are laws. whether
or not he might believe some Of them
should be modified.
will Democrats OF any section, or
any group, sacrifice the party's OPP
portunity and the party's obligation
to restore government to the people
and to purge corruption from nign
places?"
The Kansas delegation has IL or Is
members who are ready and willing 10
go TO Smith at any time. The delega-
ton would prefer however. to wait un-
til the third ballot. casting its first
votes for Representative Ayres. a Ia
yorite son: its second for Senator Reed,
an old friend and near neighbor, and
its third for Smith.
Whether the Smith nomination can
be delayed until the third ballot is q
question. The tide is running so swift
ly for Smith that he may even go over
on the first ballot. The Smith people
are not urging the governor be NOM
mated on the first ballot: rather they
are willing To have the nomination 90
for two or three ballots before 1t is
made, giving the delegates chance to
honor favorite sons.
Today the delegates TO the conven-
ton are arriving by trainloads. The
New York delegation. largest of them
all: Pennsylvania. Illinois and Massa-
chusetts, are rolling into Houston.
Nearly all of them will caucus today
or tonight to make last-minute plans
for platform and presidential contests,
Joe Guffy. Democratic committeeman
from Pennsylvania. Is claiming 69l2
votes In the Pennsylvania delegation
for Smith. But the anti-Smith Penn
sylvanians insist Smith can count no
more than So sure delegates from the
keystone State, which has total Of 76.
Vice presidential circles are becorn-
ing wider and wider as additional pos
sibilities" are cast into the second-place
pool. Illinois now has candidate for
the nomination -- Floyd Thompson,
Democratic nominee for governor this
year. He is said to be George z. Bren-
mans choice for the place If 1t is to &C
to Illinois or the Middle West. Thomp-
son cannot run for two Offices, and If
he were named on the national ticket
Democrats of Illinois would have 10
4. L Ax..s IL u
date Senator Reed is suggested as a
possible running mate for Smith, on
the theory that he is neither too dry
nor too wet