Evening star., 1928-10-20
SMITH TURNS EAST
!. AFTER SCATH|NG
ATTACK ON c. 0. P.
Fires Parting Shot in West
at Administration Record
on Farm Relief.
JAKES B0RAH TO TASK
FOR 1919 STATEMENTS
Governor Visits Three Universities
on 40-Mile Auto Tour-Gets
II Big Welcome.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

CHICAGO, ILL.,. October 20.-Al Smith
for the presidency. He takes with hin
as he goes the memory of a stupendous
welcome in the great metropolis of the
Middle West. For more than 48 hours
his name has been on every tongue here
and If noise means votes. he should
carry Cook County by sweeping ma
jority. His special train is hurrying him
to Indianapolis, where he makes stay
of one hour, and then on to Albany.
The governors parting shot in the
West at the Republican party and
his Republican opponent was delivered
last night in the 131st Regiment Arm
ory at Michigan boulevard and Six
teenth street. He took as his text the
pledge of the Republican national plat
form, "the record of the present admin
istration is guarantee of what may be
expected of the next"
He held up to ridicule and contempt
the record made by the Republican ad-
ministrations under both President
Coolidge and the late President Hard
ing. He charged the administration
with failure to aid the farmer. He
poured "oil" on the heads of the
g. o. P. and sought to link DR.. Hubert
Work, chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, with the Salt Creek
oil leases, which have been declared
just now illegal by Attorney General
Sargent He pictured the Republican
party reactionary and do-nothing. He
held up to scorn the scandals in the
administration of the Veterans Bureau
under Forbes, and he declared that the
Republicans had been utterly futile or
indifferent in their enforcement of the
prohibition laws.
Borah Is Target.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho,
the Republican gadf1y that has trailed
Gov. Smith in campaign tours in both
the West and the South, came in for
particular attention on the part of
Gov. Smith last night. He delved into
Senate debates to show that Borah in
the past had harshly criticized the man
for whom he Is now campaigning. The
governor was at his sarcastic best In
his play upon Borah on Hoover in the
past and Borah on Hoover today.
Men viii talk when the presidential
elections are away off," he said.
Senator Borah did not always think
no much Of Mr.. Hoover" continued the
governor. HE didn't always have that
devotion and loyalty to the candidate
of his party"
The Idaho Senator, Gov. Smith said,
'.now pleading for farm support for
his party, voted against the only bill
(ti1eF McNary-Haugen bill) suggested to
bring that relief, and at the same time
offered no solution Of his own"
Il am convinced" said Gov. Smith,
shat the farmer is not taking the Sem
Rtor very seriously"
"The Republicans, Senator Borah IN
EIuded," Gov. Smith insisted, ARE now
making the same promises to the farm
er that they made in 1924, although
-four years"
Crowd HowIs Delight.
however" he added, with a smile,
sI,et me say to the farmer not to be
too discouraged over that attitude, be-
cause in his message TO Congress in
1926 President Coolidge did give the
farmer something. He gave him SYM
pathy." a.. s.,u..
"Durine the last four years" con-
knued Gov. Smith, "the Republican
candidate has been the chief advisor OF
the president on matters that have to
40 with agriculture. Read his accept
ance speech and see If you can see that
he holds out any hope to the farmer" ="
when Gov. Smith mentioned the
name of Senator Borah there were loud
ssboos" from the crowd, for Senator
Boraln is known to have planted some
yery sharp barbs in the Democratic
spidermis. And it cheered Gov. Smith
when he said:
senator Borah posed for altogether
too many years as a great advance agent
for progress. The evidence today pretty
clearly indicates that he is more inter
tsted in the success of his party than
ne Is in the vindication Of any principle
tlnat he ever eSpoused."
Gov. Smith quoted Senator Borah In
attacks in 1919 upon the food admins
tration, of which Herbert Hoover was
the director.
Now Just let me make this obser-
Walton" said the governor in his drolles'
manner, "Borah was either right II
1919 or he is right today. He CAM
in 1919 at least he was very reckless
in his speech. Is there anybody going
to pay attention to a man as reck-
less as that?"
The crowd laughed back its mo"
Praises Frank Lowden.
Gov. Smith made play to the home
folks. He praised former Gov. Frank
o. Lowden of Illinois and his stand or
the farm problem and his statement
withdrawing his name from the ract
for the presidential nomination al
kansas City after the Republican ma
tional convention had adopted its plat.
form without indorsing the McNary'
lBaugen farm bill. He compared Lowder
to Borah, declaring one statesman ans
the other a politician. The crowd CAV,
his praise of Lowden good hand.
The governor was interrupted ono
nv a man in the gallery who wanted t.
know, "how about prohibition" at tn
time Gov. Smith was talking about oil
.Ee waved his hand in quieting kin,
of way, and said to the heckler:
please remember we are limited
time on the radio"
There were shouts in the gallery c
smut him out" and the heckler quiete
down.
once near the close of his addres
there was q shout from another quartz
~ the gallery-''Hooray for Hoover
and again the crowd muttered and tn
incident passed almost unnoticed.
The governor had the crowd alway
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