The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-18
WALSH HOSTS
SMITH BANNER
AFTER SESSION
Prepares Two.Fisted Attack
on Republican Standard
Bearer
AL HAS HUMAN ELEMENT
Montana Senator and New
York Governor Not Wholly
In Agreement


Albany, N. T., Aug, 1S.-(AP)-
The banner Of the veteran senatorial
investigator, Tom Walsh Of Mon
tana, flown for time on . separate
standard in last summers battle for
the Democratic presidential nomina-
tion, was hoisted higher than ever
today in the camp Of Governor
Smith.
Walsh came to town yesterday TO
get better acquainted with the man
he opposed for Z time in the pre-
convention struggle and to talk over
the political situation in general.
He had not been in conference m
hour 1t the executive mansion before
he prepared q two-fisted attack
against the Republican standard
bearer, assailed one Of his former
Democratic senatorial colleagues for
boiling his party. and praised Gov
ernor Smith as man who would In.
troduce . "human element" ut Wash.
ington.
Like Governor Smith, the Mon
tana senator is . Catholic, but m
ardent dry. In his fight for the
nomination he had the support
Of William G. McAdoo, Governor
Smiths famous rival at the Madison
Square convention four years ago,
but after his failure in the Califor-
MIA primaries he withdrew in favor
Of the New York governor.
Human Element Seen
In his statement Walsh said that
the election Of Governor Smith
'would introduce into our national
councils something Of the human ele-
ment sadly lacking under the re-
gime Of Coolidge and Mellon"
II believe" he added, "that Re-
publican struck q responsive chord
when he said he was going to vote
for Smith because he wanted to see
Z smile in the white house."
He and the Democratic nominee
tions widely considered" Walsh
said, but he thought "it were vain
to look for q candidate with convic-
tions representing millions Of voters
who likewise have convictions and
agreeing with them on all questions. -
The most that can be hoped for, he
believes, is that he shall be with
them on fundamentals-that on the
whole he shall be found moro satis-
factory to them than his opponent" +"
After praising the governors
geniality as Irresistible" and his
intellectual processes as refresh
inely clear" Walsh directed . bitter
attack against the Republican presi-
den.1u candidate and the Democratic
bolt 3, without mentioning their
ne b.
Raps Owen Desertion
/. Apparently referring to former
Senator Owen Of Oklahoma. the
Montanan asserted that "an honored
but more or less erratic Democrat
from the west, who served with dis.
tinction with me in the senate, has
gone over to the Republican party
by reason Of Governor Smiths affili-
alton with Tammany-cheerfully or
decidedly aligning himself with IN
organization that avidly avails itself
Of the aid Of the Ware and Mellon
machines in Pennsylvania and the
Big Bill machine in Illinois, al three
Of which made contributions Of mo-
ment to the choice Of candidates with
whom my friend casts his fortunes. "
"If one is to be judged by his po-
litical associates, how shall the Re-
publican nominee escape condemna-
tion 7" he asked. HE sat in the cab
met with Fall and Daugherty with
out ever raising his hand to thwart
their villainies while they were be-
ing perpetrated, or raising his voice
in condemnation Of them after they
were exposed.
1.-THE shocking iniquities Of two
other official associates. Forbes and
Mellon, escaped his notice. If they
were not shielded by his tolerance" /"