Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
Dem RALLY I'M
DRAWS CROWD
campaign Issues Are
Discussed In First
Meeting of Race In
Willacy County

Especial to The Herald)
N-.niMoNDVlLLE. Oct. 25.-The
a.st local democratic rally in the
frresent national campaign was held
~.unesoay night IN the district
~our. room of Willacy county. when
ysoasers addressed a large and en-
NLasiastic audience on the issue of
presidential race. County Judge
e.. Crane presided at the meet
.s, ana the various speakers were
~n.roduced by Judge Crane, County
As'orney Roger Robinson. and Coun-
= Judge-elect r. S. Dorsett.
rlne principal speakers were
Sisude z. Carter of Hsrlingen,
sudse James f. Graham Of Browns
vile, Judge Mitchell Of Mississippi,
NO Judge Bachelor Of Harrington.
saoge Carter reviewed the record of
1ov. Alfred Z. Smith. which he said
vas an open book and without a
oiemish. and scored the republican
party as the party Of corruption.
ne challenged any one to show that
GOV. Smith had ever violated any
promise or pledge. and said there
nao been any national scandal
N any democratic administration.
Mitchell Applauded
Judge Bachelor. who halls from
arkansas. Landed the democratic
vice presidential nominee, and said
that Senator Joe Robinson is the
greatest orator and political leader
at the present time in the South. He
said the fact that he was the first
s%outherner in seventy years to be
nominated by either Of the great
parties was in itself sufficient
ground for all southerners TO sup
port the democratic ticket in Novem-
Der.
Judge Mitchell won repeated ap-
piause in his address. and pleaded
Tor southerners to rally to the sup
port of the ticket. He said that
the republican party had always
been enemies to the best interests
Of the South. ard that IL Hoover
should be elected, patronage in the
South would be distributed as at
present through negroes. He stated
that Tammany Hall through its
Irish Catholics was the only friend
the South had in the North dur
inx the dark days of reconstruc-
tion. and in furnishing bond for
President jefferson Davis. kept him
from being confined in prison.
Discuss Issues
The issues were gone into thor
cughly by both Judge Carter and
Judge Graham, and both showed
that there were absolutely no rea-
son for not supporting Gov. Smith
either on the prohibition issue or
on the Tammany Hall issue. and
both flayed the injection Of relig-
ious intolerance into the campaign
as un-American and opposed to the
constitution of the United States,
which guaranteed the freedom of re-
ligious worship and belief. and that
no religious test should ever be q
prerequisite for holding office.
Judge Graham stated that any per-
SON who would let religious preju-
dice influence him in casting his
ballot was not a one hundred per
cent American. as he was directly
violating the constitution of the
United States. He Landed the Cath
olics as always loyal in every great
crisis in the nations history, and
stated that Gov. Smith in forming
his cabinet as governor of New York
had always appointed from seventy
five to ninety per cent of its mem
bers from protestant denominations.
with a few Jews and a few Catholics.
He further stated that IL was IN
reasonable to oppose Gov. Smith be-
cause he was an anti-prohibitionist,
and stated that no storm was rous-
ed over the nomination Of Cox and
Davis as presidential candidates,
who were both avowed anti-prohibi-
tionists.
Predict Victory
The local speakers predicted that
willacy county. Texas. and the ma
ton in November would roll up a
good majority for Gov. Alfred E.
smith, whose election was also pre-
dicted by every one of the speakers
at the rally. Judge Mitchell al the
close Of the rally announced that
he would stand at the door and give
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