Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-24
moses WWSECTS
SMITH SPEECHES
Nominee Distorts Facts to
Make His Points, Sen
ator Says.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
| CONCORD, N. H., September "a
Senator George H. Moses, vice chair
man Of the Republican Eastern adj
| v1sory committee, in commenting last
night on Gov. Smiths Denver speech,
referred to the Democratic presiden-
| tlal nominee as MIR. Facing Both
Ways" descending from his 11-car,
million-dollar special train to spread
light and learning in those sections of
the country which are unaccustomed
to the effulgence of the brown derby"
The New Hampshire Senator de-
scribed Gov. Smiths speech as "a
typical Tammany Misrepresentation, "
and said that the governor "misrepre-
Sents, distorts, biSects sentences and
employs periphrastic phrases to make
his points"
Called Distortion.
Senator Moses comment was as fol-
lows
"At Denver, as at Omaha, the Demo-
cratic candidate put out line of goods
designed for local consumption. At
Omaha he was eager to make it appear
that he favors the equalization fee
but does he? At Denver he was eager
to make it appear that he favors gov
eminent ownership and direction of
public utilities-but does he?
His Denver speech was a typical
Tammany Misrepresentation. For in
stance, he seems to connect Mr. Hoover
with the so-called power trust upon
the horrendous proof that two former
employees of the Department Of Com
from
lie service by power companies which
offered them large salaries and which
now have these men in their employ.
That is good testimony to the kind
of men Mr.. Hoover has induced to
enter the public service.
The candidate neglected to say that
three of his own chief financial hackers
in this campaign-Messrs. Young, Brady
and Ryan-are also three of the most
powerful members of the committee of
the power trust which has directed the
work of the So-called power lobby. It
was they who induced these Govern
ment employees to leave public service.
and it is their committee which is now
under investigation by the Federal Trade
Commission. and it Is worth recalling
that the motion which sent the Walsh
resolution to the trade commission, in
stead of intrusting it to committee of
the Senate, was made by Democratic
Senator and was supported by large
section of the Democratic membership
Of that body.
Questions Proposals.
Gust what is Gov. Smiths power
plan? He seems to be for Government
ownership-bIt is he? His proposal, in
effect, is that the Federal Government
shall bear all the cost and take all the
risk of building water power plants and
that it shall then pass them-or the
power from them-over to the power
trust, il there is one outside of Gov.
Smiths Imagination. No wonder there
is no little worriment among the
governors hackers over his Denver Ut
terances. But how about the rest of
the taxpayers who will have to advance
the money for these power plants ana
who will have to buy the current from
them? The answer in this will come,
of course, when the candidate returns
to the East and begins to spread his
adaptable gospel of political relief for all
classes and conditions of the American
people.
Scrutiny of the partial text of the
candidates Denevr speech, as printed
in the New England newspapers. reveals
his customary modesty. The first per-
Sonal pronoun appears only A times"