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Gus feeling about intolerance. Under
| the glare of the arc lights his face
appeared tired and drawn to the
thousands who alternated their sill
ence with vociferous appleaust.
81 was born in the United States.
he said, so was my father and
my mother. And from the time l
was old enough to understand any,
thing my mother taught me to be-
lieve that the greatest thing about
this country was that noble ex-
preston in the Declaration of IN
dependence that all men are created
quail.
Saw Blazing Cross
"And it is quite natural, there
fore, that when / get on subject
Of this kind get heated up a
little bit. For the last 25 years /
have been active in the service OF
the state of New York. Eight of
those IS years have been the
chief executive.
IT recently made trip to In
diana. / went there not only as
the candidate of the oldest political
party in the country, but as the
governor of a sister Commonwealth.
AS we were passing along in the
train saw in the darkness by the
side OF the track blazing cross
and one OF the men in charge OF
the train told me that was symbolic
of the klan's defiance of me.
There is a fine state Of affairs
in this twentieth century with all
OF our education and all Of our
culture. What excites me most is
the hollow mockery of It, to raise
between heaven and earth the em-
blem of christianity as a defiance
to fellow citizen, the executive OF
a great State.
$50 far as am concerned ]
would sooner go down to ignomini-
Gus defeat than be elected to office
in this country. II to accomplish It
had to have the support Of any
group with such perverted ideas OF
Americanism.
THAT they have been against me
in my own State all during my gov
ernorship there can be no doubt.
1t never changed the result. though,
because after all comparatively
small number of people pay atten-
ton to a misled, If not an ignorant.
group.
II made myself perfectly clear
on this in Oklahoma City, and here
is what said:
Ritchie Gives Lead
"'I seek support in this cam
paign only upon the record and
upon the pledge and promise of
what am able to do for the bene.
fit of all the people of the United
States. I want no support because
of my religious beGSf. repeat my
firm adherence to the American
doctrine of separation of church
and State.
Political activity on the part
OF the church is the negation of
that separation.
Governor Smith had ample open.
ing for his sensational speech on
intolerance from the address OF the
chairman of the turbulent ami
enthusiastic meeting, Gov. Albert t..
Ritchie. also a wet and an uncom-
promising States right advocate.
I'VE want the fight we are wa-
ing this fall" he said, Ito be
permanently won so that the time
will not come again in free Amer
lea when men will deny the right
Of other men to govern themselves
or when they challenge the right
Of anyone to office because OF his
religion
Anyone is blind indeed who does
not know that many people are
considering voting against Al Smith
because of his religion and for no
other reason.
ScOffs At Fear OF Pope
There is no possible way to
Justify thissexcept on the theory that
Smiths official acts as President
would be influenced by his church or
by his faith.
ITO any who think that I would
like to say. do you really believe
that the Pope has been abiding his
time over there in Rome for about
300 years until AL Smith came up
from humble beginnings and made a
great record which has won the re-
spect and confidence of every
Protestant who knows him, and is