Evening star., 1928-10-15

An appeal to the South generally to
support him for the presidency is recog-
nized in the speech by Herbert Hoover
at Elizabethton, Tenn. All observers
appear to agree On that point, although
there are pronounced differences of
opinion as to the effectiveness of the
address.
Many Democratic observers are sharp
in their adverse criticism. He smeared
the to be deplored solidity of the South
with 100 per cent Republican apple
sauce" asserts the Fort Worth Record
Telegram (Democratic), with the con-
clusion that doubtless there will be
Southern Democrats who will sell their
Democracy for mess of platitudes, but
it is a happy realization to feel that
there are not half SO many as there
were before he diShed it out to them"
While he was pouring out honeyed
words on the Southerners," says the
Louisville Courier journal (independ-
ent). the leaders of his party in
Massachusetts were warning the voters
against sending to Congress any one
who would respect the pretenSionS of
Southern Democrats to voice In the
direction of legislation
The candidates plea for IAN avoid
ance of personal bitterness" is COM
mended in principle by the Roanoke
Times independent Democratic). with
the added comment that lit is difficult
to keep from becoming bitter when one
views the reprehenSible and unfair tao
tics to which some of Mr.. HooverS ad-
vocateS are reSorting.'
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"In his review of the history and
progress of the South Mr.. Hoover was
happy and accurate. fully fortified with
statistical illustration" remarks the
Hartford Times independent Demo-
cratic). but the Memphis Commercial
Appeal (Democratic) thinks lit was
more an expression of good will and
congratulations on what the South has
achieved than an argument for support
OF the Republican ticket" The results
are discounted by the Columbia Record
tDemocratic) with the remark that 1t
was "a formidable bid for the South's
electoral and popular vote in section
of the South which has been for many
generations as radically Republican as
Vermont"
Mr.. Hoover's position on the power
question is asSailed by the Nashville
Banner independently with the conten-
ton: For reasons satisfactory to him.
self, Mr.. Hoover continued to maintain
the attitude of reserve which charac-
terized his party convention and his
course as a candidate. The power issue
was practically ignored. The only refer
ence. indeed, made to it was indirect,
consisting only of his platitudinous OPP
position to government in business"
The Admission Star (Democratic) also
declares that "he was as evaSive on the
vital issues of the campaign as he had
been at Newark"
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With an approving comment. the San
Antonio Express independent Demo-
cratic) adds: Continued prosperity
depends on sound. far-Sighted policies
at Washington. 1t is as needful for the
South as for the North that the ma
tional administration follow a well
charted course" The Express holds
that "in political alignment the South
has generally persisted in clinging to
long vanished past" Another Southern
paper, the Chattanooga News (independ-
ent Democratic), which is openly hos
tile to Gov Smith, declares that the
Republican nominee proves that he
realizes the problems which face the
South and that he is sympathetic with
The s6aRth's Nateresss."