Evening star., 1928-02-10
Few Plaudits From Press
For McAdOO Smith Attack

! ambitions. Mr.. McAdoo spoke with pitt
+ iieSS logic. and unanSwerable facts"
! The Santa Barbara Daily News tDein-
ocraiicl maintains that Mr.. McAdoo
will be factor 20 Dc reckCnsd with
during the coming campaign. The
! Wichita Beacon independent Rspuou-
cam SAYS CT Cox, Smith thar he cam
not deny that his entire record hiss
been one Of opposition 20 the eighteenth
amendment" and the Lexington Lead
er tRepuoiicani remarks that there
are those who think that the only way
10 eliminate The New York governor Is
10 nominate him and let the voters q
the eliminating,
But the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch (is-
dependent Democratici makes the COM
meat: L. MIR, McAcoc does nc; know
that man can disagree With him on
the subject of prohibition withoa.
being u part ot the hQUov interests. ne
ought to know. Ne advocates
abstinence, tota, abstinence: eut III his
manner Of speaking he does nc. even
practice temperance, The S>SS Island
Ars,iS tindelSndenth feels ;hS! the
criticism ot Gov Smith would have
been weishtter II II had oeen Nv'.ced ey
some other dry Denss<raG os pro;n-
inence Who hears ro scars re<c.ted y,
preliminary bouts With the Governor OF
| New Work
"ENeryta.ng viii depend in the end"
argues the Richmond News Leader ,tn-
depcnSeat prmSSratIe.. 'cn What Snrs
Of a corapr,ntSI Smith Is willing tN ae-
cept. IL he COMES tar enough over b.
satisfy the nodSfateS and the rrcfcs-
Slouai politicians Who secretly are syYa-
pathetic With him eecaaSe they think
he II a wlnuer, there Is a proSlsect tina,
he viii I've nominated and Viii cc ae-
cepsable tc the Southern States. though
hy diminished mSiNf.sies Ii ne sVseS
NO further than he did IN his aSiyeN
"a the League ~ Women Voters and EN
his message ~ the New Ncrk ieS.Sla-
turc. MIR, McAd<Sa and the clerical lead
,rs eau prevent Smiths nomination"
The sNatcal conclusion ~ which Mr.,
Meadows he~Vy leadS US" adv .SeS The
iNnrheurg Advance trSucSraticl, IS
that !sSNa, every iNS>,tian ot rue.h ntsS;
which has ANYTHING ~ III With psS>sat-
eitIon all VETS NaNuld ~ rtgidN eA~
eludrd nrS WaSc$, dry tufNmea, dry
tnlWvn,en, dry C>1nn>shwrAsth attok-
neN>~ AL these ate a nS<e>Slsy ~ pse~
hleilion enIorecmeng, II tae MeAdese
Theory S sound And what NJ other
laws it a President cfsNwrd ~ ptu.
hihltion Viii not enfatVe lANllih,tNA.
Why expect that President epsNASe<i
a. any other law viii entescc that lAw.
The oie IL aS l,&seai ~ The other
MIR, MeA,l,so wantS the shNtce of a
President M the United States naT-
rowed ,nwn t. this single ISSae," re
marks the Grand Rapids Press ltnsse~
perdrnp, With she e>uaa,cak that
"uhese ate weak and rpierleSs peTas~
erativ drss Wh,N.e na0atnalt,n Weula Ne
greater DISASTER" The Milwaukee
Journal independently states that ~Ali
Mt NsAdeo rcany sAys Is thai OeN
Sntlth Ia nut u dsy, ana that Mir, Nc.
Als>sa dess nat Want Ntcy Snaita naxsa~
mated" hNg the nuhth hSEald (lnv
aei@ndent keeNetiaAnl eNuseSudes, "Sst
na doubt MI. MoAstse Noid agtee that
II WN%trnw Wtfson wvte now ffestdeAt
With rsNlnbtslon HI ettset. ne woAtJtt
lee his pesAasAl views eal the snhsecs
interfere With the gtgaE ri his entnrvs-
ment W the law ut tAe land" The
hetald fsgSssnlses thai Mir, MeAaoea
iathefsia~tAw Mas pa 'dfS and eAn,
n 2An1ah lh1tiAu hA4X -