Evening star., 1928-04-19
REED WILL FIGHT
SMITH At HOUSTON
Missouri Senator, Back From
Trip. DispeIs Doubt as to
IntentS in Race.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Senator Jim" Reed Of Missouri to-
day effectually dispelled any idea that
the nomination OF Gov AL Smith of
New York at the Houston convention
would be accomplished without a real
fight
The Missouri Senator, who has just
returned TO Washington after cam
paigning in ten or dozen States, has
his fighting clothes on. A report that
he was ready 10 turn the Missouri
delegation over 20 Gov Smith aroused
his Indignation. Also he discounted
reports that the strategy Of his cam
paign was 20 be materially changed.
We're just going ahead" said Sem
ator Reed, We viii go to the end of
the road"
Senator Reed said that the Democrats
could carry every State west Of the
Mississippi. depending OH the candidate
nominated and the platform adopted
by the party
OR we can lose all but three OF those
States depending on our platform and
candidate" Senator Reed continued
He did not refer To Gov Smith. but the
implication vas that Smith would lose
in the West
~ aAl1AAEA pNliit III I}h EOElitIEAtGF
with the newspaper men. Senator Reed
said. when pressed as TO whether IL
was his purpose to do all he could 10
win the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation
What do you think am out travel
ing over the country for?"
Discusses Irish Vote.
1T is said one Of Senator Reeds
nuestioners stated that II the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination does not
go 10 Gov Smith. all the Irish -Ameri-
cans In the Democratic party in the
East or North will leave the party"
Senator Reed replied;
Il should dislike very much % be-
licSe that any race or people belonging
10 certain church would leave polit-
icai party because man not OF their
race or religion was not nominated"
The great issue of the day. according
TO Senator Reed Is corruption
II should not be surprised 20 see a
political turnover in the whole country
like that which happened In Chicago
the other day II the election were to-
morrow" said Senator Reed He said
that ilc thought that the people were
much more alive TO and impressed by
the corruption III the Republican party
than they we're IN 1924.
Formerly the people thought that
only one or two men were responsible
for the Scandals said Senator Reed
But now they seem to be convinced
that the scandals are the outgrowth of
system especially when II has been
demonstrated that officers of the cabt-
net have acted as the fence TOR
handling Sinclair bonds
Sees Farm Issue.
Senator Reed said he thought many
Republicans were as disgasled AS are
the Democrats with >tlie. revelations of
the oil and political scandals In the
Republican party he said that the
most responsive audience he had ad-
dressed, and all of them were respon-
aive. was In Dea MGines, Iowa, which
had been represented 10 him as over
Whelmingly Republican Another issue
which would materially affect the cam
paign, Senator Reed said. was the dis
tteSa In agricultural sections The talk
of good times put out hy the Repub~
liean party he said was not getting
across IN the farm States Of the West
Senator Reed said he had not heard
much talk about the wet and dry issue
on his travels.
i have been telling the people that
tho thing 60 do first Ii to get some
honest men IN office" he said
senator Reeds campaign manager,
present at the conference. insisted that
misleading reports have gone out re-
garding the strength OF Gov Smith In
several Western States particularly
Oklahoma The delegation from that
state VIII he strongly for Reed, Il was
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