Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-19
SMITH BACKS PLAN
OF M'NARY-HAUGEN
Pledges Party to Principle.
Discounts Liquor as
Great Issue.
Continued from First Page.)

power in that direction they shoule
set II to the limit.
ION the other hand following the
well defined .Ieffersonian principle Of
States rights. the State that does moi
want the exercise of that police power
ought to be in a position, through @
majority of the people, to say so"
Another question asked how he could
square his support of Democratic cam
Ifdates for Congress pledged against
liquor with what you say you Will 40
for liquor"
He replied that he could not under
stand how any one could ask such
question since there is nothing that
the President can do about liquor
. "All he can do" he said, lis recon-
mend to the Congress, and ne can
assume the leadership of the American
people in an effort to show them that
his recommendation is right. That is
] what propose to do and let the Amer
lean people make the decision, as they
will have to do Loud applause greeted
this statement.
Asked if he thought the country would
be more prosperous with liquor or
without" the governor brought another
cheer when he responded: Nobody, no
living person. no matter how wise. no
matter how we'll informed. no matter
how far seeing. could make any an
swer. to that question, because there
has never been liquor out OF this
country
Several questions dealt with farm re-
lief, one asking if he favored higher food
prices in the city or lower food prices
on the farm.
NV answer to that" he said, lis
that the farmer can get the full benefit
of the value of his crop without increas-
ing the price in the CITY,"
The nominee challenged the 10
Nebraskans to find anywhere in his
record a statement in which he was re-
ported by them to have said that the
Underwood tariff fulfills the pledge of
this years Democratic platform. and
added that if they were actuated by
patriotic instead OF partisan motives
they would ask Hoover all of the ques-
tons propounded to him.
Tracing the Republican admins
tration in the last seven and half
years, Gov. Smith, waving his arms be-
fore the microphones and frequently
pounding the table with his hands, de-
fined the platform declarations of that
party in the last three campaigns as
amounting to nothing more than
promises"
At one point. the nominee referred
to Hoover as the Republican candi-
date for governor" and when he was
corrected by some one on the platform.
he finished his sentence with the state
ment that he referred to the presi-
Dental candidate.
What did say, vice president" he
turned and asked his prompter. :.
. the rar11u
Governor" he came back, surprised,
and added: $40
ct have got to get some practice at
this. never ran for President before"
Another roar went up.
The nominee quoted the statement
by Senator Norris. Republican, Nebraska,
attacking the Republican platform as
o direct slap" at the farmer and asked
why Gov. McMullen of Nebraska, Re-
publican, had threatened to invade the
Kansas City convention with "a half
million men and batter down the doors
of the committee on resolutions in a
demand for some definite promise OF
farm relief"
"Just what they are talking about,
Just what they all admit, the distress OF
the farmer" the governor said. ~
THE best thought on agriculture
after careful study of it, he asserted,
ssclaims that in the last Is years there
has been decrease in the purchasing
power of agricultural products of over
20 per cent. That is the trouble. The
trouble is that the farmer is buying In
a highly protected market and he Is
selling in an unprotected one"
The tariff standing by itself, he con-
tinued, will never solve the farm prob
lem because ''it does not operate" 81
In this instance" he said, 1T Is IKE
the machine with the engine running,
but the belt off,"
what did they mean by equality be-
tween agriculture and industry" he ask
ed referring to Republican declarations.
.'They meant by that to give the farmer
the benefit of the tariff, just as industry
gets the benefit of the tariff. They know
they have not done it. The President
knows it. their candidate. Hoover, knows
It. and the President made an empty
gesture when he fixed the tariff on
wheat at AZ cents. He might as well
have made it SLAP. 1t would not make
any difference"
Until some plan is devised for lift
ing that surplus" he said, the tarin
will not work.
Gov. Smith concluded his address with
this statement:
"All during the campaign we will talk
issues. We will fight this out In the open.
We will have good, clean, clear, open
fight and the American people will de-
eide it. But as read the record I can
see only one decision for the 9Th OF
November. and that is an overwhelming
Democratic victory"