New Britain herald., 1928-09-24
DRY SOUTH BITTER
 IN ITS UPRISING AGAINST GOVERNOR
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(Continued from First Page.) and that the present campaign has
 inherited at least half dozen old political feuds. like that over the Fergusons. ar that over the klan. Lacks Coordination
 Over this vast expanse. three con- st .utionally weak org 1izations are attempting to spread their influence and incidentally to ascertain. with indifferent success. what really ls likely to happen on November 6. One is the anti-Smith organization militant enough but showing the lack of coordination inherent in such pioneer ventures. Another Is f the republican state organization, so fhopelessly in the minority as 10 amount at times to little more than party emblem. Finally. there Is the democratic organization which for many years has faced no need for a serious campaign a. now. m it's hour of necessity. is handicapped by material defections. Apparently none of these organizations has the machinery just now to gauge accu- rately how the voters of 254 counties ar likely to perform on election
 day.
 At the head of the anti-Smlth democrats is Alvin s. Moody, poll tician of some experience, who says his organization now has representa- ton in 15O counties. and will De Ill all of them within another week. Another leader of this group Is
 State Senator Thomas B. Love. a former national committeeman ana an efstwhile leader of the McAdoo- tor-president movement. A third IS former Governor o. E. Colquitt. who, strangely enough, has in past times opposed both prohibition ana the klan. It is asserted by the anu- Smith leaders that the Methodist and Baptist ministers of the state are virtually unanimous for Hoover, and that nearly half of the weekly and small daily papers are out against Smith. Large defections are claimed in the cities, and these leaders predict Hoover will carry every important city in Texas. Religion Not Mentioned
 Mir. Moody told the Associated Press that his organization regarded
 'lauor and Tammany" as the prin- cipal issues. and that none of our speakers will be allowed to make anything else the issue."
 He plans an intensive speaking campaign, with Senator Borah, Mrs.
 Mabel Willebrandt attacked by Gov ernor Smith for her speech to the Ohio Methodists, and probably Sena- tor Simmons of North Carolina as- sisting.
 At anti-Smlth headquarters in Dallas, literature from Narlous
 sources is available. The Associated
 tress reporter who asked for sam-
 pies of what was being sent to vot- CTS was handed 2 sheat including
 a pamphlet on prohibition. printed | by the Anti Saloon league: page
 of editorials bearing the imprint oi l the republican national committee; a facsimile of letter written last April by Josephus Daniels. saying smiths nomination would be a fla
 tai mistake; a copy of The Con-
 stitutional Democrat" issued from the office of former Governor Col
 qnitt. reproducing speech by Mayor Walker of New York. with
 the notation that the mayor had in-
 ferred he would favor "esta blishinG
 diplomatic connection between the
 United States government and the
 Pope at Rome:" copy of a publi- l cation called The Advance" con-
 taining among other things an edl-
 torial on Does Al smith Drink
 Booze" and a signed contribution discussing Catholic marriage doc
 trines and urging voters not to sup
 port "Al Smith or any one else who
 subscribes to these monstrous teach.
 ines of Roman Catholicism"
 The republican state organization is cooperating directly with tht l anti-Smith democrats. but it speci.
 fically disclaims any connection
 whatever with the religious issues R. B. Creager. the republican na.
 tional committeeman, told the Asso
 ciated Press that "the republican
 party in Texas has not and will moi
 raise any religious or personal is
 sue"
 A considerable speaking campaigr
 is projected by the republicans start Campaign
 l Finally the democratic regular
 have opened headquarters and ar,
 conducting all active campaign fol
 the first time in years They vii
 have nationally known speakers. in
 cluding Texas own Senator Shep
 pard, author of the prohibition
 amendment. The states dry gov
 crnor. Dan Moody. has indicated Ii. will not take the stump for Snit
 although he has endorsed him | There are signs that the democrat will get votes from at least twt
 groups that ordinarily are republi can. One is tn" German and tn, other is the negro followers c 1 "Gooseneck Bill' Mcdonald. wh,
 was barred as delegate 10 Kansa City and bolted Hoover
 | Most democrats who say they vii not vote for Governor Smith ar. l against him because of his religion.