Evening star., 1928-11-01
SMITH COMPLETES
CAMP PA|GN TOUR
Charges Republicans With
"Trying to Fool People,"
AssaiIs Hughes.
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holding back public works in order to
make false showing of economy"
Furthermore, he was distinctly in
favor of a thorough study of the
methods Of industry. the newly adopted
methods of industry, so that we may be
able to absorb the surplus labor that
is released because of the introduction
of modern machinery"
Smith termed the Republican plank
on labor injunctions meaningless" and
"senseless," and said the Democrats had
promised a definite remedy 'by law" to
end the existing evils"
AS for farm relief, he said the Re-
publicans were in panic" and he at
tempted to prove this by relating how
Gov. McNullen of Nebraska and Sem
ator Borah had gone to Washington to
plead" with Hoover to favor an extra
session of Congress to deal with this
question.
"The care of the exportable surplus
crops" said the governor, lis the under
lying, fundamental question behind con-
structive farm relief, and Mr.. Hoover IS
unalterably opposed to that"
CHARGES Cold -BlOoded Insult"
Smith branded as a "cold-blooded
insult" to the working man a circular
which he said he had been reliably in
formed was sent out to business houses
by the Republican national committee
for insertion in the pay envelopes OF
mill and factory workers and Wnlch
stated "the pay coming to you IN TINS
envelope is from two to ten times as
much as you would have received 1or
doing the same work in Europe
What a stupid performance" he ex-
claimed amid loud applause: "of all the
men in the world to urge that against
a man who came up from the ranks
of labor himself
Gov. Smith praised Grover Cleveland
as "one of the greatest Presidents Of
the United States" Cleveland's widow,
now Mrs. Frances Preston, was on the
platform. =,
Talking about fooling the people"
the Governor said early in his address,
"let us devote just few minutes TO
this question of prohibition.
IF ever there was deliberate at
tempt to becloud the issue, it has taken
place in relation to the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead act. l
know perfectly we'll that the President
of the United States cannot amend
the Constitution. Mr.. Hughes does not
have to tell me that I know that,
and what is more, I know that he
knows that know it,"
Hits Hughes Statement.
In another referenle to Hughes the
governor said: HE himself was re-
sponsible for the statement made before
the Bar Association that I am a past
master in the art of politics. At the
same time he says you cannot take the
tariff out of politics.
rAccording to his own words and &C
cording to his own statement, am we'll
able to take care of the tariff in the
interest of the American working man
as well as the American business man"
Pressed for time because of frequent
interruptions and late start, due to
difficulty in quieting the opening demon
stration, the nominee was forced to omit
large portions of his prepared address
near the end.
Armory managers estimated that seats
for $4,000 were provided. Whatever the
capacity, the seats were filled and hun
dreds more were standing. Many on
the platform, jammed back to the wall
and out of sight of the nominee, left
before the speech was concluded.