Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-29
R|TCH|E EXTOLLS
SMITH AS ALL MAN
Emphasizes Nominees HUI
man Element in Making
SeConding Speech.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, June 29.-Gov.
Alfred E. Smith is not only the choice
of millions of his fellow Democrats
but he fulfills aspirations and hopes of
the American people who demand a
leader who is all man. Gov. Albert G.
Ritchie of Maryland declared last night
In his address Seconding the nomina-
ton of the New York executive for the
Democratic nomination for President of
the United States.
Declares Human Rights Forgotten.
Republicans have made their
choice" he said. They offer an en-
bodiment of Standardization, centraliza-
ton and specialization, but they have
forgotten human rights.
II speak for a man who has proved
that he can give all that can be asked
In fearless. honest and efficient adj
ministration / present man with a
brain. but 1 do not stop there. pre-
sent man with living, pulsating, un-
Outstanding heart as well as BRAIN "
Text of Address.
The full text of Gov. Ritchie's adj
dress follows:
Il have the high privilege OF rising
on behalf of the State of Maryland to
second the nomination of Gov. Alfred
e. Smith of New York.
This vast assemblage is representa-
tive of the only political party that
has endured for the life of the Nation
1t has survived because 1t has always
applied the deathlesS principles OF our
faith to the living, breathing vital ques-
tons of the hour. But do not wish to
say anything of the political creed which
Is our inheritance. rise to speak only
of man.
Declared Man.
Fate decreed. for Gov. Smiths begin
ningS which were humble; but 1t would
not have mattered had she decreed them
to be high: 1t would not have mattered
what environment she had cast around
him: what path of life she had laid
out for BIN or what obstacles she had
placed In this way: she nodded him
in the fashion of a man, and he was
destined to realize to their fullest and
their richest degree the possibilities OF
America as the land of opportunity.
%Grover Cleveland said that the whole
art of government is simply common
sense with common honesty, with rea-
son, Justice and tolerance as landmarks.
Gov. Smith possesses all these qualifica-
tons. He Is living proof that American
democracy can produce leaders, simple
and yet great. / believe that If every
voter in the land could see him and
| hear him and come under the spell of
his personality that there would be few
who would not vote for him. This will
be no less true in the North and East
and West than in the South, where the
spirit of democracy has never wavered
and whose sons and daughters have
never faltered in their allegiance to the
Democratic party.
Stresses Human Element.
II need not recount his achievements
or dwell on the high purposes and char
acter which move him always, or on
the qualities that fit him for the high
est Office In the world.
Il need only say this: Gov. Smith
is not only the choice of millions OF
his fellow Democrats. but he fulfills
the aspirations and the hopes of the
American people who demand q leader
who is all man.
You cannot chart the course of gov
eminent as you would highly special
ICED business machine. You cannot run
human government by dehumanized
efficiency experts who think that charts,
blueprints, reports and statistics consti-
tute its whole sum and substance. The
American people need more than that.
They will demand more. They will
demand that their Government be run
efficiently and honestly but that it be
guided also by spirit Of humanity
with the hand of hope and help and
opportunity held out to the average
man.
Declared Man With Brain.
1.-THE Republicans have made their
choice. They offer you the embodi-
ment of Standardization. Capitalization
and specialization. but they have for
| gotten human rights
| II speak for man who has proved
| that he can give all that can be asked
| In fearless. honest and efficient admin
istration. present man with brain.