The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-21
SMITH LEAVES
FOR Denver TO
SPEAK ON DAM
Power Problems viii Be
Discussed in Next Cam
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lines Governor Smith said. 'It is
contrary to the spirit not only of
the Declaration of independence,
but of the Constitution itself"
The whispering campaign" the
Democratic candidate said dis
closes such activity" on the part of
its promoters "as to constitute, in
my opinion, a menace not alone
to the party, but to the country it.
self.
Sin of Omission
"There is abundant reason" he
charged, "for believing that Re-
publicans high in the councils of the
party have countenanced a large
part of this form of campaign, if
they have not actually promoted
it."
Pour it on them, AL" was shout
ed from the audience which re-
peatedly greeted the speakers as
sertions with loud applause.
"a sin of omission is sometimes
as grievous as a sin Of commission,
Smith continued. "They may,
through official spokesman, disclaim
as much as they please response
bility for dragging into a national
campaign the question of religion,
something that, according to our
Constitution, our history and our
traditions, has no part in any cam
paign for uublic office"
Governor Smith condemned as
dishonest campaigning" what he
characterized as "the exhibition
that Mrs. Wilebrandt made Of her
self before the Ohio conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church."
and called Republican leaders to &C
count for remaining silent on her
appeal to the 1000 ministers to
swing their 100000 members against
him.
When the speaker told how he
had appointed more Protestants than
Catholics as Governor of New York,
some one shouted:
Tell it to Ham," referring to the
Rev. Mordecai Ham, local Baptist
minister, who has campaigned
against Smith, and who was seated
on the platform with DR.. Straton.
Calling religious intolerance IN
American and out of line with the
Nations traditions, the Governor
said: ITO my way of thinking it is
in itself sufficient to hold us up to
the scorn of the thinking people of
other nations.
Reasonable Attacks
"I here and now drag these base
less ISLANDERS into the open and de-
nounce them as a reasonable attack
upon the very foundation of Amer
lean liberty"
Attacking the opposition of former
Senator Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma
Democrat, who had refused to sup
port Smith because of his "afiliation
with Tammany Hail." the Governor
early in his speech shouted. IT chal-
lenge Senator Owen, or anybody he
can get, to come to New York and
find anything wrong in my record.
do Senator owen and the forces
behind him know more about my
record than these distinguished men
and women who have watched and
studied it?" the Governor asked.
after a detailed recitation of his
public record and quoting from
commentator of his stewardship as
Governor by such Republican lead
ers as Charles Evans Hughes and
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
dent of Columbia University.
Khan Is AssaiIed
Turning to a discussion of a letter
said to have been written by grand
dragon of the Ku-Klux Khan in
Arkansas to a delegate to the DEM
ocratic convention in which the
KlanSman was quoted as saying a
vote against Smith was a move in
the unfolding of American ideals
and institutions, the Governor con-
demned the Khan as totally ignor-
ant Of the history and tradition of
this country and its institutions"
1.-The Ku-Klux Khan has the eff
frontery to refer to itself as 100 per
cent American" he said. I'm the
name of Americanism, they breathe
into the hearts and souls of their
members hatred of millions of their
fellow countrymen, because of their
religion. Nothing could be so out
of line with the Spirit of America"
In concluding his resume of his
past record the Democratic can
didate asserted that lone scandal,
connected with my administration
would do more to help out the Re
publican national committee in its
campaign against me than all the
millions of dollars now being spent
by them in malicious propaganda.
Unfortunately for them, they can
not find it, because the truth is, it
is not there"
Smith closed with a plea that the
people of the country take their
stand upon issues of himself and
Herbert Hoover, the Republican
candidate, and decide the election
on that basis.