Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
CURTIS PROMISES
LAW reinforcement
Tell Oklahoma w. c. T. IT,, at
Meeting, That Smith
Crippled Dry Law.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ENID, Okla, September 29.-Before
the Oklahoma Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, Senator Gurus OF KAN
sas, the Republican vice presidential
nominee, tonight pledged the Repub-
lican party to honest, faithful, rigid,
fair and impartial enforcement OF me
liquor law and every other law OF the
He assailed the state liquor control
plan of Gov Smith. the Democratic
presidential nominee. and asked, n
he means to enforce the law, why did
he sign the bill repeating the Ne"
York state enforcing law?
When Gov. Smith did that ne knew
he was GRIPPING the hands OF those
Who should enforce the law, In his
speech of acceptance he spoke OF per-
Jury ana corruption OF turles. WeH
have confidence in the American peo-
pie. and l know when liquor cases are
presented to American jules, they VIII
do their duty and lu: &c will prevail.
Predicts Victory.
Cheers resounded through the crowd
ed convention hall when the vice presl-
DENTAL nominee told the convention
1.-The eighteenth amendment Will be
sustained this year by the oVerWheim-
ing vote of the people
Men and women were about evenly
divided in the audience. Mrs. Eliza
beth M. House of Bristow, Okla presi-
dent. described the meeting rs mot
one of partisanship but one OF good
citizenship" She said the women are
going to keep this country dry.
Senator Curtis in his brief talk-for
he had to leave on an early train-also
discussed farm relief. and declared
Herbert Hoover would keep his PROM
ise to solve this situation"
He also declared against any ri1od1-
fication of the immigration law. and
said the opposition of Gov. Smith 10
using the 1890 census as the basis Tor
fixing ouotsV of immigration would
lead TO letting down the bars to
aliens who will flood our country"
Ends Long Tour.
Forced to carry his right hand in
sling. the 63-yesr-old Kansas Senator
came here tonight after delivering fve
speeches during the day. mostly on
farm relief. on his third days tramp
about Oklahoma.
He caught the hand in an automo-
bile door last night, and one finger
was badly mashed. The hand was
bandaged and placed in a sling. but
he went on shaking hands today with
the left hand.
By tonight his weakened voice was
very thick. and he spoke with difficulty.
but he was smiling his way about, as
he has throughout the West. He ad-
nitted. however, he was very tired. as
he turned toward the private car here.
early tonight. to Journey home TO
Topeka for the week end.
Gets Wild West Greeting.
Traversing the homelands of the
plains indians during the day. the
Senator was given a real wild West
greeting when he arrived at Pawnee
in mid-afternoon Indians. some of
them Kaws, to whose tribe he belongs,
welcomed his arrival there with war
whbops. Riding from the station In an
old Rocky Mountain stage coach, the
In6ians escorted him in parade about
thes city. and after formal greetings
we're exchanged on temporary stand
at the main intersection. the Senator
hasaened out to the fair grounds, where
Incsans Of II tribes were having
buffalo barbecue. He nibbled on some
OF she buffalo meat as motion picture
maoSaines pictured the scene.
Ptwnee Bill. famous show man. who
Is Known at Pawnee as Maj. Gordon
w. fIillie. rode with the nominee and
Senator Pine Of this State in the stage
coz i, and later presented Senator
Gurus with a peace pipe and tobacco
pou(Hn from the Pawnee Indians.
A4Ponca City. earlier in the day. the
Senior met the woman chief of the
Kav Mrs. Lucy Tayiah Eads, distant
relaIve. and she accompanied him to
Kav6City, the old trading post OF the
KavI where the Senator addressed an
othe h of the large crowds which he met
at e'kry turn throughout Oklahoma.
MN. M. J. Miles an uncle of Herbert
Hoo'Fr, was introduced at Pawnee. He
IL a &sident of Pawhuska.
There is a clamor for repeal or
amer Viment of the prohibition law" the
SensI pr's prepared address for tonight
declsNed. "out of all proportion to the
mum s9r making it. They would have
the Ia jority adopt system Of Govern
ment econtrol and distribution of liquor
simil r to that put in vogue in Canada.
] ami opposed to the Federal Govern
ment fbr any State going into the liquor
busir.Ess. Nor do I believe such sys-
TEN tbuld or would be effective or sue
cessflN II adopted. The women will
make nit their business to see that pro-
hibiti w remains"
He Related his experience as prose-
cutintl attorney of Shawnee County in
Kansik as a boy of "a. during which
service he declared he enforced the
State Prohibition law and closed all Tor
peka Skloons for the first time. Because
of tina experience, he said, he was con-
WINGED THAT the Federal prohibition law
can b. enforced.
Farm Relief Stand.
Goilig across the farming sections
of the State during the day, he reiter-
ated has insistence that the immediate
hope fbr farm relief is in higher tariff
on az sicultural imports. and he told
OF thel promise of Herbert Hoover to
give his first consideration to placing
agriculture on an equality with other
industries
In discussing the tariff at Ponca
City. tAe Senator cited certain imports
and slated that last year $1,000, 900
barrels of oil were imported. He said
he elfved in q duty on oil. to keep
the American market for American
PRODUCERS, and said he had been trying
TO eet ouch a duty for some time.
Representative Purnell of Indiana,
ranking Republican on the House agri-
Culture3 committee. divided speaking
time taday with Curtis. and he. too
stressed the farm relief issue. which he
said was the real issue OF this cam
paign. tAlso Mr.. Purnell declared Gov,
Smith proposed to weaken the immi-
grafton law and let in flood of a
million inew iobless men.
The Saturday excursion about the
State rAade by motor and rail found
large cIsowds on hand at every point
and Republican leaders accompanying
the Senator again expressed their
optimisIh over the election outlook in
the Staff W. G. Skelly, national COM
mitteenbn for Oklahoma, and F. A
Parkinson. State chairman. accom-
panied Am. as did Lew WentZ OF Poncs
City. wlFo arranged some Of the cere-
Inonies SStops were made by the Sena-
tor at Euthrle. Ponca City, Kaw City
Pawnee, Perry and Enid.