Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-07
Chaudoin Writes of Smith-Hoover Campaign

To The Herald:
| have been much interested in
the exchange NJ letters between the
Rev. DR.. s. X. Hallam Of Browns
willie and Judge Fl. VI. Seabury.
chairman az the democratic cam
a~torial district Of Texas.
| have known Or. Iallam for az
least fifteen years ard have always
had the utmost confidence in him.
as a man. as n minister of the Cos
pei, and as a public spirited citi-
zen. and no one who knows him can
doubt. for one minute. his honesty
and his integrity in taking this
point NJ view in this great noliti-
cal campaign In this presidential
year AZ 1928.
AS for Judge ~Seabu-y. have
known him since 7 came iato the
Valley twenty years arc. ard J have
always found him w he an honest.
upright, sincere man and f-svcr.
one who has always taken an active
part IN all political campaigns in
his home city. in bis county. state
and nation. a man who has served
our great state in q lawmakirg ca
racitv ard who has g'v9ys made the
law, politics and statccraft a sincere
study. / cannot help hut believe
that 2 man of this Kind who has no
axe 10 grind. who is not seeking any
political nrcfcrmcnt but who rs do-
vo,irE his time for the SUCCESS W
his party and for the good nr our
country. is far more capable WI see
ing behind the smoke screen that
HI developing over our fair south
land ~ befuddlc the minds WI those
whose experience in politics has al-
ways run alone oue narrow line
that NJ prohibition.
! have %contcHdcI all along that
the great issue before the PEOPLE
IF . country today d. honest gov
eminent, honestly administered. We
already have prohibition. It is \
law Of our land today. but we wilt
have 10 admit that the enforcement
Of that law under tho republican
rule has been a farce, and the law
has been so openly and flacrantly
violated in the great cities Of the
North. IL does look ~ IN the drvz
of the nation would lose an conf
dence IN their promises for future
enforcement.
The people Of New York state very
soon found out that ~ was imnoE-
sible IN enforce the law in IN ir
state. aS m least seventy-fiye rc-
cent of the people WI the state were
against the law and the state leg
islature. which was overwhelmingly
republican. repealed the Mullen and
Gage Act and threw the enforce
mcnt Of the prohibition law back on
the federal government. but Cover
nor Smith. az the same time. ad-
monished the Officers Of ,thc city.
counties and state to do an -hcy
could towards assisting the federal
officers In their work Of enforce
ment. al Smith. knowing the scnti-
mCrt of the people NJ the great
state If New York. as he dit. would
have been crazy not IN have signed
the repeal If the law w. nasaed. he
also being III favor WI the modiricl-
tion Of the prohibition law. and ny
has always claimed that Fly il stands
today, IL is not just what th- great
majority az the people want. But
Al Smith can Do no more than any
other man can do towards bringing
about a change in the 18th Amend
ment.
A few bigots started TO use Al
Smiths religion as a smoke screen
IN order to defeat him, but the re-
publican committee AZ Washington
tried to stop that a. they soon found
out that II would backfire on them
too many Catholics and liberals
all over the country-thoy could not
stand for that. but they waited a
little too long: the fire had already
gotten the start ar them. They are
working hard % quench those bitter
fires of hatred. but YOU can see the
smoke Of this issue coming IN out
OF the hearts Of narrow-minded
biEots all over our country today.
Now, DR.. Hubert Work and his
committee had decided To- use the
prohibition screen only in the
South. as they figured that this was
the only section of the country
where the prohibition issue would
do their party any good. mt a few
days ago a prominent woman Off.
cial. one whose salary Is being naid
by the taxpayers of the country.
hoped over into Ohio and address
ed p large bunch Of Methodist min
listers On the smoke screen issues
OF the day and signed them in A
a body for the Hoover cause. OF