New Britain herald., 1928-04-21

! White Ribbon mothers of Amcric;
 by agreeing to place Al smith i,
 nomination for the presidcnc, of tb,
 United States.
 In lace of trying conditions When the praying women of Amer
 lea are besieging the Throne O Grace for the retention, the males ! " and the victory of the prohibi
 'lon law. 1t is uuspeakably regret.
 able that a leader occupying tn,
 rasponshl" position of John W
 Davis. titular head Of the lenlo,
 cratic party, should trample thu
 prayers and purposes of the Whit
 ilobon mothers of America b,
 agreeing to place A Smith in nom, 'na'lon for the presidency of tn,
 United States
 My personal admiration of John W. Davis has been very high, H..
 IS a brilliant statesman and a rrlneely personality; but ] aul forced 10 remind him that the Bi hie that he Was taught to revere in l's Well-ordered Presbyterian homo teaches us that If the light in fhee be darkness, how great is that darkness And his very proynl- hence and brilliancy make his ;1c- ton all the more dangerous.
 Harmony Now Impossible
 He has made forever imposs,- ble the democratic harmony for which he oloquently pleaded >as loastnaster ali the Jackson Day tlnner He has thus wounded and aeiled the democracy that crowned hum with it's highest honor. He las thus made himself the sponsor and the center of q great constiiu- uonal and moral tragedy
 After Mir, Davis was nominated. l heard Governor smith declare t"iorc the New York convention ins loyal support Of the nominee, and yet Al Smith received over aOu.- "o" more votes for governor Of New York than John W. Davis received for president.
 So much for Smithsonian and Tammany loyalty! II is such a man 'hat Mr. Davis proposes to nominate God save constitution al democracy from such friends.
 he very presence of the hero of ihe BoWory and Tammany Hall as q prcsidentialsnominee would be <. red flag in the face of American ufNs everywhere -- and there are 'nough, millions of ,hom, to block the way of'Al smith or any other liquor man who may try to enter the W hlfc House Of this nation. In fac. Of these facts let it be remembered that TO friend of democratic har- nony and victory will propose Al smith or any other wet for the pres den',al nominee.
 'ft some of our genial wet lead ITS or 5u-3o counterfeit drys who 3ro willing to barter the soul the | >'rt1" and tn" honor of the party 'nn the nation for the dream of q lamp mess o1 Gotham pottagc--it hey complain that We uncompro- nislng dryS are hard headed and bent on destroying that harmony which alone can bring victory. We 'omplacently and Loyalty remind m the side of it's liquorized null- Icatlon. Which is the moro honor h}e? Which the more democratic" Which the more fundamentallv 'merlcan? We positively erinve that u of our democratic comrades are ot content to meet HIS on the truly american ground of the constitution f the United States.
 South Holds Nhiphanl ',
 "Lct us hear tn. conclusion of tho hole matter: You know no demo- rat has ever been~electcd without le vote Of the south. You know l governor Smith cannot be elected ! HIS year unless he carries the south: nd tell you now as one who knows ! 1e southern situation, that if Al 1 mlth were nominated at Houston hd l measure my words as l say ii he Will not carry a single south K 'n state with the possible. eAcep- II on of Louisiana. largely dominated II v the wet city of New Orleans II hat then? If political Availability 'cans ability to get elected. then oNernor Smith is not 'ayailAble.' II
 T put into italics "hal said in II CIV York ill a radio speech while |l ossibly the governor and some ot II Is friends Wer" listening in Speak g on New Works Moral and Con- ltutlonal S"cossion.' declared II
 
 lat It ls nothing less than a na- onal mora tragedy for man who II IS inspired American boyhood by lmblng from east side nhScnritv in N