Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
DEM RALLY IN
RAYMONDVILLE
DRAWS CROWD
Campaign Issues Are
Discussed In First
Meeting of Race In
Willacy County
Especial to The Herald)

p~.opecla 20 The Herald1
AfMoNDVILLF. Oct. 25.-The
Ilrst local democratic rally IN the
present national campaign was held
Wednesday night IN the district
court room of Willacy county. when
speakers addressed a large and en-
.nusiastic audience on the issue of
the presidential race. County Judge
a. b. Crane presided at the meet
ing. and the various speakers were
introduced by Judge Crane. County
attorney Roger Robinson. and Coun-
" J~udge-elect p. S. Dorsett.
The principal speakers were
claude E. Carter of H.rlingen.
Judge James E. Graham Of Browns
Vile. Judge Mitchell of Mississippi.
and Judge Bachelor Of Harrington.
Judge Carter reviewed the record Of
Gov. Alfred r. Smith. which he said
was an pen book and without a
blemish. and scored the republican
party as the party Of corruption.
he challenged n one "a show that
Gov. Smith had ever violated any
promise or pledge. and said there
mad never been any national scandal
In any democratic administration.
Mitchell Applauded
Judge Bachelor. who halls from
Arkansas. lauded the democratic
vice presidential nominee, and said
that Senator Joe Robinson is the
greatest orator and political leader
NJ the present time in the South. He
said the fact that Re was the first
southerner in seventy years 10 be
nominated by either Of the great
parties was in itself sufficient
ground for all southerners 10 sup
port the democratic ticket in Novem-
Der.
Judge Mitchell won repeated an
plause in his address. and pleaded
for southerners 10 rally 70 the sup
port Of the ticket. He said that
the republican party had always
been enemies to the best interests
Of the South. ard that IL Hoover
should be elected. patronage in the
South would be distributed as at
present through negroes. He stated
that Tammany Hall through its
Irish Catholics was the only friend
the South had in the North dur
ing the dark days Of reconstTuc-
tion. and in furnishing bond for
President jefferson Davis. kept him
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Discuss Issues
The issues were gone into thor
oughly by both Judge Carter and
Judge Graham. ard both showed
that there were absolutely no rea-
son for not supporting Gov. Smith
either on the prohibition issue or
on the Tammany Hall issue. and
both flayed the injection Of reliE-
soru trtnlar,nra int ella rnF~nufww
as un-American and opposed 70 the
constitution OF the United States,
which guaranteed the freedom Of re-
ligious worship and belief. and that
no religious test should ever he q
prerequisite for holding office.
Judge Graham stated that any per-
son who would let religious preju-
dice influence him in casting his
ballot was not a one hundred per
cent American rs he was directly
violating the constitution OF the
United States. He lauded the Cath
olics as always loyal in every great
crisis in the nations history. and
stated that Gov. Smith in forming
his cabinet rs governor Of New York
had always appointed from seventy
five TO ninety per cent Of its mem
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with a few Jews and n few Catholics.
He further stated hat it was un-
reasonable 10 oppose Gov. Smith be-
cause he was an anti-prohibitionist.
and stated that no storm was arous-
ed over the nomination Of Cox and
Davis as presidential candidates.,
who were both avowed anti-prohibf-
tionists.
Predict Victory
The local speakers predicted that
Willacy county. Texas. and the ma
tion in November would roll up a
good majority for Gov. Alfred z.
Smith. whose election was also pre-
dicted by every one Of the speakers
nj the rally. Judge Mitchell III the
close Of the rally announced that
he would stand at the door and give
Smith buttons 70 all who desired