Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-20
ANTI-SMITH
MAN SCORES
dem NOMINEE
Crowd Attends
Hoover Democratic
Rally Held Friday at
Court House

Declaring that the man doeSnt
live who Is more free from religious
prejudice or more charitable than
himself. II. Bascom Thomas, anti
Smith leader in Texas, told an au-
dience Of approximately rs Hoover
democrats and republicans in N po-
litical address In the Cameron coun-
Nv district court room Friday evening
that he opposed AL Smith noe be-
cause Of his religion but because Of
his views on prohibition and "the
face that he has never voted for con-
structive legislation since the time
he first entered politics % years ago."
The small crowd present TO hear
the anti-Smith leader showed marked
enthusiasm from time to time ms the
speaker heavily scored the democrat
ic nominee or took a fling mt Judge
+. w. Seabury of Brownsville, and
county democratic nominees who have
been strong in their support of Smith
in this county.
Flags Local Leaders
"This Judge Seabury and the coun-
ty officials here have issued ulti-
matums, proclamations or whatever
you might care to call IL, demanding
that the free and sovereign demo-
cratic voters Of this county support
Alfred Emanuel Smith," he said.
Tell me who are these county SER
wants TO order you to vote as they
see fit?" he shouted. "They are ser
wants Of the people, not rulers. They
are no less a servant than the truck
drivers on your streets and we are
goiag TO bury them, along with old
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that il would take a drag line 10
days, working "a hours a day. to dig
down to them. We are going to bury
them, these peanut politicians, with
their faces down so that the further
they scratch, the deeper in they'll
GO
Thomas declared that Hoover
would be elected BY the greatest ma
jority polled for q president during
the past quarter of a century and
that Smith would suffer the most
whelming defeat suffered by a demo-
cratic candidate during the past so
years.
Renews Attack
Turning again to his attack on
Judge Seabury. Thomas declared that
you people don't have to worry
about the threats from this man Sea-
bury you've got down here.
"We1l bury him along with a lot
of other peanut politicians we intend
laying alongside Of Alfred Emanuel
Smith,"
Thomas declared that jefferson
was known as a republican, not a
democrat, and that he was elected
to the presidency as a republican.
lie charged Smith with being the
head of the most corrupt political
organization in any civilized city in
the world.
In lsuding Hoover, he claimed that
the biggest thing the republican Tan
didate had done since his campaign
home al West Branch. Iowa, and open
his campaign for the presidency"
Tells OF Hoover Service
He also gave n record Of Hoover's
services during the world war, enum-
Grating the honorary degrees con-
ferred on him by universities of all
countries.
what university ever conferred a
degree on Alcohol Smith :" he asked.
In attacking Smiths agricultural
policy, Thomas said the democratic
nominee never saw N stalk OF cotton
IN It's native haunts "until ne went
down to North Carolina after his
nomination to play a gam OF golf
with the governor of that state"
Immediately after closing his adj
dress, Thomas. assisted by Jesse
bennett, republican county chairman.
began handing out folders published
by the anti-Smith organization, on
the front Of which was claimed to be
q picture Of a negro Tammany boss
debating TO a white stenographer.
DIR. s. X. Hallam. prominent anti
Smith worker in Cameron county,
opened the meeting by introducing
X. b. Creager, national republican
committeeman for Texas, who in n
few well chosen words introduced
Thomas IN the vnth@rfnU