The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
PERFORMANCE MEANS MORE
THAN PROMISES

The Democratic party have selected the OLE
battle cry, "Turn the Rascals OUT their cam
paign slogan.
As their standard bearer they nominated
man of very high attributes, Albert E. Smith.
Mr. Smith is the acknowledge head of Tam
many, organization which has thrived on graf
of the rankest kind ever since it was organized.
1t was heralded before the convention that Mr.
Smith would insist plank in the platform de-
manding the modification of the prohibition law.
AS sop to the strong dry element of the South
a plank inserted which stated that an hones
effort would be made to enforce the 18th amend
ment.
The bole drys accepted the plank, and every
body happy.
One may not agree with Gov. Smith but he il
not trimmer. In spite of the "dry' plank in the
platform, in accepting the nomination he wirec
Houston that he would insist upon the modification
of the Volstead Act.
The dry leaders of the South are up in arms
1t is question whether Mr. Smith could have beer
nominated if plank in accordance with his views
had been made part of the party platform.
The fat is in the fire and prominent Democratic
leaders of the South will hold gathering at Ash
vile, N. C., to see what can be done about it.
Much buster made over the relief the Dem
ocratic party would bring to the farmers. If the
Democratic farm relief plank is placed side by side
with the one adopted by the Republicans at Kansas
City few weeks ago it will be found that they are
practically the
Not for many years have two able and clear
men been nominated for President as Herbert
Hoover and Albert Smith.
Mr. Smith has shown ability Governor of New
York. Mr. Hoover has proven that he is probably
the ablest administrator in the United States.
Mr.. Smiths viewpoint is governed very largely
by the boundary lines of New York and the extreme
East.
He has always lived in the atmosphere of in
dustry. Every breath he has ever drawn has beer
industrial.
Mr. Hoover by experience and training has
world wide viewpoint. BY his splendid and unself
ish work during the World War Europe and the
United States learned to appreciate his great abl
ity his humaneness and his integrity. AS Secre
tary of Commerce he has shown marked ability.
A piece of legislation which will mean much to
the farmers of the middle West and great North
west is the building of the st. Great Lakes
waterway. The East, and particularly New York is
strongly in favor of the Buffalo-Atantic waterway
which would be very expensive and would not bene
fit the Northwest farmer and business Mr.
Smith naturally is committed to the Buffalo plan.
1t is generally admitted that Mr.. Hoover is ar
engineer of marked ability He has carefully in
vestgated the proposed routes and strongly favors
the st. Lawrence waterway. He is, in fact, chair
of the st. Lawrence Waterway Commission.
Regardless of the Presidents stand on the Pro-
hbition question he cannot change the law Congress
must do that
While there will be reduced Democratic ma
iorities in the "Sold South the Herald does not be-
lieve that the Dry leaders will be able to take the
electoral votes of these states away from Mr.
Smith. There are thousands of Drys in the South
but they were Democrats before they were dry.
To the Herald it appears that the voter Of the
Middle West and Northwest, particularly, should
consider which candidate would best serve the
whole people One who has world wide exper
confines of his own State One who favors the st.
Lawrence-Great Lakes Waterway, or one who spon.
sors the Buffalo-Atlantc waterway built at an ex
orbitant cost and paid for entirely by the Federal
Goernment, and of no benefit to the Middle West
and Northwest.
Referring again to the platform one will find
that the Democratic organization have pledged
themselves to appropriate money for various activ
ties which if carried to frution would send taxes
sky high.
During the Coolidge administration economy
has been the rule and taxes have been reduced by
hundreds of millions each year for the past several
years. Mr.. Hoover can be banked on to follow this
sane plan Of government.
If one will glance back over the few admins.
of Grover Cleveland in 1884 it will be found that
the party has been mighty long on promises and
very short on fulillment
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