New Britain herald., 1928-10-22
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 Caught between the jaws oe thia dual attack Is . democratic state or sanitation built ID laegely by sena- tor Simmons himself. and still func- tioning with considerable purposs now that Simmons is on the cthes side. Nmnsns' colleague. Senator Overman. is stunping for Smith. ea is Josephus Daniels, Wilson's secrs- tary of the navy and . pronounced dry. All of the democratic congress men have endossed their pasty's ticket. Other elective state ekicesa also have remained in lias. aad tho democratic leaders nov reckon thl effect of 0mmea9 Aefection. not h terms of its influence on the central state organization. but h relation to his personal following among the voters.
 Wat this may mean as to the re- construction ot the demecEAtic par ty in. the stats is net vt apparent It is singular feature Of the sttu- alton that personal bitterness seems to have been kept at . minimum. The democratic organisation has not sought to discipline Int smith dis senters as they have heen disciplined in some other southern states. Thoss members of the state executive com. mittee who went over te the aatix Smith forcs still ars msmbsrs of the executive committee. The ant-smith committee, ts circulating literature in support of the democratic stats ticket. put out by tho regular stats headquarters.
 Nor has the discussion of issues run to such bitter lengths here q in other parts of the south. There has been some public talk of re- ligion and white supremacy, but fnore of prohibition and immigra- ton. the two issues on which the anti-smith people declare the nom- inee has bolted. tbs platform
 North Caroliha stands virtually alone. among the southern states in the lack of fusion between tho re- publicans and the anti-Smith demo- crats. Each organization has not only maintained Ns own identity; but the leaders say thers has been no cooperation between them. Each makes its campaign in its own way. with tts own speakers. and its own literature. Tho anti-smith democrats gre emphasizing their opposition to Smith. rather than support for Hoo- yer. Even Senator Simmons has not said he was for Hoover.
 These and other elements in the situation make 1t impossible to tn- clude North Carolina in most gen- cralixations as to tho campaign in the. south. No other state south of tho border has North Carolina's large percentage of. republican vo- ters. and no other state except Ala tama, whers the normal republican vote is7 not . serious factor, has . democratic official of senatorial rank campaigning against the party ticket.
 In Georgia, for instance. the cam paign has brought together in Smiths support elements of the state democracy which have not been united before for many years, while in states like Virginia and South Carolina. the anti-Smith movement has brought down upon its head the concerted condemnation of the ranking leaders of tho party.
 There h no question that the Smith democrats of North Carolina have made q. powerful remittance against the double attack. and now they insist they have the upper hand. although the opposition does not concede 1t. Much work still is to be done on both aides. The republi- cans and democrats both are reach. tng down into their county and pre- cinct organizations just now to de- termine the points where concentra- ton is needed. In the course of this process both have probed into the unmeasured reservoirs of . now recognized silent vote," whose voice on election day-if heard at all- will be an important factor in swell ing the chorus for Hoover or Smith. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS