Evening star., 1928-05-28
Aid Given by Smiths Friends
Surprise to Many Americans

! Criticism Of the contributions comes
/ from the Santa Barbara Daily News
I (Democratic), which says: The testi-
mony proved that Smith is the ia
vored son Of the Tammany group of
contractors and political business men.
- OF course. the men who gave this
money had no ulterior aims. They
merely wanted 10 help A. They told
the committee so. Yes. indeed. it Is
well that the people should be reminded
that Al Smith dwells in the Tarmany
, wigwam, and that he Is faithful son
of the tribel Il would be well. also.
for them to remember the history Of
Tammany and for what IL still stands
only about $500. it was testified,
has so far been used in the furtherancs
OF his cause In North Carolina" OBJ
serves the Charlotte News Demo
craticl. However. this does not mean
that the friends OF the Government vii
not spend the money when the more
opportune or strategic time comes.
= When 1t leaks out from New York
that Gov. Smiths campaign managers
have plenty Of money and for spending
purposes. II is not at all probable that
the friends Of the governor in TINS
State will fail TO find places TO put g.
The Manchester Union independent
Republican,. suggests: Party leaders
outside the Empire State who have al
lied themselves with the Smith move
ment win hardly fail to draw the ns%
difficult inference that. in case ~
makes the race as the Democrats
standard bearer. hts campaign viii not
be seriously handicapped 6y lack OF
the sinewS Of war Which iS gcinS 70
be rated as gladsome tidings by the
talent"
'Conceding the sincerity Of the afTec-
ton OF these contributors for Gov.
Smith, the New York Evening Post
independently asserts: Nevertheless.
their testimony brought out the undenia-
bic fact that the list of the Smith cam
paigu fund contributions as published
10 the country comes under tire head
OF bad politics II is Just as bad pod
tics as was the large total 10 which ths
Hoover fund was allowed 20 run It's
weakness lies In the facts that il IS con-
triouted almost in It's entirety hy NeN
Workers. also that one man gave a.
most three -fourthS OF Il In the consider
able sum of $4,000. and, finally. that
o number Of the other giverS we're men
connected with Tammany finance
Discussing the question OF party funds
In more favorable light, the DAYTON
A@alAy NcNS RAuCcpcnOcnt AShtCNA StAN
comments: To put it bluntly, ne
Democrat has any business With cam
paign fund. II Is ScandalOus for lsnio-
Gratis to have money for campaiSn'
That's the speciality Of the other paftN,
and Democrats have no business nvaa-
ing the copyrighted financial field TIE
scandalized tone OF some Of the papers
at discovering that Smiths friends have
spent ON his natiopal campaign one
flftieth as much as the two Republican
factions spent In their last PsnnSyi-
vania senatorial campaign should warn
Democrats of their different status ~
fore the dollar law"
The Albany Evening News tmde-
pendent Republican,. however, aEgues'
There has been no secrecy about these
contributions, No scandal attaches To
them, They have done the governor
no harm These contributions were
natural and To be expected. And u
may be said that love and affection
for AL Smith Is widespread. particularly
where he Is known" The Syracuse
Herald independently concludes fT0m
the incident that "the smith campaign,
In all It's features, win be conducted
with the same open fFankneSs that has
characterized his eytty public act IN
3S years Of once