The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-29
JAIL TO OUTLINE
HIS PROHIBITION
REFORM PLANS
WIN Devote Whole Milwaukee
Address to Amendment and
volstead Act
SEEK LA TOILETTE VOTE
Smith Supporters Claim Ger
man and Scandinavian BE.
ment In Wisconsin
SEEK LA TOILETTE VOTE

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 20.-R1-
In this former brewing center Gov
ernor Smith tonight will lay .bsforo.
= waiting electorate his detailed pro-
gram for prohibition reform.
The speech, the sixth and last Of
his two weeks western invasion, will
be the first devoted by the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate to the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act since he advocated their
modification in his acceptance
speech ct Albany August q.
With only this one subject % his
text, it is expected that the nominee
will elaborate to some extent on the
stand he took in that address for
state control Of liquor sales and Id
the side discussion Of prohibition ct
Omaha September Is, when, ct the
close Of his farm relief speech, he
answered one Of several questions
propounded to him in = Newspaper
advertisement with tho declaration
that he did not consider liquor "the
great issue" Of the campaign.
As is his custom, Governor Smith
worked late on . draft Of his speech
last night ct the Hotel Schroeder,
whore his party ID quartered on the
nineteenth floor. A press conference
was the first engagement facing him
after breakfast today.
To Visit University
It then had been planned to take
him on Z tour Of the city, probably
for . visit 1T Marquette university,
whose students in brown derbies and
college flivvers turned out in large
numbers last night and paraded sey.
eral miles alongside the automobile
procession.
BY spending two nights in MIL
waukee Governor Smith and his po-
litical lieutenants planned to make
the best Of their odd moments, get
ting some first-hand information on
his prospects in Wisconsin in No
vember. +
Tho. late Sanator Ia Enaaaa6esee.
ried the state four years ago, run.
ming on m independent presidential
ticket, and It il the old followers Of
this Republican progressive upon
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banking heavily to aid Smith. Wis
consin normally has been, Republic
can in presidential elections, a.
though Cleveland corralled it, cleo
toral votes in 1892 and Wilson car
ried it in 1912, with Roosevelt and
Taft in the field.
young Bob" La Toilette carried
the state four years ago, running on
an independent ballot.
Seek La Toilette Vote
"Young Bob" La Toilette, who Is
up for reelection to the senate this
year, and Senator John j. Blaine,
Republicans Of the so-called Pro-
gressive school, are looked upon
hopefully by Smith managers tor
assistance in Wisconsin and other
northwestern states, in view Of the
formers statement that he could
not support the Republican platform.
and the latter's pronouncement Of
this week that he would not support
or vote for Hoover.
Smith supporters also are count
ing on . large proportion OF the Ger
man vote in this state, - well %
that Of the scandinavian elements,
and hope to poll enough votes in Mil
waukee-which, incidentally, has .
Socialist mayor and the only Social
list representative in congress-to
offset the possibility Of Republican
gains in the rest of the state.
John Callahan, Democratic nation.
ii committeeman, who, accompanied
Governor Smiths party from st.
Paul to Milwaukee, has informed the
nominee that he needs have no fears
about Wisconsin, for it was Tin the
bag" for him the day he was non1-
mated. Others, however, are not %
sanguine, and feel the presidential
contest hero will be . stiff one.