Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
Program BASED on Our Is
sues" Nominee Tells Mary
land Republican Group.
CALLS AT WHITE HOUSE
FOR TALK WITH COOLIDGE
Candidate Holds Party System Is
Basis of Democracy in Ameri-
can Government.

| BY the Associated Press.
Herbert Hoover declared unequivocal.
ly. yesterday that his campaign is not
one Of opposition. but one in favor oi
the issues and candidates in the Repub.
lican party.
His statement was contained in ar
address to a delegation from Maryland
the first public pronouncement he hac
made since his Democratic opponent
Alfred E. Smith, opened fire on the Re.
publican party in his address at Okla.
homa City Thursday night.
1--WE are now in a great campaign,
Hoover said. Our campaign is based
upon our issues. 1t is not campaign
of opposition. 1t is campaign In IA
vor of the issues and candidates In the
Republican party"
Calls at White House.
Before the meeting with the Mary
land delegation, consisting of 40 county
and ward chairmen of the Hoover
Goldsborough League of Maryland, the
Republican presidential candidate spent
more than an hour and half at the
White House discussing the general
political situation with President Cool
idge, who returned yesterday from a
visit to his native State Of Vermont and
New England.
Beyond the statement that "the gen.
eral situation" had been gone over at
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nouncement concerning the confer
ence. But it is known that a number
of the Presidents friends have been
urging him to make a speech or two in
New England, preferably in his adopted
State ol Massachusetts.
Upon emerging from the White
House, Hoover declined to discuss this
matter, but he did say that he was
satisfied with the outlook over the
country. Asked specifically about Mas
SachuSettS, the nominee declared the
leaders there were going forward en-
Enthusiastically, but that he would make
no forecast as to the result.
G0ldsborough Is Presented.
In addressing the group from Mary
land, mainly consisting Of young men,
who were accompanied by Phillip Lee
Goldsborough, Republican candidate
for Senator, Hoover said that funda-
mentally the Government could be con-
Quoted only with a definite party or
ganization. He added that this was the
only way through which the people
could express their will upon issues and
men,.
ut goes to the very roots of organiza-
tioin of our form of government and of
democracy ITSELF" he said, for without
organization the will of the majority
upon great public issues could not find
expression. So those who take part in
party organization are engaged in a
public service, whether they belong to
our party or to the opposition.
II stall call myself young man, and
I am anxious that the young Republic
ans become an active part of the Re-
publican party organization. The new
generation must begin now to take over
the responsibility of the party and to
carry it on. am especially anxious to
see the young men over the whole
country enter vigorously into its work
and grow on up with it as We go for
ward. We intend to go forward, as the
Republican party has always been a
constructive, progressive party"
Gen. PerShing also met the group In
his Office at the War Department.