The border vidette., 1928-09-22
r. DEvINE ENDORSES SMITH

One of the strongest endorse.
ments of Gov. Alfred e. Smith.
Democratic candidate for the pre-
sidency, which has appeared
since the campaign started has
been given by DR.. Edward T.
Devine, dean of the American
University. graduate school, 10
Gated in Washington. Dr.. De
vine stands high in both Metho
dist church and educational cir.
cles and his decision to support
the Democratic candidate came
after a careful analysis as to the
two men seeking the Presidency,
their speeches of acceptance
and the party platforms. Here
tofore be has been a Repub
lican.
In q statement be has issued
and which appeared in the New
York Times. Sunday. September
9, DR.. Devine said:
Both Governor Smith and
Herbert Hoover have exception
al qualifications for the presi
dency. Hoover, has also, how.
ever. certain serious disqualifi
cations. He has been identified
with the administration upon
which scandalops disgrace has
fallen through the misconduct of
Fall, Dougherty, and Forbes
aud, as far as the record shows.
he did nothing to aid in expos
ing the scandal or in protecting
the public interest against their
astounding knavery. The sec
ond item on the debit side on his
account is that, as Senator Ro
binson has shown, hey has pre-
vented more than any other man,
any serious attempt to do justice
to the farmer. Mr.. Hoover has
no objection to using the govern
ment as an aid to business and
to labor. He believes that the
social welfare is legitimate ob
ject of governmental action. He
| is for the tariff and for aiding
manufacturers in finding world
markets for their goods. But
commerce includes the market
ing of agriculture as we'll as
manufactured products.
1.-THE failure of the admins
tration for eight years to bring
forward and to press with ener-
gy any constructive measures of
farm relief. it's stubborn refusal
to experiment in this field as we
have long experimental with
the protection of manufacturers,
the insulting denunciation of
sincere attempts in this direction
in an executive veto of which
Hoover approved are fairly
chargeable to the secretary of
commerce as well as to the pres.
lident.
| Governor Smith ia an able,
experienced, and resourceful ex.
ecutive. He has been a genius
for administration. for constitu
tional making; for detecting and
exposing rascality; for finding a
solution for new and difficult
problems; for growing constant
| ly TO meet new emergencies new
| epochs of human progress.
Educators find that Alfred e.
Smith is interested in education;
social workers, that he is inter.
ested in the relief and preven.
tion of poverty, in the humane
care of the sick and disabled, in
the rational treatment of crimi
nails; business men, that he is
sympathetically interested in pro
sperity and sound business me.
thods; and farmers will find that
be is intelligently and fruitfully
interested in practical measures
for their relief.
Il lived in New York for 30
years. Hughes and Roosevelt
have been governors of that
state within that period. I have
great admiration for both of
them. Yet [ have no hesitation
in declaring, as many better
/ judges have declared. that AL
fred E. Smith is far and away
the best governor we have had
in the three decades. His grasp
of finances, of administration, of
legislation is unparalleled. His
4 integrity is above suspicion. His
freedom from subservience to
any political or ecclesiastical au,
thority has been abundantly
demonstrated.
AS to prohibition. I have been
a life long 'drv'-both personal.