Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21

broadcast through the mails of this
country.
One lie widely circulated. particu
larly through the Southern part of the
country, is that during my governor
ship I appointed practically nobody to
office but members of my own church.
What are the facts? On investi-
cation. find that in the cabinet of the
governor sit ID men. Three of the
IA are Catholics, 10 Protestants and l
of Jewish faith. In the various bureaus
and divisions of the cabinet offices the
governor appointed Is people Twelve
of them are Catholics and IA of them
are Protestants. Various other State
officials. making up boards and commits
sions. and appointed by the governor
make total of 1877 appointments, of
which IS were Catholics 106 were Prot
estants. IL were Jewish and I could
not find out about.
Lists Other Appointments.
/ Il have appointed large number
Of judges of all our courts, as we'll as
large number of county officers. for
the purpose of filling vacancies They
total in number 1T of which 81 were
Catholics, 90 were Protestants, IL were
Jewish. and IL of the officials I was
unable to find anything about so far
as their religion was concerned This
is complete answer to the false, mis-
leading. and If may be permitted the
use of the harsher word. lying state
ments that have found their way
through large part of this country
III the form OF printed matter.
II the American people are willing
TO sit silently by and see large amounts
OF money secretly poured into false and
misleading propaganda for political
purposes, l repeat that see in this not
only danger to the party but dan
ger to the country.
TO such depths has this insidious
manner of campaign sunk that the
little children in our public schools are
being made the vehicles for the carry
ing of false and misleading propaganda.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa. the public prints
tell lis that number of schoolgirls
asked their parents if it we're true that
there would be another war if Smith
was elected. When questioned by their
parents as to how they came to ask
such questions, one of the girls said:
We we're told at school that Wilson
started the war in 1917, and if Gov.
Smith were elected he would start an
other war;
'"As contemplate as anything could
possibly be is an article on the very
front page of a publication devoted to
the doings of a church wherein the
Gospel of Christ is preached. refer
to the Ashland Avenue Baptist, pub
LEGATION coming from Lexington, KY, in
which bitter and cruel attack is made
upon me personally. and is so ridiculous
that ordinarily no attention should be
paid to 1t. 1t speaks of my driving an
automobile down Broadway at the rate
of so miles an hour. and specifically
states was driving the car myself while
intoxicated. Everybody who knows me,
knows full we'll / do not know how to
drive an automobile. that I never tried
it. AS for the rest of the contemplate.
lying statement, 1t is as false as this
part. .
Quotes Sunday Text.
ION the inside of this paper the
morning worship on the following Sum
day gives as tn esubject, What Think
Ye of Christi The man or set of men
responsible for the publication of that
wicked libel in my opinion, do not be-
lieve in Christ. If they profess to. they
at least do not follow His teachings.
If ! were in their place I would be
deeply concerned about what Christ
might think of me.
"A similar personal SANDER against
me was dragged out into the open about
week ago when woman in the
southern part of the country read what
purported to be a letter from a woman
in my own State. Fortunately, the
names of both women were secured
One of my friends interviewed the
woman In New York State and she
promptly denied having written such
letter. The woman in the southern part
OF the country refused to talk about 1t
and refused to produce the letter.
Il single out these few incidents as
typical of hundreds. I we'll know that
I am not the first public man who has
been made the object of such baseless
SANDER 1t was poured forth on Grover
Cleveland and upon Theodore Roose-
velt as we'll as upon myself. But as to
me. the wicked motive of religious in
tolerance has driven bigots to attempt
to inject these ISLANDERS into a political
campaign. / here and now drag them
into the open, and l denounce them as
treasonable attack uUon the very
foundations of American liberty.
Hits G. o. r. Silence.
Il have been told that politically it
might be expedient for me to remain ST.
lent upon this subject. but so far as /
am concerned no political expediency
will keep me from speaking out in an
endeavor to destroy these evil attacks
There is abundant reason for believ-
ing that Republicans high in the coun-
ellis of the party have countenanced a
large part of this form of campaign. If
they have not actually promoted it. A
sin OF omission is sometimes as griev-
Gus AS a sin of commission. They may.
through official spokesman. disclaim as
much AS they please responsibility for
dragging into national campaign the
question of religion something that &C
cording to our Constitution. our history
and our traditions has no part in any
campaign for elective public office.
I'm giving them the benefit of all rea-
sonable doubt. they at least remain
silent on the exhibition that Mrs. WILLIE