Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
CAROLINA SENATOR
ASSA|LS RASKOB
Morrison Describes Chair
man as monumental Mis-
take" of Al Smith.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

JOHN L. Raskob, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, was
characterized as the monumental mis-
take of our great candidate for Presi-
dent in 1928, the Honorable ALFRED E.
Smith" during the Senate debate to-
day by Senator Morrison of North Car
DINA, dry Democrat.
Senator Morrison, recently appointed
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the late Senator Overman, is the
Democratic national committeeman for
North Carolina, a member of the COM
mittee over which Mr.. RaSkob presides.
Senator Morrison insisted that if RaS-
kob and other Democrats undertake to
make the Democratic party wet they
will receive the worst drubbing" that
any set of men ever received in Ameri-
can politics.
Attack Follows Talk by Tydings.
Senator Morrisons attack on Chair
man Raskob came after Senator
Tydings of Maryland, wet Democrat,
had talked for more than an hour of
the "hypocricy" Of the national prohi-
bition law. The Maryland Senator gave
statistics to show that in North
Carolina 81 stills had been seized for
every 10000 population, about three
times the number Of stills seized per
being prodded by Senator Tydings, the
North Carolina Senator burst into his
defiance Of the wet element in his party.
"Oh, it is heralded all over the coun-
try what great leader of the Demo-
cratic party Mr.. Raskob, our chairman,
is" said Senator Morrison. II submit
that the only political significance Mr.
RaSkob has or ever will have is that
| he is the monumental mistake Of our
great candidate for President in 1928
the Honorable Alfred E. Smith. Mr.
Raskob came into cur public life like
other chairmen. Few men can remem-
Der who any of them were few years
back.
Denies Leadership.
But it is said that he has become
great leader in cur party since his
| sudden entrance INTO our politics.
| deny that he has any influence or that
he is any leader in the Democratic
party. He is chairman of our commit
| tee because Gov. Smith made the monu-
mental mistake of naming him for
, chairman, and as soon as we nominate
another candidate for President, if not
before, Mr.. Raskob will disappear from
American politics as suddenly as he en-
| tered, in my opinion.
If Mr.. RaSkcb or those responsible
| for him undertake to use the EXecu-
! tive Committee of the Democratic par
ty insolently to fix the policies of the
Democratic party and determine them,
| instead of leaving great questions OF
| policy to our national convention and
to representatives of the party in the
! House and upon this floor; if they ad-
vocate carrying out the will of these
nullifiers of the Constitution to deter
mine the policy of the Democratic par
| ty, they will meet defeat before the COM
mittee, in my opinion. If they carry
! the committee, the committee will re-
ceive the worst drubbing that any set
| Of men ever received in American pol
iticS in the next Democratic national
convention.
! Senator Morrison supported the Dem
ocratic ticket In 1929 although North
Carolina went against Smith and fol
President Hoover in that election. He
has made several speeches in the Sen.
ate since his appointment, denying thai
the Democratic party will be wet in the
! general election next year.
Senator Morris Sheppard Of Texas
co-author of the eighteenth amendment
earlier today challenged Jouett Shouse
chairman of the Executive Committee OF
| the Democratic National Committee to
name the States "he had in mind when
| he said that they had already taken
| such action as to indicate that the
delegates to the next Democratic na-
| tional convention" would provide wet
majority in that convention.
Il think" said Senator Sheppard
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