The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-25


He charged, grinning, fight
ing, sarcastic as he proceeded,
that:
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assist
ant attorney general in 1923, APP
pealed for votes of politically mind
ed Methodists and Ku-Klux Klans-
men by direction Of the Republican
campaign board Of strategy.
That Colonel William j. Donovan,
Republican candidate for Governor
OF New York reported making in
roads into the Democratic Catholic
vote there, "sat with" that board OF
strategy.
Charges G. o. P. paid" Mabel
That the Republicans paid of"
Mabel with a S20,000,000 farm board
loan to the Fruit Industries, Inc,
of California, for whom she also
convinced the department of justice
that IL per cent wine was not IN
toxicating.
That the Republican prohibition
plank meant no candidate was to be
bound by any party platform decla-
ration on the subject if it conti1cted
with his private views.
And he saved any mention OF
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the man who
defeated him for the presidential
nomination at Chicago, for the very
last, the climax of his address when
he declared the best way to bring
back prosperity is by the election OF
Roosevelt and Garner, and the en-
tire Democratic ticket.
AL in Fighting Mood
1t was cal" the happy warrior"
ina fighting mood, who addressed
a wildly cheering audience of $4,000
with $4,000 more listening to am
plilars outside the One hundred
thE zenith infantry armory.
The crowd cheered Historically as
SIN 4 stood on the center of the
pla "a, waving aloft his famous
h.. y dcrby. The hall was TANNED.
Il. seven persons had been in
t the crush. William Spray
=, ed of a heart attack as
ho in the ovation
cc.ing finally ceased, then
r. ary speeches were cut short
by of 1--WE want AL Boos
fC lent Hoover followed.
y, Smith strobe to the front
of the. rosrum only to release a new
burgt OF Gin.
Touches Off Demonstrations
Then he launched into an attack
on the Republican party for its
prosperity slogans of 1928, the
chicken in every pot" silk stock
ings, two automobiles for workers
and abolition of poverty.
"'That was four years ago, and we
are forty years wiser" he said
@And," continued Smith, the last
straw, the very last straw that broke
the camels back, was when the can
didate for President claimed for the
Republican party credit for the in
creased number of children in public
Schools. I could not let him get
away with that. Down in Balti-
more 1 said, Wait a minute, now.
Go easy on that. The Democrats
are pretty good themselves"
Then as the cheering ceased, he
observed:
incidentally, I reminded him
that 1 made my fun contribution.
That touched off another demon
stration.
Flags G. o. p. Bosses
Smith worked rapidly toward the
prohibition issue.
Il desire to have a little to say
about the career of Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, he said. do you
remember the time that she ap-
peared before a Methodist confer
ence in Ohio and urged the Meth
odist ministers to go out and preach
to their people to bring about my
defeat? That was on the theory
that I had spoken against the
eighteenth amendment.
I'VE know why it was.
We'll, what happened? When the
CdUlD0AH4A wac GIL ONG4s AldOCl MAS
being put on the shelf. So she wrote
a little book and here is what she
said in the book, speaking about the
speech:
~ made it at the request of the
Republican national committee, and
not as free lance. In fact, I wired
the conamittee asking twice to be
excused from making the speech.
But was urged by the Republican
national committee in two tele-
grams which I still have in nv
files
conscience Hurt Herr
80 the real fact is, that that
speech did not sit so well on
Mabel's conscience"
She was foxy" Smith observed.
"She beat it for herself while the
going was good and she got herself
cute little position as chief counsel
of the Fruit Industries. Inc, of
California.
Now this group Of fruit growers
dug up a great engineer some place
who was able to devise a brick of
concentrated grapes, so after it re-
ceived certain amount of treat
ment it just poured out effervescent
like the old-time vintage that had
the. 100 per cent kick"
Compares Liquor PIanks
Smith then took Up Mrs. Willie
brandt's action in getting a $780,
100000 loan from the farm board
for the fruit growers. "She did
something else for them, too. She
convinced the department of jus
tice that this u per cent wine was
not intoxicating. That is some
stunt