Evening star., 1936-01-27

piled since March, 1888, q record so
strangely at variance with the plat
form promises made at the natiox:Ai
convention of 1892 "" The resent
ment stirred up I" in Washington
shows that his arrows reached the
mark"
Buffalo New York; Times Demo
cratic)-Al has moved uptown. =
Karl Marx in the Union League Club
would seem no more fantastic. as we
look into our memory of the Smith
that was; the Smith who now attacks
the New Deal as socialistic. The
speech will tend to strengthen those
who are prone to bolt.
Rochester IN. " Times Union lin
dependent) This statement that the
basic principles OF the Democratic
party have been disregarded by the
Roosevelt administration was exempli-
fed in convincing detail by Mr.. Smith
10 in their own interests
- the people of the United States
should walk out" on an administra-
ton which now seeks mandate to
carry to their full extreme such reck-
less and dangerous plans and poll
cies.
Syracuse IN. W POst-Standard
(Republican).-Gov Smiths condem-
nation of New Deal policies may well
be major factor leading to its de-
feat in November 1t reveals that even
liberals have turned against it; that
the forces opposed are not those OF
"entrenched greed not selfish inter-
ests. AL Smith is one OF the foremost
liberals Of the country.
Philadelphia Record independent
LiberaD-Al Smiths speech revealed
more about Al Smith than it did
about anybody else. We fought
for AL once-when AL was fighting
for the plain people" but Saturday
night he had few words for them
/ He did say: Il was led to believe
that it (the Democratic party) be-
longed to all the plain people" Al
was right. 1t does belong to them
now
Philadelphia Bulletin independent
Republican, The Happy Warrior
has come to the parting of the ways
He will not follow the Roosevelt line
of march, and as he leads there Is NJ
doubt that many will follow. Hi.
| further action is not indicated. Bu'
his trumpet never yet sounded retreat
Philadelphia Evening Ledger IRE
| publican) This is a fight within thu
Democratic party. The Millions
of Democrats who feel and think a!
Mr.. Smith does serve to emphasize
the growth and the intensity of thu
opposition to the Roosevelt administra
ticn that have developed since March
4, 1893, and especially during the las
six or eight months.
Louisville Courier Journal Nnde
pendent) The chief interest in A
Smiths Liberty League dinner speech
=" was not so much in the assault
he was expected to make on the RooSe
velt administration as in the disclosure
he might make regarding the part h
would play in the approaching presi
dental campaign. He was disappoint
ing when he touched upon the cours
he will follow.
Kansas City Star Hndependent)- =
Certainly millions of Democrats viii
share the serious and multiplied mis-
givings of their chosen leader o.
eight years ago What is more, Mr
Smith not only has spoken for them
but for the millions of other Amer
ican people who have become vastl!
and increasingly concerned over tn,
dangerous tendencies of the regime a
Washington =.
Houston (Texas) Chronicle Dem
ocrat)-The issue now should be ont
of results. Gov. Smith met thi!
simple issue only to assert, AT thu
end of three years We are just where
we started" The most charitable
comment on this statement is thai
Gov. Smith allowed rhetoric to gel
the best of him. The people o1
America know we are not lust where
we started" They know we have
come a long way, indeed.
The Detroit Free Press independently
With clean hands he could hold uE
! to the judgment of the Nation the
record of an administration which has
broken faith with the people anc
of a chief magistrate who has broken
faith with God by stabbing in the bach
the Constitution he swore to upholc
and protect.
The Detroit News independently -
Voters by the million will be influenced
by what he says. The admins
tration's complete reputation of the
Democratic platform, SO thoroughly
described by Mr.. Smith, seems to us tc
be the part of the speech most dif1icult
| to answer.