Show SMITH REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT ACCUSING T T. T RE Rt R OF IGNORANCE Charges Republican Clubs Protect Gambling With Gunmen VICE AT ALBANY Young Teddy's Speech Is Called Loose and Foolish Talk NEW YORK Nov 3 By By The As AZ- Associated d Pros With With a challenge that evidence be produced to substantiate charges of vice Ice In the country in which New Yorks York's capital 1 is located Governor Allred Mired E. E E Smith struck back at Colonel Theodore Roosevelt tn In a statement published today The gov gov- governor governor governor termed charges by b the colonel loose and foolish I In speeches before the Republican state com at Rochester Roch ter and In Inthis Inthis i this city Colonel Roosevelt attacked Tammany as corrupt and blamed Tammany and the governor go for con con- conditions In Albany Colonel Roosevelt Roose has little Inter Inter- Interest Interest est eat In the welfare of ot the state of or New NewYork NewYork NewYork York when at the height of a cam cam- campaign campaign for constitutional amendments I he uses up the time ot of the public to tomake tomake tomake make a personal attack upon me mc said the governors governor's reply One ol ot the amendments the gover gover- governor governor governor nor referred to would provide pro for lor the election of governors In presidential j ears ears' ear a measure fostered by the Re Re- Republicans Republicans publicans and similar to one recently defeated in New Jersey CALLS T. 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R IGNORANT Governor Go Smith said that Colonel Roosevelt Roose Is 15 entirely without under under- understanding understanding understanding standing of ot the states state's fiscal system Roosevelt's charges that police pollee raids on Tammany hall hail clubhouses had re revealed re re- re aled open gambling were admitted by the governor wise met them with a counter charge that similar raids had been made en cn Republican clubhouses in one of ot which police encountered gunmen with police records who were in the employ of ot the Republican club to protect play To charges of or Colonel Roosevelt that he hI ii had Investigated law violations In Continued on Page ige r e rive rice SMITH REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT Continued from Page One Republican counties while Ignoring conditions In Democratic Governor Smith said he had ordered Inquiries Into every wery Irregularity accord accord- according accordIng according ing to the procedure required by law regardless of political territorial lines GIVES GI SO lS SOME ADVICE D The governor go prefaced his state state- statement statement ment with mth the remark that It must seem strange to the pe le e of the state that the young oung colonel should hould devote ote himself to an attack upon mo me and my administration In the heat of ofa ofa ofa a campaign of nine nine- constitutional amendments many of of which are of grave grate Importance The statement ended with ith a return to this subject Why dont don't you try to render a real sen service Ice to the state stats he asked In con con- Talk about the pending con con- constitutional amendments no matter mat r which side you ou take You will at least be stirring up public Interest In the thereal thereal thereal real Issue of the campaign And quit the Job of trying to pull the red hot political chestnuts out of the fire for forthe forthe forthe the discredited leaders of or your OUr old d. d broken down dilapidated corrupt Re Re- Republican Republican publican machine ALBANY Y SITUATION He then mentioned the situation st atlon that you ou complain of In Albany where you made some rash and foolish state state- statements statements ments that were so bitterly criticised by the press of the country and by bym members m ot or your own party In his keynote address the colonel spoke of or red light conditions he said ob obtained ob ob- trifled In Jn the capital city You are unfair enough In n your Ig Ignorance ig- ig ignorance ignorance norance of the situation said the governor to try to lead the people to believe that there was something I could do in Albany county that I did not do No charges were filed tiled with me against any official In Albany county II It you have bare any Information about official neglect on the part of or off om officials dais of 01 Albany county and will file tile charges with me In proper form as required by statute I will proceed against them as a governor go should mould proceed exactly as I proceeded In all aU another other cases where here complaints complains were properly filed tiled GOVERNOR GO NO COP COPIn COPIn COPIn In the meantime please do not In In- In suit sult the Intelligence of the people of the state by attempting to lead them to belle belle believe e that the governor Is la a po po- policeman policeman and should go out patrolling his post every enry night looking for vio violators violators of the law The governor said that Issues l. Colo Colo- Colonel Colonel nel Roosevelt claimed to have o raised rals In his speeches were not considered Issues by anyone else Ise but were generally generally ally looked on as 14 a lot of loose and foolish talk lie Ile charged the colonel with com com- complete ignorance of fiscal matters in n the state and said MId that figures Roosevelt Roose used to bolster boater his arguments were evidently e prepared by somebody In Inthe inthe the tho Republican state committee who knows as I little about the subject as you The governor went Into the fiscal program of the state In considerable detail explaining to Colonel Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt velt that he did so for the benefit benent of those Dices few people In the state of or New NewYork NewYork NewYork York who may e have an idea that you Know something about this subject |