Show SMITH FIRES OPENING GUN GUNIN GUNIN CAMPAIGN IN Happy Warrior Takes Up Cudgel in Behalf of Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- in the East PROHIBITION IS KEYNOTE Pays Caustic Respects to Mabel C. C 0 O. P. P By B- United Pre Press Prud NEWARK N. N J. J Oct 25 25 Alfred Alfred E. E Smith has launched his campaign to win the east for Franklin D. D Roosevelt with a fighting speech in which he announced he personally wrote the Democratic prohibition plank Smiths Smith's first address on behalf of the he national tick ticket t was chiefly a are re review review re- re view of the campaign of 1928 when he was the Democratic nominee for president He ascribed the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic defeat in that election to the bigotry deceit and hypocrisy of the Republican party Then in the closing moments of his address the happy warrior declared the he only way to restore prosperity was was to elect the Democratic ticket ticket- Roosevelt and Garner Prohibition was the keynote o ot of Smiths Smith's address the same as it was o of his lis address here four years ago II lIe He declared the Republican prohibition plank was evasive whereas the Democratic Dem Dem- plank was specific in calling f or repeal After reading the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic plank Smith said I wrote that plank LANE OF RED FIRE The former governor paraded t through an mile eight lane red of-red fire a md nd green lights lightS' in an old fashioned political rally raUt here last night to r re revive revive vive the 1928 Iss issues es esHe He charged grinning fighting lIghting sarcastic sar sar- sar- sar castic as as he proceeded that Mabel Mabe Valker Walker assistant icy ey general in 1928 appealed for votes of politically minded MethodIsts Methodists Method Method- and Ku Klux Klansmen by di dl- dl of t the Republican campaign oard board of ot strate strategy Y o I r s 1 l 1 That Colonel Colone William Villiam J. J Donovan Republican candidate for governor ot f New York reported making in in- oads roads into the Democratic Catholic vote ote there sat with that board of strategy That the Republicans ns paid off Mabel with a farm bo board id loan oan to the Fruit Industries Inc of California for whom she also convinced con con- vinced the department of justice that tha 12 2 per cent wine was not intoxicating That the Republican prohibition plank meant no candidate was to be found by any platform declaration on the he subject if it conflicted with his private views And he saved any mention of ot Franklin Frank Frank- nfl lin n D. D Roosevelt the man who defeated defeat defeat- ed d him for the presidential nomina nomina- tion on at Chicago for the very last the climax imax of ot his address when he declared de de- dared lared the best way to bring b back ck prosperity is by the election of ot Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt and Garner and the entire Democratic Demo cratic ticket IN N FIGHTING MOOD 1 It was as Al the happy warrior In n a fighting mood who addressed a wildly cheering audience of ot with more listening to amplifiers amplifiers fiers ers outside the infantry ar ar- ar- ar mory He launched into an attack on the Republican party for its prosperity slogans of 1928 the Chicken in Every Pot Jot silk stockings two automobiles for or workers and nd abolition of ot poverty That was four years a ago o and weare we were ar are re 40 40 years ars wiser he said And continued Smith the last lastraw straw raw the very last straw that broke the ic camels camel's back was when the candidate candidate can- can for tor president claimed for tor the Re Republican p party parts rt credit for the increased in in- creased number Dumber of children in public schools I could not let him g get t away with ith that Down in Baltimore I said Walt Wait fait a minute now Go easy on that The he Democrats are arc pretty good th m- m selves Then as the cheering ceased he ot 1 served Incidentally I reminded him that I made my full fuJi contribution That touched off oU another demon demon- demonstration ration Smith rapidly worked toward the thc Continued on p Pale Paie te TWO I SMITH FIRES OPENING GUN GUNIN GUNIN CAMPAIGN IN Continued from Pass Pane One prohibition Issue next the main theme lof of his speech The crowd was on edge Smith had It guessing When would he mention Roosevelt by byname byname name I In 1928 both parties and then he resorted to one of ot his favorite platform plat pint form tricks both parties Smith shouted ducked the thc prohibition is sue They both laid down in fear car of or orthe the consequences A note of at bitterness crept into the happy warriors voice a as he next the activities of f Mabel W Walker Vial Wal I. I ker and referred to President Hoovers Hoover's noble experiment ment I PUT ON THE TIlE SHELF I desire to have a little to say about the career of Mabel Walker Watker Wille brandt Do you remember the time that she appeared before a Methodist Method 1st conference in Ohio and urged the Methodist ministers to go out and preach to their people to bring about bout boutmy my defeat That was wason on the theory that I had spoken ag against the eighteenth eight eight- amendment We know why it was Well what happened When the campaign was all over Mabel was being being be be- ing put on the shelf So she wrote a little book and she said deep down downin in her heart Ill Til get back on them And here is what she said in the book hook speaking about the speech she said 1 I made it at the request of the Republican national committee and not as free lance in fact I wired the committee asking twice to be ev ex from making the speech But ButI Butr I r was urged by the Republican national na na- na committee in two telegrams which I still have In m my files lUes so the thereal thereal thereal real fact is that that speech did not sit so well on Mabels Mabel's conscience He here recited the charge against Donovan Smith then discussed how the reaction reaction reaction re re- re- re action was a It great wave of protest from minded liberal people inside both parties and she was repudiated by some of the progressive thinking leaders of her own party POINTED OBSERVATIONS He ended the topic with some pointed observations on What became of Mabel Maben She was foxy Smith observed She didn't wait walt for the revolution to come She beat it for herself while the going was good and she got herself herself her her- self a cute little position as chief coun coun- sd sel of the Fruit Industries Inc of Cal Cal- Now this group of fruit growers dug up a great engineer the engineer the crowd cheered some cheered some place that was able to devise a brick of concentrated ed grapes so after it received a certain amount of treatment it just poured out effervescent like the time old-time vintage vin via tage that had the per cent kick Smith then took up Mrs Wille Wille- brandts brandt's action in getting a loan from the farm board for the fruit growers She did something else for them too She convinced the department of justice that this 12 per percent percent percent cent wine was not intoxicating That Thatis is some stunt Let us look at what the papers said about it at the time Senator Copeland speaking before before be be- fore the senate said that the Republican can party paid its debt to Mrs Wille Wille- brandt paid its debt and why So when all is said and done Mabel collected collected col col- col a beautiful big fee to make the t act ct and t the eight eighteenth n amendment look just like 30 cents COMPARES PLANKS I Smith then compared the prohibition tion planks of the two platforms cit citing cit citi ing jag the cut clear-cut short statement o of the Democrats which he himself wrote he said compared with the Republican Republican Re Re- Re-I Re publican plank which he said means a candidate can do anything he likes It It is an empty declaration It does not mean anything was not intended to mean anything Then Smith prepared to conclude his speech He demanded the election elec clec tion of Roosevelt and Garner But Buti the wave of cheering that followed the first mention of the nominees nominee's name prevented him from speaking further Smith sat down with the hall hail still in an uproar |