AL SMITH AND FAIR PLAY
(l?> ('. W. Tillet t. «>t ( harlotlt', Prominent North Carolina Attorney.)
Hear the \v«r«l of the near-icono-
High m -ru! ideas ought to be
promulgati ! 1 lnjrh inula!
plant and solely b\ highly moral
i let hods.
I'h- !t -ni- > in 'he promulgation
if high m >ral idt-as • .iuh.* Hi be
t'loSt. atld tllo-i "Illy, whose lives
art- exemplifications, to sol(K' extent
lea '.. •( liis.li moral ideas,
liu', : ill art indeed a provincial if
you hav •• n't traveled far i neiigh
iroiM tiu i»ln *■ * ' ,Vi»ur uativiti"
liarn Ilia'. high mural '■•! a> an - • t
un promulgated upon the lowest
i uiral plain and that the leaders mi
u.cat ii al c'-usade- art ■•l'tt n lln-il
•
u;: .. and' "/ail i M
v • i- ! ariii-ii aiiv •• at tnc
tali .. ■ his 'in
nviiiir thf doctrine of the Holy
i riv;• -
; » : •• t that I'opt Crt'K'i.
ii ,!i.|i:i i alvii: iat h \i-1 il > belieVi-d
that I' l was • i>•:*.tr *.••>! serene nr..l
v;i pr• in itiiivr th«- best intiiests oi
t-i church.
Pr> . f'.\ thf -ann -pitit though
i loss degree that prompted I'ope
lirnrory ami John 1 aivin to ilo what
tray htt i- animating main of our
ioicnitiM '■ ifsiiistiis totiay. 1 ni't'd
lot challenge their good ta;th ami
*■ 'i  rr. V « i {»'.« t» my
way of" th nkinir. tin offense of a
I iiai Icgol who. refusing to be i-n-
I cht '.fti. u'" ■- f i wanl in unh ly
i anie-tnc- in thf pfrpftratiHii «»t a
■h'N'hus wrong. i- - aii t It -- than
tr.c trmif him win- a t> wittingly.
\ tii:td of a i-fiitury ago, wm
.. j ,f ware fiidt avorii. r to
I:i t' thf I'u.M of tfiiij' ran. »• in
> . .. ('ai"iina hy securing. as our
•, st step. certain mild legislati n
i gula.'i.g t!u litpior traffic. ! h -■■ ■
• fi-f many zealots who hit' rly tU—
i. ~ i.. ~ u- a - biillg ill li-agl..' with
• '.an. r interests in ausf our j ro
, st-i! Ifgi-iutioti tliti not coruinplato
i .;'lt-*. prohibitii i. Hi-h o ti»t!i
way. thi greatest bishop of Soiith
i :'i Methodism. iiappetii.d i i 11 n
on state at that '.ina- md. bung m
firir.id of thf situation, hf toni
ti.rtt'd us I uttering an apt
aphorismi "W* 11. 'it s hard t '.ell
■s i; • i'. tilling tiu faiisi of temper
f legislation mort harm the
1 i!• ami fanati.  who fav ( i it or
t.-.f ra.- a!.- who oppose it."
Ir. a word: The permanent success
of Ch-vi-'. ianity tannoi ht- p"imo,etl
by unfair and unChristlil.e means,
n:.tl thf pt in.atii nt sii 'it - i ' t 'ni
j.tvant''- i ami"; In- promtii i•> un
tair ami : ltfmp'-ratf im'i. ■
Thfst '.iiii i i sfi vatioi'- ar ■ ..illft!
fi r;h i y my , oiitf mpla: on •• r thi
•.aua.i now hi-mg wau. d .inon
(',■ vi :' !i i' Smith a- pri«pc. tiw
!'i mot rut' amlitlatt tor I'rt'sitlt i i
a-', oppti.-iti n lia.-fd fit'.if upon
th" fat-! that (if i- a  atholii or up
i' hi- attitmh up n thf
i.ut-ti' :., or moi, frtti'ii-i.t!v up •
'•nth grou; ds.
t'nju-t Altarks On Smith.
S'-iiif wffks ago oiu' of thf most
■ nt-ir Hfiiio rati poiiii'iails in
»r.; -- tati a man i-onsidfivd by
;• ..ir>i 11-:•' . aigf- a- '■!!( f Nor', h
t arol.aas loaning -tati-siiian -aid
Ir:- to if "Mr. Tillctt. ' ha\
1... ■ i-i i Sunth for l'rt's : -
i ■ ' ■!:• i itragfoiisl\ unfair
! - .nado ' • 'ii him hi*i 1 i
Sit • - ■ ■ wii
-i!t n. fd n • ia my oppo-n ion to
. . • | t',l t ' .... ''l.t
, ■ ■ ■ . * i. ' im ; i
th„
I
>• .1 i.. . .tii's i i Smith si'iiu
••. A S • *•! fir i •-V
n.:;'. tali \ f V' .l ran; hut boat
1 ~1."
Trial i-. piT'iap.-. a hai.-h ,-aying.
hit hofoi'f 'ondfinniiiK nif '.oti
j-vvt'ivly. i lfa-f iiad and inwardr.'
il.';t'st what :s barf writtfil.
Ami wh'i : s ti. ; - Al >miti .'
i:' knowing naught tit- you turn
for y ar i ii-'.vfr to thf pai-i's oi
sonu oi' tiif ifliuious journal- of
tht day. or if you listen to th word"
Lit-red fioin .-.1111111 of the pulpits
lint! platforms by many of thf
pn-aihcr- and moral h adfis. yog
may bo led to say: "Al Smith -
tr.c of thf most (k'spit'itblf haiat-*
ir- that has over ri-on in th • ptlblif
life of AiiK-riva."
Lot nio rio a iittlo more sporittc:
Tr ■ othor tlay one of the groat
kadt'i's of moral reform said in - i
sjiet-.'h made in this state:
"Al Smith h a traitor to Christ
ianity and a traitor to his country."
Trait us to Christianity are de
serving only of hell-fire, and traitor
to their country are worthy only if
the gallows of a Benedict Arnold.
.Such, however, is the picture y.iu
get rf him if you listen only to those
who are what do Maupassant railed
I'd haters,' " and tht re are many i
of thc-o "good haters" of Al Smith
h re in North Carolina.
Again: Who l» Vl Smith?
Again: Who i- this Al Smith'.'
W i 11, if you will It i nio. a moss
back Hour!nil 1 >OlllOl rat. a roL- of
Ret! Shirt day-, make answer. I v. i!l
••Al Sin Ii is the great ti'.itstan 1-
ii Ili nio rat 1 f the W'llole 1 I'.itetl
State* totiay'"
A'..: as the ! d State- - the
folclll.'.- til 111 ■ l!I go', t "VI 111 'it "I,
tin wor •'. 1 must trnusl '.'.i my In
i-.i'iiuin into internal if'ia l !.ng •. am!
"Al Smith is the •.•■••cu •'-' ! n_
icj lif nuvrat of Ihe w ii. !.■ • ••>• ■ i I
I! -. i t again: W i- rt d
Al S
Ir, , f .. YOl . .-1 ■
1 ■ Ii : ■ • lit l»ll ' ''lfSt 1 t
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\, \ " 1-i io-gf W. Vi i K 1
sham, a former attorney gi'iier.il
uiltli r lo i uMi all at:..;.: '. lat
-aiti that he was "Cm most usefai
mati in thf t oiivfiiti n."
In a l>rilliant article ncciitly writ
-1 id: by a fiirnnr I'nitftl States sen
ator thf immortal words of llutl
yai'tl Kipling wire aptly applifd l'
Smith as one who could "walk with
kings, nor lose the common touch."
Four times elected governor ft
thf state of New , i "i'k, an honor
never equalled but on t in the poii
tii.i! history of our country, a ! -
thollgh t 1 illl pel led to collaborate with
l;. publican legislatures composed in
large part of obstru. tionists. he has
in vi thfless. succeceded in procuring
thf ailoptioii in the stato of New
York "f moi l eoii.-trut tive 'fgisla
tion of i igl 1 haia ti r than Im.- Inn
put tlir. igh by aiiv go\,iiior 111 'he
willde 1 'id State-.
A natn • North Carolinian, wli-i
moved t " New York :it> yenrs I
ami then- worthily attained jiiuh (
position aniolig the fort ino-i ft h' s
pii'fi s-ioii. a man W hom I havf I
kii"W n for lo years, one wm se opiu
: 11 is entitled' to tlie 'lighf ' • 011-
sidciatioii. not a politi iali and icv
er a Tammany man. recently utter
ed tins seemingly extravagant en
comium: "A! Smith i-. ai in all,
the best - tit t etl man in the i'l.i't I
States for President."
More important thai all: lu'in.g'
al! the-e years as g .'. 1 in r :i. mis
lived under the tierce Ii"' 1 '! that
beat up.'ii the giltied donie of the
a pit ol ~f Albany, ami yet a"d vet
not a single serious chai:,.
against !iis personal or official char
at'lcr has i ter been sustain d. -v. !.
in fa t. about the only charges tl.i.t
hi- eiieiiiies and ■opponents idi.id
native Tetltly !>eing excop'i !i nek
ti establish are that he is a Catholic
am! an anti-ptohibitionis..
Kioni a New York Hast Side
tem im nt | : 'list- to tiu capitol Ai
bany! l hat beats Abe I.i 1 >-1-. 1
hun'ilif i fold. Am! yet. while you
have heard -cores of sermons and
lectures holding up before the youth
of Amen a the life of Lincoln as
a great example of what can b.
at complished against great odds,
wh 1 i.- there among you that has
eve. - heard from a i'rosti slant pul
pit or platform, where the speakt 1
was opposed to Smith's candidacy, a
.-ii'gle word of praise?
Why? Aral again 1 ask. Why?
Hon About 1 Itoinan Catholic For
President ?
Some weeks ago l>r. Wade Harris,
tin- ' ruiliti ami ai 11-infornietl etlit iv
• ! th • Charlotte Oliserver, in r•-
spoti.-e to an iiitiuiry fi on Thf t>n:-
. 1 .i'ii. wi"'f that whih there wa
s' 1":.g 1 lion lo Smith upon the
L-round i! it lie was an antifi'ihibi
ti-i i t. iii'Vellleless "the litjit -r titles
.- lit - - • ' tent fa'toe agail.
•. i, a- .'.'licit ii .• ."
Fills erf-■ all in a!l, 'lie 1.10 t
1 t|i t If! 1
• 1 ! ,i a:c-• II - a ' . :!.
i" Oft! >;■
v I ..ie .1 .1: 1 ■
. . h" ft alls al. wi " . • u-il
tin- ! I'.'.-sta'lt im 1 . ' 1
iv.ti op r.ion. this ho-iility. in
• 11;• 1 a-• even hatred of the :£o
ii.ar 1 ith >1 i i'iic h is s • iagrai-cil
'.at it ha- li-'oi!"• a putt of lllt
.iiii-con-cinus religious life of a vasi
liumiicr 'f people in North Carolin i
. am!, iiiiii-eii. in Ihe wiio!.- South. *1"
' my way of thinking, tin- i one of
the greatest blots upon I'l'.lto.-tailt
t 'hris lianivy of th" present day.
but siippo.- '"hi go out among
inielligent patriots who are s 1 hi'-
teily opposed to Smith ami ask them
wheth'-r they deem it. proper to op
pose Smith solely because he is ~
Catholi.. I will wager you that in
nine cases out of tin your miostian
will be answered "no". 1 will wag
er again that in nine cases out of
| ten your interlocutor will say: "Oh,
! but Smith is the protagonist of the
i 'wets' and that really is why 1 am
i against him."
In other words, Roman Cath >1;-
"ism and "wetness" constitute a two
, fold objection to Smith and in most
cases are as closely connected with
each other as were the Siamese
' twins, although the ligament that
binds them may not be always visi
ble.
i I have, moreover, a feeling th:t
1 1111 st of the intlligent people who
I evince this hostility to a candidate
for President solely because he is
a Roman Catholic are really asham
THE DANBI'RY REPORTER
l ed of it, and for that rea.-on you
rarely hear anyone of intelligence
give as his outspoken reason agaiii.-t
Smith that he is a Catholi..
A prominent and well-informed
citizen of the state said to me the
other day: "Mr. Tiilett. vast num
bers el our people uho are giving
a- '.heir reason against Smith th.,i
he i.« ::ii anti-prohibitionist tire rem
ly at hi art opposed to him because
In is ji Catholic."
V ,u will observe that 1 have M
tin. ti the foregoing observation to
the act- iin.'. sayings of intelligent
I'n.', stunts. I have made o i men
tion of the \a-t horde of ignol'tk"
illiterates who have been led to lu
lu .. ih.-n the i ip'c is in i hri-t
aril tiiat tin Unman Cath'h- .In •. i
is the syiuiioli "beast" so bitierlv
a. ..'ii. M!;.' iil ,n tiii bonk • ' Ke\-
lation. Vou need not rt>a-on •.-■• i* ! ■
th ' " ':. - that ' :•».
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■.' il .' • Viet.
Vv i i- - -t;ing at na :i lh>
I'i .• d State- i oii.-ii'.litioii, i. Sum i j
or :!io-e who opjiose him s"iely b
tail e he i.- a I iltllolic? Let's see.
The tiliril section of the sixth i
article of the constitution of the |
I nked States i.intains tin- empha
tic inhibition:
"No religious test shall ever be
required as a qualification to any
otlice or public trust under the
United States."
That section plainly forbids set
ting up as ii test of any inan's quali- I
ti- iiti ill for the otlice of President
of the United States the question a
to whether he is a Protestant or a|
 'ailmlh.
Your lawyer will prolnil ly tell you
tiiiii that clause of the constitution I
was primarily intended to prevent
Congress from enacting a law which
would forbid a man to be elected o
otlice solely because of his religion.
For the purposes of this discussion,
1 need not tiike issue with that in
j tei'i'ietation. That se.t . n of the
United States constitution, which
I originated with Thomas Jefferson
the greatest of all Democrats, did
not get into the constitution byway
of .in "amendment" but was, at the
very first, laid down as one of the
bed-rock foundations of governnicu:;
, and this section, as well as the dec
larali HI of religious freedom con
tained in the bill of rights, was most
■jeeitainly enacted to prevent an at
tack upon any man for otlice under
the United States solely because of
his religion.
When you lirst exercised the elee
tive franchise m North Carolina,
you pr miseo upon the holy cvan
, gelist of Almighty Cod to suppor;
the constitution of the United
States. It', alter taking that oath,
yoll have opposed a man for Presi
dent of the United States solely be
cause he is a Cntholi*. then y >u ma.\
■ not have broken the letter of ymu
\ ow. i>t.ii certainly ymi have not onlv
violated the spirit of the Utiit■ i
, States constitution but you have at
, leptetl to sap and unncrmiticd one
i .it the pillars of our -ystcm of gov
ernment,
A few weeks ago there appeared
, in a current permdi ;ti a di-cussion
of this very question by Dr. Hough,
one of the most prominent oivine
1 i i the northern Methodist chui 'h.
who has been past n of the largest
church in Detroit '. r ten ;,car.-.
That great preacher i nldly advour--
ed the election of Ii Catll'li .is
President without any referent
, however, to the cainadacy of A;
Smith. In the climax of his argu
nient against the n gious bigotcy
. iiinl iiuoleiance tin, ..oiild deteal
eaiulioalc 1.-r otlici del.v be.au-e
lie a Catholi -, Dr. ilougeh said:
" «•■!' I rot. sta:: i i.-t-s i . \o'
f... a ' a:la lie wh ,-natii ti r an I
amliti:.- he at mil- a! with wia.se
poll :e- he agree-, . ,il nuiue- t! '.
r.-! ii.-::i - inpl) oe .. - iht Candida' •
i ' ath. . . . tin.: . ■ ant I- n
\. •• o; of the 'l'lnie i oi t1... pr:\. •
i "! Ar; i'i hio
i•• - li. :g il i';e !.. i-ha- • «•
v. I'. I will . •.'■ Dr. M
i ~i e: »Ugll '•> s.i,\ 1,111 I iy ooi;
ion, one v. iio blatantly opposes a
• a.!-, .ale i-r otlici -oL-ly ii ■ ail
; in- i - a l'a. i di'. -oiir. IK s
i .via ■! i. ;.:. itiZt 11.- hi| .
Vile lien l.iif\!
.Mine he.tri did 1, rn within .a
w.: a I read in the i tpers two weel
agti an inierivev.' gicen out at Ua
le:gii by our vein ralilo ,-tate treti- ■
urei, Honorable lien La y, touchii g
the very matter under discussion
here He saitl that he was against
|AI Smith for President solely In
j.iiuse Smith is an anti prohibition
j ist; but this patroitie citizen, sup
! porter of the United States const;-
i tut ion both in won! and deed, Pre -
; byterian elder of bug standing,
, father of the most brilliant your.s.
,! 1 resbyterian divine in the south,
| being against Smith on account el
• j his religion. On ijie contrary, he
i disclaimed in the strongest languae.c
! j uttered this mat.hless sentiment:
i I "1 have saitl that I would be
pleased at the opportunity to vote
. j i'i:i a Catholi'.' for President; and
, , have also said that ii' the Demo
| cratic party ever nominated a Cath
, ; olic I ho pel' l my state would vote
, | strongly for him just to show how
I big North Carolina is."
I When 1 read those glowing won'-
■ 1 threw my hat in the air and, with
glad acclaim, thrice repeated, I cried
i aloud, "Vive Ben Lacy!"
"Abou Ben Adhenil May his trite
increase!"
Loyalty of Catholics to (Government.
| 1 cannot pass from this phase of
! tin- discussion without iiiakin;, an
other allusion to the uilumny fre
quently uttered against our Catholic
citizens that they arc not. and can
not In 1 , perfectly loyal to our gov
ernment because their church il •-
mainis of them that tlu-ir allegiance
to the pope lie regarded hy th iii as
superior to their allegiance to their
country.
Whatever abstract theories of ,ci
pal supremacy in temporal ui v -i• • :
may -he deduct d from the dugma
ami leciums of popes, cardinals or
others, we who live surrounded hy
our 1 ath di fellow-citizens. observ
ing thein every tiay in every rcia'toi
o! life from the highest to tin' low
est. Know full well that C;,i|- li
aie just as loyal in this governor nit
ami to their country sis are tile Piv
testalits. I cannot express n;. self
in more temperate language t ian
this:
lie who awl's that ill • : nil
('ath tlic- are ie-- loyal to -l i
gnvernnii'.u than are the Protest -
an's. is lilh'-r a willful onilii r. ;.n
iviiora'iiu- 01 ,i blind lii;-, i.
'l'll • • "I* ill'' !••> ai;\ •!.' V ■ i i
ican  .I;r.oii - • >\ i•: t. i • ■
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11 - . lest 'I :i '.la', is a,, f-r i!«s assio.i
vi/.: Should thy Democrats ret'tis
■ i'i nominate, and if possible, to elec
: Al .smith as Picsident solely I." :usi
j In' is an anti-prohiliiiionist? I. h
lis the til test ami most avaiiabi
I candidate of the Democrats from all
other standpoints, should the Demo
crats ixfuse to nominate him .solely
hecatise of his prohihition recon! and
that, too. in the face of the ''act that
he may he found to lie lit- only'
Democrat who has the /'igSc.-t ;
chance of being elected?
To those questions, if I make i
pi v. I will answer in loud tines:
"No!"
1 grant you that I. ■ 'aiming to be i
nothing lait an firing mortal. and
being greatly desirous of 'in.' cie
lllon Deiif r.-rat in the White llouso
before 1 die, may be 'n:l l nicil. t •
some extent at least. b\ my rohti
dent belief that if Smith is omi.i :
j ed he is just as sure to be e|e .i d 1
as the sun is to rise on the tii -"
; Tuesday after the tirst Monday :i
j November, 1 t'US, while, oil the other
hand, the nomination of any ith i
I Democrat except Smith will !"• a
useless formality.
1 tut back to my point. It give*
me ureal cause of satisfaction tlv .
1 am in good company in demanding
that irrespective of the cniul.iiiuy , !
Smith, the Democrats ought not . i
make a can .idatc's opposition to
prohibition a bar to his nominatim
provided lie is in other respects en
tirely competent. Hon. Jose ihu.s
I Daniels, i.tlc of the few nationally
known Democrat.- in the state of
I North Carolina, a man who has held
. for nearly in years foremost places
1 in the louncils of the church and of
the state, withal, one of the most
I ardent prohibitionists in the United
States, gave utterance recently t'i
ja sti iking epigram that has hern
j quoted in practically very nuws-
I paper in the United States, viz:
' "The Democrats should let relig
! ion and beer alone."
| By that cryptic saying I undcr
! stand the former secretary of the
| nav) to give it as his opinion that
i in the forth.oming Democratic pri
! mary. the matter of a candidate'*
I religion or the matter of his stand
|on prohibition should not bar him
from the nomination, provided, of
| course, that the qualitications of the
i c anddate be otherwise such as to
! make him worthy of this high h.ni
i
1 When l'resident Wilson was gv
-1 ernor of New Jersey and certa'n
. Democrats were trying to inject th.'
prohibition question into the pla;
j form of the Dcnin. rati ■ party of
New .Jersey, thi- patriotic Christian
, said:
"I do nit believe that party pro
grammes of the highest conseqilen
to the political life of tic state and
he nation ought to be thrust to
iii" and lill -ly t miliarias: cd f,.r
hi! ;; rvl'i n.s t ~; e tll r. by making :'
pol ical is.-tie of a great question
that is essentially lion-political non
-1 ;•. a'., . "f ii line. • d iii o- ..a •
~:i
I'i r. .1" a • '*ii!S\ t! .. !'i\ i
• •it' \. Ii- • . and A!:. t». 111 i \, ■ 1
:• thou a.'.tD oi high-minded iiad'"'-
.o i■ i De.no uit i• ! ••! rt;>. >1 • i,i>:
tcini. tliiit "party programmes ,n
iile highest . ons. quolKV:, to the |,.-
litii al hie of ii.'.' . iute anil iatmn
ou;.i|ii !o In thrust t i op.i si'ic at. t
In if t It's sly . mbarr: ss. M" by making
the prohibition question the !■• ilia
ant is.-ue in the i liincils of th - Di m
ocrti:' party.
l'resident NViison and i'rohibiton
\\hat |ilace, yoii ask. has "Presi
dent Wilson and prohibition" in ;
discussion of "Al Smith and fa:.'
play?" Let's see.
I yield to no one in admiration of
Pre ident Wilson, and 1 mo--t
heartily approve of the glowing in
eoniiums bestowed upon him by
prohibitionists who laud him in un
measured terms as the outstanding
Christian among nil the Presidents
of the United States, nowithstand
ing his record on pr.ihibition.
But President Wilson was not a
prohibitionist and, while he nevet
espoused the cause of liquor if h.
were here today, he would not vote
against Al Smith in the primary
solely because of Smith's opposition
to prohibiten, but instead he would
severely censure the Democrats here
in North Carolina who are doing
that very thing, some of whom are
now loudest in their praise.
More than that: President Wilson
vetoed the Volstead act; did all in
his mighty power to kill it dead and,
■if he could have had his way the
Volstead act would not be tn oar
statute lio.iks, the vexatious iiiti-f
iif all this bitter nnd acrim minus
controversy.
Nmi may rail mv at tout ion to thy |
fart that, in his veto message, I'resi- 1
dent Wilson referred to the "saint- ,
SUA' object" sought to be ar.i»mpii«h- j
111 by this ait, but I rail your at
tention to the hut that lie also sa'il
in that vet 1 message that the la v
rcgulutiong the "pi rsonal custom*
and habits of large numbers of our
people" (Meaning thereby the drink
ing customs and habits) "ought not
tn lie changed exiept by estalilishe I
processes of law" and that the Vol
stead at f did not comply with thi =
c-indili )i. Hut after ail. the import
ant point is: President Wilson ve
toed tlie Volstead ait and thus '
tried to kill it dead.
Nov to the point: l!y what law
i f taiine-s do those wh ■ profess o
o; po.-e Smith s doly mark the v. oil
"solely " because of hi: I'i.tH'.! oil
prohibition. laud Wil-on -is a mm! 1
I re.-idi :ii notwithstanding I.is r -
ord on prohibition
week.- ago. there apptai ..
in . i'elii: i• ■1 - join nal it! Nor', ii 1 'ai
,!; I,;i. IdoOi l' ! eolldoinil lie.;
Smith num.t:>ured terms, ailing
on !.!i ;in pi ■ In 1 • tii .at
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I'o you tail thai i'ait I> H ;h"
1 • ijy u • h .'oar :• to lard 1 hr,
ta.ll et ll'-
In the sane latagmy of unf.-ir
attacks is the onslaught thai tl. ,
; "good hater.-" of Smith make upon i
' him because he is backed and sup- I
ported by that wicked organization.!
Tammany hall, while at the same |
J time 'hey receive with silicon
though silent satisfaction the ba.-k
--! i.-ig and support of the Ku Klux 1
Man, the "hooded monster," the
I great terrorising law-breaker.
| Is that right? Is it fair?
How About Judges Stack And Sin- ,
t!air?
Also: How about ostracizing from 1
the church and from the prohibition 1
party the thousands of men in North
Carolina who are acceptable ntenib- >
irs of Protestant churches and pro
nouured prohibitionists, but who
t have come out boldly for A 1 Smith
for President?
Let me illustrate by singling out
two of North Carolina's most useful ]
and distinguished citizens,
j Kvery one will admit that 110 two
men in the state of North Carolina, '
in public or private life, are render- 1
ing more effective practical service!
in enforcing prohibition than i~ be- I
; ing rendered by two of our Superi >1 j
inurt judges. Stack and Sinclair.
' | Kach of these eminent citizens ha-'
' decalred himself unequivocally for
1 | A 1 Smith for President, and each
'of them will vote for him in the
: | primary. Each of them is a stain It
and loyal member of a leading Pro
testant denomination.
I I ask you this: Should either of
these patriotic Christian offuials be
put under i..e slightest ban, either
civil or ecclesiastical, for exercising
I his right to support Smith for
1 President?
1 am of the opinion that there
cannot he found in any confereme,
synod or convention that has already
met or that will meet before ele -
tion day next year, a single man or
woman who has rendered such effec
tive and practical servkc for the
. temperance cause as has been reii
• tiered by each of these judges, al
though 1 admit there will be found
i 1 in all these religious gathering-
I and "resoluted" about the enforce
ment of the Volstead act far more
' than has either Judge Stack or
■ large numbers who have "mouthed"
Judge Sinclair.
i Now to the point: Doesn't it seem
t.i you a bit ridiculous for a lot of
! | men or women—none of whom has
' rendered service to the prohibit!! u
cause a hundredth part as effect >\i
as that rendered by either of th.se
• judges to meet tog-ether and pub
lish a denunciation of Al Smith
hrutum tulmen at most cou- luii in
language which necessarily :>•••-
' math's Judges Stack and Sinclair
• be.a-i.--e of their su-o or*, of Smith ?
linforcemeat ol Volstead Act.
PiU' y HI a-k: W ill Siui'.h, if eK •;
i 11, ollfelci till Volstead a. t ?
1 cai.not toll yo.i that he will, r :>
1 nil tell you with 1 onfuien e 1m?
In v ii: e'ltnr. ■ it . 1-1 1,.- well
at,; i'le-ie has. i nforced it si".
I it >as 1:1,1. t-' .'.
tin other day, Judge Florence
Alii i ol 'Je- Supr-Mil • court l'f 'l'ni I.
perhapr the m.r-1 r>olid l.intn ••
juiist -in e the ur.y of IVrtia.
i speaking befme a national orgae;,.-
t afoii 01 women i.i Washington.
: said: "The United States is th •
most lawless country in the world."
A prominent judge in Illinois ex
pressed practically the same senti
ment last week when he said: "The
- United States is the must lawless of
countries."
Whether these pessimistic state
ments are true er n it, 1 tannot teli
i" you; but I will ask you this simple
question: Suppose .'.l Smith had
been President of the United Stales
' continuously since the passage of
- the Volstead act down to this time,
t and then suppose that the state of
« lawlessness as to the enforcement of
• law, particularly the prohibition
laws, existed just as it does at
1 present, is there a shadow of doubt
but that the failure to enforce th •
Volstead act would be attributed by
• all of yur great anti-Smith moral
' leaders to the fact that Smith had
1 been all the time President?
I Will Smith enforce the Volstead
■ act ?
: Unquestionably, if elected, he will
• enforce it every whit as will as it
has been enforced under President
1 Caolidge, and us well as it'will Lie
1 enforced under Hoover, Lowden or
, Dawes, if any of them is elected.
Th* y say the ease with which a
• drink of liquor cun bo obtained in
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 2:5, J^27
New York city is due t-> the .1-
of law enforcement there, tor \\;.i .'1
jtl ivernor Smith is mainly ivs.-or.-
sible. and that this is a lev.iti ;•:!* -•
argument against Ins candidacy t n
| Pi esident.
Well, if that is true, pray teb me
! whether the ease with which .1
drink of liquor can be obtained 1 1
Charlotte is due to the law cilfiTiv
inent of the law here for wr.ic'i
(iovernor Mi l.ean is mainly re
sponsible; and tell me whether. .1
(lovernor McLean is nominated foi
President (as some think not im
possible.) you v. ili use the cuf'»:vi
nv.'iit of the prohibition law a- 1.
argument against hi election?
If not, why not ?
' If Al Smith should advise an.' in
to violate either the letter or the
spirit of the IMb amendment or
of the Volstead art si long as they
are parts of our organic law, I. i n
one, would regard him as a law
breaker and unworthy of ho!,; n:. -
any olii e of trust: i.ti- I ch.iL :ig
; i in shew me single wid 'ha',
ae iias e. er littered ad', isnig ' ;• v
bidy to resist aay lav. of tin i n.'--.i
Slat er of tii" - tai.- oi N-w 1 1...
!•' i' i- 111. 1 • 1 eroal pyi-H A
.0 law e.'it'o: ei lent tiiat >- . or
di m.-citiimr. thro 1 . h-'iivr.ti- .
I'.aii «!!> ain r. :. ly •'.router .: • - I
1.. • lia ' th , 1 Hi:;* •!• I
i-y  • 1•: S'r •' -i ■ •.'in j- • o ... I
.. 1 . \ 1 —.. 'i i.i i • •
-v ...
: • !:• to .- 1 I.i ...i . it «
Hat a ' v. ii;: : In * at. il ay ' ■
. v- rt-.i 1 :i jn ; :'.'i •• »'••! -m: •'
.111 *vh.i te!I• \o. |-.. 1 , Co. 1
.1 y |a-.v on ill-, .-•.atttte 1 ■•!-:. .
.. • nivellitig hypocrite, an,' •••:•• -vi'i
lolls yo'.l that he obey ail the l. v •
is a prevaricator.
Smith violated no law of liod 1.1
I man when he procured the repeal
of Ihe New York enforcement a,'.,
although I lo not at all commend
'or appr >ve his course in that re
j spec t.
Smith Doesn't Favor Intemperance.
It is grossly unfair to Smith to
1 say that because he is an «»ti-: f'
hifiitionist he is, therefore, in fuv r
! of intemperance.
I am in favor of the 1 Sth ami'itd
-1 ment and of the Volstead a.t, but I
1 would regard myself as an int.d.r
, ant bigot or a blantant fanatic if
I denied to others of my fellow
citizens, many of whom are far wi
ler and more patriotic than I, th'
right to believe that the IMb aiilit J
ment and the Volstead act did >t
promote temperance but. on the ---i
trary. have bred lawlessness, a'i I
1 that in the promotion of the best
(Continued on page I
j Christmas
Moneyfor You
| Search Your Attic for Fortunes
in Old Envelopes
Among the old letters of many fami
lies are hundreds of very rare stamps
! and envelopes. Many have been found
! and sold for fortunes. Single envelopes
have been sold for as high as $6,000,
and many have brought upward: of
SIOO each. It sounds "fishy," but it's
true. They are valuable because they
are rare. And they art; rare, not he
cause there are only a few, but simply
because most of them have remained
' stored away and forgotten, in old
I trunks, family cht-sts and closets.
Make a thorough scan-!; through your j
attic or store room f r such old
—anything mail.'d from 1845 to ]>!6sj
Fortunes in rare stamps have baeti
found in old trunks which no one ever
dreamed contained thing of value-
Keep the letters if you wish, but send
the envelopes to Mr. Harold C. Brooks,
Box 1.'23 Marshall, Michigan, and he
will immediately write you, sta'ing.
their value. In sending the:n to hint
>ou are not obliged to »•!! unless his
offer meets with your approval. Any
thing not purciiasi d lie will return in
| good order. Mr. Urook*. who is mayor
(it his city, i? a private collector and
! ha- paid thousands ol dollacs for aid
1 invciopcf hi.'.riti3 st.:: p?. AUhottdi
| the rare is-.\;-- ar: ispeiially de-iicif
iic alio buys t.iaiiy ol t!.»• .'jtnmo.itir
ki. is. Many pc in way are
pcttine (Joist a..- muni'. lilt \:iy
I littl, t O'ltilj!c ::u i '
'liie I"ir~; Nation.;! link ■! Mar.-!;, 11,
Mil-:,., write : "Mr. 'V -k- h. • 1.-'-n
, it: !m-2tic•* :u f ■" tv.'et.tj y-.irs. jii
v.iii rn.il.*? no i. i ' :k- -.«•».• 12 > 11 rei :r>-
2::.::'! aim to -. c vu: :v of
i t!.. fullest ct.a'.u.i a., Loth flll-i.i i..l!y
| ii *1 * I pi-t -iiiiiilly.'
Mr. liiooks -tat"i that th 're 59
many itittcrent : tam[-: which .tie sir.:!-
lar in app'.'urar.eo ha cantait ior !e
Values, fretn written d-.'si-ripiiot-s. but
1 rou.t se-j the en.'i h-pes. !-'urilv.-r..i.-irc.
j he is not interestct! in bini'i,; ioo?s
i stamps or stamp c.-'kctions. hut cn'f «
j the old envelopes bearing postage; J
1 do not tut tl'.e st '.mps from ilm env-i
--! opes. It is not necessary to write d-.ct-s
I on envelopes as Mr. Breaks is fully
| acquainted with all issues even th >-.ii;t).
I tiie postmark shows no year date,
i Those especially wanted ar - Unite J
\ States issues, but he ;oso buy* G nfed
erate, Canadian, Hawaiian, and certain
foreign stamps provided they are on
; the original envelopes and mailed not
| later than 1865.
If envelopes are sent in a bench they
should be carefully packed in a card
board box to protect them from dam
age while in the mails. If» you have
reason to believe your envelopes are
of special value send them by regis*
' tered or insured mail. If you have no
old letters written during or before tho
1 Civil War, show this notice to your
! friends—especially those whose fami-
I lies have lived in the same home for
several generations. Many old families*
old banks, and law firms still have
stored away hundreds of letters, wait
ing to be burned or sold for large
sums. Before destroying such envelopes
or folded letters investigate their vane.
Mr. Brooks' address is as follows:
HAROLD C. BROOKS,
Bo* 223 Marshall, Mich.