St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 27, 1928
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\ SERMANENT CHAIRMAN ROBINSON WARNS AGAINST WET DECLARATE FEARS IT WOULDINVITE [=z 2s 2==={pQWEG’ SPEECH New Crowd Rules Democracy; e d unmasked graft took tell in| | ay AND ENCOURAGE DIVISION (**=2Ssae> eae | ce hee ated “Vipral } Shpg | | } “The bombastic boasts of the ROLISES THRONG ! IN RANKS OF THE PART y chairman of the Kansas City con- | | | vention and the stupefying verbos- : Vy Democratic Organization Neither a Prohibi- 10 ENTHUSIAS | ity and reckless perversions of the | ; , Once the Party of Boots and Whiskers, It Is tion Nor an Anti-Prohibition Body He De- Republican platform prompt the | declaration that beth the foreign . to Become Vehicle of the Industrial clares in Speech to Convention. : Urbanite. Piagracasy: ‘ Beare isi = named and when the & like a strong tide frexg to the sidewalks, that «¢ gathered for the great @s convention. There, Desi and Moody gathered al “jority faction in the party, are 2 | bit dazed today and find them-) ‘selves in a powerless minority, but ‘their fight is net lost. Speaking ‘broadly. the new generation in the | South has its followers: Gov- ale the oid guard of D Southern remnants of W “s All Whi | Meody is of the new 7@ type. aggressive. intelligent. pus- | ISM, Says William Allen White om sss ss"sus: cts, SSsincs core ae : j terior partments of Justice and In r, of the Alien Property Custodian’s Se Re ee ae et ee . ; a i“ ~ ‘ - —- — 7 Es ° a . - - —— and domestic policies of the Hard-— ing and Coolidge administrations | are characterized by confusion and inconsistency — the confusion re- Parade of States Follows sulting from ignorafice; the incon- K D IH : sistency arising from moral irre- EOS : sponsibility. How otherwise ac- ; Detwil B | | oh ot ALE Ws party tm Amerios, once the party o t : ‘ef boots and whiskers under Jack- reveal a 20 per cent decrease NOW count for the agreement not to “ ne Post in empleorment over 1927. fortify omr possessions in the Pa- F F ; Pockets. A Staff Correspondent oft ‘son, later the party of ruthiess re- | — “The depressed condition of .g-| cific: for the destruction of new | rom rarmers | | : Dispatch. se a aera under CJeveland, recentiy the Seuth ef Cleveland's day, « ote | tae duke? nee riculture is of common knowl- phe-"> ships and the immediate OUSTON, Tex., June io > rT. eA ‘ga ee : , Supe oe if not, they will approach ‘election @ thing between. the @ Fool amd Good Friday All night, as the bendeeal - err the bassos snort and the -quawk through the _“We with their blood. do not oh ° es a 3 co, aid X i re bee ats of as = ‘sits Gov. Moody, champion of the . te _ = ” umph in starting a demonstration seen. As beys with brooms swep* for the farmer. He painted a the ponds out of _ aisles, the | a : , bands kept up a continuous coa-' gerapni¢c picture the farmer's Ge ney p plight. He told how the Presi-| o'clock the bh ‘dent on one day “by the scratc) = 13 insid : ~-eased falling inside * in a hot little reem undél fing fan, where the phalag oid Democracy is fight | “Yes’ men who will dom _ 25 Resolutions Committee & Memy enters Northern States, the real pabarrassed by @ of this campaign is bell with a continuous, : “hough frutt- less pounding on the .bdle in front of him. and shouted * Silence!” ‘che | plea was of no effect. Then, disregarding the ndise, Shaver announced the delegates _uld stand while prayer was be- Sein of justice and ecuality. Since its) the tariff on im Re en en : : of the pen increased the tariff loot ork sata 0" og 6 Mi : — i ing ‘Saia ' Dr. Willicm States | : : was obvious that | There in the Committee @ . a pertations of proj-| Those whe urge that our plat- | of the pig iron industry by 59 per | =)2Vver. national committee chair- j..-:.s, pasier cf First Presbyterian’ he had in his mind as his hero. , lutions hangs the fate of ti formation the Democratic party | ucts which are grown in substantia] form shall assail the eizhteenth | cent’ and on the next day “deliv-| man. was late im calling the session Church. There was instamiareous' none other than Al Smith. His, to a considerable extesis sae labored to establish the doc- | surplus above domestic requirs- amendment and the laws. for its ered a homily te ‘the rence te AE, to order. About half of the dele- ineece. _veiled allusions were im perfect | fate of the Dex art ag gp ons aemeegpeeagy Scamead Yoana 'execution, should be reminded the wickedness of expecting prof- | sates were in their shirt sleeves, , ' taste. all its hopes | “i ur “Thi ar ‘het oR a 5 me » > Rae Se ‘ ee a i I . , mee | it Chante } ‘ found on Page 5. mmiftee on cls ge . ssues through which to win their City convention to » egg = te t ts suggested that no wet ; off the farmer's throat. “ay back into public favor. Sess rah ce pen “ot eae gga Se ae gee anenemicnes, That nepal it. Poses ~ cin of Assails G. O. P. orruption. 5 : : _— : pat & wai nat ne emocratic’; cheering, a North Dakota delegate he: caienes cn oO a ee ee a — not a prohibition party. seized his St te standard and be- caring the last seven years is in- | ployed hicidie’ hevthe * net ool ot _— is it an anti-prohibition gan a march about the hall. Seon aefensible from any standpoint. | political saibiethien Th oo ott rie igh pumecrate have always di- | the standards of Kentucky, Ten- “er corruption and imefficiency itor the West and of 468 oi on the problem of prohibi-|nessee. Nebraska. Kansas, Missis- ‘s paralleled only by the disgrace- West will ' ‘ _— Mi , e tion. Many sincerely advocate pro- 'Sippi, Indiana gnd other Western ‘ul prostitution of power in states he tht not support Mr. Hoover. | hibition as an econemit and moral | and Southern states were bobbing Jominated by the Republican par- @ as ied the forces opposed te measure. Others believing that its | In the precession. New York's ‘vy. The assertion of our opponents the MeNary-Haugen bill and chal- tendency is to encourage lawless- _cOming into line brought a that the Democratic party asl =™ its advecates. ness, advocate substantial changes | new burst of cheering. Before the be trusted to promote sound busi- Assails Prosperity Claim. th the Constitution and laws. ‘flurry ended all the states were “The false pretense underlving: “The that this convention represented ness is totally false. The Demo- | in the march. Even eratic party has at no time inter-— the Republican ciaim of unusua! ‘will attempt te commit the Demo-/|the District of Co.umbia was de- nation-wide prosperity is more cratic party to a wet platform has ‘ered with lawful enterprises. It is manding justice for the farmer. the defender of legitimate busi. | fully made apparent when it is dis- | alarmed many Southern Democrats ; Aided by the band. the racket kept ness. What other period since our |Clos¢d that every financial panic | who favor the continuance of pro- going for about 10 minutes. Bow- Government was established com- ‘the country has experienced has hibition because of the evidence of | ®TS improved the occasion by read- pares favorably with the eight Occurred while the Republican its economic and moral value in| ing telegrams that were handed ae of the Wilson administra. | party was in power. In 1869 when|the progress of the South. To UD to him. name: The boldest champion of ‘Black Friday’ cast its pall over |ignore the practical political aspect | Hoover and Teapot Dome. ggg Egg recall an- an nation’s . the Repub- | of -_ aigrone is be ser: and One of the bie hits. ef the eve. ciate: aaa cae ae was an party _— = measur of every ) a -_ ision Lae our a ning was the speaker's denuncia- usual profits = ested by the , branch of the Government. The and CO ery these fundamental ce ot eel ieee : Ht wehee amen > ene those eight panic of 1873 culminating in the font for which we can unite and ci 7 Oolidge silence in the alt our country’s ne ee in paanment times the —— people gens omg : : ae - cog area Dome re was profitably emplo /‘s wang peel went through — during | _ gure of Nullificastion. * I “ Socom Senaeaiton he took try eperatea full ag > indus- oe administrations ef Presiaents | Let if be remembered as the shot also at Herbert eR ENE was en an equalit : agriculture Grant and Hayes. The election of | anes now constittued, and / Drawing his ammunition from “aver eeiaaay ¥ with other | Grover Cleveland in 1884 resulted | 4s it will be composed for many | record, Bowers said: “The prosperity of frem a political revulsion induced | years, there appears TPO likelihood | — — a warning of the impend-« . bF neo means ean by distress in every sphere of busi-— of repeal or nuilification of the Ss crime (the leasing of the oil + Democratic contro! iness. The panic of 1892 originated | eighteenth amendment. The only | atemgpomitagetg was sent to a member. “Te facts of the h |during President Harrison’s admin- | i™portant practical result to be |? the Cabinet. but recently knight- justify the boast i — do not jistration, and was a prominent | ¢xpected from a wet platform 70 Oy the golden wand, he sent City platform. nu the Kansas factor in the second election of Mr. | that it may drive out of the party the letter to Albert. B. Fall with Quotes Own Figures Cleveland. } many who faver prehibition ang | this notation: ‘I should be glad eee Against G.©.| “when the financial disaster of | 27¢ Unwilling to yield their views, t® ccnvey to this gentleman any. “The Secretary ot the er oe pee poss ae | ac orem ea united “for the | gg oan ei ae a ‘ admits in his annual re rt fi jparty had been in full power | eee Pe 0 o ng ah —e use rose high as Bow- 1927 that conditions Pct oF ithroughout the 19 preceding rears. | on ee: 9 ee and for) ¢rs . w his moral: T sometimes year were worse than in stg mat | Millions were thrown out of work. ‘“®¢ promotion of honesty in gov- | —— that the virtues of silence “The President's Industriat Ce _ bread lines were formed and soup ‘mane be overdone. Sometimes si- ~OR- | hamses established in every city of sence is golden—for the thief.” assurance that comes to a gentle- man unafraid. When he had done, the democracy was roused to clam- ering cheers of approval, natural-' ly, no® controversial points were | mentioned by the temporrry chair- man: he spoke no words about) porhibition, but it agencies for private profit. | be promoted by reducing the tariff, dent Coolidge does not choose to “Jackson aroused the public to on manufactured articles consumed | #ttempt its resumption. | ‘he menace of plutocracy. Cleve-/ ny farmers: by a system ef export) 1 2ere are too many subjects of | land voiced resentment at the! Duthil ; Vital interest on which Democrats! abuse of the taxing power to en-, ebentures; or by the adoption of agree to justify breaking up over ich favored groups by the ex-/ the principle of the McNary-Ha:-/questicns about which there have ploitation ef the masses. Wilson; gen bill. Such equality can never 2) Ways been differences of epinion. defined anew the Democratic ideals’ be established by merely raisiag| Wants No Wet Plank. $7 Le sd ap 8 - me i100 7 ROW Maes f. Tago > . —_ ee ek doa oe en alae th ee a at : yar eee, eae ae ee peciinsg nn ve ae i SENN een Pear feria ne fe ‘ ids Gu a Se ee ets, : ‘ . 4 wh oh ~ “ by oe ? ¥ a See coy ‘we bf of etey ad ect speech .- It could hardly keep the; | Mecoin mask on its face and Gin-/| —- ir’s money in its chest. Eg -“Thus at Kansas City, where bey dramatized the issue, it wan st Lincoln, but Hamilton whe; 0Ows at the head of the procession. | OM Political Schools. ‘Ohe New a Bore than a century neo. To 8 BUILDING * tne foaar + is f¥eha kh oe Wiese Vow @ tand the conficting ; views ae se two men on the functions 7 nment is to grasp the @ e ignificance of this ign. : | of an artistocracy of mons Fe: ind Jefferson in 2 “ "yr «t¥¥ tvdwd the home of music in Saint Louis 1004 OLIVE STREET +} LLie ret present > the powerful: under that no ee that does not is) wenty-three years of your continuous patronage has made possible an establishment of which we are all justly proud. Created to keep pace with the rapid progress of Saint Louis and designed for eViWeVer dwiwv Treasury ernmental affairs. We are unite _in purpose to enforce in good faith . e 4 " P ee ie re . salads Saale ab aaa Fs eats ie eee 0 atrgetiae 2 SE CE ae able © ats aie $ Ba conte ate é 2° PRR G EN BE * mea ference Board asserts that business proseprity in the United States is | eonfined to giant corporations. The Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce examined 100,. $90 concerns in 1927 and reported 34,000 of them earning gp profits whatever. “The Commissioner «of Internal Revenue states that only three- fifths of the corporations manufac- turing leather products reported pet incomes for 19°25. “The record of commercial and bank failures reflects the falsity of this claim ef exceptional prosper- “En 1919, only 69 State banks and four national banks failed with aggregate liabilities of less than $12,000,000; im 1925. 361i State banks and 183 national banks with total Mabilities of $175,000,000 passed inte receiverships. figures for 1926: Seven hundred and seventy-two State banks failed With Nabilities of $266,900.900. The @ata for 1927 is incomplete but it previous year. (Se prosperous ‘the United States. “Does a fair survey justify the claim that the country has under Presidents Harding and Coolidge that it would next November” tien is to answer if. property certainly will Gevernment be safer will be no danger of its stolen! Recalls Bowers’: Speech. “Mr. Bowers in his notabie dress to the convention has dr- scribed the corruption which has @diegraced the executive depart- ments during the present and pre- ceding administrations. Such a sa- turnalia of crime and fraud never before was witnessed. Honest cor- ernment in the public interest is an ad- | “Under President Wilson our party administered the nation’s af fairs, and expended more than 3396.. 090,909,000 during the World War. We kept the record clean. The worst that can be said is that the emergency, which involved the safety of our country and its insti- tutions, caused expenditures which subsequent events have shown to be extravagant. Not an instance of official dishonesty of sufficient con- sequence to justify the merest men- tien! Immediately f the return of the Republican party to power. March 4. 1921. organized | Dlunderers took contro! of the De- heen ; To ask the ques-. the Constitution and laws: tect honest business against enterprises ‘relief, too long delayed. to i pation to which the with the Democrats in power. There| “TS®S Honorable Compromise. being | _“Respecting these important sub- sentiment among Democrats. W= of the South are happy to have a national Democratic convention as- semble in this typically Southern city. It has often been said that Democrats in cenvention can be relied upon to offset the blunders and to heal the § self-inflicted —- issue which the Demdécratic party | Note the jis entitled to make. wounds of the Republican party. “Let us disappoint the expecta- throughout the nation who look to us for the exercise of prudence and wisdom. We must demonstrate compromises and to make persona: sacrifices; otherwise the epportu- nity which is auspicious—the op- pertunity fer victorr—will be wasted.” $22 Stolen From Office Safe. A tin box containing $22 in cash was taken from the office ef the Hobart. Manufacturing Co. 1933 apparentiy by a woman who was seen leaving there just before the theft was discovered. to pro- | the unfair and oppressive | i tmethods of monopolies: to assure the invite adversity to change eontror! S*°** agricultural interests of the : Republican | | party has brought bankruptcy and | } ruin. jects there need be ne division of tion of our adversaries and realize | the hopes of faithfut Democrats wHlingness to enter into honorable . Washington boluevard, yesterday, | The power interests came in for |terrific excoriation. He told how the application of the Hamiltonian theory had made Governmen: “profitable to the powerful.” and (added: “Give the plunderbound but | eight years more of such govern- , Mental co-operation. and a com. _ bination of power companies wil! put a few men in control of the Public utilities of a mighty em- pire. Make no mistake about it —that is the Jacksonian struggle of tomorrow—once in possession and entrenched the plunderbound of the power monopoly cannét be _disiodged by the fighting ferce of -@ dozen Andrew Jacksons.” Silent on Prohibition. | Bowers at the end made a stir- |ting plea for harmony. | | “We face a foe.” he said, “grown | arrogant with success. It were | infamy to permit the enemy fo di- (vide us, or divert us, on the eve 'of such a. battle.” Vi vd «eh Vee bY UN yis Fe Uy ys © YS | Under the spell ef the Bowers. speech. the Democrats for the time being were as harmonious as anybedy could desire. North, South, East and West joined in giving him and his fighting senti- | ments @ lusty cheer. | _ Bowers did not mention prohi- | Sen. first night session of the | convention began as rain poured _ throug: numerous leaks in the roof | Of the newly built auditorium. D-.- Spite the downpour, delegates 5e- W. P. CHRISLER, PRESIDENT your convenience, we take pleasure in dedicating our new building to music ** music so admirably expressed through the remarkable instruments of Steinway & Sons « * The Aeolian Company of New York « Victor « » Brunswick +» + Fhe Radio Corporation of America. You are cordially invited to inspect the new home of music in Saint Louis. ~AEOLIAN COMPANY ¢ MISSOURI - 7 mon.” “The Tribute to ports. a Bg ren ee 4 a major evil of , + . %e » heen sg og a ee
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