U.S.A PRESIDENCY

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1928, Page 7

U.S.A PRESIDENCY

DEMOCRATS’ CANDIDATE

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NEW YORK. August 23

Governor Alfred Smith’s nomination speech was delivered before a crowd of people estimated at 100,000, as well as being broadcasted throughout the nation.

The speech has received a mixed reception, the comment being generally 'divided along partisan lines.

It is interesting to note, however, that Governor Smith’s opponents, as, well as his friends, declare that his 'stand on prohibition is an unequivocal one. There is no mistaking the meaning of his statement on the subject. Various individuals and newspapers, however, question whether, as President, he can bring the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment any nearer, and declare that the system of modification which he advocates would not be any more enforceable than is the Volstead Law itself. ■

The item of most importance in the reception of Governor Smith’s views seems to be the enthusiasm with which he is acclaimed by the Democrats themselves. Individuals and newspapers of the Democratic faith take issue with his Prohibition views, but they commend his honesty and his candour..

The independent newspapers editorially commend Ihe high plane on which Governor Smith and Mr. Hoover are conducting (he campaign, and they predict a close light.