U.S.A. PRESIDENCY.

Grey River Argus, 5 November 1928, Page 3

U.S.A. PRESIDENCY.

ISSUE LESS CERTAIN. New York Deciding Factor. NEW YORK, November g As was anticipated, th? re-entry cf the religious issu-e. has resulted in exceptional bitterness in the political campaign, .and whether tnc new emphasis upon the religious issue wn ciiang. in popular tix-nd which is stin unmistakable tor Mr Ho'over'isi difficult xo say. It is clear, however, uiat al. Smith’s managers are now ready to eiupl'uy (-very acvice known Lo political artifice to cciuimand popular attention and support. It is avowed that Aow York btate is- doubtful ground. Th<cr? is no clear indication how it will go but for a variety of reasons, if is clear that Mr bmitu cannot lose New Y’ork {State, and win the election, a.though the same is not true for iui Hoover. New York City is staunchly democratic in the sense that it has always support ’d Mr Smith as iJoveruvr. The campaign managers have therefore decided on a .’monster parad e through the city streets led by Mi bmiiln and. with admitted showmanship it is conceded they will so manage th demo-istrairbn as to show jK-. u ar im Lhusiasm even exceeding n-c ixcep lion to Lindbergh. Proof tnat sac». -» demonstration may have politic*., effect is vVen see*; in the fact that Wall Street betting commissioners dcclaic it wiki probably have a decid'd effect on tile b-tring odus. The campaign has entered lire pnas of so called “crowd manoeuvring.’’ REPUBLICAN In a Btatemeut rcpulsoig the charges bigotry, the Republican National L«-.n* •untee has declared: ‘‘The vituperative outcry of Tammany slander-mon-gers is the most despicable cxhibuio. ■his. country has ever witnessed < bigotry, that knows.no decency.”

Tnc final sentence in the samv bialemjcnt is probably tine of tn strongest bearing the official stamp o. an American political party; •in ••amjitign has descended from tlie s.ihr waiks of New York to the gutters vt New York.” The Republican National CommivGdeclared: “Under the mockery of denouncing it, Democrats have introduced the religious until it is now' apparent that this shameful sub.erfrTr- has been artfully employed I<. substitue passion and prejudice for serious consideration of the issues.” WHO IS TC BLAME? Tito Democratic National Committee has product-»l a number c-f legal documents to prove that the Republicaim are distributing literature asking for opposition to Smith, because he is a Catholic, and demands that it be stopped. Senator Misses, one- of Mr Hoover‘a -ampaigu managers, was charged with ihe responsibility, lie has replied that he caiin'ot rumember whether the lit. rature sent out conained religious matter, and added: “Mr Raskob and his Presidential candidate, in the closing days of the campaign are like Moh.:i,nimed.a ns proclaiming holy war. The St Louis headquarters of the Democratic National Committee! have been busy for weeks, flooding -certain sections of the country with vicious attacks upon 3ir Hoover’s religious faith.”

COOLIDGE'S PART. MR HOOVER’S CAMPAIGN. WASHINGTON, November 2. After hearing Mr Hoover speak over the radio, President Coolidge sent a telegram to the Republican Par'y’s candidate as follows: —“Your success in the campaign seems assured. I shall turn over the great office of President of the United States to your safe keeping, sure that it will be in competent hands, in which the, welfare of the people will be secure. Your addresses have disclosed breadth of information and maturity of thought, and the soundness of your conclusions on public questions has never been surpassed in a previous Presidential campaign. You have had knowledge and judgment which has enabled you to tell the pe( pie the truth. You have been clean, candid and cour'eous. demonstrating your faith in the people and your consciousness that truth has a power and conelusiveness of its own, which is always supreme.” The mos age. it is believed, will be the only public pronouncement of Mr ('oolidge on behalf of the Hoover.