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UNION RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., AUGUST 23. 1928
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Of DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
SMITH SPEECH
IS PROGRESSIVE.
HUMAN, STAND
Democratic Nominee Pledges Seit
to Administidtiorffor Benefit
of All the People.
AGRICULTURAL PROBLEM
TO GET PROMPT ACTION
Will Enforce Dry Law. Stamp Out Cor-
ruption and Recommend Change*
to Oongress—Promise* Hon
est Tariff.
ALBANY. N. Y.. Aug. 22.—Before an
Immense throng which gathered
hear his first pronouncement on tl
Issues of the Presidential cam pa ip
Governor Alfred E. Smith accepted t!
Democratic nomination for Preside
here tonight in an address which
courageous in its terms.
Governor Smith pledged him- ii a*
his party to the restoration of hones
in government; to the promotlr-
real prosperity for the whole
through actual rather than fai
economies and reorganization in gov
ernment and the enactment of sound
tariff legislation; to the establishment
of a foreign policy opposed to unwar
ranted intervention in Latin-Amcrlcan
countries and for the outlawry of war;
and to the stamping out of corruption
In prohibition enforcement
The Democratic candidate placed
himself squarely on record for farm
relief and premised to call together
the best Informed minds among farm
ers. business men and economists Im
mediately following the election to
devise a practicable plan for the con
trol of surplus crops for submission
to Congress at the beginning of his
administration.
"Upon the steps of this Capitol
where twenty-five years ago I first
came into the service of the state, i
receive my party's summons to lead
it in the nation." said Governor Smith
in accepting his party's call. "Within
this building ! learned the principles,
the purposes and the functions of
►eople
testation of the Democratic pwty*t ; members,
position on the tariff. Governor Smith ,
declared:
No Business Upheaval
“The Democratic party does not ard
under my leadership will not advocate
ar./ sudden or drastic revolution in
our economic system which would
cause business upheaval or popular
distress.
"The Democratic party stands
squarely for the maintenance of legiti
mate business and a high standard ot
wages for American labor.
• Pay no attention to the Republican
propaganda and accept my assurance
as the leader of our party that Demo
cratic tariff legislation will be honest."
he declared. "It will play no favorites,
it will do justice to every element in
the nation."
He said foreign policy has its roots
In the approval of the majority of the
people and that bw regarded It as s
paramount duty to keep alive the in
terest of the people In questioi.s of
foreign policy and to advise the n lec- i
torate as to facts. He promised to
stress the necessity for restoration of
cordial relations with Latln-Amerlca. ,
fundamentally Important | ki
bb agriculture. Is sick almost to the [ s ^
point of economic death," said Gov- H
ernor Smith, taking up the subject of ^
The Republican administration has oa
made many promises of legislation to ^
aid the farmer, but has kept none of H
them, be continued.* M
"The tariff is Ineffective on com- , |
modlties of which there Is exportable , |
surplus without controlled sale of the P
surplus." said Governor Smith. "Our )
platform points the way to make the k
turlff effective for crops of which we ?
produce a surplus. "
"Co-operative, co-ordinated market- |P
lug and warehousing of surplus farm j k
products is essential Just as co-ordl- ^
nated. co-operative control of the flow jr
of capital was found necessary to the | f
regulation of our country’s finances. : ^
"Our platform declares for tne de- w
velopment of co-operative marketing £
and an earnest endeavor to solve the J
problem of the distribution of the cost ►
of dealing with crop surpluses over a
the marketed unit of the crop whose ^
producers are benefited by such as- r
sistance. Only the mechanics remain ^
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The Republican administration has i to be devised. I propose to substitute ;
signally failed In Its endeavor to re , action for inaction and friendliness for Q
move the causes of war. he continued, hostility. In my administration of the rl
‘I pledge myself to a resumption of j government of my state, whenever I | £ ^
il endeavor to make the outlawry
of war effective by removing Its caus-s
and to substitute the methods of con
ciliation. conference, arbitration, and
judicial determination.” he declared.
The President has two duties with
respect to the prohibition question, he
*
onfronted with a problem of this
character, 1 called into conference
; those best equipped on the particular I
I subject In hand. I shall follow thut ^
! course with regard to agriculture, sa
! Farmers and farm leaders with such rV
' constructive aid us will come from | H
I sound economists and fair-minded kd
n. bodied In bis oath leaders ot finance and business must ua
work out the details. There are vary- Jww
ing plans for the attainment ot thejM
end which is to he accomplished. Such kd
plans should be subjected at once to | La
searching, able and fuir-minded analy- |r|
"The first I
of office." lie went on. "If with <>ne
hand on the Bible and the other hand
reaching up to Heaven, 1 promise the
people of this country that ‘I will
faithfully execute the office of Presi
dent of the United States and to the
best of my ability preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of tbo
United States,’ you may be rare that
I shall live up to that oatii to the last
degree.
privilege
i know
is
give
iself
which has reared him and raised him
from obscurity to be a contender for
the highest office in the gift of its;
people.
"With a gratitude too strong for
words and with humble reliance upon
the aid of Divine Providence, 1 accept
your summons to a wider field of ac
tivity.”
He sounded the keynote of his en
tire address when he said:
Constructive Government
"Government should be construc
tive, not destructive: progressive, not
"1 am entirely unwilling to accept
the old order of things as the best
unless and until 1 became convinced
that it cannot ho made better," he con
Uoued.
"It is our now world theory that
government exists for the people as
agaiust the old world conception that
the people exist for the government,”
he said.
The candidate reaffirmed his belle
in the soundness of "deliberate action
of an Informed electorate.” He re
ferred to the public Issues he carried
to the voters la New York State and
"That direct contact with the peo
ple I proposo to continue in this cam
paign and. if 1 am elected, in the con
duct of the nation's affairs."
He said he would strive to make the
nation's policy a reflection of the na
tion's ideals. Cleveland's phrase.
"Public office is a public trust." now
takes on new meaning, he said.
"The Republican party \oday stands
responsible for the widespread dishon
esty that has honeycombed Its admin
Islratlon,” Governor Smith asserted.
The Governor attacked the claim ot
Republican prosperity.
"The Republican party builds its
case upon a myth," he said.
Four million men out of work,
whole Industries prostrate and wide
spread business discontent do not spell
prosperity, ho continued.
"Prosperity to the extent that we
have It is unduly concentrated and has
not equitably touched the lives of the
farmer, the wage-earner and the Indi
vidual business man," said Governor
Smith.
Republican leaders have tried to dl
vert attention from the real situation
by a propaganda of governmental
economy, lie asserted.
The Republican party promised re
organization of the government, he
i the struc-
> is '
s tha:
i In 1921.
against which, he said, the official
spokesman answers only, "We have
given an economical administration."
"I assert that there 1* no proof,"
Governor Smi’h declared.
After giving a summary of the gov
ernment finances, be pointed out that
as against the claim of tax reductions
there were actually $24,000,000 more
federal taxes collected last year than
In the first year of the Coolldge Ad
administration.
It is not economy to refuse to make
necessary expenditures to provide fa
cllities for the transaction of govern
ment business, lie said, pointing cut
that scarcely a city In the country has
adequate quarters for federal bualaun
at the present time.
Anticipating Republican a.ia;e; ra
> the very limit execute
the pledge of our platform ‘to make
an honest endeavor to enforce the
18th amendment and all other provi
sions of the Federal Constitution and
all laws enacted pursuant thereto.”’
Tho Governor promised "ruthlessly
to stamp out” the present corruption
In prohibition enforcement.
"Such conditions cannot and will not
exist under any administration presid
ed over by me," he asserted.
Continuing, he said:
"The second coustltutional duty im
posed upon the President is ’to recom
mend to the Congress such measures
as he shall Judge accessary and expe
dient.* • • • •
“I shall advise the Congress in ac
cordance with my constitutional duty
of whatever changes I deem ’necessary
or expedient’ It will then be for the
people and the representatives in the
national ami state legislature to deter
mine whether these changes shall be
made."
"I believe In temperance," he con
tinued. "Wo have not achieved tem
perance under the present system.
The mothers and father? of young men
and women tbrogghout this lanJ know
the anxiety and worry which has beer
brought to them by their chlidren’i
use of liquor In a way which was un
known before prohibition. 1 believe
in reverenco for law. Today dlsre
gard of the prohibition laws is in
sidiously sapping respect for all law.
I raise, therefore, what I profoundly
believe to be a great moral Issue in
volving tho righteousness of our na
tional conduct and the protection of
our children's morals."
Tho remedy is to he found in the
fearless application o f Jeffersc-lan
principles, he continued, to allov* it
different habits and customs of differ
ent parts of the country.
"Some immediate relief would come
from uu amendment to the Volstead
law givittg a scientific definition of the
ulcoholic content of an intoxicating
beverage,” he said. "The present defl
nltlon Is admittedly inaccurate and un
scientific. Each state would then be
allowed to fix its own standard or nl
coholic coutent, subject always to the | ershlp.
proviso that that standard could not | n Wl
exceed the maximum fixed by the Con i i H tratl<
grefs.
”1 believe, moreover, that there
should be submitted to the people the
question of some chauge iu the provl-
sis, because the Interests of all
quire thut tho solution shall be eco
nomically sound.”
Will Call Conference
Governor Smith then promised to
summon an agricultural conference to
work out the solution, saying:
“If I am elected. » shall Immediate
ly after election aBk leaders ot the
type I have named, irrespective of par
ty, to enter upon this task. 1 shall
Join with them in the discharge of
their duties during the coming winter
and present to Congress Immediately
upon its convening the solution rec
ommended by the body of men beBt
fitted to render this signal service to
the nation. 1 shall support the ac
tivities of this body until a satisfac
tory law is placed upon the statute
books."
On the subject cf transportation
Governor Smith said he believed in en
couraging the construction and use of
modern highways to carry the short
haul of small bulk commodities and to
aid in marketing farm products.
Also of great importance, he suid. Is
the development cf transportation by
our waterways, which are still in a
highly undeveloped state.
Linked with waterways develop
ment is the control of floods, the gov
ernor said. He declared that the two
Republican administrations had wait
ed for the Mississippi flood of last
yeur instead of taking leadership in
this important work.
"The money actually appropriated
for Hood relief Ls too small to make
even u start," Governor Smith assert
ed. "Too much time has been spent
iu squubbling over who shall pay the
bill."
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of the ISth amendment. Certain
|y, no otto foresaw when the amend
ment was ratified the conditions which
exist today of bootlegging, corruption
and open violation of the law in all
parts of tho country. The people
themselves should, after this eight
years of trial, be permitted to say
whether existing conditions should be
rectified. I personally believe In an
amendment to the ISth amendment
which would give to each Individual
state itself only after approval by u
referendum popular vote of its peo
ple the right wholly within its borders
to import, manufacture or cause to be
manufactured and sell alcoholic bev
.-rages, the sale to be made only by
the state itself and not for consump
lion In any public place."
“Our Canadian neighbors,” he sald«
"have gone far In this manner to solve
this problem by the method of sale
made by the stat.* Itself and not by
private individuals.
turn of the Buloon. When I stated that
the saloon ‘is and ought to be a de
funct institution in this country* 1
meant it. I mean it today. 1 will nev
er advocate or approve any law which
directly or indirectly permits the re
turn of the saloon."
"This country cannot be a healthy,
strong, cconopilc body If one ot Its
Governor Smith pledged himself
"to a progressive, liberal conservation
policy based upon the same principles
to which 1 have given my support in
the State of New York," and to fight
against selfish aggression "wherever
It appears and Irrespective of whom
it may involve."
"The sources ot water power must
remain forever under public owner
ship and control." he said.
Benefits growing from the develop
ment of water power as an Incident,
to the regulation of the Colorado Riv
er should be "equitably distributed
among the states having right of own-
ur Smith declared.
It would be the policy of his admin
istration to develop a method of oper
ation for Muscle Shoals which would
reclaim for the government some fair
revenue from the enormous expendi
ture already made, he said.
Red tape and autocratic bureaucra
cy should be brushed aside in carlug
for veterans in distress. Governor
Smith said. Likewise, be said he
would continue his sympathetic inter
est In the advancement of progressive
legislation for working men and wo
men. the proper care of maternity,
infancy and childhood, and the en
couragement of activities which ad
vance public he&llli.
His Labor Policy
Turning to the labor question, Got- j
ernor Smith said:
“The reasonable contentment ot
those who toil with the condltkns un
der which they live and work Is an
essential basis of the nation's well
being. The welfare of our country,
therefore, demands governmental con
cern for the legitimate interest of I
labor.”
In conclusion the governor said in
part:
“I pledge a complete devotion to the
welfare of our country and our peo- 1
pie. 1 place that welfare above every 1
ether consideration and I am satis- |
Med that our party is in a position ;
•o promote 1L To that end I her* '
tnd now declare to my fellow cour- ■
•rymen, from one end of the United |
States to the other, that I will dedi
cate myself with all the power, atri
itergy that I possess, to the servii-. ,
A our gteai republic.*'
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