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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1928
Page
2
Houston clash over prohibition pits wet and dry camps against the Democratic party. Gov. Moody leads the dry forces while William H Stayton heads the wets. Meetings and calls for a party plank to repeal the 18th Amendment mark the day.
Ed Rouleau a popular Butte resident and longtime dog official will serve as associate judge at the Highland Kennel Club greyhound racing meeting opening in Butte Wednesday night. He is a noted sportsman who has officiated in St Louis meets and from Milwaukee where he arrived last night. Rouleau is remembered as a baseball umpire in Butte and a prominent figure in local sports.
Houston dispatch details Democratic near consensus on a running mate for Smith with Evans Woollen of Indiana and E. H. Robinson of Arkansas among leading contenders. The piece notes other names from Illinois Texas Georgia and California, plus calls for a balanced ticket to counter southern opposition.
Miss Sadie Lowney of 426 North Wyoming Street sustained a lacerated scalp and minor scratches when the car carrying her and her parents collided with a truck on the Helena road three miles east of Boulder Sunday afternoon. The Boulder hill near Christianson ranch was the impact site. the car was badly damaged and other occupants were shaken but not seriously hurt.
June 24 Houston. Amid "stop Smith" campaigns, New York governor Smith broadens delegate battle as Reed Moody Hitchcock edge toward presidential nomination. Anti-Smith leaders seek coalition of Ohio Indiana Nebraska Kansas Missouri Tennessee Georgia and other states to block Smith.
Montana delegates and other state units arrive as bands parade outside Smith headquarters in Houston. The Smith forces, aiming for a bandless convention, keep silent as Alaska through Colorado delegates pledge support with two bands. Leaders discuss committee counts and nomination strategy with Roosevelt and Wagner among notable attendees.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri urged impartial enforcement in Houston as he defended the eighteenth amendment. He argued the law stands unless the nation adopts a better method to handle the liquor problem, asserting the constitution and statutes must be obeyed until changed or repealed through proper processes.
Visitors at the Houston hospitality house enjoy a Texas welcome as the 1928 nominating convention looms. The venue offers shade, benches, fans, water, hospitals, and radio-linked displays for the rank and file outside the hall while anti-Smith groups rally around Reed on prohibition.
Houston June 24. Democratic leaders pressed harmony as the convention platform disposed of resolutions. Texas Governor Dan Moody conferred on prohibition while factions debated support for the McNary Haugen farm relief plan and a general pledge to act on crop problems. Senators Hitchcock and Pittman among others urged a relief plank with varied approaches, including a four member distribution board and fund. Cole Blease warned he would walk out if McNary Haugen was adopted.
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