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Editorial
November 1, 1927
The Cordele Dispatch
Cordele, Crisp County, Georgia
What is this article about?
Editorial mocks Al Smith's presidential prospects, criticizes his nullification of Prohibition to aid New York allies, and questions Democratic unity with groups like bootleggers and Catholics, quoting a rival editor's attacks.
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WHOSE ENEMY
Editor Brown, of the Cordele Dispatch, has a lot of fun fighting Al Smith. We know he must else he would not go at the job so seriously. When a man gets good and mad at a fellow and then gets the virus out of his system by calling his enemy everything the law allows, and then some, he feels better. Leastwise that's what we have been told—Dalton Citizen.
Is Al Smith our enemy? Are we all democrats together—Tammany and the padlocked fellows and the bootleggers and the Romanists as well as the coo-coos? If we hadn't ever seen our eastern political brethren—if we had never seen them! You may not know it brother, but it is impossible for Al Smith to be president of these United States. Poor fellow, how some of us do sympathize with him and talk him up and try to make it look like he is a statesman when in truth his only success we know about is his peaceful, bloodless nullification of the prohibition amendment in the interest of his New York political friends.
Editor Brown, of the Cordele Dispatch, has a lot of fun fighting Al Smith. We know he must else he would not go at the job so seriously. When a man gets good and mad at a fellow and then gets the virus out of his system by calling his enemy everything the law allows, and then some, he feels better. Leastwise that's what we have been told—Dalton Citizen.
Is Al Smith our enemy? Are we all democrats together—Tammany and the padlocked fellows and the bootleggers and the Romanists as well as the coo-coos? If we hadn't ever seen our eastern political brethren—if we had never seen them! You may not know it brother, but it is impossible for Al Smith to be president of these United States. Poor fellow, how some of us do sympathize with him and talk him up and try to make it look like he is a statesman when in truth his only success we know about is his peaceful, bloodless nullification of the prohibition amendment in the interest of his New York political friends.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Temperance
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Al Smith
Prohibition
Democrats
Tammany
Romanists
Bootleggers
Presidential Campaign
What entities or persons were involved?
Al Smith
Editor Brown
Cordele Dispatch
Dalton Citizen
Tammany
Romanists
Bootleggers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Al Smith And Democratic Unity
Stance / Tone
Anti Al Smith And Pro Prohibition
Key Figures
Al Smith
Editor Brown
Cordele Dispatch
Dalton Citizen
Tammany
Romanists
Bootleggers
Key Arguments
Al Smith Cannot Be President
Smith Nullified Prohibition For New York Political Friends
Democrats Include Undesirables Like Bootleggers And Romanists
Sympathy For Smith Is Misguided As He Is Not A True Statesman