PRIVATE LIVES STIR SMITH AND MILLS
Governor Challenges Rival to Comparison After Denying Alleged Charge.
Other papers gave differing versions of the remark, and Mills issued a statement saying he had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life, which so far as he knew was spotless, and that he was campaigning against Smith the governor rather than Smith the man.
A dispute in a New York campaign over a reported remark that the governor cannot be trusted in public or private life.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28. - The private lives of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his Republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are one subject of the latest heated campaign exchanges between them.
The governor, on the stump last night read from the Sun, which said Mills departed from a prepared speech to say of Smith:
"There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life."
The governor then challenged Mills to a comparison of private lives.
"For five solid weeks," he said, "I have been obliged to put great pressure on the men and women in my headquarters to keep them from speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has anything against me in either my public or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must produce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement."
Life Scrutinized, He Says.
The governor said his public life had been the object of the severest scrutiny. "One particular man of vast fortune," he said, had spent a considerable amount investigating him, but did not find anything.
Then, referring to his marriage 27 years ago, the governor said that in the presence of God he had promised to care for, honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great white throne, he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. Then he shouted:
"Let the Congressman lay his private life alongside of mine."
The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the speech of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his prepared remarks, which it says contained this reference to Smith:
"There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life."
The Herald-Tribune, which is supporting Mills, quotes the remarks as follows:
"Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or private life, and there is no truth in Alfred E. Smith's."
Mills Explains Statement.
In the same speech Mills said, referring to the governor:
"As for his presidential ambitions, they are simply preposterous."
In another speech, he referred to the governor as "that foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in desperation."
Today Mills issued a statement, saying:
"My meaning is clear enough. I had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life. So far as I know it is spotless. I am not campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the man; I am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the governor.
"On further reflection I think the governor will decide he was hasty in his assumption."
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PRIVATE LIVES STIR SMITH AND MILLS
Governor Challenges Rival to Comparison After Denying Alleged Charge.
Other papers gave differing versions of the remark, and Mills issued a statement saying he had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life, which so far as he knew was spotless, and that he was campaigning against Smith the governor rather than Smith the man.
A dispute in a New York campaign over a reported remark that the governor cannot be trusted in public or private life.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28. - The private lives of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his Republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are one subject of the latest heated campaign exchanges between them.
The governor, on the stump last night read from the Sun, which said Mills departed from a prepared speech to say of Smith:
"There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life."
The governor then challenged Mills to a comparison of private lives.
"For five solid weeks," he said, "I have been obliged to put great pressure on the men and women in my headquarters to keep them from speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has anything against me in either my public or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must produce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement."
Life Scrutinized, He Says.
The governor said his public life had been the object of the severest scrutiny. "One particular man of vast fortune," he said, had spent a considerable amount investigating him, but did not find anything.
Then, referring to his marriage 27 years ago, the governor said that in the presence of God he had promised to care for, honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great white throne, he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. Then he shouted:
"Let the Congressman lay his private life alongside of mine."
The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the speech of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his prepared remarks, which it says contained this reference to Smith:
"There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life."
The Herald-Tribune, which is supporting Mills, quotes the remarks as follows:
"Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or private life, and there is no truth in Alfred E. Smith's."
Mills Explains Statement.
In the same speech Mills said, referring to the governor:
"As for his presidential ambitions, they are simply preposterous."
In another speech, he referred to the governor as "that foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in desperation."
Today Mills issued a statement, saying:
"My meaning is clear enough. I had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life. So far as I know it is spotless. I am not campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the man; I am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the governor.
"On further reflection I think the governor will decide he was hasty in his assumption."
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PRIVATE LIVES STIR SMITH AND MILLS
Governor Challenges Rival to Comparison After Denying Alleged Charge.
Other papers gave differing versions of the remark, and Mills issued a statement saying he had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life, which so far as he knew was spotless, and that he was campaigning against Smith the governor rather than Smith the man.
A dispute in a New York campaign over a reported remark that the governor cannot be trusted in public or private life.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28. - The private lives of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his Republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are one subject of the latest heated campaign exchanges between them.
The governor, on the stump last night read from the Sun, which said Mills departed from a prepared speech to say of Smith:
"There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life."
The governor then challenged Mills to a comparison of private lives.
"For five solid weeks," he said, "I have been obliged to put great pressure on the men and women in my headquarters to keep them from speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has anything against me in either my public or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must produce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement."
Life Scrutinized, He Says.
The governor said his public life had been the object of the severest scrutiny. "One particular man of vast fortune," he said, had spent a considerable amount investigating him, but did not find anything.
Then, referring to his marriage 27 years ago, the governor said that in the presence of God he had promised to care for, honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great white throne, he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. Then he shouted:
"Let the Congressman lay his private life alongside of mine."
The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the speech of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his prepared remarks, which it says contained this reference to Smith:
"There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life."
The Herald-Tribune, which is supporting Mills, quotes the remarks as follows:
"Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or private life, and there is no truth in Alfred E. Smith's."
Mills Explains Statement.
In the same speech Mills said, referring to the governor:
"As for his presidential ambitions, they are simply preposterous."
In another speech, he referred to the governor as "that foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in desperation."
Today Mills issued a statement, saying:
"My meaning is clear enough. I had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life. So far as I know it is spotless. I am not campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the man; I am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the governor.
"On further reflection I think the governor will decide he was hasty in his assumption."
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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PRIVATE LIVES STIR SMITH AND MILLS
Governor Challenges Rival to Comparison After Denying Alleged Charge.
Other papers gave differing versions of the remark, and Mills issued a statement saying he had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life, which so far as he knew was spotless, and that he was campaigning against Smith the governor rather than Smith the man.
A dispute in a New York campaign over a reported remark that the governor cannot be trusted in public or private life.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28. - The private lives of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his Republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are one subject of the latest heated campaign exchanges between them.
The governor, on the stump last night read from the Sun, which said Mills departed from a prepared speech to say of Smith:
"There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life."
The governor then challenged Mills to a comparison of private lives.
"For five solid weeks," he said, "I have been obliged to put great pressure on the men and women in my headquarters to keep them from speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has anything against me in either my public or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must produce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement."
Life Scrutinized, He Says.
The governor said his public life had been the object of the severest scrutiny. "One particular man of vast fortune," he said, had spent a considerable amount investigating him, but did not find anything.
Then, referring to his marriage 27 years ago, the governor said that in the presence of God he had promised to care for, honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great white throne, he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. Then he shouted:
"Let the Congressman lay his private life alongside of mine."
The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the speech of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his prepared remarks, which it says contained this reference to Smith:
"There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life."
The Herald-Tribune, which is supporting Mills, quotes the remarks as follows:
"Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or private life, and there is no truth in Alfred E. Smith's."
Mills Explains Statement.
In the same speech Mills said, referring to the governor:
"As for his presidential ambitions, they are simply preposterous."
In another speech, he referred to the governor as "that foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in desperation."
Today Mills issued a statement, saying:
"My meaning is clear enough. I had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life. So far as I know it is spotless. I am not campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the man; I am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the governor.
"On further reflection I think the governor will decide he was hasty in his assumption."
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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PRIVATE LIVES STIR SMITH AND MILLS
Governor Challenges Rival to Comparison After Denying Alleged Charge.
Other papers gave differing versions of the remark, and Mills issued a statement saying he had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life, which so far as he knew was spotless, and that he was campaigning against Smith the governor rather than Smith the man.
A dispute in a New York campaign over a reported remark that the governor cannot be trusted in public or private life.
By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 28. - The private lives of Gov. Alfred E. Smith and his Republican opponent, Ogden L. Mills, are one subject of the latest heated campaign exchanges between them.
The governor, on the stump last night read from the Sun, which said Mills departed from a prepared speech to say of Smith:
"There is no truth in that man. He cannot be trusted either in public or private life."
The governor then challenged Mills to a comparison of private lives.
"For five solid weeks," he said, "I have been obliged to put great pressure on the men and women in my headquarters to keep them from speaking about the private life of Ogden L. Mills. If he has anything against me in either my public or private life, I defy him to produce it. Either he must produce it or at the earliest possible moment retract that statement."
Life Scrutinized, He Says.
The governor said his public life had been the object of the severest scrutiny. "One particular man of vast fortune," he said, had spent a considerable amount investigating him, but did not find anything.
Then, referring to his marriage 27 years ago, the governor said that in the presence of God he had promised to care for, honor and protect the woman of his choice and that if he were ushered before the great white throne, he would be prepared to establish that he had kept the promise. Then he shouted:
"Let the Congressman lay his private life alongside of mine."
The New York Times says that its reporter who heard the speech of Mr. Mills in question did not detect any departure from his prepared remarks, which it says contained this reference to Smith:
"There is no truth in him, and men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or in private life."
The Herald-Tribune, which is supporting Mills, quotes the remarks as follows:
"Men who cannot tell the truth are not to be trusted in official or private life, and there is no truth in Alfred E. Smith's."
Mills Explains Statement.
In the same speech Mills said, referring to the governor:
"As for his presidential ambitions, they are simply preposterous."
In another speech, he referred to the governor as "that foolish man, who began the campaign by laughing and is ending it in desperation."
Today Mills issued a statement, saying:
"My meaning is clear enough. I had no intent to reflect on the governor's private life. So far as I know it is spotless. I am not campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the man; I am campaigning against Alfred E. Smith, the governor.
"On further reflection I think the governor will decide he was hasty in his assumption."
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 28, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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