Curtis

Through Indiana and Illinois, into Iowa, rolled the Curtis campaign train. Swart and smiling, Nominee Curtis made 14 speeches in one day. He reiterated the virtues of protective tariff, of the Republican record on farm relief. At Spencer, Iowa, a heckler cried: "How did you vote on the McNary-Haugen bill?"

Mr. Curtis: "For it."

Heckler: "How about the veto?"

Mr. Curtis: "I am the leader of my party on the Republican side [of the Senate] and I stood by the President."

Heckler: "What about Teapot Dome?"

Mr. Curtis: "Oh, you Democrats. . . . Tell us about Tammany . . . greatest robbing machine in history! But I would not have referred to that if you had not been mean enough to ask that question."

Heckler: "You cut Secretary Mellon's taxes several millions."

Mr. Curtis: "That's not so, and you know it!"

Heckler: "You cut the rates on higher incomes 40%."

Mr. Curtis: "Yes, and on the lower brackets. ... I guess you are too dumb to understand!"

At Rosebud, N. D., Nominee Curtis delivered a brotherly lecture to a gathering of Sioux Indians. He said: ". . . Every man must work. You must overcome any tendency or desire to neglect work for other pursuits. In the early days of your history you were famous dancers and it is claimed that the other tribes took their dances from you. But this does not justify excessive indulgence in modern dancing. Conditions are changed. You now have responsibilities which you should remember.

"While I am in this cautioning mood let me speak about the bootlegging and liquor-drinking of which I understand there is too much around the reservation. I particularly advise you against the use of liquor, known in the early days as firewater. I know you will obey all laws. . . .

"One of the things you should do is to vote. ... I would rather have you vote against me than not at all."

At Sheridan, Wyo., tariff was the topic again. Campaigner Curtis, his 68-year-old voice grown husky from daily exercise out doors, recited-"Bacon, hams, buckwheat, cattle, corn, cream, eggs, hogs, lambs, lard, milk, potatoes, rye, sheep and goats, wheat and wool"--free list of the Underwood (1913) law, the law Nominee Smith mentioned favorably in his acceptance speech.