Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-05
SMITH IS SILENT
ON STUMP PLANS
Itinerary of Second Trip Un-
announced, Although Visit
in South Is Seen.
NJ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated PfeSS.
ALBANY, N. Y, october 5.-Tenta-
tive plans for Gov. Smiths second
stumping tour, as prepared by the DEM
ocratic national committee were under
consideration by the governor today.
He hoped to announce his itinerary,
starting next week from New York,
either late today or tomorrow. One day
will be spent in New York comforting
with party leaders and the special train
is expected to head southwark either
Monday night or Tuesday morning.
Several cities have been mentioned as
places to be visited, but the governor
has announced that none is official until
1t comes from him. Some of his sup
porters hold that he is deferring an
nouncenent of his second itinerary until
the last minute so as not to show his
hand TO his opponents.
See Trip South.
Many reports have it now that the
nominee will travel southwark through
parts of Virginia and North Carolina for
q day or two of meeting and greeting
we'll wishers before making his first
speech wednesday in Tennessee. His
second speech of the week, these reports
from tomorrow.
It is almost certain that the governor
will cut down the number of speeches
on this trip SO as to have some time to
devote to their preparation, and two
week for the next three weeks are I'M
derstood to be planned instead of three
as on the first trip westward.
Missouri City.
It is further understood that the
nominee will spend his second week of
the next trip at Chicago and city in
Missouri, probably going to Chicago
first. Sedalia, where there is a large
inclosed live stock pavilion is one OF
the Missouri cities prominently men
toned as possible choice.
Indianapolis and Cleveland have been
uppermost in The gossip for the third
week, beginning october %. The final
week is expected to find the nominee
shooting up and down the Atlantic
Coast between Baltimore and Boston,
with a speech perhaps every night.
The talk is that the tariff and pros
perity questions will be the text for
the Boston address, while Newark,
N. j., probably will hear another dis
cussion of prohibition.
It was a criticism of his attitude on
that question that drew the governor
out again yesterday with the statement
that if a State wants prohibition he
believed it should have it, with the I
full guarantees provided in the eight
zenith amendment and VolStead act.
Scores WadSwOrth.
His remarks were made at press
conference and were directed at
statement made by James w. Wads-
worth, former Republican Senator from
this State. before group of women in
New York, that if the governor were
consistent he would advocate outright
repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
well, that is not a very sensible
thing for Jim to say" the governor
commented. Il believe in State
rights. If State wants to be dry, 1
want to let it be dry, that is the an
swer"
Taking shot at Wadsworth's own
stand on the subject, Gov Smith said
the former Senator "came out for re-
peal" of prohibition "only when he
wanted to be reelected"
He never introduced any repeal
resolutions in the Senate when he was
down there" the governor said, and |
only became violently interested in the |
repeal of the eighteenth amendment |
when his election was at stake. But !
It did not do him any good, because |
the people got on to it, and that Is
one of the reasons why he did not
win"