Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-14
PARTIES make
THEIR FINAL
DRIVE PLANS
Flood of Oratory Fills
Ears of Nation AS
End Of Campaign
Looms

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 13.-P-The
vocal effort Of the presidential cam
paign now Is at its zenith, touch
ing echoing heights that will be
maintained until the issue is turned
over to the electorate on November s.
Not in many a year has so CO.
ordinated an assault been made on
the public ear as that which attained
its climax during the closing week.
Only a small part Of IL came from
the prime principals Of the contest
but an army of advocates literally
has charged the air with counsel TO
guide the choice between Alfred Z.
Smith and Herbert Hoover.
Carried along by radio, the pros
and cons Of the debate have reached
! into every corner OF ten country. but
the boundaries Of the zones OF most
earnest effort are best disclosed by
the itineraries of the standard bearers
' and the em~issaries sent to spread
party gospel.
In the regions thus set off lie the
electoral votes for which the keen
est fight is being waged. Along the
Smith and Hoover trails scores Of
other speakers are enceavoring TO
reap second harvests Of good will, an
effort that takes nothing for granted
and comedies nothing TO the enemy.
Plans Not Divulged
Under this growing impetus the
campaign moves into its final three
weeks with indications giving fairly
definite outline TO the plans OF the
nominees for their concluding strokes.
Beyond the Smith itinerary that in
cludes his Louisville speech tonight,
one at Sedalia, Mo-, Oct. IS and an
other at Chicago three days later,
nothing has been divulged. His
schedule calls for his return to Al
bany Oct. 81; two weeks will remain
then before election day, and the
governor is booked 10 wage his CAM
paign along the upper Atlantic sea
board during that period. whether
he will find time TO again turn west
awaits developments.
Mr.. Hoover mas charted his course
we'll in advance. and will rest his
chance at the presidency on four
more speeches. One of them will be
in Boston Monday night, where he
will discuss the tariff and foreign
trade; the second will be in New
York October p; the third will be
delivered at some point in the mid
west and the last will be his final
word to the voters on election eve
from his California home.
Candidates PLEASED
Cheered By reports from southern
leaders as he exhibits the brown
derby below the Mason-Dixon line,
Governor Smith says he is well salts
fled with prospects at this turning
point in the race. In the ~seclusion
Of his study in Washington Mr..
Hoover has told friends that he, too,
il we'll pleased, particularly with
what he regards as the success Of his
campaign tactics. He has made It his
policy 70 confine himself In his
nuhlic addresses TO discussion OF
issues and expression of his policy OF
government, and has mentioned the
democratic party only rarely and his
opponent not once.
Considerable mention Of the demo-
cratic party and its chief standard
bearer has come from other repub-
licans, however. An increasing num-
her Of the millions of words being
voiced and written in this campaign
are being devoted by the republicans
to the tariff as an issue. coupled with
assertions that the democratic party
is a tariff unheliever. There has
been so much hammering or that
point that Chairman Rsskob Of the
democratic national committee has
bten moved TO issue a statement that
Governor Smith believes in tariff
protection, a protection that should
blanket 81 interests alike. .
Tariff remains the high note OF
Senator Curtis day-in-day-out cam
pairn. now winding through the
northwestern farm belt. His oppo-
nent for vice presidential honors,
Senator Robinson, continues 70
spous democratic doctrine on all
issues through the far west, select
ing Reno, Nevada, IS a point from
which to direct a new attack on