Evening star., 1928-11-03
BY REX COLLIER,
stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY REX COLLIER,
star Correspondent of The Star.
ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL
TRAIN. EN- ROUTE TO PALO
ALTO, November 3.-Herbert Hoo
ver's formal campaign for the
presidency of the United States Is
ended.
He drew the final curtain across
the stage of his first political ven
ture in ringing summarization
of his stand on campaign issues
before a vast audience last night
in the Coliseum, in st. Louis.
Today his face was turned to-
ward the Golden West-Scene OF
his early triumphs, where next
Tuesday he will join with 4O,OOO,-
900 others In casting their votes
and awaiting the momentous out
come.
He has placed his claims for
the presidency before the national
electorate. He rested his case at
the Missouri metropolis last night,
although he planned to answer
TO one encore tonight at Pueblo,
Colo, and to make a final radio
bow next Monday evening from
his home, at Stanford University.
Finis has been written, however,
across the formal program OF the
campaign as he had mapped it
out.
Voices "Unbounded Hope"
with firmness and fnality, the Re-
publican nominee told his st. LOUIS
audience last night that he ends tne
battle in the same spirit as tnat 10
which he began it, with profound re-
snect for the burdens and responsible
tiles of the Office to which he asplres
with a deep concern for the welfare OF
the country which gave him MS
chance" and with ''unbounded hope"
Choosing as his theme 1.-The Construc-
tive Side of Government" Hoover
pledged himself, if elected, to broac
program of Government co-operatlon
with private industry, whether 1t DC
farming, storekeeping or manufacturing
but sounded a potent warning agalns'
actual entry by State or Federal Gov
err1nnent into private competitive bust.
ness It was Hoover's final fling at MS
opponent. Gov. Smith, who has advo-
Gated Government operation OF power
projects.
Sees Other Course Evils.
To adopt "other social conceptions
than those of individual enterprise arc
private competition, he declared, "Woulc
undermine initiative and enterprise anC
destroy the very foundations OF free
dom and progress upon which tn'
American system Is based"
His words were carried to millions o
voters over a far-fiung chain of radio
stations and for this reason his appea
was made wide enough in scope to IN
terest those beyond the farm belt, Whll
carving an effective punch Tor In
habitants of the great inland waterway
region. :.
Hoover's address was delivered II
q hall which had seen the non1lnatlol
of william Jennings Bryan and WOOD
row Wilson Its capacity is $4,000, ou
firemen said more than 10000 Wer'
TANNED into the big hall, with its I'VE
lOIII nag -ufdpSO DaASOAAA~S'
Ovation Is Hysterical.
The audience literally became hys
terical in its ovation as the nomlne
walked onto the platform. Vlrtuall
every one had a flag and the thronl
waved and shouted without cessation
for fully 90 minutes Efforts OF thoS
on the platform to restore som
semblance of order served only to spu
on the demonstrators. Members
Hoover's party declared the din ex
ceeded anything yet during the cam
paign. There we're all sorts OF me
chanical se-makers, left over 1roI
Halloween, perhaps.
Hoover finally sat down to AVA
quiet. Even then it didn't come.
conferred with Chairman Work an
Secretary of War Davis about 1t, nt
the chairman could exercise no au
thority and Secretary Davis had LEI
the Army IN Washington. Finally tn
leader of the band got brilliant idei
He struck up the national anthem. TT
crowd stopped yelling and joined IN u
song But as soon as the Sond enoe
the bedlam began again.
Henry S. Caulf1eld, Republican car
didate for governor, who was presto
ing, began his introduction, anyWa
Nobody heard a word he said, and M
body apparently cared
Hoover walked forward and the moi
increased. He lifted his arms for S
lence. Gradually the ovation begs
to subside, and he was enabled to pr
ceed with his speech. He was inte
rupted frequently, as he stressed
point or called attention to an issu
One sturdy-voiced admirer greeted eat
major pronouncement with "Attabo
1IIerbie"
A vast throng was waiting at Il
depot when the train pulled in. D.
TO the remarkable police arrangement
the crowd was held within bounc
Hoover and the members of his par
ertred automobiles and were driv'
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