Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

| HOUSTON Tex. June 22. - Inc
first message sent out from the Con-
vcntion Hall at Kansas City was sent
b. the staff correspondents OF The
cial leased wire, and the last dispatch
| from the Convention Hall was sent to
The Star by Star men over The Stars
wire Martin J. Kahn, known as press
! chief" for the Postal Telegraph Co..
who is busy day and night to see that
| the Washington correspondents get the
best possible service. is authority for
| this statement.
| Frederic William Vile. special cor
respondent of The Star and we'll known
| political analyst and broadcaSter. was
| luncheon speaker for the Kiwanis Club
here. He reviewed the background of
! the Republican convention and Hoover's
campaign for the nomination, He re-
viewed the background OF the Demo-
cratic convention and Gov Smiths
| aScendency. He analysed the situation
that confrontS both parties. He gave a
! human interest story of the lives, Pc
euliarities and Municipalities of Hoover
and Smith. with the conclusion that
whichever may be elected the country
| is safe. Lynch Davidson. former lieu
| tenant governor Of New Mexico, In ex-
pressing the appreciation of the XII
! wanians. said lit was the best picture
of political conditions he had ever
! heard"
Party leaders and State delegations
are gathering rapidly and receiving
royal welcome In spite of the fact
| that George Van Nance. Smith CAM
paign manager. has issued pronuncia-
mento that there will be no brass bands
| TO meet the Smith delegation from New
York when II comes in 400 strong Mon
/ day night. and that the Smith head
| quarters are 10 be run on dignifled
good will spirit, the Houston and
/ Texan greeters have plans for cordial
welcome. John H Kirby. lumber king.
known widely as John Henry" is
| chairman of State committee Of loyal
| Democrats appointed for the sole pur-
| pose of giving the glad hand to Smith
! delegates from all the States. to let
! them know they speak the same lam
| guage, are loyal to the party and fav-
orable to the candidacy of Gov. Smith
While only $50 of the most representa-
| tive leaders from all over the great EN-
pire State have been appointed to this
committee. Mr.. Kirby says the number
could easily have been upward of 90
000 Mr.. Kirby says there Is no doubt
but that Smith. II nominated, will re-
ceive the vote of Texas in the electoral
college.
Maryland headquarters has been es-
tabliShed on the thirteenth floor OF the
Rice Hotel by Howard Bruce. When
Gov. Ritchie and the Maryland delega-
| ton reaches Houston tomorrow, they
will be met at the station by recep-
ton and entertainment committee
headed by John H. Kirby. which has an
interesting and varied program of en-
tertainment, approved by Mr.. Bruce.
Long Tom" Spellacy, national COM
n1itteeman from Connecticut. has es-'
tablished headquarters and contacts for
the rest of the delegation. which Is to
arrive Monday night. They are in
structed to cast their IA votes for Smith.
Mr.. Spellacy believes that Smith has an
excellent chance to carry Connecticut.
The soul of cordiality is personifled in
John Boyle OF San Antonio. genial
Smith leader in Texas, who is always
pivotal center in the hotel Hobbies MFR
Boyle is particularly gratified at the new
feature of a hostess house." where
leading women of the State will enter
tain with true Southern hospitality Mr.
Boyle says he is especially friendly
toward Gov. Smith because while Smith
was selling newspapers on the streets
of New York. Boyle was selling news
papers on the streets Of Houston.
Mr.. Boyle predicts that Smith will
be nominated on the first ballot, before
Texas is reached on the roll call for the
States, but Texas will help to make 1t
unanimous" He has no doubt but that
Ekns rxrsn for q
well known -prohibitionist, Mr..
Boyle is confident that the Democratic
party will write better plank on pro-
hihition than the Republicans, land on
all other questions" he commented. He
homes that 1.-The law enforcement plank
win be clearer and more unequivocal
than the Republican plank"
At the northern gateway to the great
State Of Texas the Washington corre-
spondents we're given the low down"
on Mark Goodwin. veteran member
of the Gridiron and National Press
Clubs who represents most OF the large
daily papers in Texas. M. M. Schoil,
known throughout the State and far
afield as the snake editor" char
acters In his own right and veteran
news gatherer for the Denison Herald.
told how when Mark came as a strip
ling from his home In Sedalia. Mo-,
some IS years ago. they forced him to
take a job on the Denison Herald to
keep him out of mischief. and he prog
ressed 50 well that he Is now the best
known writer in the busiest State in
the Union
The snake" editor also entertained
the Washington correspondents with an
account of how he and some OF the
other sports filled Mark up with a story