Evening star., 1928-11-05
Candidate Confident He viii
Leave State as President
Elect of Nation.
TRAIN SETS RECORD
ON WESTWARD TRIP
Nominee Declines to Give Political
Speeches in Utah on Sabbath
Day.
BY REX COLLIER,

ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL TRAIN,
NEARING PALO ALTO, November S.
California threw open her arms today
to her distinguished citizen, Herbert
Hoover, and cheered him on toward
the goal of his record breaking trans
continental journey, little voting booth
on the campus of his alma mater, STAN
ford University
Hoover crossed into the land of gold
en- sunsets as the nominee of the Re-
publican party for the highest Office
IN the Nation. He is confident that
he will leave his home State several
weeks hence as the President-elect of
his country. That confidence has been
heightened by the heartiness of welcome
which has been extended him as he
made his journey through one-fourth
OF the States in the Union on his mis-
sion OF suffrage. He is convinced that
the majority Of his fellow Americans
VIII not countenance change in poll
cies OF government during a period Of
national prosperity and that he will ride
to the White House on a tidal wave of
votes.
Wants All to Vote.
In an eleventh hour effort to clinch
this tidal wave the nominee will go be-
fore a microphone this evening in the
study OF his picturesque Spanish home
overlooking the university and urge that
every voter join him in a trip to the
polls tomorrow to cast their ballots.
Presidents cannot be elected, Hoover
realizes, by acclaim or promises of sup
port. The all-important final gesture
must be the marking of the ballots.
Passive electorate, he points out, Is not
conductive to good government This
will be the theme of his 15-minute talk
to millions Of citizens this evening at
| 6:45 o'clock, Pacific time. The talk
will be shorn of partisan flavor.
| Overconfdence Is not one of Hoover's
traits. That is why he has added to
his predictions Of victory the sobering
declaration that whatever the outcome
of the balloting he will bow to the
wishes of the majority, for "the ma
Jority of the American people always
do what is right"
The Hoover train sped over the Cali
fornia line while those aboard were
eating breakfast. Another State thus
was added to the long list paid a
ing his campaign desk in Washington
last Thursday
Railroad time records have tumbled
as the seven-car train whizzed west
ward from st. Louis over rolling prairies
and rugged mountains. The train has
clipped nearly 10 hours off the previous
| fastest time ever recorded by train
without right-of-way privileges in the
run from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean, according to E. H. Nc
Reynolds, assistant to the president of
the Missouri Pacific. who is Hoover's
railroad adviser. The trip from St.
Louis to Salt Lake City was made in
81 hours and minutes, as compared
with the previous mark of As hours
and 13 minutes. The train Is due to
reach Palo Alta at / 80 o'clock this aft
ernoon, which would shave an hour and
| a half off the former time Of 252
hours between Salt Lake City and Palo
Alto.
Makes Frequent Stops.
All day yesterday the train main
tanned its speedy pace through the
plateaus and mountains and deserts OF
Utah and Nevada. stopping infrequently
| to permit station crowds, in their Sab
bath clothes, to greet the nominee and
his gracious wife.
The outstanding stops were made at
Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, where
thousands of citizens of the Mormon
! country struggled to shake hands with
both Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover. With typical
| Quaker reverence for the Sabbath day,
! Hoover frankly told his audiences that
i he considered 1t improper to make po-
litical talks on Sunday. The announce
ment, while disappointing to some, was
received with cries of You're right"
and I'm glad to hear you say tnat,
Mr. Hoover"
At Salt Lake City elaborate plans for
/ a parade through the historic home
town of Brigham Young and his fol-
lowers we're Cancelled shortly before
the trains arrival upon receipt OF firm
telegram explaining that Mr.. Hoover
could not agree to any demonstration
on the day of worship. Instead, some
three or four thousand cheering resi-
dents met the train and crowded for
| ward with outstretched. handS-eager
| for Hoover to grasp them. He started
out with his right hand, holding his
hat in the other, but soon dropped the
hat and went at 1t two-handed.
A tall basket of white and purple
grapes was handed to Mrs. Hoover, and
she expressed her thanks to the crowd.
A man near the rear platform asked
her If her arm was too sore to do some
Misunderstanding, too, and she answered
by starting in on a fast round of hand
/ grasping herself.
williams Leaves Train.
AS the train pulled out of Salt Lake
City the giant spires of the Mormon
Temple could be Seen-looning against
background of mountains. The next
/ stop was Ogden, at which point Ralph
Williams vice chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee, who had ac-
companied the Hoover party from
/! Washington, transferred to another
train and headed for his home In Port
! land, Greg, to vote.
| AS he left the train he issued to the
, small army of newspaper correspond
ents on board statement predicting
! that the Republican nominee will re-
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