Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-09
Richmond Gets First Stop Of
Trip Thursday-Goes to
New York Today.
NO SPEECH SCHEDULED
UNTIL LOUISVILLE DATE
Handshaking and Conferences Are
Planned in Other States-Wife
and Daughter Along,
Rx the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N Y. October 9.-Primed
for the second stage of his contest for
the presidency. Gov. Smith leaves
Albany today for the first lap of a
journey that will take him into four
Southern and Southern border States.
Only one speech-at Louisville, KY,
Saturday night-will be made this week.
However, the other portion of the trip
is set aside for train platform recep-
tions and conferences with party
leaders.
Virginia and North Carolina will get
their first glimpse of the New York
executive as Democratic presidential
nominee on Thursday night, while Ten
nessee will have him as the center of
big reception and rally on Friday.
Wife and Daughter Going.
Leaving here by regular train shortly
after noon, Gov. Smith, accompanied
by his wife and daughter, Mrs John
A. Warner. and few advisers, goes first
to New York, arriving there around 4
o'clock. Tonight and tomorrow will be
given over to callers from the Demo-
cratic national committee for any re-
ports they may wish to convey and per-
haps personal visit to the party
council center in the General Motors
Building No definite program in his
native city had been arranged for the
nominee.
The trip to Dixie will get under way
tomorrow night at IL O'Clock, when the
governor, joined by his entire escort,
boards his special train at the Pennsyl-
vania Station. The nominees decision
to travel through the Middle Atlantic
section at night precludeS any rear plat
form appearances along the way until
he crosses the Potomac and gets well
into Virginia.
1t originally was planned to stage a
reception in the National Capital, but
this was discarded and it now is con-
templated making Richmond the first
stop to greet well wishers. The partial
itinerary as announced does not say
how long the stops along the way will
be, but gives only the following arrival
times:
Richmond Thursday Morning.
Richmond, 1918 am, Thursday:
Raleigh, N. c., 3 pm; Greensboro, N.
c.. pm; Salisbury N. c., $3.50 pm:
Charlotte, N. c., $50 pm; Chatta-
nooga,, Tenn, IL am, Friday: Nash
vile, $50 pm; Louisville, KY, 10 am,
Saturday
The subject of the Louisville address
had not been determined definitely to-
day. nor had the itinerary for the trip
beyond that city. Commenting on pub
liShed reports saying he would discuss
the tariff in Kentucky, the governor
emphasized that he had not settled on
what his text would be and would
adhere to a, policy of making no
advance forecasts of subjects for any of
his campaign speeches.
Gov Smith will spend three hours
in Chattanooga in conference with party
leaders and will continue his discus
sions In Nashville Friday evening.
Representative Joseph w. Byrns, from
the Nashville congressional district and
ranking Democrat on the House ap-
preparations committee, will accompany
the nominee on the trip through the
South and will have considerable to
do with arranging his conferences and
receptions in his own State.
May Speak on Economy.
Representative ByrnS was one Oh the
governors first Albany callers after his
nomination and as member of the
powerful appropriation committee will
be of much assistance to him should
he desire any background on national
Government financing. The nominee
announced some time ago that he
would discuss Government economy
and reorganization in one of his later
speeches.
Norman H Davis. New York attorney
also will be in the governors party
when it leaves New York. He was
undersecretary of State and AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury In the
Wilson administration and is a close
friend of the nominee. Only last month
the governor visited Mr.. Davis Sum-
mer home in Stockbridge, Mass, near
Albany, for game of golf.