Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-07
SMITH SEEKS REST
AFTER HARD FIGHT
Only Comment on Election Is
Message to Hoover-Va-
cation Trip Planned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November ALFRED E.
Smith has fought the greatest battle Of
his long public career and has con-
coded his defeat.
Although returns were not complete,
he had admitted today that his hopes
for the presidency had been dashed by
an overwhelming vote for Herbert Hoo
yer, his Republican opponent. But he
went down smiling, say the friends who
stuck with him to the last, and now
seeks ito be left for a while"
Surrounded by members of his family,
the four times Governor of New York
had planned to stay at his hotel today,
preparing for the "Trip back to Albany,
where he will vacate the governors
chair December 81. He probably will
go to the State capital tomorrow and
rest a while before taking q vacation.
trip with Mrs. Smith, who was by his
side almost constantly throughout the
long and arduous campaign.
Sends Wire to Hoover.
Gov. Smith was not long in sending
his congratulations to Mr. Hoover. Soon
after midnight he dispatched the fol-
lowing telegram to his opponent at
Palo Alto, Calf: a5
II congratulate you heartily on your
victory and extend to you my sincere
good wishes for your health and hap
ptness and for the success Of your ad-
ministration"
This was all the New York executive
had to say for publication last night
during a whirldwind dash about his
native New York, catching election re-
turns on the fly. Visits were made to
the list Regiment Armory, temporary
headquarters of Tammany Hall; to
Franklin D. Roosevelt's headquarters in
the Biltmore and to Democratic nation
al headquarters in the General Motors
Building where the Hoover telegram
was made public, and the Democratic
nominee finally motored back to his
hotel shortly before ! o'clock this morn
ing.
Kisses Children Good Night.
AT 2:15 am, he kissed each one of
his children good night and cheerily an
nounced that he would see them in the
morning. Chairman Raskob and several
old cronieS also were among the last to
leave his suite.
It was wild goose chase the COVER
nor LED neWSpapermen around New York
and 1t reminded many who accompanied
him on his campaign trips about the
country of some of the largest crowds
they had to battle to keep up with the
fast-moving candidate. The largest
crush was experienced at Democratic
headquarters where 1t seemed as If
everyone walking along the street took
the liberty to pay the place visit during
the governors presence there.
In admitting the loss of his second
fight in a political career that has run
a quarter of a century, Gov. Smith
found himself in the unusual situation
of suffering the setback on his wife's
birthday.
Large Birthday Cake.
While receiving returns at the General
Motors Building, the governor and Mrs.
Smith were taken to Chairman Raskob'S
Office before a huge birthday cake. 1t
was touching scene as the two glanced
at. the three tiers that made up, the
delicacy, upon which were figures por-
traying important milestones in the life
of the Smiths.
One scene depicted the Gov. and
Mrs Smith leaving st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral after their marriage, another rep
resented the two seated at card table,
a third pictured Mrs. Smith sewing,
fourth showed the governor and his
wife dancing to THE Blue Danube"
and a fifth represented the wedding of
the Smiths elder daughter, Emily, to
Mai. John A. Warner, superintendent of
State police.