New Britain herald., 1928-10-18
RALLIES
 ABOUT G0V. SMITH
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waited for the crowd to clear. Once in their automobiles the governor and his party were whisk- ed down Michigan boulevard to the congress hotel through another great crowd of cheering welcomers. Torches. protruding every 10 or IS feet from crevices in the sidewalks. lent splash of color to the scene.
 On reaching the hotel the nomi- nee was treated to another big dem- onstration and when finally he reached his suite on the 18th floor, the shouting outside was so intense that he came to a window three times to acknowledge the cheering.
 Retires Late
 After receiving several Illinois leaders. the governor retired late. Today he had no set program. ex- cept for press conference. He had planned to spend most of the day preparing his speech for tomorrow night.
 Chioago's welcome to the New York executive climaxed a series of greetings on a smaller scale encoun- tered in "downstate" Illinois. where the democrats are making their hardest drive for votes. during the trip up to Lake Michigan from St. Louis. At Alton. Springfield. Bloom ington and Joliet. large crowds turned out to sheer the nominee when he appeared on the train plat form. At the Illinois capital. he made the first rear platform speech of his campaign.
 Holding a portable microphone which had been attached to ampli- flers near his train. the governor told the crowd of the great en- thusiasm" of the crowds in St. Louis and Sedalia and expressed appre- citation for the reception rendered him by Illinois cities. He also urged the crowd to listen in on his Chi- cago speech for he would have something of much interest to all Illinois.
 Asked at a press conference on board his train what he thought of his chances in the five southern and border states he had visited. the governor said he believed they were all right"
 That you will carry all the states you have been through?" the ques- tioner pursued.
 Will Carry All
 Yes, am satisfied of it. Now re- turning east. or north, whichever way we are going-northeast- am entirely satisfied that they are all right"
 The governor had no comment to make on the attorney generals de- cision holding invalid the Salt Creek oil lease by the government to the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing com- pany. He indicated. however. he might have something to say about it after he had had time to study the opinion.
 Herbert Hoover's tariH speech in Boston furnished a vehicle for de- bate between the newspapermen and the governor. who expressed the opinion that his opponent apparent ly had written the Boston address long before l made my Louisville speech" Either that or he never read my speech" Gov. Smith added
 Pressed for his further reaction to Mir Hoover's tariff speech. the governor picked up clipping which quoted the republican presidential candidate as saying ''the American people would never consent to dele gating authority over the tariff to any commission. whether non-par- tsan or bipartisan" and declared:
 T said nothing about a delegation of power to a tariff commission"
 Then what do you suppose he Is talking about?" the governor was asked.
 Doesn't Know
 T don't know" he replied. He seems to think, or he must have thought that I was going to say that believed that the f1xation of sched- ules ought to be taken from the congress of the United States and lodged with the tariff commission. but no such thing was said. No such position was taken by me. I dis tinctly said that the tariff commis- sion was to provide the information and the basis for scientific tariff 
 A large delegation of Illinois dem