Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-14
Ry the Associated Press.

~ lhS Associated PRESS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, october 13.-Gov.
Smith in his one and only campaign
address in Kentucky tonight ripped into
Secretary Jardine and accused the Sec
retary of Agriculture with having made
deliberate. cold-blooded and wilful
misrepresentation" of what he had said
on the tariff in his acceptance speech.
While the applause to this utterance
still was ringing through the packed
Jefferson County Armory, the Demo-
cratic candidate outlined rine points,
which he described as his 'prescrip-
ton" on this issue and one which
would, to his mind, meet the situation.
Reads Nine Points.
With deliberation the nominee read
each of the nine points from a pre-
pared manuscript and declared he
would relieve the Republican party
and its managers from the necessity
of spreading false propaganda" about
the Democratic attitude on the ques-
ton by saying that neither the Under
wood nor any other tariff bill would be
the principles set forth in the prescrip-
ton.
With his prescription. honestly put
forth he almost shouted, with a
clear-cut and definite promise to make
It effective, / assert with confidence
that neither labor, nor industry, nor
agriculture. nor business, has anything
70 fear from Democratic success at
the polls in November"
The audience filled every seat in the
armory, estimated to have q seating
capacity of $4,000 and packed the aisles
and the galleries. Boys and men
climbed up on the big steel rafters and
every inch was filled.
Audience Is Enthusiastic.
1t was an enthusiastic gathering. The
Democratic nominee was cheered and
cheered and was six minutes late in
getting started on his speech, which
was carried out over the Nation by q
36-station radio hook-up.
After the speech hundreds of spec
tators rushed over the press tables, dis
connecting wires and causing utmost
confusion in a. general stampede to
reach the platform and shake the
nominees hand. The governor was
escorted through the crowd on the
rostum to the street with the mob on
his heels.
Three official stenographers were
unable, because of the jam in the press
section and the aisles, to work theil
usual relay to transcribe their notes ol
the speech.
The nominee kept fairly close to hi
prepared text until near the end wher
he skipped many quotations, apparently
to get under the radio deadline.
The Armory was filled to overf1owins
by o'clock, an hour ahead of the time
for the governor to go on the air. An.
other crowd had gathered on the out.
side to hear through amplifiers wha
was going on.
Rooster Thrown on ROstrum.
The governor reached the hall al
Ehree minutes to Z. BY this time
there was hardly room on the platform
for the nominee and his family.
Several people had to abandon plat
form seats to make room for Mrs
Smith and her two daughters.
The governor walked to the front
Of the platform and waved his brown
derby and the crowd yelled and yelled
While the governor was waving the
derby somebody tossed a live rooster
on the platform. The nominee grabbed
it and for few moments held it ir
his arm while the audience roarec
and roared. The rooster then wa.
handed back to somebody in the crowd
With difhculty, j. G. w. Beckham. i;
former Governor of Kentucky and ais
q former United States Senator. intro
duced the governor, but it is doubtful
If any one heard him, as the yelling still
was going on.
Among those who accompanied hin
to the platform was Senator Alben w
Barkley, one of the dry members O
Congress, who is stumping Kentucky il
behalf of the Democratic ticket.
Declaring the Republicans had Sough
to saddle all business ills on Democrati
shoulders, the governor said panics hat
occurred as frequently in Republican a
In Democratic administrations.
The long history of the Republican
party diScloses," he said. that its tarif
argument is used to cover multitud
of sins
A declaration by the nominee that tn
coal industry was "stagnant" was ap
plsuded. as was statement that he wa
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