Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
NEW YORK ROARS
WELCOME AS SMITH
WAVES "BRONzER"
City Gives Tremendous
Greeting to Candidate in
Broadway Parade.
ROOSEVELT AND OLVANY
ACCOMPANY NOMINEE
Governor Will Speak Tonight in
Brooklyn With Those on
State Ticket.

NEW YORK, November 2-Home
from his campaign wars to await the
verdict of the voters, Gov. Alfred E.
Smith rode today over the parade route
that the metropolis reserves for return
ing heroes.
And the old home town of the
Democracy's standard-bearer gave to
it's former citizen of the lower East
Side one of those uproarious greetings
that it bestows on Lindberghs, Byrds
and Ederles.
From the Battery to Central Park
the governor travelled between cheering
roaring throngs-first up the narrow
street called Broadway that worms its
way between the skyscrapers and then
up splendid Fifth avenue.
Score of Bands Play.
1t was dull, gray day, with spat-
ter or two of rain, as the presidential
candidate sped in his motor from his
headquarters at the Biltmore to the
lower end of Manhattan Island to take
the place of honor in the automobile
parade.
The cavalcade got under way just
after noon, when the lunch hour crowd
of the downtown business and financial
districts were on the streets.
A score of bands, sprinkled here and
there in the procession, played merrily-
not emitting that song about New
York's sidewalks-as the procession of
cars entered the mouth of the Broad
fa,, 1-fG 10
ninth street and Fifth avenue.
Ticker tape tossed from the high
buildings zigzagged upon the slowly
moving motors Tons of torn papers
futtered StreetWard until sidewalks and
pavement were covered.
5000 Police on Duty.
People shouted Justify; the sirens of
the motor cycle escort Shrieked; blue
coats-there were 5000 of them along l
the line Of march-adopted foot ball
tactics to keep the crowd in bounds. 1t
was a typical re-enactment of New
YOrk'S pageant of welcome, staged this
time In honor of native son.
The governor, riding with Mrs. Smith,
Mayor Walker and George W. Olvany,
head of Tammany Hall, grinned broadly
and waved continuously a lustrous
brown derby.
Forty autos conveyed the official par
ty. In one was Franklin d. Roosevelt,
who nominated Gov. Smith at Houston
and is now running for governor of
New York on the Democratic ticket.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Walker and John
H. Mccoy, Democratic leader of Brook
lyn, were other well known figures.
Behind the official cars rolled 25 ma
chimes filled with reporters and two
buses for the camera men. The bands
rode in busses also.
Long before the parade had left the
battery standing room on the curbs
along the route was unobtainable. The
crowd overfiower into the park at Madi-
son Square, while the steps of the Pub
lie Library at Forty-second street and
Fifth avenue were filled. A drizZling
rain didn't seem to matter.
When the governor arrived at the
Battery, just before noon, skippers of
harbor craft tied down the whistles of
their boats. Mr.. Smith and those who
we're to ride with him stepped into his
car at two minutes past the noon hour,
and the parade was under way.
Just Another Parade.
It was just another parade for Smith, |
who has waved his brown derby in long |
automobile professions through dozen |
other large cities of the country, but |
it was very apparent when he was ap- |
prised of the plans that he welcomed |
the opportunity to show the homefolks
how he maneuvered the "bronzer," as |
he calls it, in acknowledging the cheers |
he received in the West and other |
regions.
The Broadway parade was only a |
starter on the nominees program Tor
the day. Tonight, in the Academy OF
Music in Brooklyn, he will go on the
air at 10 o'clock for another hours
campaign speech and on the platform
with him will be Franklin D. Roose-
velt, Democratic candidate for the
office he now holds and the man who
dubbed him the Happy Warrior" In
his nominating speech at Houston.
The two men, long personal and po-
litical associates, will cooperate in
twin assault on the Republican strong
holds in New York State issues Will be
the main subjects of the argument and
opposition leaders and candidates for
various State Offices are expected 10
come in for a lashing.
Albert Ottinger, attorney General in
Smiths cabinet and Republican can
didate for governor, and H. Edmund
Machold, Republican State chairman,
already have been targets for Gov.
Smith in one or two campaign talks,
and it was regarded as foregone con-
clusion that these two again Will be
marks for the nominees verbal darts.
200 Busses at Circle.
At Columbus Circle, 200 busses, each
containing approximately SO Smith
enthusiasts were to join the nominees
motorcade for passage down Seventh
avenue to Thirty-fourth street, there
to break up and scatter their paSsen-
gers to several theaters in downtown
New York, where Smith Roosevelt raj
lies were scheduled.
Gov. Smith is not certain about his
plans for next week or beyond his Mad
1son Square Garden speech tomorrow
night. He believes, however, that ms
radio talk election eve will be delivered
from the National Broadcasting Co.'s
new studio instead of from his suite In
the Hotel Biltmore. The talk will be
broadcast Immediately after Herbert
Hoover has delivered his final word to
the electorate at 10 o'clock, Eastern
standard time, from Palo Alto, Calf.
The Democratic nominee reiterated
his belief at a press conference yester-
day that there was something I'm the
air" that could mean nothing but VIC
tory. Asked for his reaction to the re-
ceptions he had received over the coun-
try, he said
Just what said the other day. 1t is
IN the air. 1t means victory; tnat IS