Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-24
Governor Leaves Albany for
First Scheduled Speech
in Boston Tonight.
SPECIAL TRAIN STOPS
FIRST AT SPRINGFIELD D
Nominee Arranges Early Arrival
in Order to Have Time for
Parade Before Address.
BY the Associated Press.


SPRINGFIELD, Mass, October
24.-En route for Boston, where he
speaks tonight, Gov. Alfred E. Smith,
Democratic candidate for President,
arrived in this city at 1888. The
governor was given. a noisy welcome
by the crowd assembled at the sta
ton. He did not speak, but merely
waved his brown derby, a gesture
that brought terrific cheer from
the crowd.
BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y. October 24.-Gov
Alfred E. Smith, Democratic candidate
for the presidency of the United States
left Albany on his special train fol
Boston at 10:17 am. today. Stop.
will be made at Springfield and Wor.
cester. The nominee is due to reach
the Massachusetts capital at $50 pm
The governor and his party arrived
at the station quarter of an houl
before the train was scheduled to leave
He went aboard Immediately, but stooc
on the observation platform for sever.
al minutes acknowledging the greet
lngs OF small crowd which had gath
cred to see him off.
Gov. Smith, his eldest daughter, Mrs
John A. Warner, and Mrs Smith. drove
to the station in an open car, the
governor standing up and waving to
the crowd as the car came to stop
He wore a heavy gray ulster, wooden
scarf drawn closely about his throat and
the inevitable brown derby.
Others in Party.
In the party, in addition to Mrs
Smith and Mrs. Warner, were William
F. Kenny, New York City contractor
and John Curtin, New York attorney,
personal friends of the candidate. Mai.
John A. Warner, the governors SON.
in-law, and superintendent of State
police; Andrew j. Warner, brother of
Maj. Warner; John j. Glynn, jr., the
governors nephew; Joseph L. Cohn,
personal publicity representative of the
governor, and Mrs. June Hamilton
Rhodes, In charge of womerl's publicity.
Satisfied with his two drives west of
the Allegheny Mountains, the Demo-
cratic nominee has elected to close his
drive for the presidency along the
densley populated North Atlantic sea
board, and Massachusetts, has been
singled out as the state first to feel
the tread OF an invading Democratic
host. The governor arranged his
schedule so as to arrive in Boston early
in order to have time for parade be-
fore appearing in the Boston arena
tonight.
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1cal history, the standard bearer of
campaign into group of States which,
electoral votes in the Republican col
umn. Besides his native State of New
York, this group includes Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. He also will appeal to the border
State of Maryland, although he will not
visit it. The State of Delaware comes
within the scope of this final drive of
the campaign.
OF the seven States to be visited by
the Democratic nominee, all were found
in the Republican lineup four years
ago. Massachusetts, with it's 10 elec-
toral votes: New Yorks As; Pennsyl-
vania, with its SO; New jerseys Ia
Maryland'S 8, Connecticut's and
Rhode Island, with its A, all fell under
the avalanche of ballots which swept
Calvin Coolidge into Office.
The Democratic nominee, however
has received optimistic reports from
party leaders in these States, and is
confident that he has bright prospects
IN this area-vital in the quadrennial
political battle.
Conserves His Strength.
The governor, experienced by many
heated conflicts in New York State,
has conserved his strength for this final
drive. So far in the campaign he has
with but few exceptions, refrained from
out-of-doors addresses in order to have
at his command the full strength of a
voice which as yet has not failed in the
campaign.
Upon the completion of his last swing
into the West, he said he was satisfied
with the results of his efforts.
We have pretty well settled the
States we have been in, from what
can hear" were his words. He said in
the solid South" he never had felt the
doubt shared by some over North Caro-
lima, nor had he believed that Tennes-
see was off the Democratic reservation,
II did not know much about Ken
lucky when we started, but am salts
fed with it," he declared.
The nominee added at that time that
his optimism included other Southern
States as well as those visited in the
West and Midwest.