The Bismarck tribune., 1928-09-07
PARTY LEADER
TO STOP HERE
ON TALK TOUR
Will Hold Informal Reception
from Special Train In
Bismarck
GOES TO FARGO, ALSO
May Make Informal Speech on
Agricultural Relief While
In State I

Governor Alfred =. Smith OF New
York, democratic candidate for
president Of the United States, is
coming to Bismarck, probably Sep
tember 26.
The standard bearer Of the demo.
cratic party will hold . reception
and will probably make . platform
speech from his special train. &C.
cording to Associated Press dis
patches.
The Empire state leader will make
no formal addresses while passing
through North Dakota and only
stops at Bismarck and Fargo have
been announced.
]. Nelson Kelly, Grand Forks, ma
tional committeeman, will make ar.
rangements for the reception Of
Governor Smith, local democratic
leaders said today when first in.
formed by The Tribune Of their can
didate's coming.
Governor Smith will deliver q for
NAL address at Helena, Mont, Sep
tember "a. The party will reach Bis.
marck on the morning of the 26th.
en- route to Minneapolis. where Cow
ernor Smith will speak on Septem.
Der 27.
Agricultural relief will probably
be the subject Of Smiths informal
talks while in North Dakota, state
leaders believe.
The itinerary for the governors
invasion Of the agricultural area and
many states normally Republican
was given out by John j. Raskob,
chairman Of the Democratic Nation
al committee, as the first Of three
campaign tours by the nominee.
The governor will speak 1t Omaha
September 18, Oklahoma City on
September 20; Denver on September
22; Helena, Mont, on September q:
Minneapolis on September 81, and
Milwaukee on September 20. He will
return to Rochester on October ! for
the Democratic State convention.
Agriculture, waterpower and pro-
hibition are the chief subjects ex-
pected to be discussed by the NOM
inee.
The itinerary Of this first trip,
while listing only six formal cd
dresses, calls for stops in many cit
les including Bismarck and Fargo,
on September rs, where the COVER
nor will hold informal receptions
from the platform Of the special car
which will convey him and his party.
Although he will not leave Albany
until week from Sunday to open
his drive in the center Of the corn
belt at Omaha September 10, the
Democratic presidential nominee 10
expected to make up for the rela-
lively late start by Z series Of
speeches that will keep him on the
jump right up to the last week be-
fore election.
Twenty, possibly 30 or more, are
estimated as the number Of address
es he will make before November 6.
From Omaha the campaign sched-
ule carries south into Oklahoma City
for q speech September 20, and then
on to Denver for . third address two
days later.
Democratic leaders are Of the
opinion that al three states to b
visited can be placed in Governor
Smiths column, despite the fact
that Coolidge won out in Nebraska
and Colorado four years ago. Twen.
ty-four electoral votes will be the
prize in the trio Of states.
The belief Of party chieftains that
the New York executive has I good
chance to gain Nebraska's eight.
Oklahoma's ten, and Colorado's six
votes in the electoral college also is
being made in the face Of . con.
vention delegate lineup which
showed only one, Colorado, @ solidly
behind Governor Smith for the
nomination. This state gave him Ill
Of her twelve convention votes. but
Nebraska's sixteen stood up until
the last for its favorite son caudi-
date. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Omaha
publisher and former United States
senator, while Oklahoma's twenty
developed . split which carried on
through the balloting.
October probably will find ths
nominee making another swing, but
reserving the east, including his ua-
tive city Of New York, for the final
punch Of the campaign.