Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-18
PROSPERITY PLEA
MADE BY HOOVER
Change in Party Rule Would
Z Peril Industry, Jersey
Workers Told.
Continued from First Page.)


pose of the Republican leaders of the
State. was to have the voters of New
Jersey actually see, as well as hear. the
Republican nominee. In consequence.
Mr.. Hoover is swinging in big circle
today through certain cities and towns
In north Jersey. including Jersey City.
where the Smith sentiment is strong.
And no sooner had he left his special
train bringing him here yesterday than
he boarded an automobile and led a
procession. which carried him for 40
miles or more through Belleville, Mont
clair, Caldwell, West Orange, Orange
and East Orange, back to Newark.
Factions Represented.
A hundred automobiles were in the
parade. gayly decorated, carrying Hoover
tags and banners. immediately ht:nd
the police guard on motor cycles came
the automobile occupied by Mr.. Hoover
and Mrs. Hoover. and their son, Alan
a senior at Leland Stanford University.
And. of course, a committee of oistln-
guished Republican leaders of the State.
all factions represented made the swing
around. too In the party were Senator
Walter Edge. Hamilton Kean, nominee
for the Senate and Republican national
committeeman: former Gov. Stokes,
former Senator Frelinghuysen, Larson
the nominee for governor, END Repre-
sentative Fort, secretary of the Re-
nublican national committee, and one
of Mr.. Hoover's right-hand men in the
conduct of the campaign.
i've seen Herb" was the comment OF
an overall-clad mechanic, as he waved
a hand to the departing parade. Right
in that sentence he ep1tomlZed the
whole psychology of the Hoover sight
seeing trip in New Jersey. Mr.. Hoover
himself was the sight" in this case.
Anywhere from a quarter OF a million
to half million men, women and
children had glimpse. if only a brief
one. of the Republican candidate. Fur
thermore, if the Republican leaders can
get Mr.. Hoover close to the voters and
hear more of them refer to him as
Herb" the better they will be pleased.
"Al" against Herbert" doesn't go SO
we'll in these industrial centers. but Al
against Herb" is another matter.
Mr.. Hoover's swing through the
cities and towns of Jersey has left be-
hind him pleasant impression in thou
sands of homes. Outside of his set
speech last night, the candidate did not
make any addresses. Merely few
words here and there and handclasp.
But he smiled. and the Hoover smile is
a warm. kindly smile. little shy per-
haps, but genuine, and it was notice.
able that when he smiled the crowds
smiled back and gave him hand
all along the roads he traversed. Here
and there he stopped for a special |
demonstration, as in Montclair, Cald- !
we'll, where he visited with Mrs. Hoover |
the ancestral home of Grover Cleveland |
and did homage to the memory OF that
Democratic President, and Orange, |
where the Edison works are located
Smithites Present.
The parade of automobiles was met |
here and there with catcalls and cries |
of "Al Smith," Take that sign off,
but these were expected, as Jersey has |
many Smith adherents.
The stage for the Hoover parade had !
been we'll set by the committee in |
charge Not a doubt of that. 1t ran |
off without hitch. and cities and /
towns through which the candidate /
passed were gayly decorated with flags |
and bunting In many places aerial |
bombs were exploded and carried aloft |
small American flags. There was no !
band accompanying the automobile I
cavalcade. In that it probably differed /
from a Democratic demonstration. But /
here and there bands were stationed I
which played as the candidate passed |
through
4llOuSdllOS VI WUuieII NcIc VII IldIu
to wave-not only to greet Mr.. Hoover
but to see Mrs. Hoover, in whom the
greatest interest was evinced. Whole
f1ocks of school children carrying flags
turned out on the line of march. and
Girl Scouts, Veterans of the World |
World and other organizations lined |
the route. Fire engines footed their
sirens. Gray-haired old ladies sat on
the porches of their homes and waved |
flags. A large sign outside of East /
Caldwell proclaimed the fact that will
liam Harris lives here. voted for |
Abraham Lincoln and I will vote for
sat on the lawn to see his favorite can
didate go by.
But the biggest demonstration of all !
came at night when 10000 men and !
women, crowding the armory 10 its |
capacity, yelled themselves hoarse in |
welcome of the Republican nominee |
There was no doubt about the en-
thusiasm. 1t was with difficulty that !,
the police kept back the crowds SO that |
Mr.. Hoover, accompanied by Mrs. |
Hoover, could gain entrance to and |
exit from the hall. While the candi- |
date was speaking thousands of Re- |
publicans paraded in at torchlight pro-
cession and still other thousands list /
ened to the Hoover speech, coming to |
them over anpliiers arranged for the |
benefit OF those who could not gain |
admission to the armory.
Effective Argument.
Don't let any one tell you that the
Republican argument of prosperity and
high wages, under Republican rule, is
not effective in the industrial States of
the East! When Mr.. Hoover referred to
the prosperous conditions in this coun-
, try, as compared with conditions abroad
and conditions in America before the
World War, there were howls of ap-
prevail. And prosperity and high wages
is the Republican antidote for the
Smith-and Edwards in New jersey
plea for modification of the prohibition
laws. New Jersey is reckoned a wet
State. But 1t is also a State in which
the protective tariff has done much for
industry.
Over and over Mr.. Hoover warned the
voters against changing horses, particu-
larry when the country is going at
good gait.
AT such time as this" he said. "a
change in national policies involves not.
as some may lightly think, only a
choice between different roads by either
Of which we may go forward. but
question also as to whether we may not
be taking the wrong road and moving
backward. The measure of our national
= prosperity. of our stability, of our hope
OF future progress at this time is the
measure of what we may risk through
a change in present policies. More than
once in our national history a change
In policies in time of advancement
has been quickly followed by a turn
toward disaster"
MFR. Hoover was talking last night par
ticularly to labor and he stressed the
Improved conditions in the relations to-
day between employe and employer. He
ranged himself firmly a friend Of Or
gained labor, and predicted that the,
workers of America would always be
a tn fob So II