Imperial Valley press., 1928-10-20
SMITH TO MAKE
STIFF CAMPAIGN
in CLOSING DAYS
Leader of Democrats
Plans Many Speeches
Before Election Day.
BY PAUL r. MAILON
United Press Staff Correspondent

Unltc0 Press starr correspondent
CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-GOv. Alfred
+. Smith turned back toward his
native east today to concentrate his
final efforts in the big electoral
states with plenty Of campaign ma
terial up his sleeve for the final
drive.
The Democratic presidential nom
inrc will wind up his national cam
paign just as he has wound up every
state campaign, in burst of activi-
ty.
Seven speeches are expected to be
made in thc last two weeks before
election, probably in Baltimore,
Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Phil
adelphia, Providence and Newark.
1t has long been a political adage
in New York that Smith won his
gubcrnatorial battles in the last
two weeks before election. His
friends say he will try the same
tactics in this campaign and they
forcscc the development of some UNI
expected material which he believes
will have a bearing on the national
situation.
The governor is leaving here at
10 a. M, central time for Indianap-
oils where he will stop for an hour
or two for a parade and visit to
the bedside of his old friend Thomas
Taggart, the Indiana Democratic
leader.
From there he will set his course
for Albany and two or three days
of rest before he hops into the
final conflict.
Smith is satisfied with the i'm
preston he has left in the west, the
receptions he received here, and
especially with the speech he de-
livcred in the downtown Chicago
armory last night on the theme;
"The record of the present admins
tration is guarantee of what may
be expected from the next the
text being taken from the Republl-
can platform.
Smith played upon this test to
emphasize what the farmers, the
war veterans, those interested in
prohibition, and the conservationists
of water power resources might eX-
pcct.
The nominee directed his fire
particularly at Senator Borah of
Idaho and Chairman Work of the
Republican national committee. lie
prodded Borah by resurrecting a
speech the senator made in 1919
which Smith said amounted to an
Indictment of the ability, trust
worthiness and efficiency of Her
bert Hoover, the Republican nominee
The governor said the record was
iumblcd about Borah S challenge of
trust, bat he asked the senator now
to make it clear whether the refer
cnccs was not to Hoover.
cncc was not to Hoover.
with the recent decision of Attor-
ney General Sargent multiplying the
Salt Creek royalty oil lease of
Harry F. Sinclair, the Teapot Dome
oil magnate. Smith said Work had
renewed the option on the lease and
that "thc only defense he thus far
has offered is: :''I have no comment
10 Hldht. HuSt lHlHSo dit pdo',
people are tired of hearing of these
oil leases -
The farmers have been fed on
empty promises, he said, The war
veterans were deprived of just care
and in the ease of those at the
Tuppcrlake sanitorium, New York,
were prevented from registering to
vote in this election, he added. Those
for or against prohibition cannot
but be discouraged by the present
system, he argued.
The governor is starting back in
the best of spirits although his wife
has been fatigued by the narrowing
experiences of the second campaign
tour. After denial of a rumor print
ed in a Chicago newspaper that she
Lad collapsed, Mrs. Smith appeared
on the platform with the governor
last night, but did not appear to be
her usual self.