Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-04
HOOVER ATTACKS
SMITH ON TARIFF
Enthusiastic Crowd Hears
Candidate Express Con-
fidence in Electorate.
Continued From First Page)

for COne1 ess are pleGye1 by 'neT pa! ~
platform to another competitive
tariff"
A check-up on the prospective Demo-
cratic personnel of the House ways ana
means committee, he stated. will reveal
! preponderance OF the same tsaoers
who wrote the Underwood tarlH ana
who opposed the Republican tariff"
Il Co not believe for one moment
that you are prepared to entrust TO
these men a revision nj the tarl1, ne
remarked, as the crowd burst INTO APP
Dlaude.
To me America Is entering a new
era" the nominee said Ii conclusion.
ut is entering an era OF development
OF ideas in industry and commerce
which Affect our whole RATIONAL lie.
II should hope, II elected, to give that
constructive Development
Greeted With Cheer.
AS the Hoover train arrived In the
station at Pueblo bend struck up
patriotic air and a great shout went
ur. tyoovfr IVES escot,ed between llneS
of National GuarG-men to a speclallE
erected SAND in frcrc Of the depot.
MasSad arr md the stand were thou
sands Of shlvering bu5 cheering men.
women end children. The nominee
was introduced by Chairman Work as
"thn greatest civilian hero OF the World
War and the next President OF the
United States" The ,hrong reared its
app oval. and added to the noise by
shakinc cowbslls and clapperS.
Hoover paid tribute to Pueblos well
known citizen, DR.. Work. stating that
he has worked necessarily for victory
for the Republican cause. And that
victory is certain to come" the nominee
asserted. with emphasis. Another DEM
onstration was precipitated by the re-
mark.
over. Hoover is making use of dozens oil
stons in his dash across the country to
hammer hons to the individual citizens
the supreme Importance Of going to the
polls next Tuesday as he has come S"
far to do himself. He will repeat
this logic to the electorate at large in
short radio address Monday evening
from his home near Palo Alto.
Group after group of station crowds
representing a picturesque crcss-sec-
ton of inhabitants of the great prairie
country of Kansas, we're given this mes
sage today as the special train crossed
the dreary snow-spotted hat-lands OF
Senator Curtis native State.
folk the Republican standard-bearer de-
the election. he knew that "the ma
jority of the American people usually
choose right"
Prairie Towns Enthusiastic.
The sparsely-Settled prairies through
which the Hoover train made Its some
what monotonous way may contain few
votes, compared to more thickly in1ab-
tied sections of the country. but the i'm
preston gained from the succession OF
demonstrations staged at the dozen O.
so little towns along the route Is that
most of these votes are going to be cas-
for Herbert Hoover.
As tokens Of the good will Of the
farmers and cattlemen Of the wide open
spaces beyond the Mississippi. Hoover
is accommodating an interesting but cum
bercome assortment of curios and me-
mentos, handed to him BY admirers.
He has a n1enagerie of small elephants
in his private car. and novel and val
ued addition to the ZOO today was an
appetizing string Of Mallard ducks.
the gift of the I5aak Walton League at
Hoisington, Kars.
Il have been honorary president OF
the Izsak Walton League for number
of years" Hoover tod the donors. but
this is the first time 1 ever collected
anything for holding down that job" He
added with a chuckle that his next meal
would reflect the high standard of
living proposed by the Republican
party"
Mrs. Hoover has done her share of
souvenir collecting, too. as a result of
which the nominees car Is filed to its
capacity with Autumn flowers of every
description. Mrs. Hoover gets huge en-
ioymsnt out of these station celebrations
and she never MISSES an opportunity to
join her husband on the rear platform
in greeting the crowds.
The first Of these demonstrations to-
day occurred before breakfast ut Council
Grove, Kars. Council Grove has a post
office. general store and everything. It
has a town band above all. Its five
pieces were oompahing for all they we're
worth when the Hoover train came to
halt amid cheering throng Of several
hundred leading citiz-ns. There were
even two women in the musical quintet.
Band Plays Page Five"
After exhausting its repertoire Of
nnen,crized pieces bv p'aying what
turned out to b. The Star Spangled
Banner" the psnting leader said: We'll
boys. what'll We play neXt?" The from
bonist suggested "pegc Five" which
proved to be Hail, Hail. the Gangs All
Here" The gang was there, all right,
not only with its cheers. but with wide
brin1med hats. leather boots and ear
muf1s. The latter was a protective
measure against frigid falling snow.
Bands clamored for notice in sue
ceeding villages across the State Several
times men and boys climbed to the
railing Of the platform and shook hands
with the nominee and his wife. At
other places Hoover leaned over the rail
and eTasped as many extended hands as
possible.
Hoover's rotundity is not given to
much bending. however, and later in the
day he told his eager friends that It
hurt him to lean over the rail. He
agreed, however. to stand the discomfort
IN order to reach the HANDS Of three old
ladies' Jan1med into the forefront of a
crowd at Eads, Colo.
The Hoover party was surprised to
find itself the object of special
ccurtesics when the train switched onto
the lines Of the Missouri Pacific at St
Louis. President L. w Baldwin and
his executive assistant. r. H. Mercy
nolds, had met Mr.. Hoover on numerous
occasions during the Mississippi food
emergency. ard they felt that things
should be done up right"
Special Courtesies Extended.
Cons squently every member Of the
party found free supper set for them
in the dining GER when he got back on
| the tr7in ~ 81. INui- Each meal
! since then has had decorative meanu
! fclder especially prepared for the "trip
Of the Hon. Herbert Hoover, Republi-
can nominee fer President"
This Baltimore & Ohio Railroad also
paid its respects in carrying the train
over its tracks from Washington to St.
Louis. Expensive cigars we're supplied
the party after each meal with the
personal compliments" of Daniel Will
lard, president of the road.
During halt at Horace, Kans., this
| afternoon Hoover showed his apprecia-