Evening star., 1928-10-30
PARADE ROUTE JAMMED.
500 Police Unable to Hold Back We'll
coming ThrOng.
nv WILL p. KENNEDY.

BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
In the heart of Maryland, Gov. Smith
last night assailed the Ku Klux Klan,
the Fellowship Forum, the Anti-Saloon
League and other agencies of what he
termed un-American intolerance prop
aganda as allies of the Republican
party, exercising political blackmail." :"
In return he was cheered, as perhaps
no other man in the history of the
Commonwealth has been cheered, by
large and enthusiastic gathering that
filled to overflowing the same arena
where Is years ago Woodrow Wilson
was nominated.
The demonstration in the Fifth Regi-
ment Armory, Baltimore, where 49,
900 seats had been placed, and where
other thousands were standing, climax
ed seven hours of wild acclaims in
which delegations from every town in
the State participated, including pos
sibly 10000 from the National Capital
and neighboring Virginia.
NotabIes on Platform.
One of the attractive pictures of the
ovation in the arnory was when Gov.
Smith stood before the calcium lights
with Mrs. Smith and his daughter.
Mrs. John NJ. Warner, o none side and
Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the war
time President, on the other. Secre-
tary Melons daughter, Mrs David
K. Este Bruce, whose father-in-law,
Senator Bruce of Maryland, spoke be-
fore the entrance of Gov. Smith, also
occupied a seat on the platform.
Vx,t1N
turously applauded when he made BIT
ter attack upon religious intolerance,
declared that the Volstead act should be
wiped off the statute books and the
eighteenth amendment removed from
the Constitution, and declared that in
1882 1t would be his pleasure to urge
the reelection of Smith as President.
Long before the appointed time yester-
day afternoon, $4,000 persons. many of
them with lunchboxes and thermos bot
ties. found vantage points on the
terraces of the amphitheater about the
Mount Royal Station, awaiting the ar
rival of the Smith special train, while
others by tens of thousands, in spite
of the sharp wind and biting cold, held
other strategic locations along the route
of the parade. Mrs. Smith, who, with her
daughter, had been feted at luncheon
by the United Democratic Women's
Club of Maryland; Gov. Ritchie, Sena-
tors Bruce and Tydings, Representative
Gambrill, former Mayor Howard w.
jackson and other prominent party
leaders were awaiting Gov Smith at
the trackside.
Guns Roar Salute.
Hailed by 17-gun salute on his ar
rival in Baltimore, Gov. Smith. with
his gray coat buttoned against the stiff
Autumn breeze and wearing one of the
famous brown derbieS." paraded for
an hour and half The procession was
led by the band on flag decorated bus
over four-nile route through the busi-
ness section. past the War Memorial and
the Municipal plaza. Every foot of prog
reSS along the route was accompanied by
the plaudits and joyful demonstrations
or the assembled throng which closely
packed the streets. The parade was
forced to halt, because of the crowds,
several times.
Throughout the parade Gov. Smiths
car was showered with flowers, confetti
and gayly colored streamers In spite
Of the fact that the entire police force
was out on 32-hour service, with 800
men detailed to the route of the pa
rade, the eager throngs frequently broke
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around the governors automobile.
Armory Is Filled Early.
Following the parade Gov. Smith and
his party had a brief respite in the
Belvedere Hotel, where an entire floor
was cut off from intrusion. Meanwhile,
the crowds flowed down upon the ar
mory to seize and hold desirable seats. |
Some were In the great hall as early |;
as ! o'clock, but the big drive started |
at 8 o'clock and continued until the |
doors were closed at $3.50 o'clock to all |
but those holding tickets for platform |
and press seats.
It was an orderly out eager and i'm |
patient crowd, singing "The Sidewalks |
Of New York; and other campaign songs |
and cheers for political favorites, ready |
to burst out into tremendous ovations |
for Gov. Ritchie and Gov. Smith. At |
5 o'clock Howard Bruce opened the rally |
and turned it over to Gov. Ritchie, whose |
reception was only less frenzied than |
that of the presidential candidate him.
self
A dense crowd was massed outside of |
the armory to catch glimpse Of Gov.
Smith as he entered the hall at $50 /
o'clock They joined their cheers with
those of the 10000 within the building |
as the candidates car drove up, and |
the acclaim lasted for nearly 20 min
utes.
The Lyric Theater had been reserve
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