The Washington times., 1928-06-29

.GIOVREIlUF OL NEW III - = =
candidate Of the Democratic party
gave out as his official statement
envy nomination on the first bal
lot fills me with joy and satisfac-
tion that | know is shared BY my
family and friends. MY heart Is
where my palate ought "a pc.
And he had something else TO say,
too. this was addressed to mill
ing. shouting, almost dellrious crowd
of 4 thousand men and women VINO
swarrned over the lawns Of the exc
.cutive mansion and crowded up 70
the very front steps Of the home q
the New York Governor, TO see Al.
The Governor took his time about
responding, however, he wasn't go
ing to have any mistake made lie
was going to be the nominee OF his
marty certainly and irrev0cably be-
fore he responded to cheers Of the
stneighbors.h In fact, he repeated
with evident relish. the radlosd
words of the convention chairman,
trying to hold the delegations ~.
order as they sought to switch their
votes to Smith.
~There IS no need for excessive
band wagon rush.
But finally there was no further
resisting He stepped out on the
front porch, as the crowd pressed
in about him and flares and arcs
threw d weird light on the throng,
as cameras ground reels for history.
cal AL. AL, was the shout from
every throat:
Then speech, speech, speech.
Overwhelmed BY Honor
A hush fell as he began:
The returns In the news from
Texas indicated that New York.
state, myself. my family and al
my friends are greatly honored by
the confidence placed In me by an
overwhelmingly majority Of the
delegates. Here in Albany, as am
now, surrounded by friends and
neighbors, the only thing I can
say is what / just told the news
papers, that / am overwhelmed BY
the news and my heart Is UP where
my palate ought to be. Z
A wild shout greeted him, as
scores pushed forward trying to-
shake his hand. For several min
utes he stood there, then finally:
I'll bid you all good night. I'LL
see you tomorrow. The next day
and all Of the summer"
All through the whole eventful
evening was plainly evident the
pride of the happy warrior" In this
accomplishment to be- shared in by
his family. All but two Of his own
family were at Houston. With him
last night were Walter, his 17-year-
old son, and Emily, his elder daugh-
ter. now Mrs. John Al. Warner, wife
sof the superintendent of State po-
lcie. She sat right by his side
every minute OF The evening.
There were at least thirty newspa-
permen and photographers present
from all parts Of the State, and.
other States.
The first typical act Of the happy
warrior was when he came trot-
ting into the room wearing the
great 1O-galloR white, cowboy hat
recently presented to him by Tom
Mix. movie star.
straight from Texas" he said,
as everyone laughed. Character
istic of the man were his comments
as the roll call of the States pro.
crossed.
One From Alabama
When 1t was announced that Ala.
hama had cast one vote for Gov.
ernor Smith, with the famous "a
votes for Underwood" OF the 1924
convention in. everyore's mind. he
grinned and said:
That's one more than ever
got there before. !"
The secretary several times called
what sounded over the radio like
sAlbert" r. Smith, (which drew a
good laugh from the governor, with
the comment that he had never
been called that before. When Cali
fornia's 26 votes all went TO him,
his comment was:
That's different from four years
ago." Massachusetts 80 votes for
Smith brought this forth:
Il get all the big babies anyway.
And again when Michigan's 30
votes all swung to him. he laughed:
Everything above thirty. ! get"
There's one over thirty we
didn't get
Montana's vote fell for Smith ION
account of that hat" He suggested
everyone mark 1t up quick" on
the tally sheets which had been
passed around when New Jersey
was called. Great suspense. he
smiled, as there was a pause when
New York's name was called. with
the added comment that his own
States 80 votes were kind of a
backbreaker."
When one vote was cast from
Ohio on the first call. he suddenly
called to Secretary Graves:
Find out tomorrow who that bird
Is. Wen send a telegram to him
quick. -
Like Boy ut Play
He was almost a boy at play
while the roll was being called
Though it was evident nothing of
he significance of the great mo-
nent escaped. He put on his eye
glasses and checked up every States
vote as 1t was announced. leaning
over low piano bench. which had
been placed before him to serve as
writing table.
The Governors comments on the
platform. however. were much less
numerous and less jocuse.
IT wonder how they're feeling
down there with that fellow talking
about COAL" he laughed as that
particular paragraph was read when
the prohibition plank was read. he
made no comment at all. He smiled
slightly and puffed thoughtfully on
nis cigar.
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