The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-10-29
Presidential Campaign Fin ishing Tn Ever Increas-
 ing Political Emotion
BOTH SIDES ARE
 FIGHTING FOR EAST
Final Week Sees Strongest Guns Trained on Eastern
 Sector Where Is Furious

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-tAs-
 sociated Press Summary of Last
 Week. - Under the stimulus of ever increasing popular interest, the Presidential campaign is nearing its end amid a bounteous autumnal outpouring of old time political emotion. Those who pre- dieted that unreasonable activity in the earlier weeks would satiate the public appetite long before the election find their prophecy unfulfilled. Launched from the doorsteps of the National Con ventions the campaign, far ahead of time in starting, ten days from the finish still absorbs the active attention of more millions than ever took politics seriously in previous years.
 Unweildly and unruly crowds troop about trains and hang on the words of candidates, ex-can- didates and near candidates. Scores of thousands turn out to cheer party rallies and march in torch-light parades. The registra- tion lists have sky-rocketed Poli- tical headquarters have become mad-houses.
 The remaining days will see activities further intensified. Hoover and Curtis and Smith and Robinson, seconded by as bril- liant a galary of platform ora tors as ever answered the call of political parties in modern times are swinging into the last su- preme effort to battle. It seems certain that the voters will wit ness in the final week political excitement unmatched in life time.
 Interest in East
 A generous portion of the ac- tivity will focus in the East which during the last week has seen both candidates in action. New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecti- cut, Delaware and Maryland con- trol an even 100 of the 266 cleo toral votes needed to elect a Each of these States is being stoutly debated. Gov. Al fred E. Smith is concluding his in this sector while Herbert c. Hoover is preparing to leave the Eastern battle to lesser political figures and start for California to vote.
 Gov. Smith made an important speech during the week at Bos- ton where Hoover preceded him a few days. Hoover spoke in New York where Gov. Smith will make the last speech of the cam paign. Gov. Smith closed the week with a great meeting in Philadelphia, following an en- thusiastic trip through New Jer- sey. This whole group of States will see an impressive concen- Lration of political effort for the ina week of the campaign, for each side has given their cleo Loral votes the major place in their hopes of victory.
 But the East has no monopoly 1f activities of the concluding week. Two other localities are ] important on the map and con- Linue to receive painstaking att One is the border group 'f States, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma with 53 electoral votes. The other is the 'arm group with 43 votes, con 'isting of Wisconsin, Minnesota, he Dakotas, and Nebraska.
 The last week has seen the drawing cards, Judge Charles Evans Hughes, Senator William D. Borah, Senator Carter Glass, John w. Davis, and James M. Cox, exhibited by the parties in he Border States. This week he Border country will hear Hoover fin Louisville and St. Louis. who will likewise pass through Nebraska, where Senator ieorge w. Norris, newly enlisted supporter of the Democrats. will