The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-12
NOISY GREETING
GIVEN ALSMITH
ON SOUTH TOUR
Heeds Demands for Informal
Speeches in Raleigh and
Richmond
SECTIONALISM DEFIN E D
We Are All the Same, No Mat
ter Where We Are to Be
Found
SECTIONALISM Def N E D

0OvS1HOI 0tIAAtll AA0A1ls GA Asv~SS
to Nashville, Tenn, Oct. H.
(R-Cheered by the enthusiasm Of
thousands of Virginians and North
Carolinans who greeted him with
noisy demonstrations as his train
cut through those normally Demo.
cratic strongholds yesterday and
last night, Governor Smith came into
the border state Of Tennessee today
for another round Of receptions and
flying rear-platform campaigning.
Before heading for Louisville, KY,
where tomorrow night he will de-
liver the first formal address Of his
second campaign tour, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee faced .
big reception in Chattanooga before
noon, and another late today in
Nashville. Between these two cities
the governors special train was
routed into northern Alabama tor
q brief stop or two.
Touched by the warmth Of his re-
ception yesterday in Virginia and
North Carolina, the nominee needed
demands for an informal speech in
both Richmond and Raleigh, the two
state capitals, and used "Dixie" and
"The Sidewalks Of New York" !"
which bands had played for him en-
route, as an illustration that Sec
tionalism no longer existed in the
United States.
1--WE all belong to the one great
family of states that make up the
greatest nation in the world" he
told large and demonstrative audi
ence in the Raleigh auditorium, "and
we are all the same, no matter where
we are to be found, provided we are
still well-intentioned and we have
our minds on the single objective o1
what is best for the greatest mum.
ber."
Most of the Raleigh speech wai
q repetition of his impromptu Rich.
mond talk, made inside the Old Do.
minion capitol building; but thu
crowd that jammed into the audi,
tof76m upon the governors heels
after being informed at the last
minute that the New Yorker was
to be officially welcomed to NORTH
Carolina there, was receptive from
the moment Josephus Daniels in
troduced Governor Smith and Mrs
Smith until the nominee had con
cluded his brief address.
} introduced by the former secre'
tary Of the navy as the "next presi
dent Of the United States" the nom
inee brought his first big response
| when he made joint reference to tht
tunes Of "Dixie" and 1.-THE Sidewalks
of New York"
"And am entirely satisfied from
the cordial and, / might say, affec
tionate greeting Of the people Q,
this section of the SOUTH" he sale
at one point, "that the two tune!
can be blended together"
Autographs Brown Derbies
Leaving the auditorium the nom
inee, at the head of a long automo
bile procession, was taken through
cheering crowds on q tour which LEI
past the state capitol and three mile'
out of the city to q place calle'
Method, where his special train hat
been switched during the hour ant
. half stay in the Tarheel state capi
tai. Here, before boarding the train
the governor stood in his automo
bile autographing college students
brown derbies and shaking hand
with scores who climbed all over tn
car.
Durham, Greensboro, Salisbury an
Charlotte were greeted in the orde
named. crowds gathering about tn
rear Of the special train at each cit,
and pushing and stampeding for
clasp Of the New Yorker's hand an
for q better view Of his new brow
derby.
trained for q brief automobile tou
Of the downtown section, wher
thousands cheered him to the echt
He made no speech there.
Governor Norton Of TENNESSEE
Senator Mcclellan, and the entir
Democratic congressional delegatio
from that state had planned to boar
the Democratic special At Chats
nooga today to welcome Governo
Smith and to accompany him to th
canita1 at Nashville-