New Britain herald., 1928-11-02
SMITH WELCOMED
 BY GRAND PARADE
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Continued from First Page) in bounds. It was . typical re-en- actment of New York's pageant of welcome, staged this time in honor of native son.
 The governor, riding with Mrs. Smith. Mayor Walker and George w. Olvany. head of Tammany hall, grinned broadly and waved contin- uously lustrous brown derby.
 Forty autos conveyed the ohicial party. In one was Franklin D. Roosevelt. who nominated Governor Smith at Houston and is now run ming for governor of New York on the democratic ticket. Mrs. Roose- welt. Mrs. Walker and John H. Me- Cooey, democratic leader of Brook lyn. were other we'll known figures.
 Behind the official cars rolled 25 machines filled with reporters and two buses for the camera men. The bands rode in buses, too.
 No Curb Room
 Long before the parade had left the Battery standing room on the curbs along the route was unobtain- able. The crowd overflowed into the park at Madison Square. while the steps of the public library at 42nd street and Fifth avenue were filled. A drizzling rain didn't seem to mat .. ter.
 When the governor arrived at the Battery. just before noon, shippers of harbor craft tied down the whis- ties of their boats. MT. Smith and those who were to ride with him stepped into his car at two minutes past the noon hour. and the parade was under way.
 From Bowling Green to city hall the throng was particularly large. despite the rain. People were mass ed solidly on side streets for block back: others saw the process sion from dizzy window ledge perches. and all set up . great cry which followed the famous brown derby as it bobbed this way and that. The top of the governors car had been folded back, and he sat on it, Lindbergh fashion.
 Red. white and blue confetti seemed to be the favorite ammu- hilton of the office building watch. CTS, who sent it down in showers into the sticky street. Workers in the federal building gave the can- dldate particularly heavy sprink- ling of this festive material.
 Passes Hoover Buttons
 Vendors of buttons. flags and miniature derbies of chocolate hue patrolled Broadway and Fifth ave. hue. One man. an official of the foung Mems Republican club, prayed catcalls and conscientiously passed out Hoover buttons. That was on the avenue at 45th street.
 The parade was only starter on the nominees program for the day. Ionlght, in the Academy of Music in Brooklyn. he will go on the air at ID o'clock for another hours cam paign speech. On the platform with --AA'' ''AA DS I dllhlll I hOOSetelI. democratic candidate for the office he now holds and the man who dubbed him the Happy Warrior" in his nominating speech at Houston. Personal Friends The two men. long personal and political associates. will cooperate in twin assault on the republican strongholds in New York State is- sues will be the main subject of their arguments and opposition. leaders and candidates for various state offices are expected to come in for flashing.
 Albert Ottinger, attorney general in Smiths cabinet and republican candidate for governor, and H. Ed mund Machold, republican state chairman, already have been tar gets for Governor Smith in one or two campaign talks, and it was re- garded as foregone conclusion that these two again will be marks for the nominees verbal darts. Governor Smith is not certain about his plans for next week, or beyond his Madison Square Garden speech tomorrow night He believes, however, that his radio talk election eve will be delivered from the Ma tional Broadcasting Company's new studio instead of from his suite in the Hotel Biltmore. The talk will be broadcast immediately after Herbert Hoover has delivered his final word to the electorate at 10 o'clock east ern time from Palo Alto. Calf.
 The democratic nominee reiterat- ed his belief at a press conference yesterday that there was something lin the air" that could mean noth- ing but victory. Asked for his reac- ton to the receptions he had receiv- ed over the country he said:
 In tho Air
 'Just what l said the other day. It is in the air. It means victory; that is what it means"
 Then he asked his questioner if he had been in Newark the night before. Receiving an affirmative re- ply, he added:
 There was something doing over there. waSn't there?"
 That is why I am asking you about this" the reporter pursued.
 Its in the air." Smith replied. Tt is the same old story"