Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-24

If "the home OF my distinguished OPP
ponent" can give AL Smith himself a
more vociferous welcome in Madison
Square Garden on November than 1t
gave Herbert Hoover on october %, New
York City's reputation for noise will be
established indisputably. The radio has
seldom carried a greater or more pro-
longed din across the country than the
racket which for nearly IL minutes
kept Hoover from speaking. There were
bigger demonstrations" at the Kansas
City and Houston conventions, but they
lacked the spontaneity of the New York
tunult Convention demonstration"
are usually organized When they give
signs of dying down or out through nat
ural causes, somebody is told off in adj
vance to whoop 'em up again. There
was nothing of that sort at Hoover's
Madison Square Garden riot. Gov.
Smith is, of course, assured of fren-
zied greeting when he stands before his
home town constituents. But they now
have a high-water mark of frenzy to
outstrip and will doubtless try to do 1t.
Whatever happens, that long-raging
tornado which loosed itself In Herbert
Hoover's face is something neither he
nor anybody who heard 1t is likely ever
to forget.
Hoover unuuestionably was at the
top of his fighting form In New York.
His speech, as usual, was highly tech
nical in an economic sense. The Cali
fornian Invested himself of some
pungent epigrams, but he has not yet
mastered the art Of popular expression
when talking about tariffs, wages, Gov
eminent ownership, trade and merchant
marine. 1.-THE full garage" is a New
York Hooverism that may survive as
the up-to-date successor Of "the full
dinner pail" High-browed as the Re-
publican nominees speech was, there
was enough punch in 1t to make 1t a
vigorous attack on Gov. Smiths
program. state Socialism" Is the in
| dictment Hoover levels at his OPP
| ponent's scheme for Government-con-
| trolled liquor dispensation, Government
| owned water power and Government
managed agriculture Socialism" Is
| still associated in the popular mind
with red flags. From that viewpoint
Hoover has probably dealt Smith an
unpercut by stigmatizing the Democrats
economic plane as "Socialistic."
| ~ u \
Gov Smiths battle for the Atlantic
seaboard," which opens in Boston to-
night, will see the New Yorker in the
| gIiise he is fondeSt of and at the task
| he's best fitted fora whirlwind finish
| to a hard fight Smith has always felt
he would win or lose the 1928 election
| In the States which lie between Maine
and the District of Columbia. He has
consistently reckoned on keeping the
South solid and hoped for some border
State and Middle West strength to
help out, but realizes that without a
big block of Northeastern electoral
votes his cause is doomed. To win
them the country is about to observe
an AL Smith arrayed In such war paint
as he has never donned before. He
knows what's at stake for him and will
conduct himself accordingly. His friends
predict surprises-and results. Like Johr
Paul Jones, they say, "Al's only begun
to fight"
No three men In the United State;
are rendering more practical aid to the
rival political parties than a certain
Jim" and two certain Bills" The
Jim" is James D. Preston, superin.
tendent of the Senate press gallery. Thu
Bills" are William j. Donaldson, SUI
psrintendent of the House press gallery
and william j. Collins, who helps Il
shepherd the scribes in the Senate
Donaldson, ever since the Houston con
vention, has been attached to Smith
headquarters. in charge Of the newspa
per men who cover" the Democratic
nominee. Collins functions similarly a
Hoover headquarters. The two Bills
travel everywhere with their respective
candidatorial chiefs, More efficient
trouble taking men don't exist. Theil
job is doing things for the correspond
ents before the correspondents think o.
asking for 'enl. Jim" Preston, aftel
a Summer and Autumn as official score
keeper at the country's big golf matches
Is about to chaperon the newspaper
men travelling with Hughes.