Evening star., 1932-09-19
ROOSEVELT SPEEDS
INTO NORTHWEST
Crowds Greet Governor as
Many Speeches Are De-
Tweed En- Route.

BY the Associated Press
ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL,
En- Route to Butte, Mont, September
19.-Sweeping northward through the
mountains of Idaho, the home State of
Republican Senator William E. Borah.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt today
brought his presidential candidacy into
Montana with a 3-hour stop at Butte.
At l pm, mountain standard time,
the Roosevelt special was scheduled to
resume its journey into the Pacific
Northwest with the next prolonged halt
at Seattle. Wash, Tuesday morning.
Entering upon the second week Of his
three-week swing through 81 States,
stretching from his home State of New
York to the Pacific Coast, the Demo-
cratic nominee last night made plat
form appearances at Ogden, Brigham
and Cache Junction, Utah. and Nc
Ammon, Pocatello and Idaho Falls,
Idaho.
Many Gather at Stations.
Crowds ranging from a few hundred
to a cheering throng of 5000 to 5000
at Pocatello gathered at the stations
to meet Mr. Roosevelt The train
stopped at the Idaho city for 80 min
utes.
In his journey from Salt Lake City,
where the Roosevelt party spent the
week end, the candidate had sup
porting cast of national figures. They
were United States Senators William
H. King of Utah Thomas J. Walsh
of Montana and Key Pittman Of Ne
vada; Democratic National Chairman
James A. Farley and National Treas
urer Frank c. Walker Senator Walsh,
chairman of the convention at Chi
cago which nominated Mr.. Roosevelt;
King and Pittman, as well as Farley.
appeared on the platform with the
Governor at several of yesterdays
stops. Gov. c. Ben Ross. Idaho's Dem
ocratic Governor. was with the party
on the trip across his State.
State Senator Thomas U. Walker Of
Montana, a brother of the national
treasurer. also was OF the train last
night. He was one of the Roosevelt
leaders at the Chicago convention.
The return to Butte w@s in the nature
of home coming" for Frank Walker.
a native of that CITY, Todays visit
was his first to the old home town
since he became nationa! figure.
Nears One Third of Trip.
When he reaches Seattle, Mr.. Roose-
welt will have comp lted one leg of the
89OO-mile trianglc his campaign is
tracing in the Test. Leaving here
Tuesday night, his train moves south
ward through Washington, Oregon and
California with the week end stop at
Los Angeles The third of Mr.. Roose-
velt's four major speeches on the trip
will be at Portland Auditorium on
Wednesday night Public utilities,
subject that has occupied much of Mr..
Roosevelt'S attention as the New York
Governor. will be discussed at the Ore
gon city. The other two maJo
speeches of this trip were at Topeka,
Kans, and Salt Lake City.
Gov. Ross and Senator Walsh assured
Roosevelt, as have leaders in Missouri,
Kansas. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah,
that there was a trend in Idaho and
Montana toward his candidacy. They
predicted he would find their States in
the Roosevelt column next November
8. Ross is running for reelection.
Reiterates Speeches.
Several times last night Mr.. Roose-
velt, in his platform speeches, reiter-
ated passages from his railroad speech
made last Saturday night at Salt Lake.
To the Pocatello crowd, the nominee
was set off in bold relief by the light
of brilliant white flares held aloft by
many of his auditors.
The New York Governor asserted at
Salt Lake City that the Government
should cooperate with the railroads
to work out a national transportation