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Show SMITH SCORES ECONOMY CLAIM ABOARD SMITH SPECIAL TRAIN, LEAVING SEDALIA, MO., Oct. 17. (UP) Gov. Alfred E. Smith turned the western pivot of his border states campaign today to beat back over his own trail to Chicago, Chi-cago, there to make his final personal per-sonal appeal to the west. StiJl Good Humored Battered but still good-humored after his clamorous receptions, the happy warrior began work imme-diateiy imme-diateiy this morning on the Chicago address to be delivered Friday night I before he starts concentrated efforts ef-forts in the east, the last two weeks before election. J Smith left behind him here for use by other Democratic campaign orators, copies of the speech he delivered de-livered last night to 15,000 Missouri-ans, Missouri-ans, critically questioning the economy econ-omy record of the Republican administration ad-ministration and the fiscal intentions inten-tions of the present Republican ticket. The Democratic presidential nominee nom-inee used fac-.s and f.grjres never before mentioned by Democrats in their wars againsi trie Republicans and he took off his gloves to do it. The plan for making states pay part of the Mississippi flood control, con-trol, "parsimonious" appropriation-for appropriation-for army housing and Indian aid, idling in constructon of public buildngs and what he called "the trick bookkeeping of the administration," adminis-tration," all were brought under fire. |