New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-06-29
HULL NOMINATION
MADE BY HANNAH
Tennessee Man Proposed for
Democratic Nomination

Houston, Tex, June % (UP) -
The speech of Harvey Ii. Hannah.
nominating Cordell Hull of Tennes-
see was in part as follows:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentle
men of the convention:
Tennessec's delegation is pro-
foundly happy to be in a great ma
tlonal convention Of democrats like
TINS, where a man can strike a
match and have no fear of starting
a spontaneous conhagration of oil,
like the fear that hung, like Ban
quos ghost, over the republicans at
Kansas City.
We are happy to be in this great
convention where the masses of the
people are represented and espe-
cially those who have built that ma
ton with their toll and sweat, and
who upon their bowed backs now
bear the burdens of Civiliza ton the
American farmer. If there is a place
on earth where the American farm
er, his wife and children should feel
at home and among friends, it is in
a democratic convention and pledge
them they will never be driven
from the doors of this convention
IKE the Russian peasants with the
bull whip OF plutocracy, as they
were at Kansas City by the over
lords from the east and the negro
delegates from the south who DOM
mated the convention of dives.
Offers Man
Tennessee, true 10 her traditions
offers you a man. not n mere favor
lite son to be complimented, but a
man who in every way measures IN
to the crying needs of the nation: a
man with the prophetic vision of
Jefferson. the intrepid courage of
Jackson, and the sublime belief of
Woodrow Wilson in honest govern
ment and the rights Of all men to
be free.
Tennessee does not offer the name
OF this great democrat as a sectional
candidate. He is, by his great abil-
ity and achievements. greater than
any section or faction. He is a ma
tional figure. Yet, We do not believe
that the south or a candidate from
the south who for 60 years have
never failed in their loyalty to sup
port the democratic party. growing
out Of principle. should be penalized
for their faith by this great demo-
cratic convention and We do not be-
lieve they will be.
Life a Romance
The life story of our candidate
reads almost like romance 1t is the
story of the Anglo Saxon mountain
Ger with three centuries of pioneer
heroism behind him. which built
this republic for God and liberty.
In many ways his life reminds you
Of Andrew Jackson's. Born in the
mountains Of Tennessee, where the
| eagles nest. raised on farm, work.
ing in the field touching shirt sleeves
TO shirt sleeve with the toilers of the
soil. he knows what the callous in
farmers hand means. He RATED
logs in the winter on the Cumber.
land river.
There is no phase of life of the
plain people that he does not know
from actual experience He gradu-
ated with high honors both from
, college and in law.
A Mountaineer
! saw him once come down out
of the mountains as a member Of
the legislature. In a little while in
his modest, silent forceful way, I
saw him become a marked man of
destiny. The old leaders said be
hold. a young David. shepherd lad
has come to lead the democracy Of
Tennessee"
He is probably regarded as the
highest authority in America on the
question of taxation and national
finance. 1t is doubtful il there is a
man in public life more skilled or
better acquainted with our interna-
tional relations. 1t was his all
powerful judicial mind that drafted
the income tax law that has stood
the acid test of the courts and forced
protected wealth gathered in huge
estates of the masses of people, to
pay their just proportion for the
support of the government and
which furnished fifteen billions of
dollars during the war period. and
yields now over two billions of pres
ent tax revenues.
Matchless Son
therefore. in the name Of Ten