Milford chronicle., 1936-05-15
TUNNEL VICTOR
over ADAMS In
SPIRITED FIGHT
[Coufiuned from F,y,t Rqgel

ing majority in the new State com
mittee.
fractional feeling famed in tn
convention when nominations wer
being made for national committee
man. The outbreak was between thu
Adams men and the friends of Tun
nell. w. w. Knowles was making 4;
speech secOnding the nomination o
Adams whose name was presented
to the convention by Mrs. Mary r
Love of Sussex county. Mr.. Knowle:
referred to Adams as the best Dem
ocrat in the State, one who never
faltered in his support of President
Roosevelt"
president Roosevelt would cor
roborate this if he were here" Mr.
Knowles said. HE can't be charged
with taking money from the Re-
publicans to defeat another Demo-
crat. New Castle county wants him
and you will need New Castle
county to elect your ticket"
Noise Stops Speaker
This brought chorus of cheers
and "bOos" from the assembly and
the noise became so great that Mr.
Knowles could no longer he heard
and he had to stop talking. The
boOing continued for some time.
The second outbreak occurred
while Hugh F. Gallagher. another
Adams lieutenant, was making a
speech secOnding his nomination.
He said Adams had stood back of
President Roosevelt I'm the early
days of his trials while his OppO-
nent was not always backing the
President"
Striding to the floor near the
chairman's desk, Mr.. Tunnel raised
his voice to interrupt Gallagher. Z
Tunnel QuizzeS Speaker
Wherein did I fail to support the
President" Tunnel asked. What
rule did | fail to Obey?"
81 have been reliably informed
Gallagher replied that your vote at
the last Democratic national con-
ventiOn was frequently embarrass-
ing to the administration forces and
the friends of Roosevelt"
"If the gentleman will look up the
records" Tunnel said "he will find
that l was not even a delegate at
the last Democratic national con-
ventiOn."
This brought a storm of cheers
and bOoing Gallagher tried to get
the floor to speak hut shouts of
no" mo" and loud booing prevent
ed him.
"I want to apologize to Mr.. Tun-
nell" he shouted. will you let me
do that" But he was met with
shouts of mo" and more hooing I'M
til his voice was drowned out and
he returned to his seat.
Biggs Opens Session
The convention was called to or
der by John Biggs as chairman Of
the State committee. The invocation
was by the Rev. John r. Crosby of !
Sussex county. |
without any prelminaries, Biggs
presented Ivan Culbertson as the
chairman and keynOtcT. \
Mr.: CulbertsOn spoke eXtempOranc- S
Ously. first reviewing conditions as 7
they were in the nation in 1892 and II
when President Roosevelt came into I
office and conditions now after "
nearly four years of the Roosevelt d
administration He said in 1882, af- v
ter II years of Republican rule. CON r.
ditiOns in the United States were a
Unprecedented in history. He said a
the farmers were poor and demand s.
ing the right to he recognized. hut
without success. Employment in the $,
cities. he said was almost at a.
standstill, and many people were ac- tC
-ually starving. Hoover, he said. al
turned a deaf ear to every demand in
'or relief. At the election the people c,
lrove from the White House the r
leadership that had put the country bc
n such perilous condition, he said hc
Tells Of Changes m
Under the Roosevelt administra- A
ion, he asserted, unemployment has ga
)een reduced from 14,O00,000 to . ~
100000, industry has been helped.
'anks have been saved. and the
'anking system has been Overhauled ta
o that the country now has the tic
NEST banking system in the world. di,
'o investor, he said. has lost one oc
ent under The Roosevelt rule. The fol
old standard has been abandoned pu
'hich step, he said, averted infia- ar,
on.
Charges by the Republicans that WI
ne Democratic administration has las
handOned its platform promises he ne
ermed without foundation. Admit sci
ng that the budget has not been Pc
he pointed to the money to
lat has been expended for relief of
ublic works to give employment. aft
lnds poured out to aid industry and sol
anking institutions He said the tai
mount spent is small compared
ith the beneficial results obtained. Hu
e said it would take still more the
oney to assure recovery but this wo
sbt would never have been created nu
the President had not asked for the
Id received funds with which to bee
I'VE the nation from ruin. bee
Hold Price Is Cheap an,
81 say the price is cheap if it has ha'
we'd our form of government" Mr.. tur
llbertson declared. Where were
e Roosevelt critics in 1882 when g
e nation was begging for help? isl;
here were they when the country SOL
rs threatened with communism pre
out which they talk so freely will
w? There is always danger of anc
in any nation but it can he
me only when the people are lost 7
despair and that is what Presi- ed
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