The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-22
Senator Truman Wins
Over Henry Wallace
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paigns but refused to go along TO-
the third trip, said he was going
to back the convention nominees.
His wife said a week ago tina
she would vote Republican if Mr.
Roosevelt were renominated.
The Truman people had callet
their shots in the vice presidential
battle, conceding Wallace woule
get the most votes on the first ties
and slip on the second.
Twenty-Five years ago, the Miss
ourian went from farming into DO
litics. Thomas ]. Pendergast, thu
Kansas City political boss VIII
served a term in Leavenwortf
penitentiary on an income ta7
charge put him in a county Judge
ship.
A dozen years later Pendergas
sponsored him for the Senate ant
Truman won. But in his first tern
he remained relatively oscure
figure.
After the Pendergast machine
collapsed, he won reelection on hi!
own. but it was not until he spon
sored legislation for investigation
Of defense contracts, got a commit.
tee appointed, and reported bill
lions Of dollars Of waste that Tru
man became a personality Of ma.
tional stature.
In his career-climaxing in his
victory tonight, Truman told the
convention:
''You don't know how very much
I appreciate this very great honor
which has come to the great state
of Missouri.
There is also connected with /,
a great responsibility which I am
prfectly willing to assume.
Il expect to continue the effort
which l have been making as Sc.
nator to help shorten the war and
win the peace under our great lead
err Roosevelt.
81 accept the honor with all the
humility that citizen of the Uni
ted States can assume in this po
sition"
Truman still did not have a cleal
cut majority the first time through
the second roll call of states, but
victory was just barely outside hi:
grasp. Some states already hac
shifted to him and the Truman
drive was all set to NOV down {
host of favorite son candidates.
Then, Sen. John Bankhead o.
Alabama, although he had an
nounced he was in the race tt
stay, gained recognition.
81 desire to recall my name" hi
told an applauding audience.
Alabama would give % votes tt
Truman to Wallace, he said.
That really was the spark which
ignited the finder. 1t put nearly
500 votes to Humans credit.
South Carolina upped the ante
by Is.
Chairman flanagan yelled to
ward Mayor Edward Kelly of Chi
cago, a potent figure in the big
Illinois delegation:
'That's all we need. Come on in
Illinois caucused and changed Its
So votes from Senator Scott Lucas
to Truman.
And away went the Truman
drive. It hadn't needed the encour'
agement and there really was no.
thing left for the workers to dc
as the various states, which a
short time ago had been fighting
over a nominee, fought gleefully
and loudly to hop aboard the band
wagon.
Frank McHale of the Indiana
delegation pulled back the name O.
Paul V. McNutt, the federal Sc
curity administrator who could
have had the vice presidential
nomination in 1910 with the flick
of an eyelash from the President
Maine, which had strewed II
votes around among four candi
dates on the first ballot, gave Tru
man 9, Wallace l on the second. Il
was just as simple as that dowr
the list and in a matter of min.
utes the Truman forces had rolled
past the 589 nominating figure.
Once the band-wagon started
rolling for Truman, so many
states sought to change their votes
that officially tally clerks could no
keep up with the switches. As =
result, the official announcement
OF the second ballot accounted for
the total convention vote of 1,176
but left out Tennessee's Is which
remained to the end for Gov. Prem
tlce Cooper of that state.
Officials gave up trying to cor.
rect the mistakes until a complete
check could be made. The 26 woulc
nave to be subtracted from votes
announced as going to Truman or
Wallace.
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