The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-04

Cooper of Tennessee, "a. Vice Pres
ident Wallace had received 429M
votes on the first ballot, compared
to Truman's 319h.
Mr.. Wallace was quick to con-
graduate the winner and urge his
support. "My own defeat is not q
loss to the cause of liberalism" he
said. "That is obvious in what hap
pened here at the convention"
Following his nomination, MIR.
Truman was escorted to the plat
form amid the cheers of the
overflow crowd. In speech last
ing hardly a minute, he said he
would continue his efforts "to
help shorten the war and win the
peace under the great leadership
of President Roosevelt" and
then, stating that he did so
with humility" he accepted
the nomination. 4.
Those suggested for the nominal
ton, in addition to Truman and
Wallace, were: Sen. Scott S. Lucas
of Illinois; Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy; Gov. ]. M. Brough-
ton of North Carolina; Gov. Robert
us. Kerr Of Oklahoma; Paul v. Nc
Mutt of Indiana, War Manpower
commissioner; Sen. John H. Bank
head of Alabama; Sen. Alben Bark
ley of Kentucky; Gov. Prentice
Cooper of Tennessee; Sen. Joseph
c. O'Mahony of Wyoming, and Sen.
Elbert Thomas of Utah. Added
starters were Gov. Herbert O'Con-
nor of Maryland and Sen. Claude
Pepper of Florida. who were put
in the race by first-ballot votes.
Political observers were definite
in their belief that Truman would
strengthen the Democratic national
ticket. They pointed out that in
choosing the Missourian the party
had a candidate whose voting rec
ord in the senate has been consist
emily pro-Roosevelt and friendly to
labor. The fact that Truman is a
veteran of World War I, with a dis
tinguished record, is likewise re-
garded as a strong asset. That he
is acceptable to labor was indicated
by the action of Sidney Hillman,
chairman of the CLIO Political Ac-
ton committee, one of Wallace's
chief supporters, who declared that
Truman was satisfactory to his
group. In the South, Truman like
wise should attract support. It was
southern delegations which started
the Truman stampede that culminat-
ed in his nomination.
Gov. Kerr's Keynote.
Unusual interest had focused on
the keynote speech delivered by
Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma,
for it was the first time the West
erner had faced a national party
meeting.
Veteran convention attendants
were agreed that the Oklaho-
mans performance ranked high
among such performances in
their memory. Caustic in his de-
nunciations Of the opposing
party and fervent in his praise
Of the Roosevelt administration,
Governor Kerr brought cheers
from the delegates time after
time.
Enunciating traditional party doc
trine, he declared that the election
of Republican administration this
year would bring about ''the certain
return of 1882" and would 'invite
disaster"
Robert E. Hannegan, national
chairman, told the delegates and
guests that ''the fortunes of war
have been too hard to win to be
gambled away in the inexperienced
hands of new commander-in-chief."
The increasingly important role
of women in national politics was
emphasized at the convention.
Three women in particular were in
the spotlight: Dorothy Vredenburgh,
secretary of the national commit
tee, Mrs. Charles w. Tillett of North
Carolina, assistant chairman of the
convention, and Mrs. Helen Ga
hagan Douglas of California.
From the same spot where Con-
gresham Glare Boothe Luce had
spoken three weeks before to the
Republican convention, Mrs. Doug
las delivered one of the major ad-
dresses Of the convention.