Evening star., 1946-09-01
| Home District Boosts
|Goode for us. Senate,
Bland Backs Wright
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 31.-Emer-
gence of State Senator Morton G..
Goode as potential favorite son
of the fourth congressional district
and a strong Endorsement of State
Conservation Commissioner William
A. Wright by Representative Bland
OF the first district wound up the
weeks developments today in the
held OF Democratic candidates for
the United States Senate.
Mr.. Goode, resident of Dinwid-
die County and veteran in the State
Senate, Was projected into the SEN
atorial picture by friends in his
home district.
His appearance, coming five DAYS
before the convention meets here
next Thursday to pick the party
nominee for the unexpired term of
the late Senator Glass, leaves only
the second and third districts with
out some show of support fora ia
vorite son.
It also served as another indiea-
ton that the organization wing of
the party is not yet behind any one
candidate, and that the convention
would open with at least seven pros
pective candidates up for considera-
tlon-and possibly eight, if former
Gov. Dardens name is put forward
He has made strong statements that
ne Will not be candidate.
| Bland Endorsement Unusual.
Mr.. BANDS declaration for Mr..
Wright is the first public indorse-
ment OF a candidate by any member
OF Vlrginia's delegation in Congress.
AS of today, Mr.. Wright still was
the only candidate openly aspiring
to the nomination as Senator Glass
successor, but the other unan-
nounced candidates were still yerv
much to be reckoned with.
Meanwhile, State Democratic
chairman Horace H. Edwards re-
leased an official program for next
thursdays State Democratic con-
Ventlon, charting the course from
pre-convention committee sessions
wednesday night to the adjourn
ment At an unspecified hour and
day.
The convention proper will get un-
der way in the Mosque Auditorium
here at noon Thursday, after a round
OF district caucuses that morning
and series of preparatory commit
tee sessions the previous night.
representative Gary of Richmond
Will welcome the delegates and Capt,
q. Alvin Massenburg of Hampton,
f1oor leader of the Virginia House of
Delegates, will respond.
Committees To Be Named.
Initial business will be the election
OF members of the Resolutions, Gre
dentials and Permanent Organiza-
ton Committees. Each Congress
sional district is entitled to three
members on each committee, and
the election will be largely a mat
ter OF confirming nominees chosen
earlier in district caucuses.
The convention then will hear an
address by Representative Almond
OF Roanoke, who will present reso-
iutlons memorializing Senator Glass
After receiving and acting upon
the report of the Pre- Convention
Rules Committee, the delegates are
scheduled to recess until pm. to
allow time for meetings of the COM
mlttees on Resolutions, Credentials
and Permanent Organization.
| Former Gov. Darden has been in
dorsed by several delegations for the
craftsmanship. Thus far he is the
only candidate.
Some Disputes Expected.
Presentation of the report of the
Credentials Committee, which NAV
have some disputes to settle among
claims by different states of dele
gates in a few localities, will clear
the way for the conventions prin-
cipal business, selection Of a sena-
torial nominee.
Nominating speeches will be
limited to five or 10 minutes.
The balloting process may take
considerable time, since there are
ia balloting groups to be heard
from-more than twice as many as
IN Democratic national conven-
ton and some of the delegations
are likely to be split among two
or more candidates.
The Rules Committee will de-
termlne the procedure should the
first ballot fail to give any candi-
date the necessary majority for
nomination.
With 1,128 votes at the conven-
ton, at least SOS, a simple majority
will be required for nomination