Show i e I By Dr WALTER D j GOVERNOR AdlaI Stevenson o of vJ Illinois emerged as winner o othe of the Democratic presidential nomination nomi nation the object of a tru true draft dratt much in the same position as Eisenhower Eisen hower who became the GOP standard standard stand stand- ard and bearer Both must heal the wounds of party intra party strife before either cither can get down to the rea real campaign issues There is it little doubt that the Democratic convention picked the strongest man from its list of candidates candidates candidates can can- for as the successful Governor of Illinois in the heart o of the great west Stevenson is the theone theone theone one man best but fitted to hold that Important Im bm- portent sector ector of the tho electorate for forthe or orthe the tho Democrats Democrat in November It was this great farm belt in 1848 1648 which carried President Truman to victory Wino Illinois Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Ohio Tennessee Wisconsin Wis Wil and Missouri with electoral vote votes I i r f Democratic leaders leader at Chicago took a calculated risk when they the forced through a loyalty pledge which delegates must mut take if the they want to return to the 19 1930 1938 convention conven U tion They believe eve that even U it they lose loe the same came tour four southern louthern states lost in South ma-South Carolina Alabama Alaba Alaa ma Mississippi and Louisiana with 39 votes and possibly Texas or Virginia a total of 72 electoral votes they theT they will more than overcome that handicap with a win in either New York with its it 47 votes or Pennsyl vania with 33 and New Jersey with 16 18 It n wilt will be remembered that the Democratic ticket would have han carried car car- rued ried New York and ami probably New Jersey in had it not been tor for forthe the splints splinter party headed by Henry A A. A Wallace One obvious result from both conventions conventions con con- is la that the southern louthern states are to become political battlefields in this election for tor the first Ant Um tWo since ince the tho civil war For it is b apparent apparent ap tip parent that Eisenhower has hu strength in the South tar far exceeding aay say Re Republican nee Re publican candidate in m a generation 1 U will wID mean the birth of 01 a two two- two two-I. party system item in the South In the Democratic convention the dele dale dele I I 1 gates told the southern leaders leaders' such as Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia Governor James Byrnes I ot of South Carolina and Governor I Robert Kennon of ot Louisiana I You are here by of theother the theother other delegates of ot this convention I and you cannot participate in the I nomination of ot a ticket In this convention con con- convention and then go home and use I the Democratic party label for any other ticket That's what the loyalty loyalty loy- loy I alty alt pledge means which was I adopted as a permanent rule of ot the convention It is expected to effectively prevent prevent pre pre- vent those states from doing what they did in namely 1648 IMS namely putting the Dixie crat ticket or an any other ticket under the party emblem of the rooster and forcing write-In write votes vot for the nominees nomine of the convention convention con con- I e I I These Thele southern louthern leaders are mad they were humiliated and for this reason the administration will see seeto seeto seeto to it 1 that for tor the Gist first time in history his tory a real feal national campaign willbe willbe will willbe be conducted in southern louthern states The Republican convention also whipped t southern states in line by adoption of 01 the fair pla play rule and addition of the Incentive rule ule on the national committee giving more more recognition and membership for tor those states which get in the winning win ning ring column It means that the patronage patrona hungry rotten borough and absentee landlord system of 01 Republican leaders in the south is fa ended and that if it southern states want equal representation on the national committee with wm other Ita states tel they must get let out and work for tor the honor work vork to win Action of ot both conventions means an end to the denial of cf a right to J vote by both parties partie insofar as the national ticket is concerned in to these thue states On the GOP side ide they have ave to win and I nothing to low JoIe by their heir disciplinary a action on And as u we have painted p out the Democrats believe they wilt wiH gain more in tn the north and weste western n a states than they lose in the south if U they do lose 1010 any southern states |