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...broke in a vast, excited, ugly roar. Temporary Chairman Alben Barkley pounded his gavel. He ordered a voice vote on Vaughn's report. Although it had been agreed in committee not to have a roll call, Northern delegates shouted into their floor microphones, demanding one. But they could not be heard. The floor mikes were dead. Chairman Barkley asked for ayes and nays. Deadpan, he listened to the response and ruled that the majority report had carried. The Mississippi delegation was accredited...
Texas' Congressman Sam Rayburn, who had taken over from Barkley as permanent chairman, called for a roll-call vote on Governor Moody's states' rights motion. It was smashed by an overwhelming 925 to 309. The two other Southern amendments were shouted down...
...Philadelphia, Les Biffle hopefully passed the word that Kentucky's aging Senator Alben Barkley was the man on whom all could agree. But Presidential Agent Clark Clifford slipped into town and called a round of conferences. Democratic Chairman Howard McGrath assured him that the votes were there to nominate Douglas...
That left "Dear Alben" Barkley, the old party wheelhorse, out in front. Said
...Barkley: "I am willing ... But it will have to come quick; I don't want it passed around so long it is like a cold biscuit." Some of the big city bosses thought Barkley was too old (70), too tired, and too far South to carry the big city strongholds. But on opening night, after his keynote speech, Alben Barkley got a spontaneous half-hour ovation as the orchestra boomed out My Old Kentucky Home...