Evening journal., 1908-09-16
LOCOMOTIVE"
DEMOCRATS RUN
OVER OPPOSITION

,.ontinued From First Page.
GRAY wasn't Interested enough to come
10 Dover, and on Monday he announced
personally that he didn't want the NOM
nation for attorney-general He's too
busy with other legal affairs.
Jumped the Track.
But the locomotive" Jumped the track
once and some Of the allies fell OF the
caboose. That was when a candidate for
acknowledgement was nominated. WI
liam T. Records Of Laurel and Frank L.
Hardesty Of FELTON,, were placed before
the convention for that nomination. Both
were active dry" men in the last cam
paign, and Mr. Records was an officer OF
the Sussex county "anti-iicense" organiza.
tion. He also is a director OF the Della
ware Railroad Company. Delegates from
Sussex who were antagonistic TO the tenn
perance moVement-and they were an
overwhelming maiority--set out to beat
Records even II they had TO take Har-
desty. another dry" man to do t. The
Sussex delegates tumbied from the "rail-
road locomotive" the heretofore invinci-
bic combination was divided and the
locomotive" was unable to crush down
the Hardesty supporters. II was at this
3unoture that the switch was thrown. and
the locomotive" crew getting the desir-
able nominations they wanted. took a
sldetrack and let things take their own
course IN convention.
Confusion Rampant.
Aside from the rampant confusion that
characterized the I'VE and a half hours
OF the convention. Il was noteworthy for
many other reasons. First Of all Il was
a big conventon--one Of the largest tho
Democrats have had for many years.
They were as active as n they really
thought they were going to win IN Mo-
vember Certainly in numbers they made
great showing from all parts OF the
State. The Opera House was crowded
and many women occupied seats in the
balcony and listened to unchecked foods
OF oratory. About the oratory there was
one OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES used the ex.
precision "As 1 look upon this sea of
upturned faces" during the convention.
caucuses Were Ignored.
While the delegates from the different
counties held caucauses IN the morning
caucus selections We're blandly ignored
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who had been defeated in caucus were
presented as candidates for nomination
IN the conventior This occurred moro
than once particularly for attorney-gen.
eral and Congressman. when the names
Of Robert C. Harman and L. Irvine
Handy were presented as opponents OF
the caucus nominees In this respect the
convention was a departure from any
heretofore held and may mark the pass
ing OF the caucus as an expedioncy
1t was nearly eight o'clock when IN,
convention finished its business. A NOV,
ing picture man was to give an exhibi.
ton In the Opera House during the even
Ing and he was getting anxious Hl
turned the spotlight on some Of the ora
tors, particularly PetSS J. Ford when III
walked 70 the front received a grea'
shower OF applause and then seconded
THE nomination OF L. Irving Handy FOL
Congressman. II was the only active pub
PC part Mr.. Ford took In the convention
The nomination was given 70 Mr.. Hand,
because the Democrats wanted that 'shaf
horse" as he was called. in the harnes
for the campaign. Beside. Mr.. Handy ha,
been given some bumps in the New Cas-