Evening journal., 1908-08-25
INCIDENTS OF
NIGHT BEFORE
Continued From First Page.

the night-before crowd in the Richard
son lobby.
The Davis followers were baking at
the effort to nominate him for insur-
ance commissioner. "Attorney-Gen-
eral or nothing was the cry Of the
Davis men, but a different tune was
listened for later in the day..
SO much for the situation on the
morning after the night before the con-
vention. AS to the night before il was
like many other convention ewes. Tie
same crowd. minus familiar faces Of
many familiar political factors, was
here. Many of the oder of the "o'd
guard" were missing The noise, tho
hubbub, the boisterous shouts. were
lacking. There was no friendly bar 70
allure some of the Sahsra-throated to
the oasis of a lower room. for tho lower
room is no longer an oasis under Kents
dry regime. DR.. Sharpe is respecter
Of the law of Kent land that turned
Kent oases into Saharas. But there
were a few wet spots IN some of tie
upper rooms where friendly bottles
were produced or vanished according
to the will of the posse5sor. But withal,
the convention crowd was a blessing
to Mine Host Sharpe, who had every
room in his fine hotel crowded.
Senator James Rowland of Lewes,
was here. He's growing to look more
and more like "Bilw Taft every day
and his friends are proud Of it.
Pilottown had a good representation
here, including Congressman Burton,
Ebe T. Lynch, Charles II. Maull, Pur-
nal B. Norman and others, and II was
noticeable that the Congressman and
some other of the Lewes folks did not
speak as they passed by. 1t was one
of the amenities of politics.
DIR. Caleb r. Layton was here, dele
gate from Georgetown hundred. He had
happy smile and the glad hand, but
was a passive factor. He contented
himself with conversation. He wasn't
fighting or making states, but merely
observing and talking. Perhaps he was
farseeing enough to muse whats the
use" Anyway, the doctor was given
credit for soo'nr the futility of fight
ling when the other fellows have the
delegates Its votes that count" is
a political lesson DR.. Layton learned
in his prime.
Business Men Active.
The Business Mems Committee" of
Wilmington was here and appeared
before the Republican State Commit
tee to urge the denomination OF Con-
gresham Burton. In the delegation
were John Bancroft, chairman; A. d
/ Warner, ]. ]. Satterthwaite, Edward T
? Candy, Stirling Thomas, Willard
= Spealxman and w. T. Budd. They rep.
a resented various big industrial con.
Z Germs, including the Harlan & Hol.
!, lingsworth Corporation, the Pusey &
Jones Company, the Joseph Bancroft
& Sons Company and the Speakmar
Supply & Pipe Co. They told the STATE
Committee they wished DR.. Burton re.
nominated to push forward the shiT
canal and other projects in Congress
Chairman 7. c. DUPONT made a littl,
I speech in which he said the Stat,
Committee was not nominating the
e ticket, and there was no such a thinl
a that he knew as the Organization
e ticket" He said the nominations were
D to be made by the delegates and tn,
! delegates were supposed to voice tn,
sentiment Of the constituents wh'
elected them. Thus whoever teh dele
gates were for would be nominated
General dupont observed.
A. B. Conner and some OF the othel
committeeman spoke along the same
! line, and the Business Mems Committe,
members individually urged Dr. Bur
q ton. Then the business men retired.
Then the temperance advocates hat
their throw" The Rev. ]. NJ. Arterl
: and Professor A. r. Spaid were thei
o spokesmen. They advocated no can
y didate, unleashed no threats, but sim
ply asked for a plank in the Repub
A lican platform II favor of local option
the right of the people TO vote on tn
license question. and the enforcement
of prohibition laws wherever such law
existed. They were given intimation
that their request would be embodie,
o in the platform.
9 Labor Leaders on Hand.
o And then came the labor contingent
r. representing the Central Labor Unioi
d Of Wilmington. They included Hugl
frayne, organizer of the American
Federation of Labor; Gilbert e. Eagle
stons vice-president of the Contra
Labor Union. Thomas r. Meechen
a~S Lewis Baldwin. They urged tn
nomination of Alfred o. Crozier 70
5 Congress. and submitted the resolution
: adopted by the Central Labor Unioi
on Saturday night, urging Mr.. Croz
, ier's nomination. They said II labo
;, was not given recognition by the con
l vention the labor interests would rui
r a separate ticket this campaign.
That wound up the hearings and tn
o committee settled down TO deliberativ
business. Nothing was done in tn
way of acting on the recommendation
of delegations That was left to tn
convention. The committee. however
designated former Senator L. Heisle
Ball as chairman of the convention
No recommendation were made 10
the allotment of Offices to the differen
counties, and that was left to the day
doings.
Notwithstanding the apparent frame
up Of the situation against them, tn
friends of Congressman Burton neve
gave up hope and some of them fel
confident that If the contest for Con
: gress should be thrown into the con
8 Tention the doctor would be renomi
: mated. They were claiming a maiorit
), of Sussex delegates for him, and figur
d ed that he could draw enough dele
gates from other sources for him. The
; took some cheer from a report tina
e William II. Heald might be nominate
for Governor and DR.. Burton for Con
o lgress with Simeon S. Pennewill slate
e flor Secretary Of State. While this wa
o talked of for awhile there was nc
much TO it last night as a real politi
= cal thing
. Lea Boom Quiet.
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