Evening journal., 1908-08-26
NAME A TICKET
AFTER INTERESTING CONTESTS
s. S. PenneM for Governor W. H. Head for Congress, Frank
H. Davis for Attorney mey-GeneraI-ReappOhiOnm
Scheme is Baked by One Majority

taken on which Mr.. Mendinhan. City
Treasurer Howard ID. Ross Of Will
mington and Lieutenant Governor /.
IT. Parker had been voted for Mr..
Mendinhall led In the vote but nobody
received a majority. Then at DR..
Caleb r. Layton's suggestion, Mr.. Par
ker's name was dropped, and City
Treasurer Ross. who was an honorary
vice president of the convention, did
the graceful act by Withdrawing in
favor Of Senator Mendinhall and amid
shouts of commendatlon moving that
the nomination be made unanimous,
which was done.
For state treasurer the nomination
went to ID. o. Moore, Of Laurel. who
defeated Theodore +. Clark. OF Dela-f
ware City. Then Mr.. Clark was plac-
ed in nomination for state auditor
while the lower part Of the state offer
ed the name Of DR.. George w. Marshall
for ouditor Mr.. Clark won out, but
It was probably because of the absence
of many Sussex delegates from the hall
which took votes away from DR.. Mar
shall BY the defeat of the latter
came a miscarriage of a deal that had
been arranged during the morning.
were to line up for DR.. Marshall I'm re-
turn for the delegates from the Tenth
Representative District OF Kent. con-
trolled by Marshall being swung in
line for Frank n. Davis for attorney
general and the Sussex delegates also
were 70 fall i'm line for DR.. Marshall I'm
event of their getting the insurance
commissioner Charles II. Maull. OF
! Lewes was nominated for insurance
commissioner by acclamation, but
when the contest for aduitor came
around many Sussex delegates were
among the missing and allowed Mr.
Clark to gain the nomination.
AS matter Of fact. he lower coun-
ties were not willing to concede e
New Castle county any more than Nea
Castle could wrest. as was evidenced by
the ATTEMPT Of Kent and Sussex dele
/ gates to force upon the parties re-
! apportionment OF delegates TO the State
; convention that would give the two
lower counties 100 delegates while tho
upper county with its prcponderance of
s population and it's army of Republicans
! was To be allowed but So delegates
This Is the old Union Republican ratls
and its object is 10 choke Off effecta'
ally the power of the people of VIII
!, mington and .rlfral New Castle county
in party nominations. II is the SAINT
/. old feeling that has dominated Re
publican and Democratic parties and
!, politics for years. This ratio would
make Wilmington and rural New Cas-
L. tie more Of a tail to Kent and SUSSEX
politically than they now arc. which
, seemed to be the object Of the down
State Republicans. whb as much as
> they may differ on mere factional mas-
ters are united on the question Of
. holding down New Castle county. The
attempt to garrote New Castle county
. politically by the new reapportionmeni
was lost by a vote of SO TO ~. the
change proposed by Colonel W. T.
Denny, Of Dover. being referred to tho
convention two wears hence. One KerI
|. and one Sussex delegate were hissed
when they voted with New Castle
county against the unfair apportionmeni
:. advocated It is expected that the
scheme Of the down-S'ate Republicans
to hold down New Castle county viii
r be fought 10 finish in the next con
vention.
e Attorney General Fight.
y BY far the most important contest %
r the dav was that for attorney general
Il ship. Simeon 5. Pennewill and Willian
:. II. Head We're nominated for governor
4 and representative in Congress respec'
e lively by reclamation sQter all opposi.
a ton to them had faded away IN thu
parry taucuses. but the attorney genera
l. and the remaining offices were hurled
y as a morsel into the opcn convention.
I The struggle for STATES ATTORNEY
= was the absorbing topic al Of Monday
. night and up to the very opening of th'
q convention at two o'clock. Frank n
Davis. of Dover. had most of the Ken
n delegation with him from the start and
he and his friends We're insisting upo'
il the nomination for attorney-general o
- the Dover lawyer. The friends o
n cDputy Attorney General Daniel q