Evening journal., 1908-08-21
TO ELECT CONVENTION
DELEGATES TOMORROW
Some Lively Contests Expected in Kent and Sussex
Counfies---Friends of PennewiH and
HeaId Claim Victory

ernor lives. there also is a fight for
control Of the delegation Mr.. Penne-
Wills friends are on one ticket and the
opposition candidates are on another
ticket. Bridgeville is in this district.
and Henry u. Cannon. who is men
toned for Governor. resides there. The
situation Is interesting but Pennewilrs
friends say they expect to carry the
district.
In Baltimore Hundred.
In Baltimore hundred delegates fav-
, orable 10 Colonel John c. Townsend
probably will be elected. Colonel Town
send As q member of Governor LEAFS
stan and while he has been talked OF
as candidate for Governor he Is said
to be for the denomination OF Governor
/ Lea and Congressman Burton, If It aD-
pears that he cannot land the Guberna-
torial nomination himself. Colonel
Townsend was at the head OF the anti
license forces IN Sussex in the last
campaign and also was q delegate TO
the national convention.
Claims Of Heald's Friends.
Summing ~ the situation. the
friends of William III. Heald today
were claiming that he will have be-
tween sixty and siXty-five Of the SOW
lenty-eight delegates from New Castle
lcounty Twenty eight OF the thirty
eight delegates from wilmington are
being counted for Mr.. Heald. and his
friends estimate that there win not be
more than eight delegates from rural
New Castel county opposed to him.
The New Castle county delegation also
Is practically solid for Deputy Attor-
ney-General Daniel O. Hastings for at
ltorney-generaL
Kents candidate for that office is
Frank III. Davis. who will have at least
thirty OF Kents forty delegates. There
lis a story going the rounds, however.
that Mr. Davis really does not want
teh nomination. and after showing that
he can line up the Kent delegation
back OF him he may retire from the con-
test and leave teh way clear for MIR.
, Hastings for attorneys general. One re-
, port is that Mr.. Davis would be satis-
fled 20 be a deputy attorney general
for Kent county under the new Repub-
. lican attorney general In this connec-
ito nit Is asserted that Mr.. Hastings has
gone into the fight absolutely unpledged
as TO appointments he might make II
!, he should be nominated and elected.
!, New Castle For Hastings.
with New Castle county back OF Nj
Hastings and Kent county back Of MI
= Davis and with both oousiies layin
claim TO the attorney-generai nomination
,, that nomination may come before the con
!, ventlon proper. In that event there woul
be a scramble for the Sussex delegates
and friends OF Mr.. Hastings are conhden
that he can get majority OF the SUISSE,
delegation.
Simeon S. Penewin was in Wilmington
yesterday and he left no doubt Will
!, friends with whom he talked as to hii
ability to get a majority OF the SUISSE,
delegates They are counting on at ieas
twenty-five Of the forty-two delegates t'
be elected. II this should be true It woule
bowl out Congressman Burton. who alsl
is seeking to get a majority OF the SUISSE,
delegates. II is generally understood tha
the delegates favorable to Pennewill in
q cline 20 giving New Castle county th'
o. Congressman.
II Looks Like Pcnnewill and Heald.
n Thus from t0-day's survey Of the situ
e alton Il appears that Mr.. Penncwil vii
e be nominated for Governor and Mr. Heal,
8 for Congress. Tho friends OF Governo
? Lea have not given up hope Of bringing
IS about his denomination. and it is sail
r that within the past few days friends o
u the Governor have jumped into the fra,
in Sussex county in AN effort to get con
!. troll Of that delegation. with the objec
of trying 70 throw the Gubcrnatorai nom
~ ination into the entire convention Ia th
\ open convention. with Sussex county
3 caucus unable to agree on a man 10
q Governor. the friends Of Governor LEI
e feel that he would have a good chance o
a being renominated The Governors friend
l. are counting on twenty-three OF th' nv
Castle county delegates for him TO da
- For insurance commissioner there ap
If pears 10 be a mixup Dr. Marshall des re
ID a third term nomination. and Charles II
faull. who w nominated by the Regula
epublicans four years ago for that OF
,e and then stepped aside also has hi
res on the commissionership. One alloi
'ent Of the offices now spoken Of is ths
II Theodore +. Clark. of Delaware Cit'
n for State treasurer: Mr.. Maull OF Lewe
for State auditor Of accounts and Aide
IA r.. Benson or ID. Nifnm Wilson. Of Dove
m for insurance commissioner. with Waite
O. Honeclser. of smyrna. for lieutenan
n governor ana the attorney -generalshi
p between Mr.. Hastings and Mr.. DAVIS
WEATHER