Evening journal., 1910-09-13
KENT COUNTY
STANDS PAT
Sussex Declines to Yield to
Center COunty'S Congress
SiOnal Demand
SALISBURY MEN
CLAIM TO CONTROL


vention wended their way stairward
early this morning It was with every
indication Of an old-time Democratic
fight on the floor of the State Con
ventlon today. II was all because Sus-
sex county declined to yield grace
fully to Kent's claim to the Congress
sional nominee this year, and because
Kent stood pat on its demand for the
Congressional nomination, which has
gallivanted to New Castle and Sussex
for several years. OF course Kent
considered II time to have just "A look
in" on the Congressional game, even
though there might not be much of a
chance of beating Congressman VIII
! liam II. Heald, the Republican nomi-
nee, who Is out for a second term and
( has his party's label Of approval tack
ed on him. Sussexs choice for tho
Congressional nomination last night
seemed to be Robert c. White and
Kent's to be william Salisbury, and
there was every indication late al
night that a dark horse" might be
trotted out.
Night Before Activities.
II is true that the Republican eve
before the State Convention two
weeks ago was quiet compared with
some of the conventions of by-gone
days when Kent and Sussex knew nc
such thing as being dry" But II
the Republican night-before was
dulcet and velvet-slippered, certainly
nobody would have yentured the claim
that last night here was a record
breaker when Il came to noise or en-
thusiasm. II is true that there were
more Democrats here last night than
there were Republicans preliminary
to their convention, but after the
Democratic State Committee got busy
last night there was not many party
men left in the corridor of the Hotel
Richardson TO start anything It
dwindled down 10 a picture similar to
that before the Republican Convention
of politicians sitting back i'm easy
chairs, smoking cigars and talking
about crops and the political outlook.
And there We're many to remark
How times have changed" Republi-
cans contrasted the quiet might be-
fore" with some Of the turbulent
ewes before conventions when the Re
publicans were factionally split as
under instead of being harmonized as
they are now. Democrats contrasted
the quietude Of last night with some
OF the stirring nights before their
conventions when their party was
In the saddle and they had every hope
Of continuing in the saddle-the good
old Democratic days when the Sauls-
burys and Wolcotts used TO battle
IL out How times have changed with
both parties.
~Old Guard There"
OF course the "old guard" was here
last night. The locomotive Demo
Gratis who blasted their warning
whistle and then proceeded with
brakes unloosed two years ago tC
nominate their ticket were here with
a crew of expert POLITICAL leaders and
advisers last night. The wet" men
were here, too although the "wet
goods wore lacking. and tho dry
mon were here. as dry as the party
platform. II anybody had imagined
that the Locomotive Democrats" had
been side-tracked during the past two
years he would have been seriously
mistaken, for they were still on the
main track, keenly looking for any
danger flashes ahead.
Early in the evening the followers
OF William Salisbury. the Dover edi-
tor, we're confident that they had the
Kent county caucds we'll in hand.
They were claiming at least forty-five
Of the sixty Kent delegates for Mr..
Salisbury.
but It was different with the Sussex
men. Robert c. White and Albert r.
Polk. Georgetown lawyers, had bat
tied IL out at the primaries on Satur-
day for control of the Sussex dele
cation. Mr.. White was claiming any
where up to forty-two of the Sussex
delegates for himself for the CON
gressional nomination. Mr.. Polk was
making no claims. He was sitting
tight and winking wisely when he
heard the claims OF the White fol-
lowers. He was not cOntending that
he had enough votes to control the
Sussex delegation. but the Polk fol-
lowers were pointing out that many Of
the Sussex delegates had not commit
ted themselves and there might be
eighteen of them at least who were
independents" and who would not
! express their choice until they got
INTO caucus. These eighteen men, on
/ the other hand. We're being claimed BY
the Salisbury leaders for the Kent
man for Congress.
May Endorse SALISBURY.
Thus the situation last night found
itself with every prospect of the Kent
caucus endorsing William salisbury
for the nomination, and the Sussex
caucus endorsing Robert c. White Tor
the nomination, which meant that the
contest would have TO be projected
into the open convention leaving II
10 all the delegates of New Castle,
| Kent and Sussex IN dotern,ir,a ,,.ho
would go on the ticket as tho con-
gressional candidate. This would give
TO New Castle county delegates the
balance of power and the uppermost
question therefore was as to whether
enough would line up for Mr.. Sauls.
bury or for Mr.. White or would 4
dark horse" be trotted out this morn.
ing to draw enough support to over.
turn both the Salisbury aud White
booms and nominate some other man
The dark horse" idea was giNer
impetus during the evening cause Of
the objection of the liquor men to MIR
Salisbury and by the frequen. insec
tion of the names of former Chancel.
lor John r. Nicholson, who. Will,
practicing law in Wilmington is still
looked upon as a son of Kent: Ben.
iamin A. Hazel. Of Smyrna: Henrn
Ridgely, of Dover, and former Con.
gresham l.. Irving Handy and Josiaf
Marvel. of Wilmington. into the con
test as possible compromises for tn,
congressional nomination Mr.. Marve
has said that he didn't want IL: sc
has Mr. Handy; Mr.. Ridgely said so
too. and Mr.. Nicholson has said sc
many times during the past mont. IT,
reiterated his statement last night