Evening journal., 1910-09-12
DEMOCRATS
FACE FIGHT
Kent and Sussex Both After
Congressional Nominee
at Convention
KENNEY AND DAILY
COMBINE In KENT

Democratic leaders viii go 10 DO
ver this afternoon and evening for the
prelimlnarics to the State Convention
tomorrow that is to nominate csudi-i
dates for Congress-. State Auditor and
state Treasurer. The State Commit
tee tonight will agree upon tenn
porary and permanent chairman for
the convention. and some of the lead
ers will tackle the problem Of trying
to decide whether Kent or Sussex
shall have the Congressional nomi-
nee. While Kent claims il by rotation
Sussex shows no inclination TO yield
4 that point, and Robert c. White and
/ Albert r. Polk, both Congressional
/ Candidates. of Georgetown, fought il
out on Saturday for control of ths
Sussex causus.
Some OF the Wilmington leaders
think the fight for Congressman will
have to be decided on the floor of the
convention William Salisbury is the
choice OF the Kent delegates. accord
ing to word from Dover. although
I boom may be launched for Henry
Ridgely. despite the announcement
that Mr.. Ridgely does not desire the
nomination.
Should the contest be carried into
open convention Il is said that many
Of the New Castle county delegates
may not support rSaulsbury because
OF his activities for the anti-license
cause This would precipitate an
open "Wet' and Dry" fight which
is now being agitateed beneath the
surface. One OF the striking phases
of the Kent primaries on Saturday
was a combination of former Senator
Richard r. kenney, a pronounced
l"Wet" leader and Alexander NJ. Dalya
pronounced DRY" leader on legisla-
tive candidates. It is said i'm Dover
that Mr.. Kenney is looking forward TO
thu United States Senatorship and in
! ordCr to get supporters ON the legis-
, lati1e ticket did not oppose Dry
candidates for the Assembly. The
r Daly4lenney combination. TOO. ma,
t not oppose Mir. Salisbury for Con
a eress tso word comes from Dove'
"a, Wheth&' the "Wet" forces Will max
suficieiA OF fight TO defeat NJ
SaulsbuN remains TO be seen, but
~ in altogether likely that he viii
~ the chOiceAa The enl 81 3 lie
sn .t a brother OF Willard hCll sbury OF tn
- city, and editor of the Delawarean
g Dover.
y, The name Of Millard f. Davis. a
" well-knoWn jeweler of this city,
! most actively mentioned for the non
y ination of State Treasurer. Williar
:, W. Rawlins, of Georgetown. is promi
- nently spoken of for State Auditor
/. but n is said that If Kent gets the
A. Congressional nominee Albert r. Poll
!. Of Georgetown, may be put forward
y for State Auditor.
u Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. Sept. 12--All Dover is
< agog over the victory of Former
4 Senator r. r. Kenney, which he
sustained in Dover. through a combi-
nation with Alexander NJ. Daily on
D Saturday.
Several days ago. one of the weekly
D papers here charged that A. NJ DAILY,
r who was the leader Of the great fight
for the "drys" in lower Delaware. had
e made a combination with Senator
4 Kenney, who has been generally
recognized as one of the big leaders
of the license forces. Few people
then credited It.
Suddenly il began to dawn on the
! other leaders here that It was true
y and that the friends OF Mr. Wolcott
and Mr.. Sapp, who were looking out
= for legislators favorable TO certain
men for Senator next winter, had
= been caught in net Then came the
y announcement that Daily was to 90 tc
!, the State convention from the Sec
- ond district. and Immediately cam,
! the news that Kenney was to go from
the Fifth district Mr.. Kenney hat
been away most of the summer.
Collector Frank r. Maloney an,
-o others OF the Fifth (Kenneysl dis
ld trict. opened up. and row at thl
ie Stable precinct primaries resulted
t. DAILY lieutenants. uniting with Ken
Dr. uey, honeycombed the lower wards
OF The Kenuey-Daly delegation wal
40 elected.
NJ This means William Pennewill. o
Is the Fifth district. viii be the Demo
craic nominee for Senator. and VII
liam A. Wise for Representative.
The Wilson Moore delegation wal
ss overpowered in the Fourth district
50 and Luther Maryels was elected. The
S. Eighth district upset Salisbury
slate and sent Or. William f. Hoey
Kenney man. John Wesley Taylor
fNn,tfrrod 90, c-,.....l ~.