Evening journal., 1912-09-10
DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATIONS
In THE AIR
Night Before Crowds Have No
Idea Who Will Win Places
on Ticket
MONAGHAN MEN
HOPE TO WIN FIGHT

Of an undiscovered political wizard could
have predicted with any degree OF Ger
tainty last night what the Democrat
State convention would do today In the
way Of nominating candidate Tor "oN-
ernor And everything depended upon
the nomination for Governor. IL was the
axis about which the makeup OF the re-
mainder Of the ticket revolved With
The atmosphere cleared by the choice Of
Governor that would end for the hour or
30 the great fight wsged here last night
and this morning over the gubernatorial
nomination. the remainder Of the ticket
building task would be easy. But no
matter how the guhernstorisl contro-
Versv ia determined by the convention,
the fact remains that IL win leave bit
tcrness that this and many other cam
paiQns will not eliminate from the Demo
cratic ranks.
IL was the same old situation that
confronted the Democrats in New Castle
county. excepting that the descent OF the
Democratic host upon Dover transferred
the controversy here and made state e-wide
the situation Of the field against STATE
Senator Thomas NJ. Monaghan for the
gubernatoral nomination. Yesterday IL
was a New Castle county Issue. Iouay
it is the issue confronting the 100 deie
gates. as well as the biggest crowd that
has attended a political convention III
Dover for many years.
The stirring contest between hVe NeW
Castle county men to try to WIN the
honor of heading the ticket had us re-
Election In the big crowd that came mere
last night. not only from that county
hut from all over the State, to engage
-. I.1t ...I tufn
Senator Monoghans friends came here
bv the score from Wilmington, confident
that with a straightout fight in the New
Castle county caucus they could control
that body, unless all the other candidates
should mass their strength against Mon
achan and unite upon some man other
than the fighting aggressive State Sena-
tor from Wilmington with his twelve
years record in the Legislature behind
him that had won for him a phalanx Of
friends.
Handy Among Missing.
Senator Monaghan. Frederick Brady
siiiiafd T. Davis, Charles d. Bird and
Theodore F. Armstrong. the five candi-
dates for Governor in New Castle county
came to Dover with the upstate dele.
CATION last evening. From all parts OF
Kent and Sussex came an inpouring, too
Prominent Democrats, men who have
been in the forefront Of the party
battles TO try TO redeem" Delaware
from Republican administrations that
have successfully resisted onslaughts foI
twelve years. were here but one OF then
was missing. He. was former Congress
man L. Irving Handy, who is III az his
home in smyrna. Confined to his hom'
for more than a week, he has been de-
prived of the pleasure he would have
gotten out of such an acute fight as that
wagng within the party. Mr.. Handy Is
to sail for Europe next week for his
health He has been on the verge OF
nervous prostration The Hotel Richard
son was unable to accQmmodate the
crowd that invaded Dover for the con
.vention might before" and boarding
houses throughout the town were packed
to their limit to lodge the Democrat.
who came here last night. Dover is NOT
what IL used TO be In the way of facili
ties for accommodating convention
crowds. but the Hotel Richardson man
agement certainly did yaliantly in pro
vidirg for those who applied.
The hotel corridor was iammed during
the night "1he only thing lacking e
make this an oldtime convention Is th'
has been attending conventions since wa,
before the "dry" days described th'
scene. There was no lack OF an abun
dance of candidates, either. All three
cnunties had aspirants for Office a. plen
tiful as a real peach crop. Plum picker
were OH all sides New Castle count,
had high-bro ideas. Most Of its candi
dates were for Governor, although theri
were two fullhedued candidates for al
torney general in Josiah o. Wolcott an,
Charles r. Curley.
Monaghans Friends Confident.
Naturally the greatest interest cen
tered in the gubernatorial situation
Senator Monoghan's friends counted
thirty-two delegates In New Csstl
county surely for him and after tn
second or third ballot they felt sur
Senator Monaghan could control th
county caucus They though they ha'
thirty-three delegates for the kick of
hut had slipped mp on one of the Re-
Lion delegates. They we're counting o
thirty-four or thirty five delegates 70
Monaghan if two or three ballots shoul
be taken
Frederick Brady. OF Middletown, wa
admitted to be the most formidable op
ponent Of Senator Monaghan for the "a
bernatorial honors. The Brady me
were counting twenty-five delegates 70
their candidate, while thirty-three wer
necessary 10 a choice OF q caucus. 1h
opposition was laying is plans 20 thro'
the nomination into open convention {
circumvent the nomination of Alonagha
by the caucus II was recognized tina
If Monaghan should control a caucus, hi
followers reasonably could expect Il
sixty-fve New Castle county delegate
TO support him in open convention, an
TO avoid just such contingency move
ment was started last night TO try
get many of the New Castle county del,
gates opposed to Senator Monaghan
nomination TO refrain from entering int
a binding caucus except to choose col
vention committees and the county
choice for presidential elector. for whic
honor Spottswood Garland of Whining
ton, and Alexander B.. Cooper of Ne
Castle, were mentioned.
Mouaghan's friends soon discovere
the sentiment being quietly worked a
by some New Castle county men. aide
by Kent and Sussex opponents of Mon'
CHAN, to try TO prevent binding cauct
Of the New Castle County delegates an
use this as a pretext of throwing Il
nomination into open convention. r
such a move the opposition hoped TO brir
about the nomination of Mr.. Brady I,
Governor but there was a big block ,
the Democrats who figured on divertir
the nomination to Kent or Sussex count
By such move IN this connectiC
henry Ridpely and William Saulsbur