Evening journal., 1916-08-22

special 10 The EVENING JOURNALs
DOVER. Del, Aug. 22.--Not since
the tense days when j. Edward Ad-
dicks efforts 10 break into the United
States Senate from Delaware caused
a memorable division in the Republi
can party OF this State has Dover
held such a crowd on the eve of a
q Republican convention as that which
assembled here last night With
the maze of claims and counter
claims on the part of friends Of
I United States Senator Henry A. du
Pont, or men connected with the in
I surgent movement there was natur-
ally no limit TO the excitement. but
withal Il was good-natured crowd.
The tensity OF the struggle at the
primaries OF Saturday was reflected
by comparatively a few of the great
crowd of Republicans who swooped
down upon Dover. filled its hotels
TO OVERLOOKING and filled every avail
able room that could be com
Wandered for the occasion. The
bitterest feeling over Saturdays CON
test and in anticipation Of the con-
vention seemed TO prevail among
some OF the Kent countians, who had
the only contest over delegates 10
be determined by the convention
Hastings 10 Preside.
Members of the Republican State
committee met al the Hotel Richard
son and arranged the preliminaries
for the convention. Chairman A. r.
Benson presided City Solicitor Dan
iel o. Hastings. of Wilmington. was
selected by the committee to be tenn
porary chairman Of the convention.
/ He received fourteen votes, while
+ three votes were cast for Edward G..
j Coale. Of Delaware City. who was
/ suggested by 3 A. Groves and re-
ceived the votes OF Groves. Levy
Courtman Thomas Fouracre and Dam
/ iel Thompson, all committeeman
/ from rural New Castle
/ Refuse 10 Hear Contests.
There was considerable discus
sion over several contests which
Kent county insurgents endeavored
I to file with the State committee. The
contests were not entertained by the
State committee. and the entire dele
cation OF forty delegates supported
by the organization in Kent county
were placed on the temporary roll
TO stay there until the committee on
credentials and the convention should
= order the roll changed The contests
J are to be carried before the COM
mittee on credentials Of the conven.
!, tion early this afternoon. The forty
Kent delegates on the temporary roll
are all favorable to the nomination
. Of Senator Henry A. DUPONT.
Just after the State committed
convened the papers Of the proposed
, contests were handed into the com
mittee room in the Hotel Richardson
parlors The contests were OF th'
election of delegates in the Second
election district of the First repre-
!. sentative district; in the First cleo
:, ton district of the Second represen
!. tative district. in the Third repre-
sentative district; in the Fifth rep
resentative district (Dover): in thu
1 Eighth representative district. and il
: the Tenth representative distric
{. Wilmington.
Il appeared that In some of the dis
tricts In which the contests are ur
Z dertaken, the primary election of
GERS threw out certain ballots tina
we're not official ballots that had bee
q voted by anti-organizat'on men, 1t b.
ing claimed that they were illegs
= ballots. In the first election distriC
y Of the Second Representative distriC
q the election officers refused 70 issu
credentials to the anti-organizatio
candidates for delegates on IN
g ground that they had set up a pol
ing place Of their own in Dover, Will
$ the county committee had designate
o the official polling place at Leipsi
s In the Eighth Representative distric
: the differentiation candidates pol
o ed a majority of the votes cast. bt
r they were not give credentials b.
:. cause IL was claimed by the electio
A officers that Illegal and not otifci'
ballots we're cast. tho credentials b.
= ing given 10 organization candidate
= for whom official ballots we're cas-
: In the contests OF the election
e Dover and Milford. the insurgents a
$ legged that they we're not given re
s resentation on the election board
and that the election was not fai
" conducted
! Chairman Berson ruled that N
2 contests had not been presented
2 the State committee in accordanC
< with one OF the rules OF the par
D which reads "All notices of confess
D must be filed in writing with the Sc
4 rotary o, the State committee on n
b evening preceding the state conve
4 ton"
e Chairman Bensons ruling provoke
q considerable discussion, h. A. Grow,
contending that the State committs
j. ought TO hear the contests. Chat
e man Benson ruled that the coaies
d should be submitted to the commi
II tee on credentials Of the coaventio
> for consideration. and this ruling WI