Evening journal., 1916-04-10
Republicans TO
name DELEGATES
At Dover RALLY
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Continued from First Page.
Immediately after the delegates arrive
N Dover tomorrow morning, separate
,aucuses Of the Wilmington delegates.
Of the rural New Castle delegates, OF
he Kent delegates and OF the Sussex
delegates. will be called. according TO
he custom OF past years. The Will
nington caucus and the rural New
Castle county caucus each will proceed
10 choose one national delegate, while
he Kent and Sussex caucuses each
will choose two national delegates.
II Is expected that the convention
will follow the custom Of not instruct
ing the national delegates as TO a
choice of the Republicans Of Della
ware for President.
To Endorse Gen. dupont.
It was stated today that a iesolu-
tion will be adopted by the conven-
ton endorsing General r. coleman
DUPONT for the Republican nomina-
tion for President. but not instruct
ing the national delegates to vote for
him.
Il also was learned today that in
the Kent and Sussex county caucuses
resolutions will be adopted declaring
for the principle OF district caucus
rule in choosing the national dele
gates. and against ANY effort by the
convention g. repudiate the nomina-
tions made by district caucuses.
Results In Wilmington.
There were contests In the Third,
ur ~ g
I'M this city for delegates ON Satur
day. Delegates favorable to Cover
nor Charles r.. Miller 'or national
delegate were elected i'm the Third
ward. while IN the Fifth ward dele
gates favorable 10 State chairman Ed
mund Mitchell for national delegate
were victorious. The Sixth ward, IL
was said today. will be divided with
chances favoring Governor Miller 1et-
ting a majority Of the delegates. The
Seventh ward shows four delegates
favorable to chairman Mitchell elect
ed and one for Governor Miller elect
ed. In the Ninth ward, the delega-
tion elected said to be divided with
those OF the our in favor of Chairman
Mitchell.
In the wards in which there are no
contests the delegates are said to be
divided Today the friends of Chair
man Mitchell were claiming he will
have twenty-cight of the forty dele
gates in the Wilmington caucus to-
morrow. but this is not conceded by
any means by friends of Governor
Miller
The voting was particularly heavy
I'm the Seventh ward, in the First dis
trict. polling place at Eleventh and
Tatnall streets, 53S votes being re-
turned This district voted heavily
IN favor Of delegates favorable to
Chairman Mitchell In the Third
ward. James A. Brackin and Alfred J..
Roberts defeated Elmer Hare for
delegate. In the Ninth ward, Deputy
Sherif Harry I. Gillis, who Is for
Governor Miller for delegate. Won by
q narrow margin. The delegates
elected including the detailed Sew
enth ward vote. are as follows:
FIRST WARD.
- 1.-Two delegatcs-nO contestl.
Delegates-John Hotter, William
Webb.
Alternates-Isaac Anderson, Charles
smiley.
SECOND WARD.
-Four delegates contcstl.
Doleaates-Stant b. Atkins, Charles
II. Colbumo. Frank 4. Jones, William
J. Winchester.
Alternates-Waltcr August. William
Floyd, Harry Mari, Edward B. Rhodes.
THIRD WARD.
Two delegatcsl.
Dclegatcs-James 8. Brackin, Alfred
j. Roberts.
Altcrnates-William L. Keenen, Will
lam Necser.
FOURTH WARD.
1.-Two delcgates-no contestl.
Delegates-Geofge 4. Lyons, Jacob
Schieier.
Altenates-Waltcr Green, Arthur
kuschan.
FIFTH WARD
lFiye dclogatesl.
Delcgates-Dr p. a. NJ Royitti, J.
Austen Ellison, Charles A. sheppard
DIR. Victor ID. Washburn, Charles Lam
bert.
Altematcs-H v. Coleto, James For
man, Michael carlo, Harry Tazewel.
SIXTH WARD.
(iive delegatesl.
Delegates John o. Hopkins, Conwol
Banton Thomas A. ID. Hutson, Clarence
Pyle. kennard Bayard.
Altonates-Ma Sadler. Elijah
Russ, William j. Mckinney, James
Rolls, james Robertson
SEVENTH WARD.
Five dolegates.)
Delegates.