Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-04


IF there be anything in surface indications and
claims twenty four hours in advance of State
Convention, former Congressman L. Irving Handy OF
Kent county, will he the Democratic nominee for
United States Senator; A. f. Polk. OF Sussex county
will be the nominee for Representative in Congress-:
j. r. Clements Of Clayton, James II. Hughes OF
Dover, j. Wallace Reynolds. OF Felton, will be the
uominee for Governor, and Armon d. Chaytor Jr Of
Wilmington, will be the nominee for Atorney-Gen-
sral
The effort OF Senator Salisbury to bring about the
nomination OF Thomas +. Bayard for Senator seem
ingiy has failed So, too, II rumor be true has the
eleventh-hour effort to retire Senator Salisbury as
Democratic State leader and TO restore the old VOL
colt faction to power through the nomination Of At
torney General Josiah O. Wolcott for the senatorship
Indications also point to the wreckng Of the Andrew
j. Lynch Senatorial boom in Sussex county A. f. Polk
desires the nomination for Representative in Con
gress. AS stated several days ago. the Sussex
plan is 10 nominate in causus both Lynch and Polk
and then the floor OF the convention to sacrifice
Lynch for the benefit Of Polk the Sussex delegates
knowing they cannot obtain both places on the
ticket
The State Convention tomorrow will be composed
Of 1855 delegates apportoned as follows Wilmington
i5 rural New Castle so; Kent, GO and Sussex. CO.
Handys friends claim 81 OF the So New Castle county
delegates. conoedng II to Bayard aud II to wocott
In addition. the Handy men say their candidate will
sex county
II the Handy men be able 10 carry out their pro-
gramme. and they confident they will be i'm a
position 10 do e, Mr. Handy will be the Senatorial
choice Of both New Castle and Kent counties and
Sussex will fan in line later In fact II already is
planned that W A. Comegys OF st. Georges hundred.
shall lead tho Handy forces in the New Castle county
and that in that caucus Nathan NJ Mother
all, Of Newark. shall put Handy in nomination The
plan is for the Kent county to eliminate Bayard
and wocott both New Castle county men. by defeat
ing them in the OF their own county II is
said that neither OF them has much strength in either
Kent or Sussex. John NJ Richardson will lead the
Handy men in Sussex. where Lynch is essentially a
Sussex county candidate
The Handy plan has been to hold Kent~county as
nearly intact possible in his favor and then TO
reach out into New Castle on the north and Sussex
on the south for additional delegates. He has done
hat well that the opposition comedies him twenty
OF the thirty seven votes he claims in New Castle
county
When it is suggested that deals and counter-deals
may break the Handy lines the reply Is that the con-
venton will be composed that no such deals to his
detrimen will be possible; that Bayard and wolcott
will be unable to carry their county caucus; that
thoy will have soant support in and Sussex and
that Sussex will nominate Lynch in caucus merely to
sacrifice him later so Polk may win the nomination
Tor Representative in Congress
II Handy be nominated it will be a staggering re-
verse for Senator Salisbury Bayard and also for
the old-time Wolcott who hope through putting
Josiah O. Wolcott in the Senate to regain control in
his State.
Handy's strength in such a situation is that he is
recognized who has suffered political in
Justice at the hands of Senator Salisbury and who
in the old days OF factional warfare was not iden
fed wolcott faction. which destroyed for the
time being. Salisbury family control in Kent and
Sussex