Evening journal., 1916-08-22

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER. Del, Aug. 22.-Not since
the tense days when J. Edward Ad
dicks efforts to 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
Republican convention as that which
assembled here last night. With
the maze of claims and counter
claims on the part of friends OF
United States Senator Henry A. du
/ Pont, or men connected with the In
surgent movement, there was natur-
ally no limit to the excitement. but
withal Il was a 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, filed its hotels
to overflowing and filled every avail
able room that could be COM
mandeered 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 to
be determined by the convention
Hastings to Preside.
Members of the Republican State
committee met at 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 we're cast for Edward G..
Coale. of Delaware City, who was
suggested BY B A. Groves and re-
ceived the votes OF Groves, Levy
Courtman Thomas Fouracre and Dan
lel Thompson, all committeeman
from rural New Castle.
Refuse 60 Hear Contests.
There was considerable discus
sion over several contests which
Kent county insurgents endeavored
10 Ale with the State committee. The
contests we're not entertained by the
state committee. and the entire dele
cation Of forty delegates supported
by the organization in Kent county
we're placed on the temporary roll
10 stay there until the committee on
credentials and the convention should
order the roll changed. The contests
are to be carried before the com
mittee on credentials of the conven
ton 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 committee
convened the papers OF the proposed
contests we're handed into the com
mittee room in the Hotel Richardson
pariors. The contests were OF tho
b election of delegates in the SeconS
election district Of the First repre-
sentative district: in the First elec
, tion district of the Second represen
tative district: in the Third repre-
sentative district; in the Fifth rep
resentative district DOVER; in thu
Eighth representative district. and II
1.-the Tenth representative distric
(wilmingtonl.
T" II appeared that in some OF the dis
I tricts in which the contests are un
b dertaken. the primary election on
n GERS threw out. certain ballots tina
were not oficial ballots that had beei
o voted by anti-organizat'on men, it be
y ing claimed that they were illega
ballots. In the first election distric
q of the Second Representative distric
J. the election officers refused 10 issu
J. credentials TO the anti-organizatio
o candidates for delegates on tn
}. ground that they had set up a pol
n ing place of their own in Dover, Will
Il the county committee had designate
Is the official polling place at Leipsi'
In the Eighth Representative distric
b, the anti-organization candidates pol
I. ed a majority OF the votes cast. bu
v they were not give credentials b'
e cause II was claimed by the electio
officers that illegal and not officis
g ballots we're cast, the credentials b'
ing given to organization candidate
for whom official ballots we're cas-
a In the contests of the election |
T. Dover and ~ 'frrd the Insurgents a