Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-02
DANIEL 0, HASTINGS
BOOSTED IN KENT
FOR i. s. SENATOR
Canvass in His Behalf, Though
He Says He is Not Seeking
the Nomination.
BACKED BY EX-REGULARS
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover. DEL. july ,,
While he declares he is not candidate
for United States Senator. former Judge
Daniel O. Hastings, who practices law
in Wilmington and has hIs country home
here is likely to bc an important factor
IN that behalf nj the Republican State
convention to he held here the latter part
III August or early in September, 10
nominate party ticket for the fall cleo
ton. The first development along this
i'm, came a few days ago. when 1t was
learned that some 0t the former Regular
or Organization Republicans. now ap-
narentlV affiliated with the harmony
movement under the Independent ban
ner of Alfred du Pont had been quietly
.ndeavOrlng 10 secure convention dele
gates that would line M for Judge Hast
ngs when the time arrived Tho pur-
pose. II is believed. j. 10 make an effort.
ii possible. to secure the nomination OF a
Kent man. a the Judge Is So considered.
on account OF spending much OF hIS time
at his country estate here
ts soon as II became known however.
it spurred on to greater activity friends
Of former Senator l.. llciScr Ball OF
Rrandyvine Springs Who have hecn
working in h.> behalf for some time. with
he hope OF securing for HIM AT least
majority of The New Castle county dele
CATION, with the expectation Of rnsurng
him the New Castle nomination, which
would go great way toward getting
him the convention nomination
The significance of the move, however.
is not at this time apparent. tor. IN vie"
of the fact that Hon J g. Wolcott,
Democrat, the holding over Senator from
Delaware, is Kent man, being resident
Of Dover. the other two counties are likely
TO oppose further aspirations Of Kent IN
this behalf. This may be why Judge
Hastings has been picked for he divides
his time between " ilmlngton and Dover
being primarily Wilmington man
Long known as Regular Republican,
down here the judge Is said 10 be IN
thorough accord with the partys new
harmony program. as mapped out by
tlfred l. du Pont which Is also true
Of DIR Ball
As for the Judge himself, he declares
he Is not s candidate Asked about the
matter, he replied No. I'm not candi-
date for senator But some of YOUR
friends are working in your behalf, he
VAS told Oh. he replied, some Of
them lave talked 10 me about the mat
ter blt an not candidate | wouldnt
make tlgnt for the nomination and don I
propose to get into a fight he insisted
hat his that was not III the ring but
some of his down-state friends are irving
to make believe il l.. and lots of them do
think 50 Tor 30 lar they have what they
consider indirect evidence and nothing
direct to the contrary.
However. it wouldn't surprise some
Of the wise Republicans 10 see the
Judge nominated, even though he should
manifest disinterested attitude 10 the
last minute. for they declare he has
,een about the luckiest politician Del
aware has turned out for some time. He
las landed all sorts OF political plums,
md nearly all came TO him without anv
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