Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-13
HEALO PICKED AS
BOLTERS' CANDIDATE
FOR i. S. SENATE
Bali Honeyed, Miller Curtly Sent
to the Rear, and Hastings
Given q Swift Kick.
THE PROGRAM IN DETAIL

The following significant and inn
portant political article was printed
prominently, today, in the Morning
News the generally accepted organ OF the
independent boilers faction which now
seems to be in control of the Republican
party organization:
1t is natural now that the Republican
snatorial question, because of the near
approach of the primary elections and
the convention itself, The former occurring
on August II and the latter on August ~
at Dover. should be and is of vital I'M
portance. Wherever one goes there is
much talk, spiced, however, with con-
siderable doubt, as to who is the man or
men that will be considered at the con-
vention to fill the vacancy caused by the
ending of Senator Willard salisbury
term.
OF course, there is much evidence
that on the Republican side no one per-
eon has openly announced his candidacy
for the Senate, although it is known that
several of them, lately, have been making
efforts to line up their political friends
to get whatever delegates they can to
their side. Among the candidates so
engaged, according to the stones reaching
the Wilmington Morning News political
reporter lately, are William II. Heald,
II,
Miller and Daniel O. Hastings. As, ao-
cording 10 the reports down the State
heard last Saturday and Sunday, the
delegates of the two lower counties Will
be satisfied for New Castle county and
Wilmington to put forth on the ticket the
best candidate for Senator, It Is up to
the people of this end OF the State to
get busy and choose a man who Will not
only be worthy of the honor, and who will
not take the orders or hints from some
individual or individuals, or corporation
who ARC generally recognized AS being ad-
verse to the interests OF the people at
large, but stick to his promises as gwen
10 the people before election and thereby
win their confidence and the renewed
faith in strong and honest RepubllcanIsm.
According to the views OF most people
in the city and of some out OF 1t. as stated,
the announcement of cand date should
be made by the acknowledged State Re
publican leader, who In this case, Is Alfred
|. du Pont. the man who for several years
has fousht with all his might the corrup-
tlon in the Republican party and final
ly has been crowned with victory by be-
coming the State leader for the good of
the voters of Delaware, as has been so
generally proved by the coming TO his
side of the fence of the former regular
leaders who do not see anything IN party
dlsunion, but are sure that the Repuhl-
can party of Delaware will come out
victor in 4 plain and open poll tight against
the Democrats And II Is this feeling OF
party victory, after many defeats, that
has welded the factions OF the party
together in a close and lasting harmony
which despite the hallucinations and
dreams of near Democratic paper OF
thi. city accused by some down-State
Democratic newspaper as an "old gang
organ. will be loosened OF destroyed. Long
and honest conferences by the writer with
men Of note in politics down the State,
inst recently, have proved that 'har-
monv" is harmony IN Republican
ranks of Delaware, ano that harmony
will prevail In the election and viii
naturally bring Republican victory for
which the thousands Of Republicans IN
this state have been watching and waiting
and which is expected from the other part
of the country where they have stuck
faithfully TO the Republican principle as
being best for the government In this
country. And now with the war ap-
pareney nearing an end, 1t Will require
great craftsmanship for the reconstruction
OF the country which has been thrown,
probably for the best, into an awful
chaos because of the needs OF the great
conflict. And If is in this reconstruction
that men of wonderful initiative, vision
and power are needed. None OF the Dem
ocrats can deny that in the Republican
ranks of the country there are many such
men Of this needed initiative and vision
who, if gwen the opportunity, will strive
70 put the country back 10 its former and
natural way at the same time take care OF
the innernost problems such as capital
and labor, on which subject Alfred L
du Pont recently gave such an impressive
discourse And these things must be
considered and are being widely con-
sidered by the voters and as this is to
be campaign of education and economics
the more such things are brought up TO
the mind Of the people the better, no
doubt, viii be the result OF the casting of
the ballot.
Although, personally, Mr. Heald is
politician Of note and experience, his
friends are said 10 be making a quiet
but constructive campaign for him and
apparently making success by being able
to attach supposed many delegates TO his
way of thinking. Mr. Heald is former
Congressman, who made an excellent
record while IN the House, and Is a man
of education and quite an accomplished
orator Though not so well known down
the SL8Lc, tllclt Is kces tdlk ODIJDStO 10
him as candidate, In other words he has
fewer men down there talking against
him than almost any other man mentioned
for the Senate. In talking with Governor
Townsend about the senatorial possibIli-
ties, the governor said that "Heald prob
ably will be the man that VIII be finally
decided on" Another politician from
Sussex county said that Heald, if he
hasn't any more friends down IN Sussex
than anv of the other men, also has
fewer enemies there" From these ex-
pressions it would seem as though Heald,
at present, is leading the race for the
four prominently mentioned for the
senatorial candidacy against Senator
Ssuisbury
Former Senator Ball also is busy in
seeing persons who have political in
huence and is trying TO ally TO himself as
many delegates as he possibly can. He
IL conducting quiet but aggressive
campaign, and is said to be meeting with
success. The one thing that seems TO work
against Dr. Ball is his unacquaintanceship
with people down the State. In Sussex
county he is hardly known. In that way,
he perhaps is not as strong as Heald.
But Ball also has good arguments TO be
a candidate for the Senate. He says he
was In the Senate for short time before,
and that because of that he was unable TO
show the people of Delaware Just what his
record might have been, if be should go in
now, it is said that he Will abandon