Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20

belief that f.. l. du Pont de Nemours ~
Co. of Wilmington does, They accused
the du Pont Co. Of politically playing
"Dr Jekvl and MIR. Hyde" and stated the
company individually is taking the role
of 'fDr. Jekyl' and corporately rs acting
as "Mr HYDE" In the character of 'l)r.
.Jekvl' the company is taking great IN
,crcst in Delaware politics, they declared,
but in the role of mir Hyde" the com
pany is evincing no interest IN poiitlcs.
In support of their contention that the
company desires the retention OF Senator
Salisbury the commentators mentioned
the fact that William Coyne. an of1ciai
of the du Pont Co, rs q salisbury canui-
date for delegate from Wilmington To lhe
Democratic State Convention ana assefE
cd that other officials of the company
Individually are dal>bling in the Dem
ocratic campaign.
LEADER OPENS HEADoUARrE RS.
Alfred |. du Pont came down from
Wilmington by train and reached DoVer
at so O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Proceeding to the Hotel Richardson. ne
took possession of a suite OF rooms uht
had been reserved for HIM and joined
there Edward G.. Bradford, Jr-, tdwaru
M DAVIS and William G.. Taylor, who
pont remained IN sccluslon until O'Clock
last night when he appeared in the
dinIngroom and entertained at dinner
MIR Bradford. Daniel J. Layton, Jr..
Mr. Davis and j Frank Alice. One
course consisted o( lobster that had been
shipped from Rchoboth Beach by Game
Warden Dillahay rs gift to MIR. du
Pont While the quintet were at dinner
Dr. Caleb Il Dayton, who had come
over from Indian Head Md, went TO
the table and shook hands with MIR du
Pont and his guests He was offered a
chair at the table but asked to be cx-
cuscd saving he had dincd. and after n
brief conversation he left the room. Re
turning To his suite, MIR du Pont re-
maincd therein until he was escorted TO
the Kent County Republican Club
house to receive callers.
Fifty per cent of the delegates spent
last night IN Dover and were registered
AT the Hotel Richardson It was SAID a
generous Republican paid their hotel
bills
JOHNSON BOOM
Early in the evening the Kent County
Republican Club started n senatorial
boom for Everett G. Johnson by taCklng
on door in the Hotel Richardson blue
pcnnant containing in large white letters
the inscription the people want John
son Announcement was made that
members Of the club would attempt to
stampede the convention to MIR johnson
today by plnnng Johnson badges on all
the delegates.
Convention eve was quiet in the hotel
lobby and on the hotel sidewalks. The
number Of politicians present was less
than usual Delegates assembled III small
groups and chattcd with political lieu-
tenants until Alfred | du Pont summoned
them or the time for holding county
conferences came.
Thirty-tive New Castle county delegates
met IN an upstairs room Of the hotel
Richardson 4 majority OF those con
fcrrccs spoke in behalf Of DIR Lewis llcislcr
Ball for the senatorial nomination, and u
was reported that nearly All promised 70
vote for Dr Ball on the first senatorial
ballot in the convention, for cx-tiovcrnor
Charles r. Miller on the second and for
William II Head on the third Il was
predicted that should MIR Heald be the
senatorial nominee kenN and Sussex
Republicans would defeat him in Novcm-
Der