Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-20
WITH ORDER TO STAND BY CHOICE
LAYTON FOR CONGRESS
CHOICE OF SUSSEX
Looks as Though Alfred /. du Pont
Had Lost His Grip and Could
Not Control.
BUT CONVENTION is OPEN
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Dover, Aug 20.
believing he was i'll control Of the
Republican State Convention ana had II
double stitched. Alfred l. du Pont
appeared happy when nc entered the
Hotel Richardson diningroom at o'clock
this morning. Mostly Sussex countlaus
were his breakfast guests. They included
!. Dolphus short George I'll. Hall and
William V Sippc for short tune
Daniel ] Layton, lr.. was at the table,
bat after he had been called outside,
Edward NJ Davis took the vacant seat.
Following a custom lnaugurated at dln
ner. last evening. Edward q. bradford
Jr., was given the position Of honor at
Mr.. du Pont right.
Convention day dawned bright and
beautiful and the politicians who spent
last night in Dover arose carly, tins
morning. As they came down stars,
groups sang. Hail Hail. the Gang s
All Here" but almost half Of the dolc-
gates were not here. they having deferred
their coming until the arrival Of the morn
ing trains.
HEALD AND LAYTON.
soon after dayhreak. currency was
given to a rumor that William II. Heald
was slated for the nomination Tor
United states Senator. and DIR. Caleb K.
LAYTON of Georgetown for Representative
in Congress But at breakfast time until
the morning trains arrived, there was
almost a general belief that everything
wa up in the air II was SAID nothing
definitely would hc known previous TO the
district caucusing. which was expected
10 begin soon after 10 o clock.
FoR HEALD. AGAINST MILLER
Notwithstanding DR. l.. Heislcr Ball
claimed nearly two-thirds Of the New
Castle county delegation ms ms sup
portcrs. IL was believed William II. Heald
was Alfred l. du Points senatorial pref
crcnce There was a Tumor that Mr..
du~Pont condescended 10 let ex-CoveTnor
Charles K. Miller be candidate only
after he felt certain MIR Miller had no
chance OF success.
Edward \. DAVIS. early this morning.
started q campaign against Mr. Miller.
claiming the Voters Non-Partisan League
was opposed TO his candidacy. Mr. DAVIS
was an ardent advocate Of Mr.. Heald.
Towards 10 O'Clock there was Increas-
ing expectation OF a free-for-all senatorial
contest Sussex Counuans were active
and said the situation had changed.
which Indicated TO some others that they
had stronger hope of obtaining the nOm-
nation Of RUBY r Vale. 1t also was re-
ported that Secretary of State Everett c.
johnson was looming up senatoriallv
After the arrival Of the morning trains,
it was stated that Mr. Heald refused to be
q senatorial candidate IN opposition to
Dr. Ball
RUMoRS or MONKEY WRENCH.
As the morning advanced. currency
was gwen TO q runor that Daniel 9.
Hastings had thrown monkey wrench"
into Republican harmony 10 revenge
himself and T. Coleman du Pont for the.
kicks given them by Alfred du Pont
Friends OF MIR Hastings suggested that ne
60 to the convention platform and make
a speech. believing ne thus could over
throw Alfred / du Points domination
and strengthen Hastings sympathy, and
he seemed to regard the suggestion IA
vorablY.
NEW CASTLE STARTS A MOVE.
The Wilmington and rural New Castle
county delegates held a JOINT caucus In
the hall OF the House Of Representatives,
with Isaac W Bowers presiding and
James ; Evans. secretary. Waiting for
the arrival of the last morning train de-
layed the caucus
There was handclapping when William
II Heald entered the caucus chamber at
1855 o'clock Dr Lewis Heisler BsIl
was busy elsewhere
TO STAND BY CAUCUS CHOICE
Julian {. Walker moved that the New
Castle county delegates proceed to ex-
press their choice for United States
Senator the entire delegation to be
bound by the majority vote.
Alexander p Corbit SAID he did not
feel he could consent 70 thar. and ] W
Suddard and Fred Bender expressed
similar sentiments.
benjamin a. Groves and Samuel Burris
spoke in iavor OF binding caucus Mr..
Grove said the senatorship had been
conceded to New Castle county and urged
harmony
Mr. Walkers motion was adopted by
large majority.
AGREED TO CAUCUS CHOICE
For United States Senator Benjamin A
Groves nominated DR. j. Heisicr Ball
and Edward c. Bradford, Jr and William
II. Heald seconded the nomination
Alviu Robertson nominated ex-Gov-
ernor Charles r. Miller and " Sud
dard nominated Secretary Of State
Everett G. Johnson.
Mr.. Heald asked whether the cx-Pen-
cader nunurcQ uelcSales INTENDED 70
oppose DIR. Ball in the convention should
he be the choice Of the caucus, and
Warren Armstrong replied that was the
privilege of the Pencader hundred dele
gates
BALL WINS.
The ballot resulted as follows: Ball,
90 votes; Miller 81; Johnson. T.
Chairman Bowers declared DIR. Bail the
JOINT CAUCUS choice for the nomination
Tor United States Senator.