Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-19
EXPECT TO HAVE
ANOTHER C0NItS!
OF TWO FACTIONS
Republicans of Sussex Do Not
Regard Harmony Prospects
as Bright This Year.
HOW SPECULATION RUNS
s,,e Corrcs,ondcns. Of Evory Evening

Harmony iS moe III IiicpiN' AM WV
situation is ROSY now, hut there VIII DC
hell when the time for nominating comes
So say Sussex conntians of all political
cpnpIcxions when discussing the Re
publican campaign for a United States
senator from Delaware to succeed viii
lard SALISBURY, whose term expires next
spring
Notwithstanding Alfred !. du Point
has publicly stated a Republican should
he elected Senator and /. Coleman du
Pont is rctorted to have made like
statement to National Chairman Will II.
HAYES. Sussex countians believe Alfred l..
and Coleman will fight bitterly for con-
troll of the State convention and the loser
IN that contest viii defeat the Republican
Senatorial nominee ut the election IN
November. They think there will he u
battle similar Ia that OF 1916, when Alfred
pIttcd the Progrrssivcs and Independents
against the Republicans and the Demo
cratic nominee WIS elected successor to
Senator Henry A. du Point Sussex eoun~
tjans have been told that Alfred |, when
asked If he would finance the Republican
campaign rcpliCsi he would do part OF the
financing, and when asked what com
psnsation he would dcsirr, said ne would
not want anything. Nevertheless, 0'iS-
OlRrTNPFS fSasiAFG Ati4tAs q Aif't''f7 -
cntrol the State convention and thereby
become Republican leader IN Delaware,
and they predict Coleman will rAIT
he'll # Alfred | wins and Alfred | will
raisr hell if Coleman wins.
ONLY FOUR POSSIBILITIES.
Sussex oountians, after analysis and
elimination. scc but four Republican
senatorial possibilities former senator
H. lIcislcr I&AH, former tiovernnr Charles
Il. Miller and former Federal Judge I'd
ward a. Bradford az New Castle county,
and Chief Justice James fcnne@Ill ct
Kent
Thosr eliminated from the eligible list
hy the ANALYSTS include Henry Scott,
Williams : Hrlcs former Attorney Cen
oral Rol,cr II Richards. l. scott Town
srnd. former Judge Daniel Hastings,
former District Attorney John L. NicldS
former ttt0rnev1 General Herbert IL
Ward former Congressman William IL
Hcald. Nalor Edmund Mitchell Ohio
Rowland, Martin i. furris and NecTrtary
af State Everett 4 Johnson q Ncw
Castle county, former nitcd States
senator J. Frank Alice, former nited
states senator Harry s. Richardson. and
former Congressman Walter g lioficcAcr
81 Kent county, former Governor SIMEON
: Pennewill. Henry 7 Cannon, Ruby II
Vale. Daniel J Layton. former Secretary
az state Joseph L CuhAll. former Congr'sa-
man Hiram r. Burton aud former Score
tArv on State Caleb Rodney Layton Of
Sussex
HOW SUSSEX MEN TALK
In discussion Of men whom they regard
~ senatorial possibilities, Sussex COIN
tiaYiS SrAsak first of DR. Ball. They SAY
IL -. M tIfraJ are friendly Ia INN.
49, -. ,,l.t1er (,niarnsn ami ~
LII - j. dar.,ais pnirt They hear
li,',.ai,,,,,, gsr.,,as and Richard ri
PIN ~. .,..,,,-...Irg M. Castle county
,,,4t7, ~ ..rs e.,Iabinr Kent for Ball
JaIao..,..- i, ~ ~t.,te convention. ana tile
r,,,,,s.r c-..tl, interests chem They Recall!
tLs, ~ he l.st SENATORIAL campaign DR..
Raj v3s canaldate ior delegate, but
a3tbdr.a. ~ f.var IL Mr. P!ling. and
,be, ! 49,. To-, Iat, ~ substitute another
man Nr p,llInr also retired leaving 4
~Iea- fei1 ,or \{r Groves who then vas
ants gonlstlc u DR. Ball and his SEN
atorial cholce, Henry 4. du foni hey
suspect Ut Bali anu ). fI7Ah -Anet ha
formed an alliance. agreeing thal II.
Bali should be the senatorial nominee
tins year ana ar Ailee n ~ NJ
SUSSEX e9un'iahs 'IlIlh 3iIed ~
i-ont Wo0id support III AI4ii'I 1ii'uiH
nc he nominated hu' ''ei' e, oi5.'l y.
Gu font would oppose heS Peu''l
Coleman would lead rDht po.tdcai
party III an attempt to defeat Air Miller
hey say Nr. Miner mao . H''S'4Ne y
not ahgnng with n ban ana former
Congressman iic;1ld
POLITICIANS OPPOSED