Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-13
STILL IN FEAR Of
HURL|NG OF TIE
MONKEY WRENCH
Harmony in the Republican Party
Seems to be the Camou-
hage Variety.
HOT FIGHTING PROBABLE

One week from the Republican state
Convention will be held next Tues
dav-r,lrnors of 'camouiiagng and
F, "monkev-wrench throwing are repeated
with increasing poSitVcncss. OF greater
interest Is a prediction that the old
Organization. aided 10y alleged dISloNai
Ipdcpcndcnts. will throw down Atrod
| DIN pont. and still more interesting IS a
rcport. which has gained considerable
crpdence. that the Voters \on-Partlsan
League and railroad trnthcrhood>, IN
retaliation will put a third ticket III IN"
cid
Tor the sake Of harmony il was
agreed that the state convention d'l"-
gates factionallv should ~ $3.50 and the
leaders of the TIVE factions should sui
mt to the convention the names OF the
Rcpubhcans they preferred for the SEN
atorIal nomination, both factions piCdg-
lne. il is said. to support ut the election
the partisan receiving the nomination
DELEGATE nominations were ricd last
Wednesday. and 10 days We're gwen tor
adjusting contests, - that there would
hc perfect harmony next Saturday,
when primaries will bc held Ironing
the crinpS out Of harmony IS difficult
In the attempt. il is declared. tie fabric
!, being torn and burned nr l., Hri~lcr
l}aH. senatorial aspirant and Isaac "
Bowers. rcputed Ball lieutenant. are
ironing in New Castle county, J
Frank Alice. suh-lcadcr OF independents
Is ironing in Kent and Daniel )
LAYTON ,ir. advocate of ext Governor
Charles r. Miller for the senatorial
nomination, and l. ID short boomer
OF RUBY Il Male. are ironing III Sussex
L, fp
in nominating the Republican VINO can
obtain a majority Of the New Castle coun-
II delegates. il Is stated. Or BAH clalms
with Mr. Bowers assistance. 70 have
"nabbed 30 Of the Is, but il Is predicted
he viii he disappointed at the show
down While he and MIR. Bowers are
"camouhaging for his benefit, Il Is SAID,
others are double camouhaUng 20 his
detrlment. 1t IS also reported that
Harry l. Gillis leader Of the Miller forces
IN New Castle county. and Mr. Bowers.
once a Miller ally. have severed long
political friendship because, II is charg-
ed. MIR. Bowers. now boosting Dr
Ball, broke 3 promise to be neutral.
In Kent county ex-senator Alice
fought hard to keep p Niiffln Wilson.
treasurer of the Delaware Railroad, off
the list OF delegates. but failed.
HOT FIGHT IN SUSSEX.
Delegate contests AT lewes and Sea-
ford. in Sussex county, two Of the hottest
fights in the State are thought 70 be
..rnonkev-wrenches thrown at Republ-
can harmony by T. Coleman du Pont-
Al Lewes the Independents have endorsed
Harry V Lyons, Regular, for delegate,
bat the old Organization Is opposing
Clifton Maull. Independent Unity would
Mr.. LYONS. leader of the opposition 10
Nr Maull. Is assisted by DR. Hiram r
Burton and James T. I4ank Independents.
In 1916 Dr. Burton was the Progressive
nominee for United States Senator. Why
he and Mr.. Lank should array themselves
with Mir. LYONS against Mr. Maull Is
mystery. but some persons hint 'ap-
parent ignoring" Of DR.. Burton by the
Independents may solve it. In many
RESPECTS the Iewes and Seaford contests
are similar.
BELIEVE HE'LL MAKE THE THROW.
Despite the attempts OF few Republi-
cans to ridicule 'monkev-wrench throw
ing" bv T Coleman du Pont, many poll
ticians believe he will hurl large quantity
cf such missiles The latter say q Re
publican national committeeman and
Republican Presidential possibility, even
If only Negroes were the proponents,
would not let il be recorded in history
that he was kicked out of Delaware poll
tics without resistance. Those skep-
teal OF .'rnonkey-wrench throwing think
he has gone TO France on Red Cross
mission. Others. while admitting he is
absent bodily from Delaware, assert ne
still Is here IN spirit.
ANOTHER BOLT POSSIBLE.
Should the old Organization, aided by
alleged disloyal independents, throw
down" Alfred / du Pont, II is predicted.
the Voters Non-Partlsan League and
railroad brotherhoods would retaliate
immediately. II Is believed that, should
Alfred l. be dethroned, they would not
put at the head of their ticket the Re
publican senatorial nominee, but would
follow the example of the ProgressIves
IN 1916. who then had a senatorial
aspirant or would support the Dem
ocratic senatorial nominee.
NOT IN POLITICS.
There is current a rurnor that f. |
du Pont de NemOurs * 60. as a cor
poration. will not participate IN Delaware
noIjtics and the Service Citizens, having
organized solely for altrulstic purposes, It
i stated will not enter the political
arena, II is said Pierre > du Pont and his
brot hers are not taking any interest IN
notifies. but it is believed some officials
Of the du Pont Co will participate IN
dividuallv IN the campaign.
Pessirnistic Republicans predict that
harmony will be badly crimped, torn and
burnt" when carried TO the polls for
Saturdays primaries
Large delegations Of Republicans will
go TO Dover early next Monday, expecting
a lively prelude TO Tuesday, which will be
convention day. Many parisans sug-
gested for the senatorial nomination are
disgusted by the factional squabble and
viii not attend the convention, but they
..nrav decent Republican sentiment will