Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-01
JAS, NJ. TUNNEL
CANDIDATE FOR
j. S. SENATOR
Prominent Sussex County Attorney
Made the Announcement
Today.
FIGHT FOR NOMINATION

After weeks of Sncculation, rs To wheth-
or there would be fight for the Demo
cratic Senatorial nomination this year, 10
select n candidate rs "A successor to United
States Senator Willard Salisbury, u was
definitely settled today that there VIII be
fight. when James NJ Tunnel, oi George
town. chairman of the Democratic ,om-
mittec of Sussex county, announced ms
candldacv in the following letter to the
Democrats of Delaware:
To the Democrats of Delaware;
am a candidate for the nomlna-
ton on the Democratic ticket iof inc
office of United States Senator !"
succeed Senator Willard salisbury.
MIR. Salisbury has announced that ne
is n candidate for the nomination'
and a number of other democrats
will doubtless announce themselves
as candidates for the same nonl'ha-
ton.
All such candidates viii be wei
coined hv me, as believe /. viii De
good for the Democratic party TO
have the merits of a number OF men
presented 10 the voters IN order
that thev NAV have a frecr choice
which will doubtless result IN
Such contest between candid
o,es will have further benefit. IN
that il will arouse the interest o.
voters in either one ar the other of
,bc candidates which ill follow the
succassful candidate 10 the polls
Tho contest. however. between
rival candidates must he open, iair ana
free from bitterness. if the expected
marty good * 10 be attained. and 20
this end | propose a campaign tnat
will he fair. and az the same time rs
vigorous as may conform 10 the
nroDcr dignity of such a contest, ana
nledcc NV earnest support to the
candidate chosen by the Democratlc
State convention. duly called Tor that
purpose. rau
Georgetown, Del. May !. 1918
Mr. Tunnel is a native 81 l)cla"aT'
ha,,n0 been born ID CIarkSvlie, Angus
; 1870 beng son oi lienry NJ an
Rho4a + Tunnel lie received his pr
mary education in the rubhc schools {
/ Sussex county and graduated from ram I.,ff
lin College, New Athens ohlo, III l9o>
reqi>trred as law student With iorine
Z Attorney General Robert & " mtc !
I lo04 III Georgetown, and while readIn
IAN III sustained himself by teaching !
nrincipal II the public schools Of trant
I tor3 ScIbzlsH. and Ocean view Was %
rn3,t,d II III har AIav IL 1907. an
since. that i'm has praclced a teorg'
to,~T, ~, ..--.i..... ..an With Mr. v hlte IL
h+.en p,rnncraric county chairman
sussex from 1908 until this tlme, eNeep
nr period from December. 1919, !
September. 1910 was attorney ior u
House ii Representative for the stsslc
of 1918 and the special session q l9l
far Tie SESSION 81 1917 and the special So
son of 1915 was a candidate for attorne
general on the Democratic ticket n I9L
agalns, Arnon ID Chaytor Jr ana AT
al exceedingly clo>y and exciting contes
during winch there w enc or more
ballots. be was defeated by AF Chay
bv a small margin For great mar
wears be has been an ardent supporter
senator Salisbury and has been look
,,r,or ~ The hsa,t III rh, salisbury organ
e,,on n sussex county Ills friends t
Ieye T., vlll have ltt.t difficulty ia sect
ing the support Of most of the 10 votes
~,I-sex coInty ID the Democratic conVe
tloU