Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-28
MANY IN FAVOR OF
CLEAN ELECTION
Thousands, Including Many Can
didates. Have Signed Pledges
in This Behalf.

Tho first systematic step ever taken IN
Delaware TO secure elections that are ap-
,olutcly clean and fair is resulting IN most
,urnrisinr success. Some weeks ago a
committee was organized comprising as
follows:
Josiah Marvel. Robert ID Richards,
p,erre s du Pont, William B. Megear,
raleb s Layton. Mrs Harmon Reynolds,
Iobn Pearce Cam, Alexander 7. Corbit,
Ucrvey +. Hall, Mrs. Henry Ridgcly,
Ioseph c. Frazier, George II. Hall, Miss
l,atharine Robinson and DIR. Rowland
G. Paynter. :. =,
This committee conceived that If the
matter we're put to the people of the State
IN the right light the response would ne
rronpt They further decided thnt the
sppesl should be made to the moral sense
NJ the citizens of Delaware and not be
based on threat of prosecution. As con
soouencr they first appealed TO the ne
publican and Democratic state commit
tecs and promptly received the co-opera-
ton of Both committees. hey theI pre-
paret TO clean election pledge and presei,,t :
ed the same for signature 70 every cahh-
date for office In the state. his step was
spproved by the State committees OF
both parties and the result has been a
friendly response from the candida}es
themselves. The candidates for office who
have signed this pledge are as follows;
MANY CANDIDATES SIGN.
st,te ticket-Andrew ] Lynch, George :
tovn.H. c. Taylor, Dover;J r. Clements
CLAYTON: William ID. Mullen. Holly Oak !;
DR. James Martin. Magnolia; Judge
George Gray, Wilmington Joseph II.
Cox, Seaford; Henry A. du Pont, J: Dan
forth Bush. Wilmington; Daniel Thomp-
son. Newark; William ID. Denney, Dover
George NJ. Fisher Wyoming; John q
Townsend. Jr., Selbyville; Caleb X.
Layton, Georgetown.
New Castle County-Mrs. julia h.
Keoch. u. Lawrence Boyce. Wilmington
Theodore Ferguson, Blackbird; John Is.
Morris, Wilmington; John NlvIn, Newark
John f. McNabb, Wilmington: James
McIntire, Elktop, Md; Robert W kra-
mer. Thomas +. Harklns, Wilmington;
Joseph c. Kavanagh, Boothwyn, Pa
Clarence Scarborough, Newport Harry
G Little. Hockessin; Frank Collins. New
ark: Joseph Quigley, New Castle; William
J. Crompton, Porters; Harry Pratt. Deia-
ware CITY; George d. Grassland, Middle
town. Walter Lee, A. Jefferson Stats,
Townsend; James S. Evans, Claymont;
Harry V. Buckson, st. Georges; Sher-
hurne A. Collins, Townsend; Frank h.
Irons Delaware CITY; Winfield 5. Orr.
Edge Moor; Elmer Ellison, Frank Wild
does. Newark; Lewis J. Rambo, Everett
3. Howard, New Castle; A fired J. David
son. Bear: Thomas Armstrong. Delaware
CITY: Harry Clark, St. Georges; Fred A.
REYNOLDS, Odessa; Harry ]. Wilson, Port
Penn; Sudlcr n. King, Townsend: John
l.. Wright. Wilmington; Walter ,. Burns,
bear: James G. Shaw, New Castle; Nor
man p. Crouch, Harvey Hoffecker, Viii
liam J. Lutz. Wilmington; William II.
Evans. Newark: Williem Henri Pipes,
Wilmington; William Z. Nlrden, Frank
&. Miller. Wilmington; William Lord,
Elsmert; Richard G. Buckingham,
Charles l.. NIedill, Newark; Edward ).
Megginson. New Castle; Henry G. Mllll-
ken, Glasgow; Edward Lester, Delaware
City: Alexander P. CorbIt, Odessa; James
Ball, Greenville; George L. Batten, Della
ware City: CORTLAND Rice. Claymont
George II. Reuss, Msrshallton; Rodman
Lovett. Samuel Pusey Morrison, Newark /;
Edward CLYDE Weer, Claude y. Lester.
New Castle; Oliver Suddard, Newark;
John Green. krkwood; Arthur W. Hope.
Delaware City; William b. Lester. It,
Georges; Philip Earle Pleasanton. Middle
town: William B. McMullen, Port Penn,
samuel B. Townsend, Harold r. Outten,
Townsend; Alfred c. Sterling, New Castle; ;;
Thomas II. Swan, st. Georges; Isaac ;.
Bullock, Wilmington; John Green, Kirk
wood; James Ball, Montchanin.
Kent County-Henry l. Beers, Daniel
NJ Ridgely, Dover; Thomas Meredith,
Willow Grove; James Y. McCommons,
Wyoming; Hilorv ". Oliver, Smyrna;
William H. Marvel, Dover; J. Edgar Bogg
Cheswold; James Fl. Frazier, Clayton;
Frank Hall Davis, Dover; Noah Cain,
Harrington; Lawrence Rollln Moore,
Smyrna; Millard Thompson, Bowers
William II. Eaton, Herman Peck, FELTON,
Alden r. Benson, Manship Rash, Daniel
Nj Ridgely, John II. Bostlc. Z. II. Atkinson
Charles Hopkins, ". II. Marvel, Dover;
". B. Harrington, Cheswold; William
Stockheimer. Milford James r. Clema1ts.
CLAYTON; Nj. F. Archer, Clarence Ringgold
Smvrna; Thomas Meredith, Wyoming. !,
Sussex County-Berry Guy Wheatlev,
Broad Creek; Charles Messick. Laurel /;
Harry Prettyman, Paramount; Harry
Clendaniel, Lincoln William II Hayman,
Delmar; S. c. Pierce, Lewes; Hiram s.
Smith, Georgetown; Horace Sudler,
Bridgeville; George ". Collins, Mills
boro; Charles H. Kinder. Bridgeyille;
Benjamin Frank Walls, Milton; Thomas
G. James, Laurel; Elijah j. Gray, Frank
ford; William H. Parsons, Samuel II
Messick, Seaford; Eurice NJ Donovan,
Lincoln; Elmer Dickerson, Milton; Clar-
ence W. Jester, Franklin Achy, Seaford;
Otto Dickerson, Milton; George H OF
well, Laurel; Thomas ". Turner, Lewes
Samuel S. Gray, Seaford; Jonathan Baker,
Dagsboro; Alfred G. Bunting, Charles
B. McCabe, Selbyville Harry Prettvman,
Hollyville; Thomas c. Stockley, Harbeson
Howard r. Moore and Benjamin F Davis
Milford.
CHILDREN FoR CLEAN ELECTION.
These pledges continue to come in
every day and as they are sent in they
will be announced by the committee.
Another step to be taken by the Clean
Elections Committee was to send citizens