Evening journal., 1920-04-20

gate as a result OF. Saturdays PIT
maries. Governor Townsend. General
dupont Judgc Hastings. Colonel n. a..
llOusOn and other leaders were In con-
q renee In A room on the second il0or
or The hotel during the evening.
What seemed tO be the surest thing
In connection with the convention MAS
that General DUPONT would be elected
The national delegate from Whining
ton and then reelected as nelaWare's
representative on the Republican Ma
tional Committee. Mayor William O..
Taylor was talked Of by a few for
Names spoken OF during tho evening
as possibilities for National delegate
from rural New Castle county were
senator l.. Ielsler Ball. Colonel Henry
A. dupont. Alfred l. dupont. Francis
!. dupont. William :. Hillcs, Henry p.
scott and Speaker Alexander p. Corhit
OF the House.
The situation was fairly clear as
TO Kent county Former slate Chair
man Alden r. Benson MAS spoken OF
as about sure FOR one delcxalc from
that county. There were four can
didales for the second delegate from
Kent, namely, Walter d. Hoifcckcr. OF
/ smyrna. James A. HirOns and ID. Mif
/ flin Wilson. OF Dover, and John u.
Herring. OF Milford All nve OF lhes..
men held a conference with General
dupont and some other leaders dur
ing the evening
The State. committee. az a mcCling
last night left IL 10 Chairman Lay-
ton TO select the temporary chair
man OF the convention and he select
ed Mayor William G.. Taylor. OF VIII
ningion. The committee went over
| ] NA.. II r.II
Benson was named TO select a chap
lain for the convention As Major
Bradford. the secretary. had not Sr-
rived when the meeting was held
Daniel Thompson acted as seer tary
The places for holding the caucuse.
today were announced as follows
wilmington, House chamber: Rura|
New Castle, senate chamber: Kent
at Kent County Republican hradquar-
iers and Sussex, In the county. court.
room.
While the platform was moi dis.
cussed by The committee 10 Ia ku0Ayf
that Il will contain a strong suifrae,
plank. some anti-suffraglsts SAY TIL.
Mill be fought IN the committee on
resolutions. but II will no doubt "a
through.
Former senator J. Frank Alice wal
busy around the corridors. but saw
he Is out Of politics
Among The prominent Republican,
seen In the corridor OF the Hole
Richardson were. Governor Town
send. General r, Coleman dupont
Judge Daniel q. Hastings. senator 4
Helsler BAH. Mayor William q. Tay
Tor. former Consressman Hiram Il
Burton, Harry V. Lyons. Of teNes
Or; q. Layton Grier OF Milford
Julian c. Walker. Of Hockessin Stat
senator's Alice. Bennett Handy. Shorl
Walker. Long, Richards and, High
, | npld. Representatives, J. ID. MRrrln6
, ton :. j. Warrington. Jones. Brooks
Dean and Lyons. former senator
Frank Alice: Isaac C.. Elliott prcsl
, dent OF the New Castle County Low
Court, former Senator Oliver 4 New
ton. OF BrldeeVllle, former GOVerno
is. :. Penne'Nill. of Greenwood: Co
Robert c. Houston and Daniel ] Law
= ton. chairman OF The Republican Siai
, | Committee, Of Georkelovn: GSors
= Townsend and Otto Derricksnn. 4
Baltimore hundred: D. Nnln WlisoI
Frank Hall Davis and James A IIii
J ons. OF Dover; r. NJ. Davis. Isaac /
Brown. Major Edward G. Bradfor,
THONGS Penney, Harold :. Crcame
OF Wilmington: former Sheriff Ioh
~ r. Taylor, OF New Castle: former Rel
}, resentative Frederick Render. OF be
= aware City: slate Auditor nanl
n Thompson and Robert L. Armstron
Of Newark: B1niamin A. Groves.
kiamensi. William J. iiehnbld.
y Wilmington; G.. Sudler Richards.
y GeorgetoWn; Willam Pierce. John
~ Herring Mark l. Davis and Frank
I, Davis. OF Milford Secretary Of sta
Everett C. johnson; Elijah Lyme
l. publican COmmllce; Bert Wharton.
Dover; William r. Cole and Alon
y Jones. Of Leipslc: John Levy.
4 Chrlstisna; Frank Miller. James