Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
DRY ADVOCATES IN
KENT COUNTY SEEK
DRY CANDIDATES
Sitting the Party Tickets in Order
to Indorse Some and Oppose
Others.
DAVID S. CLARK GIVES
FAVOR TO THIS MOVE
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Dover Oct. "a meeting was held
Yesterday. in he Senate chamber oi the
State House. with Jefferson Cooper oi
near Chcswold as chairman to consider
legislative nominees from the view oi
their wet ar dry tendencies. 1t was agreed
,bat in those districts where the can
d;da,cs arc known 10 he dry" and salts
factory to the temperance forces, blank
would be left ON the Prohibition ticket, TO
bc filed in by the voter for the cansldate
he or she saw it.
The legislative districts were then
called. together with the candidates OF
both parties already nominated, approVai
or rejection being as follows:
First Representative dlstnct-M Messrs'
Wilson and Pratt. satisfactory; Second
Harrington and Boggs, satisfactory.
In the Third district including Clayton
and Kenton. II was stated that the ne
publican candidate, Frazer, had de-
cIared himself wet. while clark, tne
Democrat. was known TO be dry Inc
meeting indorsed Clark.
David :. Clark. the veteran Republican
loader of many wears standing IN henton
hundred. said the time had come wher
uartisans must break away from theiI
old parties as n matter OF prlnclpie ana
support only candidates who are IN iaVof
~ clean politics. He heartily Endorsed the
salect,on Of Harry h. Clark, the Demo
cratic candidate for the Legislature from
the Third district ;,
When the Fourth district was reached
II was declared bv the women present
from that district that both candidates
were wet and the temperance people
co,ld not see their way clear to vote for
either although the Republican candi-
date II was reported. might be prevailed
,non IN apDrovc nf dry legislation. This,
however. did not meet with the approval
Of the members present, and the name
~ Mrs. T.. c. DAILY was presented by
Mrs. Lindalc. q West Dover hundred
voter Mrs DAILY received the iuii IN
dorsement Of the meeting and VIII DC
placed upon the Prohibition ticket .or
West Dover hundred
The Fifth district, Dover, was lett open
until both candidates could be seen and
exnressions had as tn their attitude.
In the Sixth district. the Republican
candidate. Herman Peck, was classed as
dry and was indorsed. The Democratic
candidate. Walter j. Paskey, Sr., was
declared wet.
For the Seventh and Eighth districts it
was reported that both Democratic and
Republican candidates are dry.
In the Ninth district, while the attitude
az the Republican candidate was declared
10 he drv. the attitude Of the Democratic
candidate was not known and this district
,,-oS left open. The same was true Of the
Tolh district, which also WAS lett open.
As To the State Senators, both can
didates in the Second district, W H.
Marvel and Charles Hopkins are known
10 be drv men. and the choice was left
70 the voters. In the Fourth district
Charles Murphy. Democrat, was reported
rs avowedlv wet, and the Republican
candidate. Beniah Anderson, as sup
pcsedlv dry" but some IN the meeting
said they had heard Of things that
seemed doubtful This district was LETT
open for investigation by the County
Committee.
II was decided not TO select any can
didates for offices outside Of the Senators
and Representatives,.
The following county committee was
selected, to which was delegated the filing
of vacancies that might occur: r. {
Graham. First Senatorial district; Mrs
Iindale Second; DIT Alfred Smith
Third: John Heyd, Fourth; Mrs Faulk
ner Fifth +. C. Graham of Clayton
was elected chairman and Mrs. Lindal'
secretary.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely announced th'
meeting Of the Citizenship School to b,
held in the State House, October IA, i
and l6, at which prominent persons vii
sneak on different phases of government
Bulb Planting.
See Fell. All varieties. loe ". 4th.-
Adv.