Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-20
UNUSUAL QUIET
AMONG THE CROWDS
ON CONVENTION EVE
Coleman du Pont Said: Every
thing is at Sea, and That Was
the Way it Appeared.
SOME OF THOSE ON HAND
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staff Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover. April 20.-tllicter and smaller
than usual was the convention eve crowo
that came TO Dover last night. No one
seemed to know what the Republican
State Convention would do today, and
Coleman du Pont said everything IS m
the air" Sussex county opposition &c
Governor Townsend being elected dele
gate to otheRepublicanNati Convention
was the only disturbing element visible.
Coleman du Pont, United States Senator
l.. Heisler Ball and Governor Townsend
sometimes mingled with Republicans
thronging the lobby Of the Hotel Richard-
son and at other times conferred upstairs.
A tentative platform was reported to be
one matter considered at the conference.
MAYOR TAYLOR TO PRESIDE.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee met in the Hotel Richardson last
NIGHT and selected Nixon's Opera House
a. the State convention hall. Mayor
William G.. Tavlor of Wilmington was
picked for temporary chairman oi the
convention and Edward G.. Bradford, Jr.,
OF rural New Castle county for temporary
secretary. 4 temporary list OF state
delegates was prepared, but no CONTESTS
were filed 1t was decided 10 hold caucuses
as follows: Wilmington, IN the hall ot
the House OF Representatives,; rural New
Castle county. IN the Senate ch;unbcr'
Kent county, at the headquarters ot the
Kent County Republican Club sussex
COUNTY. in the Kent County Courthouse.
MENTIONED As DELEGATES.
There was no certainty, last night,
Who would be elected delegates To che
Republican National Convention. The
following were proposed; From VII
minpton. Mayor William G.. Taylor.
former Congressman William ~. Heaid
former Governor Charles Il. Miller and
Sylvester ID. Townsend: from rural New
castle county, United States Senator l..
Heislcr Ball former United States Senator
Henry T. du Pont. Alfred |. du Pont,
Francis l. du Pont, Henry 7. Sccott and
James T. Foster; from Kent county,
Alden r. Benson. ID. NJ. Wilson. Robert
:. Jones. John ". Herring and James 4.
Hirons: from SUSSEX county Governor
Townsend. Congressman Caleb II layton.
former Governor Simeon :. Pcnnvwil,
Ruby X. Vale and Isaac ID. Short.
THOSE WHO WE'RE THEIE.
Republicans IN the convention eve
uathering included Congressman Caleb
r. LAYTON. former United States Senator
! Frank Allep former Congressman Hiram
r. Burton. former Governor SIMEON ;.
PennewilI, Secretary Of state Everett {.
johnson. State Auditor Daniel Thompson,
Eli II. sharp, John W Herring DIR. q.
LAYTON Grier, Daniel J. Layton, Jr.
Edward G.. Bradford, Jr., Edward NJ
Davis, Arthur Davis, Thomas Pecney,
Robert c. Houston. George Cunning, ID.
NJ. Wilson, James A. Hirons, Frank Hall
Davis, Isaac X. Brown, William 9. Taylor,
Judge Daniel O. Hastings, Elijah J.
Lynch, G. Sudler Richards, Mark Davis,
Oliver A. Newton, Harry Lyons, Ben
janin A. Groves, William J. Highteld,
Nevin NJ Clowney, Rufus ID. Lingo,
Timothy Townsend, Harold 5. Creamer,
John King, G.. T. Burton, r. b. Elliott,
William Il. Messick, John II. Layton,
Eben Townsend, James A. Oliver. Ferris
Giles. J. T.. Wiley. Fred Walls. Amos 4
Watson. :. W. Vaughan, William NJ.
Pierce, John King. John +. Taylor, John
Bradley. George W. DerrIckson, ID. F,
AIcAvov. J. Il. Whltworth. J. y. Lloyd,
". III. REYNOLDS, Frederick ID Bender,
Isaac &. Elliott, Raymond Robertson.
". p. Short Joseph MARITIME, Leonard
TalIev. J.. G. Tottcn. Frank Miller Rob
ert Short, IIbe IL. Chandler, John \.
rimmons. = i. Hickman, George Town
send. II. G.. Derrickson. John Mitchell,
Timothy Nelson, Charles johnson, vii
liam Steele and J. Horace Dcrickson
The crowd devoted the greater part
of the night TO telling political reminiscent
ces and discussing political possibilities.
It was not known whether Alfred /.
du Pont would be here today,
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