Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-13
MANY CONTESTS IN
REPUBLICAN CAMP
FOR CONVENTION
DELEGATE Fights in Five City
Wards and Also in Three
Rural Hundreds.
LIVELY BATTLE EXPECTED

Ot candidates, as pasScu "P,,, -.
,os,s {, tho Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth
and Eleventh wards Of the city and
;n m districts of three hundreds out IN
the country :.
OF the ten contests in the rural aus
tric,s four are taking place Tor a%lteIna.e. %
.rhoro orc two contests for alternates
a. ,he c,tv wards The lists were passed
,non by tho committee yesterday after
noon. I;aa,ss
The largest number Of candidates
a,,ears in the Ninth ward. Ot the ten
three are colored. ,,I
In tho Fifth ward, which is allowed
four delegates, slx have hieu' ne
fght there seems 20 be between younger
and older factions The same seems 10
he tho case IN the Sixth ward Wnsre
,bere !. one surplus candidate. ne
c,,osition in the Tenth Ward IS against
lsaac II Brown. one fo thes New bis
nens.t,on candidates The Eleventh
rard 6rht will probably depend upon
tho final count II the ballots IN ootn
az these wards there are contes,s aI,?ns
the nlternates One alternate y ,acKlnk
IN the sixth ward This ono VIII ~ uu
piled hv tho committee before INC ua'''''
a. 10 the printers.
RURAL CONTESTS
IL ,hs Nershalton district, Ben-
,.,,,,, Grove and benjamin l.. DlCkey
- lined mn against William L. Betts
ga Reuben + Brown. The latter
have the support Of the regular organinIa-
t,or Clifton Colmery. q young ne
puhhcan. IS opposing John Lynn, ~
The Flsmere district ColmeIy - iuh-
ning on young mans platform. on
the Christiana side, young man hanleu N.Y.
William ] Copes is leading the nght
a,a,nst George Haigh. Sr. In the other
district Charles Smith and LINDSAY
Wilson are the opposing candidates
and both men arc making a vigorous
sgb, Young blood is being boosted
H., ,,e qroup for the executive ofices.
Add mex M Republican del hght.
Names of the delegates VIII be ar
va,,cd on the ballots IN aiphaneticai
o,der IN connection with which the
u.,,,,bI,can headquarters desires TO
aaI Tho attention of the voters TO be
,a,.f,d IN marking ballots, IN order
that tho,r actual choice will be recorded
and not those whose names may appear
frst on tho ballot.
Tho executive committee mas oeen
authorized 80 receive designations unVii
thc ,,p,e tho ballots are sent to the printer
Tins applies only 70 those wafus anu
rural districts where contests occur
m, names ~ the candidates fol-
4, numbers indicating districts, star
indicating contest:
WILMINGTON,
F,rs, ward. allowed 2, delegates
Arthur Johnson. William II. Nrden'
a,,erna,es. Ernest Brooks, Isaac An
"'',s," g",,,d ward. allowed delegates
W,ll,am ! Winchester, Albert A.
Ser.an Nein F. Hackett; alternates'
Ale,,ndcr Goodwin, James Serson, WI
Third ward. allowed 2: delegates
Iobn Conlv. John C. Foote: alternates,
Alfrpd W smith, Vincent kowalewskl'
T,nrth ward. allowed 2 delegates
Tdward II. Wright, James A, Le-
T~rc. altcrnates; John Jones jacob
.Tnth ward, allowed 5; delegates
u Albert Oliver, George Lang
Victor d. Washburn, Oscar = Ira
per. Daniel Dutton, Leopold NsecaIoi
slternates. Norman Watsoni Chafles
/ ,'4,,r, Harry farewell, William c.
shelton. Lawrence Ferry.
sSixth ward, allowed 4; delegates
C,odfred r Handy, John II. ". Ayers,
l,senh G. Moore, Joseph Matthew's,
ucmer : Allen: alternates, Charles I.
Minus. W. Henri Pipes, James *. Black
Seventb ward. allowed 9: delegates
George r Miller, J. J. Satterthwait,
Willard A. Speakman, James Mltcheli,
n ". Kelthlcv. George W. X. Forrest;
sternates George " Davis, William
4 Taxlor. James H. Price, ]. B. Broad,
Edward ] Johnson, George l.. Wilde.
Tlghth ward. allowed 5; Delegates
Charles ] Coleman, Henry NJ. FIRST,
William + FennImore, David Nj. Salter,
Joseph /. TAYLOR; Alternates-Lewis T.
Dawson. Robert ]. Curry, James B;
McManus, Howard NJ. Hinton, Edward
sNinth ward, allowed s; Delegates
William D. Sparks, Cecil =. West, Harry
I. Newln. George ". I'LL, Samuel *.
Snitcher, Charles Y. Marshall, William
T.. Covens, Irwin Johnson, William II.
Furrowh, Harry Cushing Alternates-
Thomas Pace. Thomas Dorsey, Carlisle
" Hemphill, James +. Stafford; I
tenth ward, allowed 2; Delegates
Bronislaw LipinskL William r. Jones.
Isaac r. Brown; Alternates Stanley J.
Reska, Robert ". Taylor, Albert B.
Conner.
Eleventh ward, allowed / Delegates
Frederick 6 Hinderer, Walter G. Gavin
ski Alternates-James Is. Dawson,
Joseph 4. Gawarzewskl.
Twelfth ward allowed 3; Delegates
George r. Tilghman, Harry u. Krause,
Harrv Eve; Alternates- Clark
son, Edgar Sterling, ID. r. Morton.
RURAL NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
White Clay Creek-Delegates First
William Saunders, John X Johnston:
Second-Auhun l. Beals Third-Chas.
G. smith, Lindsey ;. Wilson. Alternates:
First-George l. Townsend, George VIII
hams Second-Irwin Durnall. Third
William Appleby.
Mill Creek-Delegates William
L. Beets. Benjamin Dickey, BENJAMIN
Groves, Reuben Brown. Second Willard
Dixon, William b. Kelton. Third
Thomas II. Vansant. Alternates: First
William W. McCool, Jr; Harvey II.
Lamborn, George W. Mullen. Second
Harry Writ Third-Harvey j. Davis
Christiana- First-Harry
Poole. Second-William J. Copes, Geo.
Haigh, Sr.; Third-William G. Beatty.
Fourth-T. Clarence Marshall. Fifth
Macmillan Hopes. Sixth--William
Tinsman. Seventh-Clifton Colmery, John
Lynn. Alternates: First-Elmer c.
Miller. Second-Oliver Nelson, William
Armstrong. Third-SamuelB Brown Fourth
Willard s. Gregg Fifth--Samuel
Frizzle SiSth-William L. Nixon
Seventh. Leslie Talley, George Whit
tington.
nrandywine- Delegates; First-Joseph
III. MARITIME Second-Edward NJ Davis.