Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-16
LEGISLATORS HAVE
PLEASANT.REUN|ON
IN SUSSEX COUNTY
After Visiting at Oak Orchard
They Go TO Rehoboth Beach Via
Picturesque Indian River.
POLITICIANS FOLLOW
THEM TO SEASHORE
stan Correspondence OF Every Evening


Isaac ID. Short, president pro tempore oi
the Senate. Thomas T. Gormley, John
r.. Iatta. Lewis NJ. Price, Robert II.
Hollett. James +. Alice, Jr., Charles ID.
Murphy. Wallace :. Handy Asa Bennett,
Lay6eld Long and J. Carey Palmer,
Senators. William NJ. Hope, attorney to
thu senate. Harold s. Creamer, ch@t
clerk of the Senate, James Y. McCommons,
secretary 10 the president pro tempore,
J. B. Bunting sergeant-at-arms oil the
Senate. Alexander 7. Corbit, speaker OF the
House William Lyons, Jr., Aaron i.
klair. jefferson A. Staats, Thomas Jack
son Snow. Garrett :. Paradee, Charles
Hanrattv. James NJ. Sherwood, William
II Jakes. Jacob L. Soper, Harry Z. Glen
daniel. Joseph b Lord, Elijah W. Bunt-
ing. John d. Warrington and Silas J.
Warrington, Representatives, Charles ..
Richards, attorney TO the House, Horace
Sudler. reading clerk of the House, and
staff correspondent Of Every. Evening.
senators |. layfield Long and Charles -.
Murphy and Representatives Garrett -.
paradee and John ID. Warrington COM
posed the committee on arrangements.
Meeting at Millsboro Saturday noon, the
party went aboard a large launch ior
25-mile trip down Indian river, across
Rphohoth Bav and up the Loves ana he-
hnboth Canal to Rehoboth Beach, where
tho oxcursionists arrived Mt q o'clock
SATURDAY. night Their visit to YAK Ut
chard one of the most popular summer
resorts I'm Sussex county, lasted two hours
md was featured BY q shore DINNER, ~
which they were joined by John q. High
fell Senator from the Third Senatorial
district of New Castle county, Isaac
l.lhott president OF the New tastie
County Levy Court, William ). High
GrlI candidate for the Republican
,m,nation for governor, and Nevin X.
Clowrcv of Wilmington, who spent the
week end at clubhouse adjoining
Whites Greek, tributary OF Indian
rivcr.
Tho VOYAGE down the river was delight
ful Near its source the stream Is 80 lee
wide. but from Oak Orchard to Burton
Island il Is four miles in width. 1t is vervs
shallow in most places, and for that rea-
son navigation is slow The scenery Is
p,rturcsuue Fertile farms titled ny
Noors adioin the shores. which are dotted
with bathing beaches. picnic groves,
loasurc boat anchOrages and summer
BONES Wild flowers ornamented many
mall islands. and corn. wheat and other
ops covered Burton's Island, flsh of
any varieties were visible IN the water
nj ducks. cranes and other fowls feW
II The eNcursIonlSls got gllihPseS
Tythlnv Reach and Ocean lew ana
,,,n,..d interest IN posslm Point. near
ich Coleman du Pont keeps house
r,n for camping From Mlllsboro 70
t,+onts Island the river was placid, but
hon the bitches we're reached white
rs tossed the launch. The legislators
uIncnted on the Importance OF making
4 ,ivcr a tidal strpam by dredging It ana
,.ittlng an inlet TO the Atlantic ocean
wv living clouds hung over kehoboth
lay but the launch quickened its speed
nd got beyOnd the storm area before
raln foll. A strong ebb tide was encounter-
~ ~ tho Iewes and Rehoboth canal. The
n,rtv landed near Canal Park and pro
,roded 10 the Belhaven Hotel, which was
thor headquarters at Rehoboth BeaGh
While passing hornets nest close to the
boat landing one of the Senators was
.tung on the hand by bee, but application
4 a omd of tobacco to the sore spot
quickly allayed the pam:
Charles s. Horn invited the legislators
to a dance in Horns Pavilion SATURDAY
night and treated them TO Ice cream, SOFT
lrlnks and cigars.
Tho commission composed of Senators
I Carey Palmer and Lewis NJ. Price, Rep
resentatiyes Harry +. Clendaniel and John
I AIulvena and Major Edmund Mitchell,
-eccntlv appointed to ascertain the cause
n damage To RehobOths ocean front ana
s,IrgeSt remedies, it was announced yes
tori a will meet here August ~ Tor. or
gan ~ tion. Announcement was also made
that Ts,niarnin F. Shaw of Wilmington
vii 4, orove Canal Park, whose attrae-
mons Il ii include boating facilities. Reho-
10Th his organized Yacht clubs and elected
Mr. Shaw commodore.
Politics sizzed during the Legislatures
reunion. The Republican State Conven-
ton excited the greatest interest because
il precedes the Democratic convention.
II was generally admitted that the Con-
pressional and glbernatorial contests
have created great dIssenslon IN the he
publican party. The Townsend and Lay
ton factions are fighting bitterly In
few districts where they are compromising
on delegates to the State convention the
Townsend faction is getting the best OF the
cornpromiSe. Some Republicans said DIR.
Caleb n LAYTON of Georgetown. who de-
sires denomination foe Representative
in Congress and Colonel William ID.
Dennev of Dover, SLATED" by the Or
panization for governor, "are playing
together" Others declared the Organlza-
ton will throw Layton down after play
ing him in behalf of Dennev.' Some who
thought DR.. Layton would he defeated at
the election suggested that he withdraw
immediately after the convention re-
noeninates him, but few believed he would
comply with respect to the gubernatoral
nomination most Republicans stated 1T
was Denney against the field.
The chances Of F. Warren Green of
Wilmington obtaining the Republican
nomination for attorney-general seemed
good.
For the Republican nomination Tor
insurance commissioner Sussex county has
-four candidates Robert B. Elliott of
Seaford. William life Of Millsboro, X.
n. Lingo. Jr., of Dagsboro and Philip
Short OF Baltimore hundred. New Castle
,.auntv Republicans told Sussex county
Republicans New Castle county would
claim the nomination If Sussex county did
not reach an agreement soon.
With respect to the Democratic nom
nation for governor many Democrats as
serted sit was Andrew ]. Lynch OF George
town against the field Willard L. Deputy
az Laurel was reported to be making an
active canvass. Democrats proposed fer
the nomination included Andrew Z. Gray
az Wilmington, Eben b Frazer OF New
ark and Benjamin A. Hazel of Smyrna.
Politicians praised the Democratic
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