Milford chronicle., 1920-05-28
SALISBURY DEFEATED
FOR COMMITTEEMAN
SENATOR WOLCOTT OVERWHELMINGLY
DEFEATED FORMER SENATOR BYA
VOTE OF III TO 6S.
SUFFRAGE WAS IGNORED
THERE WAS NO MENTION MABE ABOUT
The SUFFRAGE QUESTION in THE
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.


colts election to the National commit
teemanship at the annual cOnclav
of the Democratic solOns at Dover o
Tuesday and his defeat of former Sen
ator Salisbury III to 6S completed
destroys hopes of a peace pact be
tween the warning factions and Incl
dentally underwrites the failure OF tn
party's aims in the coming state cam
paign.
The following delegates to the Dem
ocratfc National Convention to be helC
in San Francisco in June were elect
ed:
New Castle County-William COyne
of Wilmington and Eben B. Frazer OF
Newark
Kent County-Senator Josiah o.
WolcOtt. of Dover, and Benjamin A
Hazel. of Smyrna.
Sussex County-William f. Allen,
Seaford, and Harland NJ. Joseph, OF
Midway.
An attempt to bring the suffrage
question before the delegates was
throttled by Temporary Chairman
United States District Attorney
Charles Curley, while the effort to
follow some of the national leaders
in an endorsement of wet" plank
in the partys platform failed dismal
" in the caucus OF the State COM
mittee.
Discomfort because of the victory
of Senator Wolcott was visible among
the followers OF former United States
Senator Willard Salisbury and the
prediction was freely made that it
sealed the fate of the Democrats in the
presidential campaign in the State.
William COOyne's election as ma
tiOnal delegate from Wilmington was
only achieved after the most bitter of
battles, William Abberger, Michael
Donlin, Matthew RaistOn, William
Duffy and William J. Buckley going
on record as being unalterably Op-
posed to his selection. Their oppo-
sition was entirely on the labor is
sue.
Senator WolcOtt was nominated for
national committeeman by former
Congressman L. Irving Handy. He
declared that for twenty years it has
been customary that Delawares dem
Ocracy be represented on the nation
al committee by a Democratic Sena-
tor. He asserted that Senator WOlcott
rather than contest the place had Of
fered to withdraw, but that his sug-
gestion had been rejected by Sauls-
buryites. Whatever may be the re-
suits, he contended it could not be laid
at the door of Mr.. WclcOtt. and in
conclusion argued that it rightfully
belonged to the Kent countian.
Dorsey w. Lewis, of Middletown,
championed the cause of Mr. Saus-
bury, claiming that for a period of 20
years he had served the party faith
fully. He emphasized that of AZ Dem
ocratic senators, but three are mem
bers of the national committee.
The ballOting by district resulted as
follows: New Castle county, Sauls-
bury 40; Wolcott, 25; Kent county,
Salisbury 8; WOlcott, So; Sussex
county, Wolcott, 40; Salisbury 20;
Total, Salisbury 40; WOlcOtt III.
An effort to make the election un-
animous was thwarted by Michael
DOnlin OF the Fourth Ward, Whining
ton, who voicing the dissatisfaction of
the "irreconcilables' asserted that he
would never support the choice Of the
convention in any respect.
Big Labor Victory
Arguing for amendments to the res
olutions committees report William
J. Buckley insisted that labor be given
a square deal He admitted being out
voted in caucus thirteen to two, but
was adamant that the convention take
definite action on the subject of his
recommendations. His motion to in
corporate the changes specified above
was regarded as a big labor victory
and stamped him as a chieftain that
will have to be considered in the fu-
ture.
He asserted that he represented
225,00 shipyard workers and that his
organization was trying to realize
the establishment of an American
Merchant Marine. He impressed upon
his auditors that the labor issue was
going to be a vital one in the presi-
dental campaign and demanded that
his party express its friendliness in
the incorporation of the above planks. /
There was not the slightest antagon- |
ism to Mr. Buckley's proposition and
II went through by a unanimous vote.
A committee consisting Of Mrs. /
James Buckson, Mrs S. A. Collins, |
Mrs. Watson Harrington, Mrs. Harry
Mayer, Mrs. Cummings Speakman, /
Mrs. James II. Hughes, Mrs. w Har-
mon Reynolds, Mrs. Sarah NJ Farrell, |
convention as Democrats to act fav-
orably on the suffrage issue. The res /
OlutiOns committee voted 6 to 8
against consideration Of the subject /
Several wet and dry proposition we're |
also rejected. while a plank touching
upon the Irish situation was accept |
ed. This was not tantamOupt to rec |
ognition, but was more in the charac-
ter of a palliative to state the Irish ell /
ement in the party.
Text Of the Platform
Following is the text of the platform
as presented by the committee on Gre
dentials including also the subse- |
quent amendments being adopted as
the amendments indicate.
Original text:
We, the representatives OF the Dem /
ocratic party, in convention assembled |
reafirm our faith in the fundamental /
principles of the Democratic party and /
declare that those principles supply
the safest and best guide in the solu- /
ton of the complex problems now con- !
fronting the American people.
We endorse and approve the admin /
istration OF Woodrow Wilson. Deeply I
sympathizing with him in his recent
illness, we are now gratifed to believe
that his health and Yigor are rapidly
being restored.
The creates. war Of all time. waged
on scale of heretofore unimagined
has recently been fought
and won. The part played by our
own country in this gigantic conflict
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