Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-08
NOT MEANT AS AN
ATTACK ON GOVERNOR
So Republican Representatives
Say Regarding Their Anti
Suffrage Leanings.
stan Correspondence Of Every Evening
A k,

SrATh HOUSE, DOVER, APRIL ..
Eleven Republican members of the
House of Representatives, who opposed
or did not vote for adoption of Represen-
tative Harris resolution ratifylng the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
of the United States extending the right
of suffrage to women, declare honest
conviction and Interpretation of con-
stituency, and not hostility to Governor
Townscnd's candidacy for delegate to
the Republican National Convention, IN
iluenced their manner of voting. After
the Legislatures adjournment yesterday
they sent the following communication to
the executive department:
Hon. John c. Townsend, Jr.. Governor
of Delaware, Dover, Del-Dear Sir: This
statement is to say that our vote on the
suffrage amendment was the result of an
honest conviction and Interpretation OF
our constituency and not in any wise your
personality as representing the party at
the Chicago convention.
Your offer OF withdrawal, while meri-
torious, is not pertinent to the question,
nor did it in any wise influence our vote.
Whether you are or are not candidate
to represent the party hrs nothing what
ever to do With Gun vote on this question.
Ii YOU were led to think otherwise, you
were f1i>inlOTillfu ana We were ihiSAttHt-
sented Very truly yours,
Signed: Alexander p Corbit,
John d. Warrington,
j. j. Snow.
j. T. Lloyd,
c. l.. Jester,
j. B. Lord.
Elijah W. Bunting,
c. NJ. Parker.
Charles Hanratty,
Benjamin f. Jones,
Governor Townsend Immediately au-
thorized publication of the following:
Naturally l am pleased at this state
ment. 1t is, however, no more than i en-
pected Few men today elected to office
rs Representative would allow a personal
prejudice TO influence their vote on mat
ter of such imp ortance. l am human
enough to appreciate the fact that my
record and personality has not been such
as to merit such a rebuke by the members
of my party. The vote last week, fol-
lowing my offer of withdrawal, based on
the assumption presented, that my name
was repulsive rs candidate to the national
convention, was such that the proposition
made To me was, to say the least, Ill
founded.
This statement handed me today
DlONtS btNOliAa tAplbb tlAtAt ~
TO represent the party at the national
convention has nothing whatever to do
with the vote of suffrage. There is no
personal equation IN my candidacy Tor
national delegate at all. ! was thus hon.
ored by the party several years ago.
Friends and Republicans knowing my
announced choice of national committee
man from this State, General i. Coleman
du Pont, have asked that | stand as
candidate. For that reason alone i am
candidate and if named and elected will
vote for General T. Coleman du Pont rs
national committeeman from this State.
In so doing l am acting in the interest OF
the Republicans not only IN Delaware but
in the nation at large.
General du Pont, by experience and
association with the national Organza-
ton. can, in my judgment, serve the party
better than any other man In the State.
The national organization have so recog-
nized and have done the exceptional thing
in asking Delaware Republicans to return
him. My candidacy is to express that
view and to help bring it about.
The equal suffrage ratlfy ing resolution
introduced last week by Representative
I.lovd was stricken from the House
calendar YESTERDAY afternoon on his re-
quest. 1t had been presented merely for
the purpose of fastening action on Rep
resentative Hart resolution. Not having
been revived yesterday, when the time
limit expired, the defeated resolution can
not be resurrected. This left only one
ratifving resolution. Senator Walkers :, III
the Senate. Senator Walker refralned
rom calling il up YESTERDAY afternoon be-
cause of President Pro Tempore Short 5
absence.