Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-03
SUFFRAGE LIKELY
TO HAVE WEEK OFF
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indicate that Mr.. du Pont will take .
hand in tho fight personally, or will sc
further in the matter. Some OF the adj
yocates believe he will, but others, sup
posed to be we'll informed, doubt this
! An effort to talk to Mr.. du Pont on the
subject today was unavalling.
Reports that Governor Townsend bad
written agreement from number OF the
members of the House that they would
vote for the resolution If he Withdrew
| from the Republican convention dele
gate fight seem to be unfounded. The
governor, it was learned today, had a
verbal promise from two members OF the
House, reported to be opposed to suffrage,
to the effect that they would vote Tor the
resolution if their votes were needed to
pass 1T.
As a matter of fact, the governors
offer to withdraw from the delegate fight
was contingent on the passage OF the
resolution in the House on Wednesday,
the day it was made, although, because OF
Representative Hart's sudden refusal
to call up the resolution, the vote WAS
not taken until next day.
IL was learned today that National
Committeeman r. Coleman du Pont
did not want to see the governor sacrifice
himself When the governor made the
suggestion that he was willing to get out
Of the delegate fight if that would save
suffrage Gen. du Pont, according TO
report, offered to make the sacrifice him.
self rather than have the governor do SO.
According TO precedent the governor and
national committeeman are usuallychosen
as delegates, but Gen. du Pont SAID II
either was to be denied the honor he
would rather make the sacrifice than let
the governor do so. The latter insisted on
doing it himself, hence the offer he read
at the Republican conference on Wednes-
day.
FIGHT ON GOVERNOR OPENS IN SUSSEX.
The fight against Governor Townscnd's
candidacy for national delegate opened
last night in the First election district
of the First Representative district of
Sussex county, in Milford, last night,
when Republican meeting, called by
the district chairman, Joseph G. Davis,
nominated an anti-Townsend delegation
for the State convention. The men
nominated are A. Il. Archer, Harry Belts
and J. Albert Webb, However, as Mark
l.. Davis, a friend Of the Governors, has
announced that he will also be a candidate
for State convention delegate, there
will be fight at the primaries on April
II. This is the first gun Of the anti
Townsend campaign in that behalf.
Chairman Davis was unanimously re-
elected to that Office.
SHORT is NoN-coMMTTTAL.
When Senator Short was asked today
in regard TO reported change of sentl-
ment on the part Of the Sussex Republic
cans who have been opposing sentiment,
he said he could not answer AS for HIM
self, he said he had not changed. His po-
sition, he said, is that majority Of his
cons tituents are opposed, and the resolu-
ton better have nine votes" before he
can be expected 10 vote for 1t. Nine Will
carry.
Senator Short said he had received
several letters from Mr. du Pont, but he
declined to disclose their contents. lie
admitted that on the suffrage question
Mr.. du Pont had expressed his feeling IN
the matter to be that it was a national
issue and he favored ratification of the
amendment.
1t was reported here today that on
Thursday night Senator Short called on
Mr.. du Pont at his residence, Nemours.
MRS. HILLEs OPTIMISTIC.
Mrs. Florence Bayard HiIles, head OF
the Delaware branch of the Women's
Party, is optimistic. She said today that
if the Legislature follows the plan of
lull in suffrage next week the friends of
the cause will make a thorough campaign
of the State, in an effort 10 create more
sentiment for suffrage and thereby in
fiuencing some of the legislators to change
their votes MIR and Mrs Hiiles went to
Rehoboth Beach today for the weekend.
On Tuesday morning Mrs. Hilles will
probably address the New Century Club,
here Tuesday night she viii go TO New
York to attend meeting the next day in
behalf of restoration work In France.
After the suffrage fight Is over she will
tour the West with the motion picture
Heritage OF France, in behalf Of restora-
tion work in France, in which she is deeply
interested. This engagement will con-
tinue indefinitely.
RUBY VALE AS -CONCILIATog.
The Philadelphia North American said
today: "The negotiations with Alfred |.
du Pont on behalf of ratification have
been quietly In progress for some time,
with Ruby r. Vale, a prominent Phila-
delphia attorney, who resides in Milford,
Del, as the conciliator Mr. Vale has
been endeavoring to iron out difficulties
which have kept Alfred l. du Pont and
his cousin, I. Coleman du Pont, estranged
for years.
ALFRED l. du Pont had to all intents
withdrawn from active politics upon the
death of his wife last February. His in
terest In the success of the Republican