Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-29
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20 unm stakably displayed that ,hosa
who came here to oppose the Preriderf
must have recognized how futile thr
efforts would BE- No one could haze
gone through the demonstration that 81
tended the unfolding If the huge Ancrran
flag that had been draped above ne -os-
tr1lrn, and rs upraisiug ~ display a large
p ,rtrait of the President. reclining a2alns'
the keys ~ the great auditorium 1rgan
without recognizing Its import. u wac
high appreciation of the great leader NJ
great political party and coming A. q did
was a vefitabla ebullition ~ patriotism ~
well AZ u resonant Democratic cnfhl-
siasm
STILL At sEt ~ To Nowr,vr
This denonst ration, however = nC+
accepted az intimafing - tho siiRhfesf
extent that President wilson will ~
seriously urged for renonination and ~ 2
docs not affect the situation in respect ~
the pending contest for the great pr1e
Of the convention, which remains ,iirf
about az II was last night
There have been the usual rInoru.
including orr that Tammany had rp-
solved 70 support McAdoo. but they had
no basis in fact Many uninstrIr'ed
delegates are ~ close as Delaware clan
about their preference and the standing
of several entire State delegations remains
unknown. the members refusing 20 say
how they stand They are carefully
looking over the field and thus the sltiia-
tiOn remains unchanged and 80 chaotic
and uncertain az tO make % extremely
probable that only the actiIal bellntIng
will reveal the positive trend q the dele
gates. While active Interested workers
for the three leading contestants continue
20 claim victory, especially the friends ~
Governor Cox Of Ohio. they make little
impression upon the popular mind Elim-
lnation of the three leaders and a selertI0n
from among the others, Marshall DAVIS.
Senator Owen and the rest. Is what = most
generally expected. And IN connection
with this element Of the situation there
is no doubt Marshall's name leads al the
rest. He seems 70 be STEADILY growing n
favor, but is far from q position of beng
classed IS a winner.
SALISBURY DELEGATE.
Should John c. Gray. ~ whom Dele
gate William Coyne of Wilmington gave
his proxy, reach here az any time during
the convention it was SAID asst week %
home, he would arrive on THURSDAY be
would find 70 vacancy 20 be hIled BY rim.
The five delegates VINO are on the ground.
at a meeting yesterday afternoon. de-
MED that a vacancy existed, and stated
that they had right 20 al il. ana TINS
they did by selecting ex-senator Willard
SALISBURY. The delegation thus hlied
effected the following organization. Char
man, Benjamin 4. Hazel, secretary.
Harland VI. Joseph; committee on Gre
dentials, Eben 3. Frazer. permanent or
ganization, Willard salisbury. rules,
Harland VI. Joseph; resolutions, senator
Wolcott; 70 notify candidate for Press
dent, William Fl Allen, candidate fpr
Vlce-Presldent. Benjamin A. Haze, con-
ventlon president, Benjamin ~ Haze.
secretary. William f. Allen. The Delaware
delegation secured q very ine location ID
the convention hall. heing in The dith
row, almost IN front d the presiding
officer.
DELAWARE DELEGATION DIVIDED.
Before going rs the convention YES
terday the delegates held a conference .a
Delegate Frazer room at The Palace
Hotel. Among other matters thes cone
sldered telegram that ha1 been re-
ceiyed BY Delegate Hazel. lrUng hem
not to let McAdoo get 3ut 20 the raca.
IL was signed hy Eugene DAVIS Harry Is.
Grieves, Dr. c. g. Harnonson. Rev
Thomas G. Hill Edward William r..
Rowe, III d. Bower. j W Jones. samuel
F. Reynolds and Howard r. Jones, al u
Smyrna, Del
But this appeal did not tend rs unite
the delegation. which s divided. senator
Wolcott and Delegates Hazel. Frazer ana
Allen are for McAdoo Ex-senator >all's-
bury and Hsrland VI Joseph 60 SUSSEX
county are strongly in favor 1i Nic,-
President Marshall Thus they VIII vote
III the early stages 81 the ballotng, hLt
will stand ready 20 unite in support
any Of the contestants who may show
signs Of being a winner They 8o u0t pro-
pose to get left % the Wlnd-up
Benjamin A. Hazel, despite hs rs
wears, IS the most active mcmb,r & the
delegation and is on the go continually
This fellow delegates cau "the ht