Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-19
ALL IS NOT HARMONY
IN REPUBLICAN RANKS
Storm of Protest Aroused Among
independents Over Action OF
County Committee.

The struggle for the control Of the
Republican State convention which viii
nominate candidates for governor and
other Offices Is becoming bitter among the
factions Of that party. and indication
arc that there Will be some fireworks IN
the ranks preceding the convention,
which will doubtless itself give evidence
that all is not serene IN the ranks O. the
9 o. r in Delaware.
The action of the New Castle County
Republican Committee Is ssashIng the
representation IN the State convention
from the wards controlled by the lnde-
pendent Republicans has started aprotest
which will doubtless be carried 10 the
floors Of the convention. The committee
euitched delegates from the Second.
Sixth and Eleventh wards 10 the seventh,
Eighth and Ninth and howl has started
that will probably have many echoes.
It is charged that By this move the
County ComJuittee has made an assault
OH the sirongholds Of the independents
The latter have been influential IN the
Second and Sixth wards and haze teen
holding their own there IN recent tests Of
strength.
According tn changes ma ~ the
committee he Seventh wara gets SIX
delegates against three IN the Second. the
Eighth ward gets FIVE against four III the
sixth. and III Ninth ward tve against
one in tha Eleventh From present indica-
tions the struggle for the control of the
State convention. betw en- IN organlza-
tIon machine and the independents will
be close. and any action by the COM
mittee cutting down their representation
naturally brings a protest from the inde-
pendents
II is said ha the Second ward COM
mittee men and party workers are
'riled' over the committees S action,
which thew resent as outside DONNA
/ ton in the interest Of the machine
/ From now on, according 10 assertions
/ bv Independents there rs gong to be
/ something doing
/ FIGHr BETWEEN HARps
The real cause oi tho dispute sad
q member Of the Republican First District
/ fClty) Committee, today Is that officers
/ az The last rltv committee just before It
went out al power, arbitrarily made some
apportionment changes for which there
/ was no warrant, and which thes had no
night to do.
has had one delegate 10 State canyen-
tlons- based on the proportion OF the
| Republican vote while the Eighth ward
has had FIVE Before the last State con-
| vention. q month ago officers oi the re-
tiring city committee (they said II wa
done at meeting OF the execu i've com
mittee), though they have no legal right
| ~ do 10. took one delegate from tts
| Eighth ward and gave il TO the Eleventh
Any changes Of this sort have to be made
bv the county committee Accordingly
when the new county committee CANT
into power it restored the delegate takel
from the Eighth ward and took II iron
the Eleventh, making such other change
as were considered warranted, based O.
the proportion OF the Republican vote b,
Il wards at the last general election :
Wilmington IS entitled to 40 votes i
State conventions, and under the parts
rules, it is explained, the apportionmen
Is made by the county committee accord
ing to the vote by wards.