Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-07
FIGHT
IN E. D. P. CAMP
FOR GOvERN0RSH|P
Between w. d. Denney. Former
Mayor II. w. Howell and
Charles Warner.
TAYLOR ALSO CONSIDERED

Tho Republicans of Delaware. accord
inq To prcscnt indications, arc tacing =
triangular fight for the guhcrnatarlai
nomination this year As the fcuilhR
governor, John G Townsend, lr., Is from
Sussex county, Il is conceded that either
New Castle or Kent Is entitled to the
nomination This also means that the
nomination for Representative ~ on
gress unless the unexpected should mp
non and Il should lie dccidcd to rcnohll.
nate Congressman Caleb * Layton VIII
come from the upstate county that - not
pcrmlttcd TO name the candidate Tor gov
crnor
Should Kent be conceded the lattor
n,ivilcrc and II has not vet been CON
coded bv New Castle 1T is believed that
William ID Denny OF Dover will he the
choice of the nominating convention iof
governor for the next four years, loi.
Denny seems to have the backing ~ that
county, particularly Of the old Inc, Or
Regular faction ot the party, oi which
T. Coleman du pont is the acknowledged
head Whether The New Dispensation,
headed bv Alfred du Pont will oppose
this nomination. IN the event OF its going to
Kent, Is not known
Tho way matters now stand, i looks as
II the New Dispcnsation Will insist On the
nomination coming tn New astic county;
and. while Navor William g. TAYLOR -
Wilmington has been groomod 70 some cN-
tent by his friends IN that wing o' the
partv. tho sentiment oi these iactlonatlS's
nov seems 10 hc in favor 0t throwing
their strength back ~ harlea Warner,
also of Wilmington. tho newlN-'iectea
Repuhlican state chairman For Il has
developed that there is q very pronounced
movement pmong Wilmington Repuh-
lrang n favor of the nomination ot former
Nsyor Harrison " Howell lie Is said
"a have been considered at recent con-
ference az prominent Republicans hcre.
who regard him a. moi only of Rubcrnato-
rial col,brc. hut also az lacking those cie-
mcnts that would afford opportunity Tor
successful factional attack ~ the event ct
h,s nomination They point g h's record as
navor az Wilmington, holng gwen the
unusual honor Of hcing elected to that
Office twice in succession, and also 70 hls
war record He.practlcallv sacrificed hiE
private practice, right after the nited
states went 10 war, in order to serve on
onr of the snlccfivc service boards, and
finally entered the military service HIM
self, continuing therein until the war was
over. He was always popular, not only
with Republicans, but also with the people
generally, and the movement n ms be
half is gaming ground because oi that tact.
The Congressional nomination i rather
Incidental II, however. New Castle
should name tho candidate for governor,
Il would not bc surprising if Col Denncy
should be chosen for the Washington loh.
But should Col Dcnncv be the & her
uatonal nominee, nm effort would he tnade,
il is said, to nominate Judge l)anlcl -
Hastings ar Niavor William G Taylor
II Wilmington for Congress Hastings il
i believed volld he opposed ~ the New
Di,nonsation. while TAYLOR could not
co,int on the Old Inc crowd to back HIM
Therefore, II Is likely that neither would
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