Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23
REPUBLICAN SLATE
LOOKS LIKE WINNER;
FIGHT IN SUSSEX
Despite Townsend-Layton Feud,
Leaders Predict Peaceful Con-
vention Tomorrow.
SOME CONTESTS BITTER
IN LOWER END OF STATE

The Republican State Convention will
be held at Dover tomorrow, and the ten
tative slate of the old Organization,
which will have control, is as follows:
Representative in Congress-Dr. Caleb
r. Layton of Sussex county, denomination:
Governor-Willian ID. Denney of
Kent county.
t-Governor-7J, Danforth
Bush of Wilmington.
Observation-Disclosures ID. Tow
send, Jr., of Wilmington.
State Treasurer-George Nj. Fisher
of Kent county, denomination.
State AuditorA--Danicl Thompson OF
rural New Castle county, renomination
State Insurance Commissioner-Robert
b. Elliott of Sussex county.
The Republican State Committee will
meet at Dover tonight, when IT will
probably select Secretary Of State Everett
G. Johnson for temporary chairman OF
the convention 1t will also consider the
question of organizing women for the
campaign and a subcommittee appoint
ed to make suggestions for the platform
will present its report
Interest will centre in the congressiona al
and gubernatorial nominations. Prcce-
dent entities Congressman Layton to
rcnomination and the old Organization
has him tentatively slated. Sussex
county. however. makes the choice, and
the Sussex county caucus will be anti
Layton. A CRACK" was put In the Organ
ization' 'slate" at the primaries IN Sussex
county Saturday, when the Townsend
faction defeated the Layton faction IN
the election of State convention deleg atcs.
The Layton faction prevented Governor
Townsend becoming a delegate to the
l - iltN
that the Townsend faction will prevent
Congressman Layton's denomination.
| Some Republicans say nominating Gov
ernor Townsend for Representative in
| Congress would be the strongest rebuSe
| that could be administered To the Lay
| ton faction. Robert q. Houston, Asa
Bennett and Charles :. Richards of Sus-
| sex county have also been proposed for
| the Congressional nomination.
Should the convention take the Con-
gressional nomination from Sussex coun-
| ty, the crack in the Organization slate
might become greater, and Colonel
| Denney's chances for the gubernatorial
nomination might be icopardIzed. His
I friends, however hope he will be the
| Vnbernatorial nominee. Dennev support
ers claim sc of Kent cosntys 40 dele
ates.
Alexander p Corbit ofTural New Castle
county has been proposed tor lieutenant
governor by Republicans who beiieve
| Captain. Bush does not want the nomina-
| tion. Nominating MIR. Corblt would ap-
| peal to the anti-suffragists, because
! as Speaker of the House OF Representatives
/ nc opposed equal suffrage at the recent
I special session Of the Legislature.
Believing Sylvester ID. Townsend, Jr..
I does not want to be attorney general,
| p. Warren Green OF Wilmington is max
ing an active canvass for the nomination.
Although the Organization has ">lat-
| ed" Mf. Elliott for State insurance commis-
sioner. other Sussex countians want the
nomination. including Napoleon b B.Register
William J. Swain, Mark l.. Davis. II. d.
Lingo. Jr.. William life and Philip Short
| New Castle county threatens to take the
nomination If Sussex does not stop squab-
bling over it.
| Wilmington Republicans express the
| opinion that Organization men In the
Sussex caucus will support DIR. Layton
Local politicians predict that CONGRESSMAN
| LAYTON will be renominated and that
Colonel Denney will be nominated foI
| governor and Sylvester ID. Townsend, Jr.i
for attorney-general. They declare the
Organization will not change its slate .
At the primaries IN Wilmington Homer
S. Allen of the Sixth ward and Harry
Cushing of the Ninth were defeated. The
results in those wards were as follows:
Sixth-Delegates Godfrey r. Handy
$40, Joseph Matthews 365, John II. w.
Ayers 364, Joseph c. Moore 246 and HON.
er S. Allen 1870: alternates, James II.
Blackwood, Charles j. Minus and w: h
| Pipes $40 each and James Rose 369.
Nin+h-Delegates HarrX f. Newilr
3O4. Charles Y. Marshall .5O3, Cecil c
West 3Ol, George w. Till Dos, William
ID. Sparks 294 and Harry Gushing 81
alternates. Carlisle W Hemphill 359
] Thomas Dorsey and Charles W. Mckenzie
353 each, Thomas Pace 352 and James
F. Stafford $50.