Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-09
Ry Merrls Taylor.

referred TO the committee on rpaplu@
tions, without reading. Hut little
Wash Hastings. who led the Higgins
contingent was not at all dirmayed. !.
Forcing himself 10 the front he shouted
out his purpose to- offer an amendment
TO the motion, and as that amendment.
proceeded To read his Mckinley fnso-
lution, which he held In his hand And
with emphatic junction. and resonance
of tone he did his work. despite the
howia of the Addicis heelers. Great
was his enjoyment at thus provoting
them to hoot and howl nj the name of
the man who was soon To become the
national leader Of the party. This is
the resolution which he read, and in
manner that made it heard all over
the han. above the riot of noise and
confusion:
While adherine To- the time
honored custom of not tram
melting our delegates To the ma
tional conventions by instrur-
tiuns, we declare ourselves In
favor of William Mckinley Of
Ohio as our standard bearer in
the approaching campaign"
Addicks' Grave Mistake.
Here Is where Addicks made the
great mistake of his entire campaign
He had no real comprehension Of the
national situation. and preferred TO
take his delegates to st. Louis I'M
trammeled by any rule except his
own, ready to take advantage Of what
ever combination might be available
OF that might promise 70 advance his
own interests. Had the regularity Of
his faction been confirmed by the ma
tional authority Of the party At that
time, he might have found things
different in Delaware thereafter
So. IN hits blindness, Addieks yaIket
Into the trap that had been laid by
him. Chairman Layton ruled Hast
lnss' resolution out OF order. the Ad-
dicks majority adopted Ben Wstaou's
motion, and the convention then took
recess until ; o'clock
Hastings Forces the Issue.
Not The least dauntea was Leader
| Hastings of the Higgins faction when
Chairman Layton called the eonven-
| tinn TO order after the recess. lie
was there, as fun Of fight as ever.
well knowing his time would come.
At once he offered his Mckinley reso-
| lution, and again Chairman Layton
| ment was passed on motion made by
| Fred Bach that the na tiunai aonyeu-
tlon delegates be instructed to vote
for the nomination of Mckinley.
The committee on resolutions Of
| fered majority and minority reports.
and on motion to adopt the former.
Hastings Quickly offered his Mckinley
resolution aH an amendment. his mo-
ton being seconded. Chairman Lay
ton was compelled to declare this move
in order. and the resolution was again
read By Hastings. with renewed une-
tion. The Addicks leaders. seeing no
other avenue Of escape. were com
PEELED TO face the situation. and Dr.
George W. Marshall moved that the
| Mckinley resolution he laid on the
table on roll-gail. this motion was
one lone AddiclSs man voting with the
other side.
Then Comes The Bolt
Then came the break away by the
Higgins delegates. and simultaneous
with its start there broke over Dover
! I'm fact, right over the State House
and vicinity. a storm OF unusual vio-
Ience, although fortunately of shori
duration. Vivid lightning flashes and
peals of heavy thunder We're accom-.
panied by showers of big hail stones
that broke windows of the court room
| while one flash Of lightning struck and
rended one OF the fine old trees or
Dover Green. almost in front Of tht
convention hall. The convention was
suspended for few minutes, as roth
ing could be heard above the din oi
the storm. and many in the crowded
hall were fearful for their persona
safety. When lull came, the motion
to adopt the majority report of tbs
committee on resolutions was adopted
with a great shout and without di-
vision. Then up rose "little Wash
Hastings. sauve and smiling and fan
more pleased than any of the per
turbed Addieks leaders. and this hC
said
Since 1t Is the evident pur-
pose of the majority in this
convention To drown and
stifie the voice of the mi
nority. have the honor TO
announce that the subsequent
proceedings interest us no
more"
Then he turned around and stalk
ed out of the convention hall, the Hig-
gins delegates 10 the last man follow
ing his lead. There were strident
shouts of Good riddance,' from the
Addieks delegates, but that was all
The convention then finished its
business in short order and adjourned
Boilers Won in the End.
Hastings and his fellow-bolters
went over to the State House and as.
! sembling in the Hall Of the House oi
Representatives, duly organized theil
own convention with Mr.. Hastings al
@ chairman. They elected the delegates
8 greed upon in caucus. instructed
9 them for Mckinley. and also adopted
: resolution offered by Martin Il. Bur
( ris of Middletown. declaring that j
: Edward AddielSs is not Republican.
] because he had conspired with tn,
$ Democrats to defeat the election OF
! Republican United States Senator. an,
!. that he was not fit person eithe
: politically or morally. to represent tn
! Republicans of Delaware in any ca
Z pacity."
{ A little touch of the irony of fate
:. attended the close of this memorable
day at Dover. When the holter
I finished their convention work the las
evening train for Wilmington ha,
departed and they were compelled, re
lactantly and somewhat humiliatingly
To accept the convenience OF the Al