Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-24
ANDREW {. GRAY
NEW DEMOCRATIC
COMMIT TEEMAN
Chosen by the State Commit
tee at Dover Last SATURDAY.
Afternoon.
REGARDED WELL QUALIFIED


Andrew c. Gray on Saturday after-
room was elected a member az Tho
democratic National Committee from
l'eiaware by the Democratic Stafa
committee in session in the narIo,.
of the Hotel Richardson in Dover ua
succeeds Chancellor Josiah q. VOL
cott' who resigned. and will serve ou+
his unexpired term.
In the election of Democratic M
Uonai Committeeman by the state
committee on Saturday Mr.. Crav's
name was the only one presented 10
the meeting. There We're flfty men
ana women present entitled 10 a vote
ana OF this number NJ. GRAY received
B. +. II. Frazer Of Newark received
one vote. One ballot was marked "no"
and two were blank. Several Of the
members from Sussex county an
nounccd that they were not voting
a motion was offered that the seore-
tary cast the ballot for MIR. crav,s
election. hut this was not SUSTAINED
After the ballots had been counted
chairman Harry +. Tsaacs declared
AR. Gray elected.
SituruaN's meeting ~ the state COM
mlttee was marked by harmonious
proceedings throughout. 1t was in
stflklng contrast TO the session OF tho
committee in Rehoboth last summer
when efforts TO elect a national COM
mtttceman resulted in several of +ba
members from Sussex county leaving
the room. There We're some objec-
tlons presented on Saturday to the
election OF national committeeman
this time, this movement being hacked
by the members from Sussex county
but they were voted down by the largo
majority Of those at the meeting ans
the members who had offered these
objections bowed gracefully to the
wiu OF the majority. Harmony and a
strong spirit Of cooperation and unit,.
throughout We're the outstanding fea-
tures Of the session and the final re-
suits were accepted as indicating a
more united and stronger Democratic
party throughout Delaware than ever
before.
The roll call had Just been CON-
pieted when Charles p. Saylor of this
city moved that the committee go inro
the nomination and election Of a na.
tional committeeman TO fiji the va
cancy from Delaware caused by the
resignation Of Chancellor Wolcott. Mr..
Saylor said he understood that was
the main business of the meeting.
James NJ. Tunnel of Georgetown
stated that the attitude of the mem
bers from the lower end of the state
was well-known and did not have
be explained and he declared they stili
felt that the committee would make a
mistake 10 elect a national committee
man at this time. He did not think the
attitude Of the state committee. as far
as he could judge it, was conducive to
harmony in the party and he said ne
had hoped for a more conciliatory at
titude. He did not think IL advisable
he said. 10 force upon a portion of the
state the election of a national COM
mitteeman 10 whom there would be
objections. He said that while they
did not claim to be in the majority,
he did think there should be some re-
spect shown for the minority and that
ii would be to the-best interests of the
Democratic party in this state to hest
tate.
Some Wanted to Wait.
Former Representative William H.
Welsh Of Milton said the majority Cs
the party workers in Sussex county
wanted 10 wait and in support of this
he presented a petition asking that the
election OF the national committee
man be postponed until the next State
convention. This petition was signed
by 20 of the 20 members Of the county
committee from Sussex county.
Andrew J. Lynch Of Georgetown, in
an urgent appeal, asked that for the
sake Of harmony in the party the cleo
tion be postponed. He intimated that
someone had spread the report tha.
George White, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, had been
urging the election OF a national COM
mitteeman from Delaware and he had
g telegram from MIR. White In which
he denied that he was urging such an
election and saying the matter was
entirely IN the hands Of the State
Committee.
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