Evening journal., 1922-08-30
BAYARD, B0YCE
HEAD DEMOCRAT
STATE TICKET
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abiy meet next week TO organize
The new state Committee follows:
New Castle County-Matfhew
fsalston Mrs. Anna Donohue, Sam
uei Maroney. Miss Marjorie Green
Charles F. curley and Miss Ellen
Samworth. Of Wilmington; J. Ray
mond FREDERICK Nell B. B. Nous
iey. Miss Nora Stewart, Frank F.
Yearsley. Eben b. Frazer Francis
den. Janvier. Reba T. Holcomb, J.
Leslie Ford. Mrs. AN. Chamberlain,
Dr. Dorsey W Lewis, Miss Marie
Lockwood, Mrs. Grace B. Ross. W.
a. scott and Mrs. Susan West, OF
rural New Castle county.
-sKent County-Wilbur Rawiey,
Mrs. Harry Mayer John w. Arthur
Mrs. S. b. Gooding. Miss Dora Wilds,
j. Massey MINER. Thomas E. Cahill,
Mrs Evelyn l. Cubbage, j. Harry
Latchum, Mrs. I. W. Belts. Mrs.
John w Clifton, Mrs. Mabel F.
Derby. Mrs. Caroline Hughes, Joshua
smith. Robert Hollett. Richard r.
Kenney.
Sussex County, NJ. Tunnel. r.
c. Blackiston. W. B. Truitt, Mrs.
Thomas Carpenter. Mrs Marie Var
ney, Mrs John r. Eskridge. Harry
A. Deputy. Eta Cray Jones. J. r.
Eskridge. Mamie 7. Short. +. Frank
lie Gates. Cynthia Reynolds, Paul T.
Scott. Mrs. Olivia Davis. William II.
we'ch, Mrs. Ida Fox.
The State Committee will meet to
organize September Z. at Dover.
The Democrats followed the lead
Of the Republican convention of last
week in their platform with a plank |
suggesting the repeal Of the SO fill
ing fee The "drys" lost another I
fight in the convention committee /
on resolutions when the dry" plank |
stricken out Of the tentative plat |
form by the State Committee Mon /
day night was again left out. An |
effort 10 get this plank in kept the |
convention waiting for nearly an
hour Threats had been made by
the 'drys" to take the fight TO the
convention floor for the dry" plank
but this was not done. The COM
mittee evidently decided It would
not be consistent to have a wet"
candidate and a dry" platform. A
general plank calling for the en-
forcement Of all criminal laws was
Included in the platform, but the
State dry" laws or the Volstead
act were not mentioned.
The platform pledges the party
for:
Efficiency. economy and enforce
nent OF the laws.
Home rule, Don-partisan charter
For Wilmington.
budget system.
Reduction OF expenses by cutting
out unnecessary commissions and
Offices and reduction OF salaries
Wherever possible.
Repeal OF the SO hling fee provi-
sion OF the Income Tax Law.
A more equitable assessment of
taxes for schoel purposes.
separate sanitary quarters for
men and women inmates Of the
county workhouse
A parole system for state and Y
'eunty prisoners under safe and V
hne restrictions. g
( Regulation by the state of all a
public service corporations operat- II
fg within the State. d
protection Of the public against
unfair public service rates. n
Equality Of women and men be- a
= ore the law and in industry
Lioeral support OF all agencies for d
protecting mothers and the health h
q children. :,
? II condemns the tariff bill now !
PENDING before Congress.
State Chairman Henry r. Isaacs s
called the convention to order and n
the opening prayer was given bv d
the Rev. 2. W. Wells. pastor 81 n
Wesley NJ f. Church. Wilmington s
Announcement that Miss Ellen a
Samworth. of Wilmington. would =
preside over the convention was C
freeted with applause This was the y
nit time in the history Of the state
has a woman has presided over a Z
'arty convention. Miss .Samworth 7
aade twenty-minute keynote
peech and was later made perma- j
ent chairman of the convention I
nd made an excellent presiding 5
Hcer. f
IN her address Miss samworth
Id: o
Economy efficiency and law en- b
rcement" she declared. were the o
syuotes of the convention. she b.
tailed what she considered the
accomplishments Of the Wilson y
lministration, and attributed the Y
aipres of his administration in y
~ It's domestic and foreign :,
'mands TO the arbitrariness ~
2 Congress at variance with 80
g PRESIDENT. Idle mills. idle ~
mes farmers left with crops rot -
II u the ground, merchants LEFT -.
= - men goods unsold. and peopie - -.
~ should have been busy ftrnfsh- ,u ~
- epoas Tor their own needs ana
!. = ~ 'rleken world left idle. wore u,
=. q the indictments of Niiss
II ,s ,-.' against the present al 70
- sstttion- She charged taat tbo fei
s'9i-Sih party has not ca~r,as in
- OF its pledges to the nsn-ls &C
~ yihoefatc party. she saia sta
ne friend Of labor. was WI
g Miss Samworth was ,o,s,..
uauded for her address. Tbs ins
tess of the convention lagras - ST.
he next hour waiting for nc con, I'll
atttee on resolutions to report IN 81
pmmittee was out about an bo,,r In
% most of the time. it IS said was ii'
I'm up in the dry" plank dis pc
sssion which. however. failed to 20
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