Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-22
NEGRO FIGHT OVER
STATE COMMITTEE
ENLNENS CAUCUS
And Dr.. Banton Beats Col.
bourne as Member of
Committee.
.FOURACRE NAMED
FOR TREASURER
Defeats 3. A. Groves in Rural
New Castle Caucus After
Warm Contest.
NO OPPOSITION TO DU POINT
NO OPPOSITION TO DU POINT

Special Dispatch 10 Every Evening.
Dover. Aug. %.
Interest In the Republican State
Convention largely centered In the
district caucuses, as their action wa,
expected 10 plainly indicate the fna,
noon.
"Up In the Air"
Political JockeyinK continued unit
the caucuses met, when a politician
expressed the opinion tha, everything
was up In the air" The caucuees and
time.
Unanimous for du Pont.
In the absence OF General J. Aus
tin Ellicon. chairmfI Of the Repuhli-
can Third disrrict (Wi!minR\pn) com
mittee. Deputy Judre John Lynn con.
vened the Wilmington caucus at Il
o'clock. Mayor lie Roy Harvey o.
Wilmington was Unanimously elected
permanent chairman OF the caucu.
and Elizabeth NJ. Bullock temporar,
and permanent secretary.
James y. Hickman was nominate,
FOR vice-chairman OF the convention
Mayor Harvey appointed the follow
ing convention committees:
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Kelley, lie
Dugan, Muriel Blake.
Permanent organization'-Charl
j. Coleman, Alfred c. Moore, Arthu
Johnson.
Rules-Julia II. Ashbrook, Isaac I
Mcclure, Charles F. Brown.
Resolutions-John c. Foote. Flor
ence L. Warren, Isaac r. Brown.
Isaac T. Mcclure proposed Colems
du Pont for both senatorial nomina
tons and Mr.. du Pont was tn
unanimous choice OF the caucus.
United states Senator L. Heisle
Ball presided over the rural Ne'
Castle county caucus, and Horace l
Dilworth served as secretary.
Ben Groves Beaten.
The CAUCUS nominated Thomas
Fouracre of Middletown. for Stat
Treasurer. who defeated Benjamin 4
IGroves of Kiamensi fer the nominatio
by vote of % TO IA.
For the senatorial nominations tn
fcaucOs unanimously indorsed Colema
du Pont and 1t also unanimously in
dorsed Congressman Caleb r., Layto
for denomination.
The caucus nominated for Stat
committeeman Thomas S. Fouracr,
James G. Shaw. II. NJ. Candy, Mr.
William X. du Pont. Mrs. Joshua Z
Clayton and Ethel NJ. Browne
The State committee probably wi
net meet for organization until te
days or two weeks hence. Colon,
Thomas w. Miller. who came I
Dover today. emphatically said he
net a candidate for chairman of tn
State committee and does not want III
position.
For State committeeman the caucl
considered Colonel Thomas w. Mile
William II. Head. Charles II. Grant
land. DIR. Conwell Banton. colore6
Charles II. Colburn, colored; Mr.
Charles G. o. Schofeld, Julia II. Ash
brook. Jennie Deakyne and Carrie n
Pipes. colored. Messrs. Miller Heal
and Grantland, and the four wome
were unanimously nominated.
Negroes Raise a Contest.
Richard Craig. colored, propose
that the Negro members OF the caucI
be permitted 10 nominate a Negr
, committeeman without white intel
, ference. and Uriel Blake, colored, OF
posed the proposal. Isaac II. Brow
put the proposition in the form of
, motion. which. after a protracted dii
= cussion, was defeated BY vote of .
to lS. Another ballot was taken ar
Banton defeated Colburn for nomini
ton by a vote of 33 TO 6. An atteml
to make Banton's nomination unan
nous failed. and a proposal TO col
slider Edgar Sterling, colored. for Sta
committeeman was rejected becau
the nominations had closed. era
contended that Banton's nominate
violated party rules, and he announc,
he would request the convention
:, explain one rule relating to the nom
nation of State committeeman.
SimOnton to Name du Pont.
The caucus selected Captain Villa
, A. Simonton to present Senat tor {
Points nomination to the conyentio