Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-28
LAYTON, NAMED BY
BALL AND OU POINT,
FAR FROM PLEASED
Does Not Like Rsnomination
Curly Handed to Him BY
fractional Epomiss.
WANTED FAVOR OF PEOPLE
0peeAl Dappatch Eroa Eveey Evenings
WasAinGton CoVrsapoadent

0DooAl OeqDatch rrOa Bvory EVENING"
WasAiaGton Coweepoodent
Warrington. Aug. 3s.--Whethsr
Representative Caleb r. layton will
b. reAelected 10 Congress. or. a. has
been predicted. tearfully and sciemnly
derreed ny the sovereign voters OF Del
AWARE TO retiV from public life:
whether he shall be further honored
or told that he must return TO the
peace and Quictude OF his home. In yet
TO he made effective n Il has not AL
ready been determined upon. What
ever may he In store for DIR. Layton
at the hAnda OF the people OF Della
ware, Il is the view of those who have
discussed the situation with him that
ne 10 not pleased with the outlook or
entirely satisfied with the compromises
essential 10 his nomination.
While Dr. Layton has been anxious
90 be retained in Congress. he did not
want 10 surrender any OF his indepen-
dence TO set the nomination. lie main
tained discreet silenec about his as-
pirstions. hoping the people OF Della
ware would. at the proper time. indi-
cate that they wanted him returned.
tut when convention day rolled around
Il was found that both Senator Ball
and Senator du Pont had something
20 say about the matter. and that no
body could Tide unless. with all the
rest. he got aboard the band wagon.
SO there epsued an enforced peace be-
tween DIR. layton and DR.. Ball. who
had previously been at outs with each
other. DIR. Rail took hts medicine with
good grnce, and. as though ne was
scaling the bargain with n kiss. he
seconded the nomination OF DIR. lay
ton.
There wos oil in plenty. and a road
roller 10 match. employed 10 carry out
the program which had been made out
in mo councils OF the faosional bosses
who have "A way OF directing affairs
IN Delaware. Those who happened TO
get In the way were "fiattened out"
as II were. under the road-ro,ior and
then M tho proper time a bountiful
supply OF oil was applied-aad .hen
all was peace. and harmony and good
viii among those who had succeeded
in carrying out their program
Objected tS Surrender.
IL IL now said for Dr. Layton that
while he wanted tho nomination. he
did not want to surrender body and
toul Co the factionai combination
which had attained control. but there
was no way for h,m to succeed withou,
the combined support of Senator Ball
and senator du Pont. Then IT was ne
found himself tied hand-and-foot in
the moshss Of political macnins ths,
hal been constructed for the p;yrposs
us manipulating public ufiioials and
for directing the affAirs of DeiAw1r0.
When Dr Layton rseszEnaA 20 Whsh-
inGtcn from attAndanca upou thH
Dcswr cmvsszf1nu. he sa4 On AiD ono
msditas1ng Cvsr vAax had tsAnRArsd
lie w. not plaAond Th0O WAo OoDe-
thing In tho wv St W~o done or VIA
had been accomplished that mads hin
feel uncomfortable. A. he ~. there
nc reruinded the Every Evening cor
respondent OF q disappointed and un.
happy character I'm history. who spent
his closing hours watching the hillows
~ they heet upon the shoree Of his
lonely refuge he looked Ike Nap ,leor
ns pictured In tho sadness of his de
feat.
II Will be accepted as Nue by thos,
who know DIR. Layton that his distress
f. not over the fear ~ defeat. but tina
he 1. harrsssed by the conviction tha
his surrender rneans that he can no
longer bo free agent politically. Il
the event 81 his prcfernent, but tha
he has obligated himself beyond recal
o. those forces OF which he at one
became the creature when De pledges