Milford chronicle., 1924-04-25
Delegates Elected At State COnven-
tiOn Tuesday All Favor General
du POnt For Reelection.
PRAISE FOR COOLIDGE
Platform Adopted EuIOgizing Presi-
dent, U. S. Senator Ball And
Denney Administration.

The forces of General T. Coleman
du Pont made clean sweep of the
Republican State Convention on Tues
day NOT only Will the delegates to the
National Convention vote for the Cen
eral as national committeeman, but he
Will control the new State Committee
General Coleman dU Pont, Mrs. Jul
ia H AshbroOk, of Wilmington. and
former Governor John G. Townsend
Jr, of SelbyVille, were elected dele
gates-at-large.
General du POnt and former Gov
ernOr Townsend were elected by ac-
clamatiOn.
Mrs. AshbrOOk, who earlier in the
day, was decisiyely defeated in the
Wilmington caucus, receiving only
one vote, in the open convention in
the afternoon received votes of II
Wilmington delegates, and defeated
DR.. Samuel G. Ebert, colored, by "a
to 36, with the aid of 26 votes from
rural New Castle county, from Kent
and 36 from Sussex. Most of the Kent
delegates declined to vote.
The following were elected nation
al delegates, in addition to General du
POnt, Mr. Townsend and Mrs. Ash
brook:
Delegate, Colonel Geo.
A. Elliott; alternate, DR.. Samuel G. /.
Elbert.
Rural New Castle-Delegate, Mrs
William K. du POnt; alternate, Henry .
P. Scott
Kent-Delegate, Governor William
D. Denney, Secretary of State Alden
R. Benson; alternates, Mrs. Frank
Hall Davis, Mrs. Anna L. Morris, of
Dover.
Sussex-Delegates Captain Harry
V. Lyons, of Lewes, and Frank F.
Davis, of Laurel; alternates, Mrs. Le-
ma Reed Anderson, of Glendale, and I
Mrs. Virginia T. Atkins, of Milton.
The result of the action of the open i
convention was a complete upset of ,
the convention district states which ,
had been nominated in caucuses ear 6
lier in the day. {
The upset came after Governor $
Denney, chairman, by vote of the f
directed Secretary Chas. h
H Grantland to cast ballots for Gen i
eral du Pont as Kent county's choice, h
and former Governor John G. Town n
send Jr., as Sussex cOunty's choice
for delegates-at-laTge to the National
following upon the adOp-
ion by the convention of report of 4
committee on resolutions recommend
ng the apportiOnment of national del
sgates, 2 to Sussex, 2 to Kent, one to
New Castle county, one to Whining
on, and at large. w
An amendment offered by Isaac R.
Brown that the apportionment be two
ZACH for Sussex, Kent and rural New
1astle counties, two for Wilmington,
md one at large, regardless of district
# county boundaries, was defeated 81
o 20 on roll call. Sc
Paving the way for the election of re
lrs. William X. du POnt as delegates pt
rom rural New Castle county, County eI
'hairman Darlington Finn and Gen &C
raj J. Austin Ellison, Wilmington to
hartman, announced that they had
cen requested to notify the COnven- WI
on that both Colonel Henry A. du M
ont and United States Senator Ball ne
-ould withdraw in favor of Mrs. du tn
ont provided Mrs. du Pont should DR.
e the choice of the Convention. co
General Coleman du Pont took his
Eat on the stage while this motion re
as under discussion. His appearance re
as the signal for loud and enthusias- we
C applause, with repeated calls for sic
speech. otl
General du Pont acknowledged the Tie
ration, declaring that words would ieN
It express his appreciation OF the 1t In'
actically unanimous support accord OH
his candidacy by the two lower Ia Il.
unties, in which rural New Castle tlV
unity and Wilmington had so heart tal
joined. ~ u
A strong platform endorsing the ad- me- me-
nistration of President Coolidge and iii1
vOring his nomination for a full No
rm for President, commencing the boo
orts of Senator L. Heisler Ball and 10. --or
e services of the Republican Off Toa, DSe'
lis in Delaware, was unanimously oos
opted by the Convention. D
The full Republican platform will Bri
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