Milford chronicle., 1928-09-07
DEMOCRATS RENAME
BAYARD FOR SENATE;
WHARTON, GOVERNOR
rCsntinssd frsm ErH Sagel

I
Mr.. Hughes won great favor will
the delegates by declining the nom
;. ination for Attorney General in ia
vor of John Biggs, Jr., for the SAKE
: of party harmony.
I In his Introductory speech to the
convention he attacked the Nationa
and State Republican administra-
ton declaring it to have done moth
ing for the farmer but leave him in
= "hard straits" He also scored the
"so-called COolidge-Republican pros
perity'' as an utterly false" state
ment.
Mr.. Hughes declared he believes
2 in the Eighteenth Amendment and
it's enforcement. He declared the
Republican administration had fail
ed in it's enforcement and had
brought about a state of graft and
corruption unparalleled in the cOun-
trys history. He also charged the
State Republican administration
with extravaganza" and loading
the people down with bond issues
that endanger the safety of the
States very existence" He said
Governor Robert P. Robinson had
not given the State a business-like
administration as he had promised,
but that if the Democratic nominee
for governor is elected he would
give the State a wise, sane and eco
nomical management.
| Despite the interest displayed by
the close to 200 delegates present,
and the fairly large mixed audience
in the speeches, the great interest
of the convention centered about the
selection of the ticket.
The selection of the presidential
electors was the first order Of busi-
ness in this connection. Only one
name was submitted for each coun-
ty and each electOr was elected by
acclamatiOn. j
Josiah Marvel, attorney, Whining
ton, announced the nomination of j.
Rogers Holcomb, New Castle, as the
selection of that county, amid
cheers. Holcomb is the secretary of
the Democratic State Committee and
had been prominently mentioned for
several other offices.
Another burst of cheering broke
from the delegates when Charles
F. Curley, attorney, Wilmington,
forward on the platform to
submit the name of Thomas f. Bay
ard, Wilmington, for denomination
as candidate for the Office of United
States Senator. Mr.. Curley said he
could be brief, because the sterling !
qualities and remarkable record of
such a candidate as Senator Bay
ard speak for themselves. A mo-
ton to close the nomination was I
made and Immediately adopted.
Then by rising vote the Senator's I
was unanimously &C a
claimed. !
The name of DR.. Charles M. I
Buck" Wharton, of Dover, was =
hen proposed for governor, and as
10 other name was suggested the 8
were declared closed
nd he was unanimously acclaimed Il
he Democratic nominee. He was y
AIMED by Mayor J. Wallace Wood g :.
ord, of Dover.
James M. Tunnel, of Georgetown, =.
hartman of the Democratic State -
Committee, offered the name Of John -.
also a. prominent ~
Georgetown attorney, for the Con- y,
ressional nomination, and he also y,
ras unanimously selected. ~, ~
For Lieutenant Governor, Colonel ~
ohm P. LeFevre nominated Herman ~
!. Taylor, of Dover, chairman of the ~,
.ent County Democratic Commit bI
ee. The name of w. Truxton Boyce, tb
Stanton, was also offered and NJ
as followed by the announcement in
lat the name of William D. Truitt mr.
5 accepted in the SusBex county ta
lucus, had been withdrawn. m,
In the balloting that followed
oyce was chosen by more than fif- in,
r votes. as
BiggS Is Nominated sa
State Senator Edward Hart, of pr
presented the name of ar
)hn Biggs, Jr., of Wilmington, for pu
ate Attorney General, and he was dis
lanimously acclaimed the nominee. sa
e is chairman of the New Castle lee
)unty Democratic Committee.
W. Harman Reynolds, of Town Ih'
nd, was then nominated for the PEI
ice of State Treasurer without IN
ssenting voice. cnt
For State Auditor the name of lee
lrry A. Goodwin, of Roxana, was Is
,ered by Harvey Dukes of George GMOl M
wn, and he was also nominated by ui,, uT'
az: a.
Tribute To Wharton kn,
Mayor Woodford, in his nominat- mo
3 speech, said in part: ing
'Dr. Wharton is a citizen whom yea
ver delights to honor. He was bee
rn in Magnolia, spent his boyhood bal
Duck Greek Hundred and for a er,
mber of years has made the State the
pital his home, where his sterling owe
lracter and charming personality tria
, recognized by hosts of friends A
/ neighbors. mol
He first sprang into prominence day
an early age upon the athletic che
d. On the college gridirons mix
oughout the country his prowess sc1e
n made him star of the first try1
gnitude. There he first developed recC
qualities of leadership and "
sngth of character that come mus
N tenacity of purpose, dogged de- moI
nination to win despite all ham real
lps, and loyalty to his university. per
His career has been an express ana
, of tbe snirit of beInfn1ness igu
,,bor of tbe medical nrofossio- they
has always recognized the obli- any anu
ons and privileges of service to oOV
lanity which we associate with eAII
, benefcent profession. llea'
For a number of years he has Son Sol
, a ,,rofacco1, in tho nano r+y,oo,,+ Luz