Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28
SUSSEX CAUCUS
ADHERES TO ITS
AGREEMENT 7
[COntinned from First Paeel

supposed to hold good right into the
?. convention itself but Short and his
: friends claimed the agreement was
n supposed to hold good only through
Q the caucus. Splitting in this way
/ neither side was able to gain a ma
1 jority of % votes.
Soon after the caucus had been
= called to order Short asserted his
! strength when IL came to the choice
, of a chairman. William J. Swain of
BridgeVille, chairman of the Sussex
County Republican Committee, was
nominated for the post and then the
name of former U. 8. Representa-
tive Robert G. Houston, of George
town, was proposed. Houston one of
the chief lieutenants of the Short
faction was elected by a vote of 26
to Is. This was the first real indi-
cation of Shorts strength in the del
egatiOn. Swain had called the meet
ing to order in the Kent county
court house. Laurence B. Knapp of
Nassau, another supporter of Short
was elected secretary.
Julian E. Townsend, of George
town, declined the nomination of |
presidential elector and Short pro-
posed the name of George E. Walls
of Georgetown and he was unani-
mOusly nominated for this post.
Clayton Bunting was nominated by
Samuel Pierce of Lewes as the
Sussex county vice chairman of the
convention and Short nominated
Robert B. Elliott of SeafOrd. Elliott
won by a vote of % to 10,
The chairman was authorized to
name the members of the conven-
ton committees. Mr.. Short said he
would be pleased if the organiza-
tiOn was given two of the three
members of each of these commit
tees and he would be satisfied If
only one of his friends were named
to each.
I'VE are here today" Short said, =
ito try to nominate a Republican !
that all the Republicans can get n
back of. If the vote up to now does :
not prove that Short is the choice n
Of the Republican voters of Sussex n
county l know of no way to get an ii
expression of sentiments" +
Mr.. Short offered a resolution h
those members of the I,
State Committee in Kent county who y
'efused to attend the get-together r,
Inner given in RehObOth three II
weeks ago by Senator John G. N
Townsend, Jr., for the members of
his committee from Kent and Sus- 70
eX counties. John F. Tubbs asked if ID
his resolution could be withdrawn ty
ut Short called for a roll call and tn
was adopted by a vote of % to 8, M
nth II answering mot voting" OF
The resolution held that the Kent 10,
Ounty members did not respond to
lvitatiOns to the dinner because ar
ley had been so instructed to act viz
y certain Republicans of higher dr.
anding." and charged that their no
Dsence was highly irregular and tel
instituted a gross insult to our CHI
lnOrable senator" by
In presenting the resolution, Mr.. thi
hort said: $50 far as know. there He
'ver has been any effort in Sussex
dictate politics in other counties. hel
1t for some time there has been a ric
spOsitiOn from the northern part wit
Delaware to hand down through enc
e middle section orders detrimen- sec
to the Republican Party. ! am I'm
lrful it may have the effect of de- nit
lting my party in November" for
Mr.. Short explained he wanted a Gel
II call on the resolution ito learn Jal
Sussex county is willing to have
United States Senator insulted," Cou
;isting on the roll call even after car
;. Tubbs, 'as a delegate and rela- Del
e of Senator Townsend" asked Con
withdrawal with the observance glv'
It Senator Townsend, if present, rat
mid NOT want the resoIution of CON
ed. 81 Z
Swain Blocks Resolution and
Ir. Short presented another reso- ii
ion censuring attempts to oust ing
ain as the Sussex County chair an
n. Swain said he was still chair Jay
n despite these efforts and that S1O'
would rather you not vote on II IAI
s." On the roll call the vote show 0OD ~,
20 for the resolution, one against VI
and 20 not voting Having failed Ins
get majority il was lost. ' "a
ir. Short then offered a resOlu- ~
/ censuring attempts made in Sl- SSli
1t county some time ago to pre- Iias
{ several men from filing as can ..- u
ltes for delegate. It also censur- 'Oui
J. Henry Hazel. Kent county ~.
irman for his alleged activities q, M ~
lg this line. This was adopted by =
1te of % to 16. MON
amuel c. Pierce presented a -
DlutiOn to have the caucus sup
the list of candidates VINO were vCUe'
ltually nominated in the con- the
ion and who had been Endorsed hao
he other three district caucuses. asre'
rt said if they adopted this they sates
Id undo their previous action of sald
rising Walls for electOr. "It is the
same old steam roller tactics to Ihe
e on Sussex what they are woul.
Id to put through by individual out
)" Short said. There are more Judd
gates here who want Williams comp
governor than Cannon. We are an OF
as ignorant as some of the peo- Temp
n Wilmington think we are. We Ple
short on cash while they are dorse
on cash and short on brains. natioi
same people who have been go knew
around Sussex county advoeat- nomll
he formation of Williams clubs one
offer this resolution" uoWn
Denies Fostering Clubs pied.
,rce denied he had tried to form MT.
ans clubs in the county. A mo- Vote