Milford chronicle., 1936-08-28

rOughshOdl over Sussex County. Sus
sex County has done her part and 4
entitled 20 recognition. The caucul
r0ll call disclosed he Is a gentle
man when he insisted on the agree
ment ON the division Of the dele
gates. He came here expecting t
keep promise made two years ago
He was to be the nominee but nov
he finds that agreement repudiated
Your nominee is not the choice Oi
Sussex County.
Last Friday morning the Morn.
ing News in Wilmington contained q
list of the candidates. They were
ANNOUNCED in that paper even be-
fore the delegates to this conVen-
ton were elected. Who had the au-
thOrity to say who the delegates
would vote for even before they
were chosen? The Sussex County
candidate is l. DOlphus Short of
Milford"
His statement brought forth pro-
lOnged cheering and applause inter
mingled with more "boOs" from diff
ferent parts of the house. Il was
ogAAAGNAAAAC UGA0AG LAAEAuIAb
succeeded in restoring order by re-
peated pounding of the gaVel.
Governor Replies
Immediately Governor Buck was
on his feet and he walked to the
front of the stage Mr. Houston
has referred to a promise made to
Mr.. Short two years ago before the
convention" he said Il beg TO cor
rect an apparent misunderstanding
ON his part. At the conference the
night before the convention two
years ago there was no agreement
made and no promises made. 1t
Mr. Houston is referring to some
other conference then l know moth
ing about that"
Il am not referring to the con-
ference the night before the con-
VentiOn," Mr.. Houston replied. Il
am referring to a recent conference
between Mr.. Short and Governor
Buck.
Mr.. Houston you must have been
misinfOrmed by someone" Governor
Buck said.
SNORT Enters DeDate
At this juncture Mr. Short got in
to the debate. 1t was a confer
ence in your office" Mr.. Short said,
arranged by Cliff Burton and Sen
atOr Maull. was going to fade
from the political picture but for
several weeks men came pestering
me wanting to know if / would at
tend a conference with someone
whom | could believe. l said if you
sent for me you were the Governor
of the state and | would deem it
necessary to attend. You did ask
for one In your Office and when
walked in there you said Townsend !
had been reporting Sussex County
was all right whereas you had had |
other men checking over the county |
and you knew Townsend was lying
to you. Did you or did you not
make that statement"
There were shouts, applause, boo
ing. and whistling from all parts of !
the hall which prevented further ]
debate for the time being. Neither !
man could make himself heard |
4uONG uNAOGAAs hONGA AQl DUN !
stood near the front of the stage |
for a while waiting for the. noise
to subside but when it continued |
he turned and walked to his seat.
there was a lull in the rum
pus and Mr.. Short continued:
You brought this up. now see it
through. II you are man you will
see il through. When | was a boy
my father taught me always to tell
the truth and then l would never
be caught in a lie"
Promise Again Denied
Governor Buck again walked to
the front Of the stage and when he
was able to make himself heard
above the din he said: Il reiterate
| never made Mr.. Short any prom
ses."
Yes. you did" shouted Mr.. Short
and once more his voice was drown
I'd out by the noise and his further
could not be heard. By this
lime the whole convention was in
an uprOar. Friends of both men
we're shouting and yelling and il
was impossible for anyone to talk.
Chairman Richards, welding the
savel like a triphammer. finally sue
;eeded in restoring some semblance
If order. He then ordered a roll
all on the nominations and the
yote resulted: Short 2l; Cannon 1872;
rot voting Z. Cannon was declared
he nominee. h
1t was shortly after this that Mr..
Short and his followers stalked from
he convention hall.
Most of sthe time you have ruled i
was out of order" MIR. Short said {
o Chairman Richards as he arose
rom his seat and with hat in hand
tarted for the door. You were abb
Olutely correct, he continued. We
re now bidding You good bye"
He was followed by the 20 dele !
,ates who had stood by him in the
aucus and in the convention and
lso more than a hundred specta-
oFs. Their departure left an ap-
reeiable reduction in the number
( people in the Dover Opert House
ghere the convention was held.
Ticket Completed
Chairman Richards proceeded as
nothing had happened and call
d for the nomination of candidates
DR. lieutenant governor. Mayor
Walter W. Bacon of Wilmington Of
cred the name of Mr.. Herring whom
e termed an ideal candidate for any .
ffice. Mrs. Vera G. Davis nomi-
ated Warren T. Moore for state
and Col. Storey nominated
Henry Hazel for state auditor and !