Milford chronicle., 1940-08-30
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The delegation. headed by John
q Councill, had been accepted by
Mr.. Hoffman, each having aled IN
writing. Mr.. Hoffman had reiected
the other delegation because each
member had not fled fds intention
to be delegate In writing, it was
said.
Claim Victory At PolIs
Although the county committee
had rejected the Caulk delegation a
primary election was held ia the
hundred and the Caulk delegation
claimed to have won BY vote of
1876 to 120.
The question Of which DELEGATION
should be seated at the convention
was referred TO the credentials com
n,ittee of the convention headed by
+. Allyn Cooch, Jr., which recon-
mended the Caulk delegation should
be seated.
William A. Graney, a member OF |
the committee, questioned the re-
port, however, and asked that It be |
settled on the convention floor /
William S. Potter. OF Wilmington,
explained that the Caulk delegation
cCuld not be seated legally as the
Superior Court Of New Castle Coun-
ty had ruled in a similar case in
1888 that delegates must fle their
intentions In writing.
I'VE Democrats must play accord
ing to the rules or scrap the rules"
h. I am nnf sfr.aad
that Democrats should or want to
scrap rules. This case is clear. The
law excludes the Caulk delegation.
IL defense Of the Caulk delega-
ton, H. Eugene Shallcross called
attention to the 1888 case IN which
he himself had figured. He said It
was not an identical case, that the
delegates that were upheld were
duly elected by the county commit
tee and that the other names had
not been acted on but had been
merely gathered together and filed .
without all the persons whose names
were on the list knowing that their
names were being fled"
At this point Mr.. Marvel, inter-
rupted Shallcross with the asser-
ton:
That's a lie. 1 filed those dele
gates myself"
Mr. ShallcrOss turned toward Mr..
Marvel who was seated behind him,
but did not answer him. Instead he
continued by saying that If the Coun-
i'll delegates had been properly filed
then they we're only legal delegates
IN the convention from New Castle
county.
But the Caulk delegates were leg
ally fled he said.
That's another lie,' Mr.. Marvel
Urges Report Be Accepted
Mr.. ShalIcross said the Caulk del
egates had not learned of the tech
nicality involved until after the dead
line. but, he continued, the secre-
tary could have followed the legis-
lative procedure of turning back the
clock and accepted the list after the
deadline. He urged the convention
to accept the report Of the creden-
tials committee.
His talk was greeted with mingled
applause and boos.
Mr.. Potter hurried to the micro
phone and shouted:
Lets look at the record Here
is the opinion of the court on the
subject"
A shout of "Cut the sob story"
was greeted with applause, but Mr..
Potter continued to read the opin-
ion. Id
The motion to seat the COunciIl
delegates was carried by a roll call )
of 12O to IS.
Mr.. Potter placed the name OF
Mr.. Tunnel in nomination.
Coming events cast their shadows
BEFORE" he said, "and the fall cleo
ton is casting a shadow that indi-
cates a Democratic victory. l am
convinced that the delegates assem-
bled here today will name the next
United States Senator. These are
troubled times and you must be
careful in your choice Of the Senate
during the next six years.
He said that Mr.. Tunnels family y
first came to Delaware 200 years
ago that his ancestors have written Z
a glorious page in the history Of the
state and that the family during
all that time has remained in the
county in which they settled.
He described Mr.. Tunnel as q
lawyer, a farmer, and pillar of the
church. 4
Outburst Occurs ~
The bitterest Outburst Of the whole 8
convention occurred a few minutes
later during the address Of Major 4
Chsuncey p. Holcomb placing Mr.. 3
Aliens name in nomination.
He had described Mr., Allen a sue Z
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