Milford chronicle., 1944-07-21
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
SEEN HEADED FOR VICTORY
IN NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
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Continued from First Pagsl
}, The nomination was seconded b,
: Secretary of State William j. Stor
ey, of Dover, for Kent county; Col
onel Edgar C. Slayer of sRehobotl
Beach, for Sussex county, and C
Warden Gass of Wilmington.
Bacon Highly Praised
Mr.. Storey, in the longest of the
seconding speeches, said that dur
ing his incumbency Governor eBa-
con has devoted practically his full
time in the performance of his
many duties which have been au-
gumented by tasks required by the
war. by his past performance and
experience. his intimate knowledge
of our state and the needs of our
people, he is eminently well quail
fled to cargy on for the next four
years, Mr.. Storey Said.
Representative Wiley was nomi-
mated by Charles dupont Ridgely
of Camden, who opened by stating
that II for one want to return to
the old American liberty. There is
no indispensable man." he added,
then warning the New Deal that
1--WE are going to reveal the blund-
erers who have caused these vast
debts"
He referred to "bunderers" also
in connection with Pearl ;Harb0r,
stating, "Someday we will know
who made that blunder." When he
stated that "Mr Dewey can win the
war just as well as Mr.. Roosevelt.
but will save lives and money"
Mr.. Ridgely drew applause from
the crowd that nearly filled the or
chestra of the theatre. .....
Representative Wiley Landed
He introduced Representative
Wiley as a imam whose integrity
no person can challenge" Thomas
Herlihy. Jr., of Wilmington, sec
onding the nomination, described
Mr. Wiley as "a conscientious
public servant who represents all |
of the people all of the time" An |
other second for the Congressman |
was DR.. William w. M. Henry of
Dover. a.... i
Senator Bunting, widely known !
poultry grower and nuEseryman of
Selbyville, was nominated by State /
Senator Harry II. Mulholland, of
Mr.. Isaacs was nominated /
by c. ID. Abbott. of Milford, and |
Mr. Harrington was nominated by
William A. Harvey, Jr., of Dover.
The convention began an hour
late. at noon, with a call to order
by Isaac r. Brown. Jr., of Whining
ton. chairman of the Republican /
State Committee. After the Ma
tional Anthem was sung, the Rev.
S. Tosick, rector of the
Holy Cross Catholic Church of Do
yer, asked the invocation.
Included among those on the
platform at the time were former
L.. S. Senator John G. Townsend.
Jr., of Selbyville, chairman of the
Senatorial Committee,
who was forced to leave early be-
cause of a business engagement,
and Mrs. Robert w. Tomlinson, of
a delegate to the par
ty's national convention at Chica-
go, last month.
At the request of Mr.. Brown,
Smiley King, secretary of the Re-
publican State Committee, read the
call for the conven-
ton. Mr. Brown then introduced
John X. Johnston, of Newark, who
was Immediately elected temporary
chairman of the convention, and
who began his keynote address.
During the approximately 80
minutes required by Mr.. Johnston
to read his keynote speech. he
was applauded a dozen times. par
when he referred to Gov
ernor Thomas +. Dewey of New
York, and Governor John W. Brick
er of Ohio, the party's candidates
for president and vice-president.
When Mr.. Johnston finished he
asked for a temporary roll call of
the delegates and when few re-
sponded. either because they did
not hear their names or because
hey were not in the building at the
time, Mr. Johnston loudly asked
Mr.. King: Are any of the dele
gates here?"
He ended the morning" session
with reading of caucus reports ,
rom the four convention districts,
IN announcement of the afternoon
schedule and a request that all dis
rict chairmen and vice-chairmen q
,it on the platform during the en-
'uing sessions.
Second Session Opens
The convention resumed at 2 p.
II. with reports from the four gen
,ral committees: Credentials, r
which accepted the delegates as
Ipproved by the Republican State
giving them permanent
tatus; permanent organization,
which recommended the election OF y
lr. Johnston and Mr.. King as per-
nanent chairman and secretary of
he convention; rules, which rec
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