Milford chronicle., 1954-08-13
ROn can Vote

0AaILele lQE Iuuuell, % and one
quarter for Frear.
Ron Can Vote
The convention did its voting on
g RON call vote In which each dele
gate stood up and announced his
choice. This procedure was adopted
in the first test Of strength in the
convention itself
Josiah Marvel, Jr., made a motion
for the Tunnell forces TO amend the
state rules Of the Democratic Party
40 require a secret ballot, rather
than a voice vote, which is provided
Oh Rule H. Howard Lynch, Jr., Of
Dover. a Frear leader, urged that
che convention delegates "let the
people back home know how they
vote" and he moved to table the
Marvel motion.
Then there was a roll call vote
on the motion to table. This motion
was supported by the Frear forces
and opposed by the Tunnell forces
who thought they would fare bet
Ter with the secret ballot.
The vote was 124 to table, and
So opposed to tabling. This was. Of
course. very similar TO the later
vote on the Senatorial nomination.
10 win be noted that IN the secret
ballot in the Sussex caucus the
Tunneu forces mustered 35 and
one-quarter votes for their candi-
date but that on a voice vote on
the convention floor Sussex county
delivered 81 votes for Mr.. Tunnell.
Convention observers pointed to
this discrepancy as an example Of
the differences that result in VOt-
ing under the secret ballot and the
open roll call.
The unanimous vote from Kent
County was made possible by a
change in the mind Of James Sat
terfeld. a delegate from Farming
ton, who announced Monday night
and reiterated Tuesday morning
that he was for Tunnell. However,
friends prevailed upon him before
the roll call and he switched into
line with the rest of Kent County
for q unanimous 60 votes for SEN
ator Frear
The fractional votes in Sussex
County arise from the fact that in
two representative districts, the
Third and the Sixth, Sussex elects
eight delegates with only six votes
in each of the two districts. Thus,
each delegate has three-quarters of
a vote. Both districts we're split in
the voting and that resulted in the
fractional count.
The most moving speech Of the
convention came Immediately after
the Frear victory when Mr.. Tunnell
came TO the rOstrum and delivered
an example Of the extemporaneOus
oratorv for which he is famous. He
declared that it is the fashion at
political meetings to talk about
harmony and he added that people
often say il only because it sounds
good.
He asserted that the purpose "oi
a political party. as I understand
it is 10 sift candidates and issues
and secondly, to thrust them for
ward before the public"
"In the first phase of that func-
ton. harmony is often spoken Of at
the wrong time and in the wrong
way" He explained that when two
or more candidates are sincerely
being advanced for a party's nom
inatiOn, harmony talk is ill-timed
Harmony, he said, is appropriate
in the early stages only if there
Is complete apathy or domination
by a boss or small group of lead.
ers"
Mr.. Tunnell declared that il ht
had the opportunity to remalke hi,
recent decision he would not d.
differently. what I did had to b
done" he asserted.
He added that he believes tht
fight was clean one and tina
Just before some painful and yer!
rapid defectiOIls, the vote was in
deed close. He declared that tn
nomination fight brought into tn
Democratic Party a large group o
sincere, loyal citizens who preVi
ously had little experience in poll
tics.
He also said the nomination fgh
made it clear that the Democrat
Party has a process for a genuin
appeal from the decisions Of an
party leader. Referring further t
MS aANN4A eoAe1 AAe otlAA AANANAts
they had selected a candidate jus
a little stronger they might hav
succeeded"
Immediately after the Senator's
nomination was settled, George TJ
Ter COulsOn withdrew his name q
a candidate for attorney genera
and asked the delegates to vote ID
Mr. Craven. The delegates then II
cessed for caucuses on the remaiH
ing offices.
The Wilmington caucus decide
not TO advance a candidate for an
Office and it win be noted that th
state ticket does not include an
resident Of Wilmington, althoug
th candidate for attorney gener,
lives close by and practices law
the city. The Wilmington caucJ
endorsed Mr. Mcdowell for Coz
gress in return for assurance thl
Wilmington win name the candidai
for sheriff Of New Castle Count
The talk IS that Leroy Hawke
the Eleventh Ward win be the cal
didate although Mr. Hawke has nj
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