Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
State Republicans
Selected Ticket
At DOUer Wednesday

between Mr.. Buckson, lawyer
with offices in Dover, and Nj
Snowden. an accountant and an
alyst with the DUPONT Company. As
early as the Sussex County eau
Gus, which Mr.. Lawson called tC
order at GAS a. m., it seemed GER
tain that Mr.. Buckson would win
In, that caucus, held in the Sen
ate lounge in the Legislative Hall
the caucus first voted to rescind
the unit voting method it had
adopted at delegates meeting
Monday night in Georgetown
Then. at the insistence of several
of the delegates, the delegation
was polled. This disclosed 3S votes
for Mr.. Buckson. -non-commit-
ted and one absent.
This news travelled upstairs
swiftly to where the Rural New
CIstle County delegation was eau
clssing in the Senate chamber
The caucus leaned to Mr.. Snowden
but Ellwood S. Leach, county
chairman, said that there would
be defections and that as many as
20 of the 38 delegates might move
into the Buckson camp.
AS il turned out the two candi-
dates split the Rural New Castle
County vote, getting 10 apiece. Mr.
Buckson won all of the 40 Kent
delegates, who were committed TO
him; Al of the Az Sussex delegates
uY a. hn fnL r,
up .nree in Wilmington that he had
MOI. expected.
Mr.. Snowden won 81 in Whining
ton and 10 in Rural New Castle
County.
Balloting for this Office started
shortly after 4;30 p. m. Mr.. Snow
den collected vote after vote until
the roll call reached the Seventh
Ward where Mrs. Edward ]. Buck
ley replied "Bucksoni" In the
Eighth Ward, John ]. Anderson,
whom Mr.. Snowden had defeated
for. the nomination for representa-
tive from the Second Representa-
tive District on August Is. voted
for Mr.. Buckson. The third Will
mington vote for the Kent candi-
date came from John III. Hickman.
Jr., of the 18th Ward
AS the voting moved into rural
New Castle County the seven
Brandywine Hundred delegates
stood by Mr.. Snowden, but.in Chris
tiana Hundred Rodney M. Layton
of Mt. Cuba cracked the ice for
Mr.. Buckson. Then the ice broke
all about as Januar ID. Bove, Jr..
secretary of the convention, call
ed the Eighth Representative Dis
trict. Three delegates, Benjamin
e. Hicks, Robert Keltop and
Thomas III. Van SAINT, and one al
ternate, Ernest Lacey voted for
Mr.. Buckson. That was the end
Faces fell in the Snowden camp.
When the majority of 81 was
reached as the balloting continued
in Sussex County, supporters of
Mr.. Buckson, led by former State
Senator Robert H. Yerkes of Hous-
ton, yelled.
Convention Opens
The convention was opened at
II g. - NY WI. buiiy WIZ Sditcu upph
State Senator Wilmer F. Williams,
of Roselle, to lead the salute to
The Flag and the singing of the
first verse of the National An
them. The Rev. Otis p. Reed, of
Wyoming. a retired Methodist min
lister, prayed. The temporary roll
call was read, and then Mr.. Duffy
called for reports from the con-
vention districts.
Mayor August F. Walz of Will
mington went to the rostrum and
announced that Mrs. Emma G.
Sykes had been elected vice chair
man of the convention from the
first district. He called off the
names of members of the four
standing committees - permanent
organization, rules. credentials, and
resolutions. State Rep. Robert r..
Maclary. OF Newport Pike, report
ed for the second district that Mrs.
Helen Jernee of Brookside had been
named vice chairman. Mr.. Buck
son. for Kent, announced that Mrs.
c. p. Henry, of Dover, had been
awarded this honor from her coun7
ty. To be different, Sussex had
named man as vice-chairman-
former State Senator Harry II.
Mulholland of Milford
With this preliminary business
out of the way the convention re-
cessed until 2 p, m, many of the
delegates, alternates and visitors
attending luncheon at the near
by Grace Fellowship Hall provided
by the Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service of the Grace Methodist
Church.
Before the afternoon session
started at 2:07 a stolid mule, obvi-
ously in Dover day ahead of time.
was led to the stage by William
Prickett, Jr., program chairman for
the Active Young Republicans of
New Castle County. and Thomas e..
Birmingham, III, publicity director
for the Citizens Committee for
Eisenhower
Mr.. Duffy, in presenting Cover
nor Boggs who then introduces
Governor McKeldin, praised the
Delaware executive for "his pa
tience. for the fact that the door
to his office is always open" and
for ''his ever-listening ear. The
Governor drew the first big hand
of the afternoon. Governor Nickel
din. building up 10 the climaxes for
which he is noted as a speaker, re-
ceived several rounds of applause
as he said. Lets get out this vote
and give this man Eisenhower 2
tremendous majority" His keynote
lasted 2S minutes.
Here. Mr.. Lawson made his mo-
tion in behalf of the delegates
to the national convention. This
was done to rising vote. At $3.50
the temporary roll of delegates was