Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-11-14
A BLOW AT ADDrcks REPUBLICANS.

A BLOW Al ADDICKs REPUBLICANS.
This appointment announced In the
above Associated Press disratoh to
The Gazette from Washington not
only ends an interesting contest for a
Federal appointment, but is signifi.
cant movement of the President, taken
in connection with the political
situation in this Stale 1t ia fair
notice to the Addicks Republicans that
President Roosevelt is not in sympathy
with them, and will rot recognize their
partisan faction as even a part Of the
Republican patty of the State.
While lack of deliberate purpose
might be assigned to the appointment
of William H. Head as postmaster, by
reason of the suddenness OF the
emergency requiring attention be given
TO that Office, this is not SO 10 respect
of the appointment of a collector of
the port. For the latter Office has been
open to appointment since last Deoem-
Der, when the term of the incumbent,
DIR. William II. Cooper, expired. Presi-
dent Mckinley refrained from making
an appointment, evidently in the hope
that the Republican factions might
patch up truce which would enable
him to make appointments to office
without appearing to recognize one
faction at the expense of the other.
President Roosevelt, however, ha Seen
restrained by no such confederation,
but has acted with an unH istakable
purpose, and that ,s to administer a
body blow to Addicks Republication
in Delaware, so far as the favor of the
national administration is concerned.
In the contest Tor this office the lines
were distinctly drawn. Tie Addicks
Republicans had their candidate in the
person Of Col. Daniel p. Barnard. The
Regular Republicans supported Robert
G. Houston. There were other aspirante
Daniel j. Layton and Philip K. Clark
among them-but the issue was Barnard
or Houston. Addicks Republicanism OF
Regular Republicsnism. And Houston
was appointed and President Roosevelt
again declared, and this time em.
phatically, his sympathy with the Regu
lar Republican element in Delaware
and his hostility to the corrupt political
aggregation known as the Union, or Ad
dicks Republicans.
For Robert g. Houston il one of tht
most consistent Regular Republicans il
| the State, and since the factioual con
test began has been unalteIably opposed
to any compromise with Addicks Re
publicanism. lie was the Regular Re
publican NOMINEES for Congress- in 1896
and in the Sussex Republican OF George
town, Of which paper he ia editor, ha
fought Addicks Rerublioanism per
sisteutly, resolutely, couTageously. anl
as patriotic public duty. He is hatet
intensely by the Addicks Republicans
and no selection more distasteful t,
them could have been made by tn
President.
'hssides being editor Of the Suisse,
Republican, MIR. Houston is promi
nent member of the bar of SUISSE
county. He resides in Georgetown.
UNION REPUBLICANS srU NED.
Magistrate Bradley and other Uniol
Republicans who were seen Thurs
day we're fairly stunned by the new
of Huuston's appointment. They ha
all along entertained the impressic
that Col. Barnard would get the office
COL Barnard was out of town
1t is known, however, that he was nc
without hopes of receiving the appoint
ment, although his impression wa
that no appointment would he mad
until after the senatorial vacancie
w,.ra fillod