Evening journal., 1901-10-21
POLITICIANS DISCUSS
GOVERNORS STATEMENT
Addicks Men Do Not Recall the Date Of
Hunn's Interview With the Late
President Mckinley
OFFICE SEEKERS IN UNION
PARTY ARE DISGUSTED

That interview published in the
Every Evening on Saturday was COM
bination Of bomb-shell and hornets
nest in the camp of the Addicks fol-
lowers. 1t seems to have been an ex-
preston Of opinion out of the Cover
nors own mind, while controlling in
fluences were absent.
1t admits of two interpretations; If
it is true, then Mr.. HUM has dealt the
Addicks party the worst blow it ever
had in refusing the patronage. If, on
the other hand. he has been laboring
under a mistake, his political friends
will not be supposed to know that fact
but viii hold him responsible.
The gist of the interview, which was
held over long-distance phone, is con-
tained in the following: u went to
Washington at the Presidents invita-
tion. The interview with President
Roosevelt had nothing to do with Fed
eral patronage in Delaware, except to
talk over it casually. l have always
kept out Of the fights for Federal Office,
and snhl. continue to do so.
President Mckinley, when he was
living, offered me the privilege of act
ing as the dispenser of Federal pa
tronage in Delaware. but | absolutely
refused the honor. And l do not want
it now.
Did President Roosevelt, during
the interview. say that in distributing
the Federal offices in Delaware he
would give heed to the recommends.
ton of Congressman Ball?' the Cover.
nor was asked.
"He certainly did, was the franl
response; Il do not know who Csc h
could recognize in the matter"
PEOPLE AsToNIsHED
No utterance of the Governor prob
ably ever caused so much comment
and the curses Of the Union Republi
cans are not loud, but deep. Accord
ing to this story all that they hav
been striving for so long. national rec
ognition, has been tossed aside by tn
Governor when it was within hi
grasp. The language OF the Interview
is quoted as leaving no doubt about tn
matter. The Governor does not say h
was asked to advise the President, no
merely to make recommendations; "th
President offered me the privilege c
acting as dispenser of Federal patron
age" Those are the words.
that this meant that the Governor ha
at his disposal every Federal office. II
might have placed in office the need
ones of the faction. and those withot
whose support he could not have bee
elected He might have made Colon'
Barnard collector of the port, file
every postoffice with an Addicks ma
and shown the world that he and h
I,I r,uffann1 rnnnUnfffnn Ian
he refusedl
DID THEY KNow9
There is another phase which
causing much comment down Il
State: did DR.. Layton. Frank ALE
and others close to the Governor, kno
of the proffer? Did they second NJ
HUM in his refusal. and thus give I
what they had struggled for duriI
many, many years, or did they pr
test? A report from Dover states tn
the Addicks rank-and-file want
know how far the treachery extended
Regular Republicans in that tOy
smile knowingly and say that perha
this verifies the old stories to the
feet that the lieutenants OF Addic
don't want him elected. and that tn
were afraid to have his party reco
nized as that might increase
strength alarmingly. They prefer A
dicks the generous candidate, to A
dicks the senator.
And now to think that DR.. Ball "
be the fountain-head when it mis-
have been the Governor. One Uni
Republican this morning declared Il
If he should accept the Governc
word literally he would regard him
the worst traitor he had ever known
Regular Republicans are disposed
allow the Governor full swing in
tempting to explain himself. and tC
man smilingly refuse to be interviC
ed for publication 1t is known, he
ever. that it is regarded as a ri
dream on the part of Mr.. Hum. sil
they have every assurance that at
time did the President signify any
tention of recognizing Addicks meT
DEMOCRAT RIDIcULEs STORY
Under the laws of Delaware in
ccedings against the representatives {
dead man." said one of the leaders in
Democratic party. 'the party who
wives is not allowed to testify against
other as to any transaction with the d
man or statement made by the dead n
The theory is that since death has SCI
the lips of one man, it is better for
law to close the mouth of the survi
for fear that knowing there is no
alive TO contradict his the survivor
consult his imagination instead Of
memory in making up his story. In
courts. therefore. if YOU do not tell OF
offer OF a promise made TO YOU while
other party lives to contradict or cor
xo1tr stnrv Won may not tell It aftel
has passed into the eternal silence.
course there is nothing in this law to
vent Governor Hum from telling