Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-11

The visit Of Gov. Hum, Secretary OF
State Caleb K. Layton and j. Frank
Alice of Dover, prominent Union Re.
publicans, to President Mckinley, in
Washington, last Thursday, is the SUBJ
ject of much discussion among poiti-
oians, especially among Republicans.
So far as is known, only the Union
Republicans who are very close TO j.
Edward Addicks know exactly what
occurred at the conference, and as they
are reticent the details are unobtain-
able at this time.
While there is a pretty general i'm :.
preston that the delegation loft the
President with the belief that the Ad-
dicks faction of the party would be
favored In the matter of Federal
patronage, IA Union Republican who is
In position to know what is going on
told reporter of The Gazette Monuay
morning that he understood that tEe
President made no PROMISES but allowed
his callers to believe that he would
see that the patronage was divided be
tween the factions. "You can rest
assured, the reporters informant
said, ''that the President will do
nothing that will aggravate the fac
tional differences in the party, and it
can be pretty definitely predicted that
he will not do anything that looks like
favoriug one faction.
He also said the Presidents only
desire was to see the party in Delaware
united and he would not do anything
that would operate against this result.
Asked what would be done upon the
expiration of the terms of some OF the
local Federal officials who are identified
with the Regular faction, he said: "We
are not going to cross any bridges
before we get to them. We are not
borrowing any trouble. He said he
understood that in the future the party
organizations would be consulted by the
Federal government in dealing out
patronage. 1.-The order has gone out
in Washington, =" he stated, with en-
phasis, that no one or two men are to
control the patronage in Delaware
under the present conditions. 1t will
be the party, and not individuals, who
will be consulted 10 the future. - He
intimated that Addicks, as u member
Of the national committee, would receive
recognition cnly as a committeeman.
He expressed the belief, from what
he had learned about the conference,
that the President does not especially
desire an extra session OF the Delaware
Legislature called unless there ia a
positive guarantee that two United
States Senators would be the result,
and AZ there is no prospect at present
of such a guarantee, there being no
change in the conditions prevailing
during the winter, there is very little
likelihood of an extra session being
called.
A Washington newspaper. in its report
of the conference of the three Union
Republicans with the President, said 1T
was understood that as result Of the
conference tho Federal patronage was
to go to the Union Republicans, for the
time being. According to that publ
cation, this decision was arrived at
after 1t had been pointed out that the
Union Republicans outnumbered the
Regulars at the last session of the
General Assembly.
If this was the result of the confer
ence, it is very evident that the UPion
Republicans are making an effort to
keep the public in ignorance of the
facts, knowing that such decision on
the part of the patronage dispensers
would widen the breach in the party.
Some prominent Regulars incline to the
belief that it has teen decided to favor
the Addicksites, but definite lnforma-
tion on this point is difficult to obtain