The sun., 1901-03-23
THE PRESIDENT
Aids MIR. ADDICKS
The Delaware Situation More
Fully Explained.
Basis Of Decision Against Colonel du
Pont-Talk Now of an Extra Ses-
sion to Elect Addicks and Some
Other Man as Senators.

Special Despatch TO the New York
Evening Post.
Wilmington. Del, March 2l.-A corner
has been turned i'll the history oil Dela-
| ware politics. Heretofore the Presi-
dents sympathies have been with the
Anti-Addicks faction, largely because of
IL personal friendship between nm anu
Colonel du Pont, going back to the CiVli
War. Mr.. Hanna, rs has long peeh wen
known, is favorable to Addicks, but the
President has continued to stand py MS
old friend, though somewhat quietly, anu
the patronage has found Its way INTO
du pont channels.
But after the recent ADJOURNMENT oi
the legislature, leaving two Senatorships
vacant, the President apparently sigma
lizcd change of purpose by the appoint
ment TO the Clayton postmastership "
Mason, an Addicks man, upon the recon-
mendution of the retiring KepuDllcah
: Congressman, Mr. lloifccker, who ls 4
pronounced Addicks adherent. ms
might have been an oversight, and 50
IL committee Of du FONT men, mostly
from this city. fastened TO washington
to inquire what it meant. When they
asked the President if he Intended to
turn the patronage against them, ne re-
piled somewhat evasivcly to the effect
that he intended to handle the patronage
: personally and in such way as to elect
two Republican United States Senators
He acknowledged that the appointment
in question had been made in full know
ledge of its faCtional bearings. INT
:, committee has accordingly returned con
: vinced that the President has yielded
!, to Senator Hanna's recommendations.
n WHAT TURNED THE SCALE.
l. The committeeman were also informc,
T. while III Washington that the testimon.
Is which had turned the scale i'll the Presi
n dents mind was that concerning the dill
u ferent methods by which the rival claim
IL ants, du pont and .Addicks, had spen
re npir money. MIR. .Addicks friends SCENE
Or to prove that he had spent money, and i
:. sums which ran 10 surprisingly larg
II. Iglres, to carry the little State for til
a Republican ticket, ana that in doing thi
II he had made no distinction us to Factions
h Some of his money went to elect Repnl
g. lican legislative candidates nominated
Nc New Castle county by join caucuses,
several Of which his own men had bee
10y beaten.
10y used money in some instances, it W:
~ charged, 10 defeat ltcpublican cant idat,
us and to elect Democrats, where the foll
81 cr were under 4hddicks' influence. III
cy President thus became convinced thi
~ Addicks had the better claim of rende
OF ing strict party service, was the less
he Il factionalist Of the two, and so Il
power of the Federal Administration W
IN now be i'll his favor.
nd If any Senators are elected by the pre-
VS. cnt Legislature, 4Addicks must be one
il them. The plan will be through the IL
be of the patronage, to get a sufficient nui
ib- Der OF the members of the legislature
du agree upon two senators, Addicks al
to somebody else, al when this agreeme
is has been reached the Govrnor, an a
ing dicks man, will call the legislature
nat extra session and the election will pl
'lr. ceed. The President rarely fails VIII
he takes II matter of this kind personal
III hand, and the Addicks faction hc
regard the outlook as extremely fave
W. able.