Evening journal., 1902-11-17
"BYRNE'S APPOINTMENT"

"BYRNt ) APPUlN MEN
The Dover Delawanean, the most in
fuential Democratic paper on the
.-eninsula, south OF Wilmington, and (
which in recent years has been temper
ate and inoffensiye in its Democracy
has this to say regarding the Presi-
dents appointment of William Michael
Byrne:
The announcement OF Mr.. Byrnes
reappointment to the office Of District
Attorney occasioned very general sur
prise in this State There was, so far
as we know. no public intimation that
Mr. Byrne was even a candidate for the
position he gave up to accept the Ad-
dicks nomination for Congress. Mr.. /
John p. Maids had been appointed by
/ Judge Bradford to serve until an ap-
pointment should be made by the
President 1t was generally supposed
that Mr.. Nields would be appointed by
the President It is said, We think,
] that Mr.. Nields had the endorsement of
the entire bar of the State with four
exceptions. Yet in spite of all this,
! Mr. Nields is, by the appointment OF
! MIR. Byrne. removed from Office, with
no word of public complaint against
him. without the slightest consider
alton Of his claims to the office OF Of
the wishes of the bar and of the public.
Mr.. Addicks goes to Washington One
\ day; the next day comes the undreamed
of announcement that Mr.. Byrne has
been appointed. The President did
not even wait until the Senate was in
session to confirm the selection
What was the cause of this selection,
, made in such hot haste? There was
,lno charge that the office was IN incom-
petent hands, and the feeling of the bar
: in the matter is indicated by the prac-
teal unanimity with which they en-
3 dorsed Mr.. Nields' candidacy for the
y place. 1t is said that the President has
I some personal acquaintance with Mr..
Byrne and the latter made campaign
speeches several years ago in New
| York with Mr.. Roosevelt 1t is not un-
likely that the President may have q
l. kindly personal feeling toward the
Is new appointee, but such feeling prob
IS ably had little, or nothing to do Will
70 the appointment. The appointment
Ie was doubtless made at the instance ol
n Mr.. Addiolos, partly as reward to Mr.
.ul DNAAE AOA AA1 li--A~ a. N--r
is paign I'M Delaware and chiefly to fur
N ther Mr.. Addicks' own ambition and t
M strengthen him in his senatorial night
The appointment viii not unnatur
= ally be construed as an endorsement o
Mr. Byrne's course in the recent cam
paign. Such an endorsement from tn
President at this time is really remark
able. Mr. Byrne, in the not very re
mote past, vigorously denOuncel IN
ambition of Mr.. AddiclIs. Few, If any
have BEEN more bitter and emphatic u
such denunciation than Mr.. Byrne. fe
he abandoned his opposition and az
cepted a factional nomination for Con
gress from Mr.. Addicks' party give
him by Mr.. Addicks' henchman, at th
positive command and urgent II
sistence of Mr.. Addicks himself Sine
his defeat for Congress Mr.. Byrne ha
n i'm a newspaper interview, urged II
Il election Of Mr. Addicks to the Senat
3 He has changed from vehement d'
4 nouncer of Mr.. Addicks TO an ardel
81 lAddicksite. 1t is probable that
man in the Addicks party, with q
n single exception of Mr.. Addicks hif
n solf is more distasteful to the Reg
b lars. The appointment will natural
be construed as an endorsement by 7
national administration of Mr.
dicks course in Delaware politics,
at the very least as an indication
IA President Roosevelt's desire for \
Addicks' election to the Senate.
n,ne appointment will probably
mailed by the Addicksites as an OF
approval by the President of their
feat Of DR.. Ball for reelection to @
eress. The President and the natio
Republican leaders during the
8 campaign professed to be most anxi
NJ for a Republican majority in the II
49,. House of Representatives There
0 no claim that DR. Ball was out OF
cord with his party on national a
tions: no disapproval, so far as
\ public is aware. even by his tactic
onponents. Of a single vote cast
nin in Congress. It has been the
tom in this State for very many "
to give every Representative in
= ercss a nomination by his party (
rket. second term. DR.. Ball was not
satisfactory from party standpoin
- national questions. but he ought {
particularly acceptable 10 his cons
ents in Kent county, for he compl
Tree and got into actual operation the