Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-12
BYRNE'S APPOINTMENT
DELAWARE REPUBLICANS STIR
RED UP IN CONSEQUENCES.
Recognition of the Addicks Faction
Composition Of the Legislature
The Senatorship.

Delaware republican circles are In an up
heaval because of the reappointment by
the President of William M. Byrne as
United States attorney of Delaware. MT.
Byrne resigned his position last summer to
make the race for Congress as the eandi-
date of the union, or Addicks, republicans
of Delaware Representative Ball was the
nominee of the regular republicans. Inc
democrats had a candidate in the Held Inc
democrat received 1896 votes, Mr. Byrne
1898 votes and Representative Ball SOS
votes.
AS soon as the election was over the ques-
ton came up of appointing an attorney to
fill the vacancy caused by Mr.. Byrnes
resignation. The administration had to
reach a conclusion. and so it decided IN
spite Of protests, to give the position to Mr..
Byrne again. This action Is supposed TO
commit the administration to the Addicks
faction In Delaware. inasmuch as the issue
In that state was so clean cut IN the laSt
election as to leave no doubt OF the fact
that the contest was life and death one.
Mr.. Addicks came here and had a long
talk with Postmaster General Payne GOV;
Hum of Delaware likewise came on ana
he and Mr.. Payne had conference with
the President Monday afternoon: Mr.
Payne, it is understood, recommended Mr.
Byrnes reappointment and took the POSI-
ton that the vote for Congress in Delaware
thoroughly established the relative strength
Of the two factions and showed that the
Addfcks faction is twice as powerful as tne
other. Under the circumstances Mr. Payne
thought that the patronage OF the State-at
least, the one position then under consider
ation-should go to the Addicks republic
cans. Gov. Hum took similar view
The Regular Republicans.
Up to this time the administration has
been accepting without question the recon-
mendations of Representative Ball ana
making all appointments at his behest, tax
ing the position that. Independent of his
factional connections he was the only Con-
gresham from Delaware, and must there
fore be recognized DR.. Balls appo1ntees
have all been of the anti-Addicks element,
and this. it is believed. has done much
toward strengthening the regular repuDll-
cans in the recent election. But for the
general belief that President Roosevelt and
the administration were behind the anti
Addicks people it is declared that the OPP
position to Mr.. Addicks would not have
poled 1000 votes in the entire state 1t Is
now claimed that the change OF positlon by
the administration will result in Addicks
conuuering in Delaware and in the speedy
dissolution of the anti-Addicks forces;
Whether this promised state OF affalrs Will
result in the election of two republican SEN
atorS is not known
The Delaware Legislature.
The present legislature contains SUM-
Client number u antl-AuulckS HleLHptlS "
make his election impossible, unless some
| of them now change their minds. In this
| event Gov Hum would call special ses-
| sion of the legislature and Addicks and
| one of his followers would be elected to
| the Senate Should the anti-Addicks men
now IN the legislature not wayer the fight
| for senator will go into the next legisla-
| utre. where there are about tWenty-seVen
| republicans of both factions and twenty
| three democrats. Should a few republicans
| change to Addicks he could be elected, and
j his faction is now predicting this as the
| outcome of the fight just as soon as the
! legislature meets.
| On the other hand, it is claimed that the
| regular republicans who have been elected
| to the legislature will remain firm and vii
| prevent an election. They will either do TIL:
i or join the democrats in electing two sena'
| tors to be selected by them 1t has beer
| proposed to let the democrats and unior
| republicans get together and elect demo
| crat and republican to the Senate to thwar'
| Addicks' prospects, and this solution is rec
| commended by many persons.
| The indications are that Addicks has moi
| yet reached a successful elimination of his
| years of work and expenditure of money
He may have to wait a long time and Their
fail, as 1t is predicted that the regular re-
| the future rather than permit Addicks tt
| obtain control in the state. few thousand
| of these men added to the democratic vote
| of the state would give the democrats com
| pete control again.