New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
FRIARS, TRUSTS, TARIFF.
THESE QUESTIONS OCCUPY PRESIDENTS
TIME AT OYSTER BAY.
20 HAVE SPECIAL. SESSION OF DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE CALLED TO ELECT TWO
REPUBLICAN SENATORS.

REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
Oyster Bay N V July 26 CSpeciaD.-PoliticaI
and State affairs consuming the greater
part. OF President Roosevelt's time. His library
has become his Cabinet room, and there are al
most daily conferences with administration lead
ers with regard to the serious work to be under
taken and settled in the early part of next win
ter. Tie most important pending problems are
the negotiations for agreement looking to the
superseding Of the present friars in the Philip
pine Islands. the revising OF the tariff in pursu-
ance OF reciprocity policy and the outlining Of
a feasible plan to regulate the corporation mo-
nopOlies without disturbing the financial pros
perity Of the country. Nearly every visitor at
Sycamore Hill comes to consult with the Presi-
dent about one of the While the
President is engrossed in these questions his in
terest in the forthcoming elections, which have
a direct bearing on legislation next winter for
reciprocity, brings a number of prominent poll
ticians to see him when their business is of
enough Importance to warrant an appointment
Attorney General Knox, Senator John c.
Spooner, John C Davies, Attorney General of
New-York, and William Michael Byrne United
States District Attorney for Delaware were at
luncheon to-day. Their conference had to do
with the trust question and also the Panama
Canal No decision except with regard to de-
tails reached, and there is nothing more
definite to be said about the Presidents attitude
toward trusts than has already been explained
in his speeches and recommendations to Con-
gress. Attorney General Knox will go to Europe
within week two John c. Davies hopes to
be elected to the Supreme Court justiceship in
the Fifth District at the election this fall. In
case he fails the President will nominate him
TO the vacancy on the United States District
bench, to succeed Alfred c. Coke
According to District Attorney Byrne. who
had an important talk with the President to-
day, concerted movement will be made to
have Governor John HUM of Delaware call
special session of the legislature to elect two
United States Senators. The Republicans in
that State desire give President Roosevelt
every possible support concerning his Cuba reci-
procity views, and with this end in view 1t is
important that Delaware should be represented
in the Senate by two Republicans. 1t is the
major opinion in the State that it would be far
better Nto break the deadlock in the State by
electing j. Edward Addicks and another
than to chance these appointments to the next
legislature. which is likely to be Democratic.
Colonel Henry A. Dupont is regarded the
preferable candidate to run for the Senate with
Mr.. Addicks. AS the term of the present legis-
lature expires before nexxt Election Day, the
selection of Delaware Republicans to the higher
house in Congress by the present legislature is
being rapidly reduced to a question of days.
The rolcall shows the small Republican
majority Of two. Twenty-Five actual votes
properly distributed would have given the
Democrats the controlling vote. One of the
majority elected by plurality of ten votes
whereas another tied with a Democratic oppo-
nent and was only ultimately seated after
legal recount. Ten other Republicans in the
Delaware legislature were elected by majority
Of less than hundred. Lest the tide of
opinion might change to cast this small margin
of votes to the opposition. which would elect
r. r. Kenney and his running mate to the Sem
ate next winter, it is regarded the wisest
course TO elect two Republicans, even il the
anti-AdGicks men are forced to make conces-
sons
William NJ. Byrne stumped New-York for Mr.
Roosevelt in his fight for Governor and went
with the President his Western campaign
In 1900. He has been prominently identified in
Delaware politics for many years. When he
left the President this afternoon he had this
TO say:
Il did not discuss the Delaware situation with
him at length. My views on that question are
not in any way the result of anything said by
the President. / think the Delaware Republi-
should settle their quarrels by them
selves. Ninety-fve per cent of the Delaware Re
publicans anxious that party quarrels
should be settled Republican lines. They
determined that the State shall continue
Republican. We have twenty-nine Republican
members of the legislature. twenty-seven are
sufficient to elect. Twenty-Five out of this
twenty y-nine have signified their willingness to
elect two Republican Senators, the best they can
get
If do settle our fight we will
send two Democrats to the Senate. These Demo
Gratis will be salisbury and Kenney, who in
debate and committee will be incessant and Wig
orous opponents of Republican principles. Who
Fan say but that the votes of these two Demo-
Gratis may defeat the purpose of the President
to treat the Cuban question the lines of
American honor? We faced with choice
between the Democracy of Salisbury and Ken
ney and a Republicanism inclusion of Mr. Ad
dicks as a means for curing the evils of our
State. There is not a Republican political
moralist in Delaware but will admit in
private conversation that the Democracy of
Salisbury and Kenney will be worse for the
State than a Republicanism inclusive of Mr..
Addicks; but they disclaim any responsibility
for the low condition of that Democracy But
II these warning Republicans by action or IN
action the cauSe OF placing TINS dlScTeulteu
Democracy in power how can they escape moral
responsibility for imposing on the State of Della
ware a condition they admit TO be worse than
another which they able to secure? why
should we deliberately throw our State into a
condition Of greater evil because of an opposi-
ton to one admittedly less? Why swallow the
camel of a degenerate Democracy ana strain
an the snat of defective Republicanism? No.
think the good sense of Delaware Republicans
will prevail and / believe the result OF our hght
there Will be two RepuDllcan Sehators' Ihe peSt
We can get"
Mr. Byrne will deliver a speech at Atianuc
City on August 4 TO knights of Columbus, the
only secret order recognized by the Pope Hls
Philippines. He will define the present circun-
stances of the friars and deal with the with
drawing Of the present priests IN accoruaitce ; t
with the desires of the natives, ana plans ior
The future incunbents in the parishes.