The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-08
NO coMpRoMIsE ABOUT IT.


 NO COMPROMISE ABOUT IT.
 The optimism and guilelessness of those who claim that the Delaware Senatorial election marks the downfall of Addicks or that the result Is a condemnation or nm and his methods, is pleasant to contem- plate. Unfortunately, the foundation/for such gratulations is very weak. To speak of the result as "a compromise Is mis- homer If the eight or ten regular Re publicans had been willing to join with the Democrats, 1t would have been a real comprounise. and Addicks could have been efrectually shelved. possibly for all time to come It was in the power of these Republicans to lift the dark pail from the State and send two good men to Washing ton.
 This is just what they failed to do. They had the balance of power beyond all remedy or danger. Neither the Addicks gang nor the Democrats could elect @ Sem ator. The latter. by the aid of the regu- lars. could have done so. but the latter refused to join the combination. They were either governed by intense prejudice or they were afraid of Addicks. In either case they did themselves and the State no credit. though they may have prof1ted in some other way.
 Congressman Ball, who was elected for the short term. may be decent man. for or ,H ha nf the taint of Addicksism, but certainty no one can say that for MT. J. Frank AL lee. who gets the long term. He is not only a stick. but a stick made of the same is a good sample. Alice is tool of the other and was elected because he was known to be such. He will do just what his owner wants. and if 1t can be made will resign and let his boss be appointed to fill the vacancy. Take this boast of Addicks to a reporter:
 It was just as I desired it. Alec has but preceded me at Washington. Two years hence, I will accompany him to Washington. We will now get rid of all the traitors in the camp such as post masters throughout the State and fill the offices with men desirable to us. We will also get rid of the bolters.
 This, of course. means that he consid- CTS himself still in control of the State, and that he expects two years from now to nave a Legislature that will elect him when Balls term expires. This, of course. in the event that he Is not sooner appoint ed by the Governor to fill a vacancy. If that should not occur-and the Governor declares he will not appoint Addicks If there Is a vacancy-but if that does not occur, he feels sure of being elected at the next trial. for he apparently thinks that he has and will retain full control of Delaware politics.
 And there is another point in this con- nection which should not be overlooked The boast of this boss implies that he ex- poets to represent the administration fully in Delaware. There was something said a few days ago in an administra- ton organ to the effect that the Presi- dent had dropped Addicks. or would dror him. and have no more of him. We took no stock in such statements, and the President himself has shown their fallacy by reappointing Addicks's man Byrne as District Attorney, after he had failed to welt sticks to the creature. he will stick to the creator, and the manner in which the latter boasts of getting rid of traitors and putting fin men desirable to us," as he expresses it, Is another evidence oi the belief of the boss that he Is firmly in the saddle. and that the administration Is with him.
 Aanother evidence, if any others were needed. of the unchanged conditions there is furnished by Congressman Dick of Ohio who is often spoken of as Mark Hanna g orderly" He was in Dover and helped to arrange the alleged compromise, and after the shameful trade was completed he de- clared that 1t was "a great victory for the Republican Party" That is true, and 1t was no less a victory for Addicks and for the most shameless political ring that has existed outside of Pennsylvania.
 No. all talk about the defeat of Addicks or about the result being a triumph of some cause for congratulation, but it is a very weak cause He is just as much master of Delaware politics as he has ever been, and may well plume himself on his victory. He has one friend and one tool to represent him in Washington and he has a Republican administration tc back him.
 That man Pouitney Bigelow is trying his best to frighten the rest of us out of oul equanimity and other things. by reiterat l inc. HoA