The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-15
rr WAS nARoArN AND sALE.


 If any one should doubt the infamy of Delawares Republican politics Senator Alice himself furnishes all the evidence necessary to set those doubts at rest In | the following statement made by him.: want to say that when a woman gets into politics I, for one, will treat her just the same as a man. make no exceptions, grant no favors because she is a woman. I understand that Miss Todd has been talking against the fac ton of the Republican Party that am aligned with-the Addicks. or Union Re- wrote to Postmaster General Payne that she was objectionable to me, and put a man in the place who is one of our faction.
 That ought to satisfy any one as to the depths to which the Republican poli- ticians of that State have descended, and if there are any who doubt that the President was a party to the dirty trans action read this from The Hartford (Conn.) Times.
 Senator Ball says that he was actually forced by the administration to enter into this arrangement. Delaware was
 
 were told that they were to have abso- lute control of the appointments, one sec ton being allotted to each Senator. The object aimed at by the President in mak- ing this extraordinary arrangement was to put an end to squabbles over the Della ware patronage and to strengthen the Republican Party in the State. If Post master General Payne had not been such Q blunderer the plan might have worked fairly we'll But when he consented to .aI ofnr fva Siror from office a postmaster who had three years to serve, and who had both spot less record and much personal popularity, he ruined the whole Understanding" and again showed his absolute unfitness, both as Postmaster General and political manager, to be a member of the Presi- dents cabinet.
 It was bargain and sale all the way through, and the President and his Post master General were partceps criminis. Payne is not fit to be member of the Presidents cabinet. The Times says, be- cause his blundering exposed the nefari- ous business. It is a recrudescence of the ancient Spartan law that a man was not to blame for stealing, but was pun ished for letting himself be caught. Payne was doing some good political work for his chief and his friends but he allowed the feline to get out of the bag and is blamed for it. We do not wonder that he is making vigorous kick against being held up as the only guilty party.
 But, getting back to Alice, one cannot fail to be surprised at the matter-of-fact manner in which he discusses the Miss Todd incident. She talked against the faction" of which he was boss, and that was an unpardonabie crime in his esti- nation. It is very probable that she talked against Alice himself. If she is the honest, intelligent woman she Is credited with being 1t would be perfectly natural for her to talk against both him. self and his dirty gang. But while that might be sufficient reason for a sena- tors refusal to endorse an application. it can hardly belooked on as a reason for taking of the head of a faithful official And Senator Ball adds the finishing touch to the business by his assertion that he was forced by the administration to enter into a bargain whereby he and Allee-which really means Addicks-were to divide the spells in Delaware. If 1t was not a bargain between "Blyfl and Black George" 1t was equally discredita- ble to all the parties. It was a trade by which the administration was to be sustained and the vilest political scoun- drel in the Union was to be benefited. If there is anything yet hidden it is to be
 hoped that 1t will all be made plain
 be fore they quit.