Evening journal., 1903-09-09

well written letter containing
defense Of the Regular Republican po-
sition regarding the disposition of the
Federal patronage appssred in the New
York Sun this morning.
The Regulars have been criticised
for yielding too much Ia the Union
party. This article shows that the
Regulars in granting the concessions
did not yield any more if as much as
was demanded by the officials of the
administration. The letter follows.
To the Editor of The sun; Sir:-
The retirement OF Miss Huldah b.
Todd, postm MISTRESS Of Greenwood, Dell
and the appointment of an Addicks
worker as her successor have been
widely discussed by the metropolitan
papers, and there have been comments
unfair TO Senator BAN and to the
Regular Republicans generally.
The Regular Republicans OF Della
ware have had to fight one of,the most
desperate battles i'm American politics
and in recent years they have had most
.of the ac.ive and potential forces Of
the national party against them. Pres
sure of the strongest kind has been
used e compel an adjustment of --le
differences, even though an agreement
should result i'm surrender so Ad-
dicks
Tho Regular Republicans sent their
delegates to the last National Conven-
ton pledged TO the support of McKin-
ley and McKinley's policies. They had
been recognized at the previous Ma
tonal Convention. and hence wereNp
every sense regular. There are sew
cral incidents Of their reception that
have never had publicity which should
be set down.
The writer, who was a member Of
'he Delaware delegation. in cor ppny
with the other members had "a confer
ence with Mr.. Hanna and Vice-Chair-
man Payne. The latter acted as
spokesman. He told our delegation
that he was not interested I'm the stor-
ies OF Mr.. Addicks nor in his conduct
" Delaware politics. he was only I'M
terested I'm carrying Delaware. you
stlk about Mr.. Addicks." said he "hu,
] could probably tell you things about
him you never knew" lie then insist
ed that he would listen 10 nothing but
ana agreement promising success. To
this Mr.. Hanna listened and smIlingly
nodded his appgoval
when our claim was presented to the
Committee on Credentials il became
plain that we had no impartial jury,
but that our fate WAS sealed in ad-
vance Of the presentation Of our case.
The members asked many questions,
but every one of them was directed to-
ward the obieGs Of ascertaming our
numerical strength. and statements re-
garding the debauehery OF the elector-
ate and Of open defiance OF the fiat Of
a caucus We're ignored.
The next day Theodore Roosevelt,
then Governor of New York. received
% body Of our delegates He told them
that the proposition TO deny them. seats
/ ia the convention was an intolerable
outrage. and walking The floor I'm an
agitated manner he declared that were
1 it not for the fact that he was being
forced to the front for the Vice
/ Presidential nomination he would ad-
vocate the cause OF the Regular Re-
pubhcans on the floor of the conveh-
tion.
So the Regular Republican delegates
came home, denied a seat in the conven-
tion. while those personally selected bs
Mr.. Addicks became participants i'm the
selection of a ticket. and came home to
rejoice over their rivals.
Alr. Mckinley was elected President
and while he did all i'm his power "a
secure harmony on some reasonable
basis. he never attempted to force a
dishonorable agreement, and to the
time of his death had never recognized
Addicksism. When Mr.. Roosevelt be-
came President the Regular Republi-
cans of Delaware felt secure. but II
was not long before they We're surpris-
ed to learn that he had come TO regard
the factional differences as mere an-
noying sQuabble. and he determined tC
end it in short order. 1t became knoyyf