Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-26
nIecnI1ANrona REcoRn
NJ PrIoa III Iarmonv.

The Price Of Harmony.
Mr.. Addicks, in his Wilmington news
paper, the Sun. curtly resents the assump-
tion Of the Morning News that "with the
one objectionable man out Of the way
and the real cause Of the Republican
division disposed of is now TO get
together with the distinct understanding
that the old issue is TO be closed and that
the Republicans are to work together for
q common purpose" The Zone objec- !
tionablc man. of course, is Mr. AddiclSs,
and the Morning News ainly assumes
that he is "out Of the way" thus leaving
clear and unobstructed pathway 20
Republican harmony.
But Boss Addicks in his newspaper,
dissents from this cheerful assumption
on the part Of our morning contemporary
He insists that he Is not "out Of the way"
On the contrary, according 20 his con-
tentions he -iEAery much in evidence and
proposes to continue so. Hear him:
"With at least half the Republican vote
of this county as loyal 20 Mr.. Addicks
as are the voters of Kent and Sussex
counties, can the News figure out pos
siblo elimination Of that gentleman from
the politics Of the State, or from, as il
would deceive itself into believing, the
Senatorial campaign Or. on the other
hand, can it figure IL out, under the CON
diiions now universally admitted, how a
Republican convention representing all
parts Of the State could be convened
and not be controlled by Mr. Addicks'
friends ?" Therefore Boss Addcks AFRO
rantiy suggests that "it is entirely too
carly in the game to strut about and
crow over the elimination Of Addicks;
Il hasn't occurred yotn
True enough For even If Addiclxs
were completely in the background
there arc Alice, layton and Marshall
to be considered. They stand for Ad-
dicks as completely as does the boss
himself True it is that Alice and Ad-
dicks apparently are "out," and fight
ing each other vciously, but there few
in Delaware who arc deceived by this
prodigious bluff. Their quarrel is only
a ridiculous mako-bolovc, conceived for
the purpose Of throwing dust in the eyes
of President Roosevelt The latter had
kicked AddiclSs out of his presence, and
there was danger that he would repudiate
Addioks "man Friday" the little sena-
tor, IN a like emphatic manner This
would have crippled Addicks seriously
by depriving his faction Of the Federal
patronage in this State and so the pre-
tended fight was gotten mp, in order to
make 10 appear TO the President that
Alice was clear Of the contamination Of
Addicks. Tho russo succeeded admirably,
20 that the President not only places the
Federal patronage unrescrvodly in Sena-
Tor Allee's hands, thus strengthening the
Addicks organization, but "depends upon
him for political information about Della
ware" One may imagine the kind Of
information the President is being stuffed
with.
So an this harks back to the "elimina-
tion Of Addicks' leaving the way clear
TO Republican harmony. But Addicl.
says he is not eliminated and does NOT
propose to be. Layton, in his Sussex
county newspaper, the Union Republican
insists that the Union Republican party
is the only lawful Republican organizat or
in the Siato-it was recognized hy IN,
Republican National Conventions Of 1906
and 1901, one Of which nominated Roose
welt for Nice-pesident and the other fol
President-and that the Regular Repub
licans are boilers He also insists that
the Union Republican party comprise
q majority Of the Republican voters O.
the State, "and by this fact It has th,
plain right to demand that those VIII,
have been adiudgod 'boltors' shall return
TO tho lawful organization and submit
to its rules and authority" BY thl
''bolters," of course, he means the Regu
lars. But il the latter refuse to sur
render, the Addicks edict, as voiced il
Layton's newspaper is this; "lf yol
are going to boldly announce the declare
ton that there will be no harmony Il
this State except upon the terms of un
conditional and base surrender Of th
maiouty's rights, the Union Republican
calmly coutemplates coming defeat a
much TO be preferred to lack OF manhoo,
and love Of liberty. The Union Repub
lican party has gone the limit
So here is the situation: On one side
the demand for the elimination Of Ad
dicks; on the other an insisfent domanI
FOR the unconditional surrender of Oh
Regular Republicans Where docs har
mony como in