Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-26
THE COMMENTATOR.

G.. R. Layton connot convince anybody
that there is any use IN iamming the fac
tIOns together to elect "a Republican
Legislature IN order TO ill the Senatorial /
vacancy when there Is at present q Legis- |
lature competent TO DO it.
But Senator Alice Layton and Mar |
shall In their confidential moments de |
clare with tears In their eyes that they |
cannot control the present Union RepUb- !
lican members OF the Legislature. Then |
they are a beautiful crowd TO promise in |
another Legislature, largely OF their selec- /
ton, to do what they cannot now do !
with men OF their own choice With a sigh |
of resignation they say that their creatures !
are stubborn and win not leave AddicSs
And yet they have meekly obeyed this
triumVrate on every other measure.
Why will they not obey ia this Be
cause last winter these leaders were busy
pleading day and night for their men TO
remain true to Addicks
But we are told that Alice hates Ad-
dicks II this were true, still the Sena-
tors motive would be apparent; he wants
that vacancy TO remain until he comes de-
manding reelection, so that he may have
something to trade with. Had Alice,
Layton and Marshall regarded their
solemn ante-election promises as binding
they could have elected a Senator from
New Castle county on first ballot last
winter, and yet with that vacancy still
open, these men come whining about har-
mony and the factions Glowing each other" "
In button-hole conversations these
leaders say that "Addicks is entirely out
of it, They each have said it positively
and repeatedly and yet they haven't
the nerve TO say it openly They are
| trying 20 deceive either the Regulars or
their own people. Which isit
II is beginning to dawn upon the minds
of those who have made it a business to
follow the trail Of these gentlemen of
/ fortune, that there is something rotten in
Denmark, and the scheme they have in
mind is coming to the light. The break
| between Addicks and Alice was genuine,
but is il genuine at present or is it, CON
| tinued 90 present for the sake of appear
nnces and in fitthcrancc of a general plan
TO capture the next Legislature for the
two
There is evidence that they hold com
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in their case personal hatreds give way
before the main chance Alice has failed
to make am alliance with the du Points.
An alliance with Higgins would not give
him what nc is after 10 is impossible for
him to succeed while In antagonsm to
Addicks. Higgins and the du Points. So
he has been compclled,to listen TO over
| lures, no matter from which of these
sources Therefore, the combination at
present is Alice TO succeed himself and
Addicks for the four years uneXpired
term They hope to carry Kent and
Sussex almost solidly and anticipate the
election Of a few Weakened men from
New Castle to help them in a pinch. And
New Castle always takes pains to send a
few of that kind.
OF course one would sell out the other
without q qualm should the inducement
offer, but as an alliance between them is
their only hope they will doubtless be bed
fellows during The next campaign. Mean
while whisperings from Union leaders TO
the effect that Addioks is eliminated
should be answered bya request that these
whisperings be vocalized, that genuine
Addicks Republicans may hear.
Suppose the Regulars had accepted
the Union offer and had arranged har-
mony programme. what would have been
the effect That vacant seat would stand
up and shout "he' to the whole proceed
ing. What. political brothers. loving each
other and vet unable 60 discharge the
greatest duty and to take advantage OF
the greatest privilege the party possesses
WHY, over such a situation, Layton would
indulge in boisterOus merriment.
The strange thing about the situation
is that while the President prizes tho one
Senator from Delaware so highly, he
doesn't desire two He loads with pat
ronage Alice and his friends, and vet
these arc the gentlemen responsible toI
our present minute representation. The
answer of the Regulars is more than 2
reply 90 the Unions; Il says TO the fresi-
don't "Dtlaware would have another
senator were it not for the work OF her
one Senator who has been so favored by
YOU. n the President needs Senators
so badly TO back his policies, why doesn
he inquire into the reason for lack oil a
full representation from Delaware
The situation must strike an impartial
observer this way: The Democrats dc
not deserve TO win in Delaware, but the
Republicans deserve to lose. And thi.
reason alone is sufficient; as a party. nc
matter which faction is responsible, they
were entrusted with power and given con-
troll of a legislature One of their CHIEF
duties was To elect a Senator. They
haven't done it and not only is the Repub-
lican party denied what belongs TO it, but
the State of Delaware is cheated out ol
her constitutional representation. This
is the strongest campaign material the
Democrats have and as far as kepubli.
/ can incCmpetency is concerned, It Is
conclusive Democratic competency j.
. another matter.
The Prosbyterians have joined the
, Methodists i'm denouncing bribery at
] elections II is time Men with finger,
2 soiled with brihe money pass collection
plates. and even lead Ia prayer The
, policy of "we have shut our eyes and
4 therefore, we cannot see, has beer
abandoned by the church Now LET
us have some plain honest talk, without
2 evasion or palliative phrases. Either
to give or TO take a brhe or 10 be an ac'
complice is a crime under our laws. Let
the clergy say so, for il viii be merely the
s statement of fact Let It be said that
= the man who tampers with the verdict
S of the people Is worse than one who tam
n pers with pocketbook, for in one in
stance he strikes at government. while
in the other he injuries an individua
e merely Oh, what sermons could b,
y preached on this theme without going
n far for the iactsl
The people of Delaware are a pretty