Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-02

doubt IN view of recent political happen
inrs in Delaware. that what Is now SO
uatent to everyone rs 10 the present condi-
fion Of the Republican party in that
state Is known TO the President of the
United States He now knows that Fed
eral patronage. instead Of being used as
means of bringing about pacihcation and
good feeling, has been used To strengthen
the faction represented by AddicSs and
Alice lie has seen Alice throw of the
mask and boldly stir the cmhers OF discord
into fame instead of cndeavoring 20
stamp them ont. dc has seen him reject
overturcs of compromise from the kegu-
lar Republican faction instead of rccciN-
ing them In q spirit OF harmony. lie has
seen Alleo's close personal and political
friend upon whom at Ailees instance
he bestowed an important office M
this city, aiding IN the work Of party dis
Indignation. And he sees. after al what
he has done 20 bring about exactly the
reverse. the Republican party in Dela-
ware divided more bitterly than ever,
with every prospect that the state VIII go
Democratic next fail and the Legsla-
turc then 10 be chosen will send two
Democrats 70 the United States Senate.
No politician likes to see his plans so
awfully upset. and no President ot the
United States likes TO feel that ne had
been deceived and made a fool of. And
yet there is reason to believe that IN re-
spect of the Republican conditions in
Delaware President Roosevelt feels that
way. Certainly, he set out TO better
those conditions and restore harmony
10 the faotion-ridden party. Certainly
he made Alice his confident and active
agent in this work. Certainly Alice has
not come up to his expectations And 20
his discontinue Is now added the sus-
picion that Alice did not deal fairly with
him
And so IL is that reports from the White
| House are to the effect that the relations
between the President and Senator Alice
are not SO cordial as they were a few
months ago This. however. is only what
might have been expected Alice has
got from the President all that the Presl-
dent promised him, but certainly the
/ President has not got what he expected
OF Alice And on top of this disappoint-
ment come rumors to the effect that when
/ the decisive test comes in the Senate
| Senator Alice will not be found standing
with the President on the Railroad Rate
| bill. Careful polls of the Senate made
by more than one Republican Senator
it is said, agree in placing Allees nam,
among those who are styled RAILROAD
Senators" Should this come to pass
well may the President feel that he hal
been stung by a political migrate of whom
he expected better things and to whom
he had extended confidence and favor
that bigger and better Senators, men Will
large political following and strong poll
\ tical influence might plead and beg lO
in vain
In plain words, it looks very much a
though President Roosevelt had beer
politically buncoed by the lone Republi
can Senator from Delaware. That h
has been deceived in him is not TO b
doubted His scheme Of bringing th
Republican factions together by maxim
his soothing influence felt through tn
Senator has proved a humiliating failure
No President can relish such a situatio
and il will be no occasion for surpris
should he sternly set his face agains
Senator Alice, hencelorth and forever.