Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-16
ALL THE HONORS OF
PATRONAGE FIGHT
GO TO DU POINT
HOPES TO BE REELECTED
Special Dispatch From Every Evenings
wAnhinKton Correspondent.

Washington, March 16-"I confess
that may he moved by logical argyll
ment. convinced and persuaded by the
facts. But l can not be driven to
change my position" declared Scna-
tor Hall In talk about Delaware af-
fairs. In which he. Senator du Pont
and Representative Layton have
manifested n keen and lasting inter-
est.
Whatever feeling tho Senior Scna-
tor may have regarding tho harmony
arrangement he has entered into with
senator du ront, whether he is en-
'irely satisfied with the situation or
not. he indicates that he is perfectly
contented with all the details OF the
compromise which he and the Junior
Senator have made looking TO the
npportionment OF Federal patronage
between them.
Tho friends Of Senator Ball hold
To the view that II was the part OF
wisdom and discretion for the senior
Senator 90 form an alliance with the
Junior senator. apart from the fact
that his warm personal feeling for
senator du Pont would naturally in
cline him that way. and they contend
tha, the arrangement entered into by
the two Senators is I'm reality Atty
nfty proposition"-all undue advan-
tares having been eliminated. II
logically follows. therefore. II Sena-
tor Rail- and his friends are satisfied.
there Is no room for dissatisfaction,
for Senator du Pont and his friends
I, has been proclaimed from the house
tops. are not only satisfied but are
deeply gratined with the whole mat
ter.
All du Pont Could Ask.
Senator du Points friends claim that
the peace pact and harmony agree
ment entered into by Senator Rail- and
Senator du pont is all the Junior Sena-
tor could have hoped for, and that the
senior Senator TO meet the require
ments was forced 10 yield n grea,
deal II has been stated that Senator
du Points triumph was complete in the
result Of the peace conference" be-
tween himself and Senator Ball, and
that the latter then and there met
HIS waterloo.
IL Is the boast OF the du Pont fol-
lowers that the Junior Senator ha.
won laurels for himself as a politica,
performer in the first real confiicr
that he has engaged In since he be-
came Senator. and that now more
than ever before he is looked upon
as the Republican leader OF Delaware
The fact Is pointed TO that Senator
Ball staked his political future on win
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collector for his secretary. Thomas Z
Peeney, and that he repeatedly de.
clsred no one else should have III.
place. Times without number no de
clared that Peeney would be appoint
ed-but John W. Herring. at the in
stance Of senator du Pont. was at las
given the position. and Peeney wa
given n promise-nothing more.
Herring Looks "a du Pont.
II is understood that Herring re
cards du pont as being responsible
for his appointment. Everybody els
takes this view OF the matter. and II /
assumed Herring looks at II that wa
also. II this be true. the most power
ful political office in Delaware is &C
cupied by man who is conceded I
be the friend and champion OF the jun
Tor senator. This means that in a con
nict that might arise between the tw
senators as 10 party control or any
thing pertaining 70 succession in offic.
Herring would side with du Pont-h
would employ the powerful infiuenc
81 his office % repay the great deb
81 gratitude he owes the junior eena
tor for his failure 10 surrender I
Ball In the collectOrship contest
which. II he had done so. would hav
meant the appointment OF Peeney.
Is plain that Herring will be a du Pom
man from now on. regardless OF VIVA