Evening journal., 1899-02-21

DAY, BUT NCT IIf0EIllY TO BH
DuaFosED CT UNTIL To-NToR
ROW w-LEGasIATTvE WORK on
NEaTERDAY.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal
; Dover, Feb. 2l-Tihe detection cl
Senator B.ake.y and Representative
Ewing ana Fr,zzol did not come in the
nature Of a surprise to THE Regular Re
pubDNans, for they have been expect
ing 1t for several days In fact, more
than week ago one ~ the Regular
: republican membars told your CORE
Ispondont tina, he wished they would
get one pace or the other In the
loquiVocal position which they occupied
the Regulars could not take lhom into
their confidence, and yet they dislilucd
TO withhold their confidence from
them as long as they were apparently
against Addi1ks. This statement coin
cides with luhe expression cf opinion
made by Representative Burns yeeter-
day afternoon, that he was CAD they
had gone whore they te.omged. Cou-
pyed with that statement was The dec
laation chat There were eleven Req
l,ar Republicans whom iAddicl,s could
newer get One Of the 'Addicks men
derided ,h's, and declared that at least
Three more Regulars would come Ia
them, and one Of them even went so
far as TO declare that Representative
Burns would be one Of the three. when
this wac called to his attention he
merely laughed.
There were two stories anoat yester.
b day which cccasioned more or less
comment One was that Representativ,
Burns stated that he had been offered
$1,000 for his vote, and another than
B he said that that $1,000 was part O.
SzSOC0 w'iich had been set apart to Sc
cure fur votee. The other was tina.
three Demosratac votes would lgo Z,
D Addicks within "A few days. Thh
story dmanated from THE Rapub,bca,
5 camp, and even went so far as d,
: name Tho Democrats. Your c5rre
e. 9pondent Interviewed all three cf then
y I'M general way, and there was moth
{. ing In their statemants to bear out IN
t iumor In fact, the tenor OF their re
pies was just the reverse. for they wen
MT even aware that such a nrmor wa
in circulation.
When Representative Frzzel hear,
+ of The Burns statement that he ha,
been offered $1,000 he characterized 4
as lie and said that Burns had no
r been offered anything. Further thar
It that, he said that he. Frzzel. had no
" received a cent or been offered a cent
J. and that he was sure that Burns ha,
not been approached by anyone In th.
}, Addioks interest He was indlgnan
d that su-A a statement had been made
n because it carried with # certain refec
s tions upon him and Senator Blal1e5
and Representative Ewing which wen
e undeserved.
d LAST evening there was talk OF
Democratic conference, the object o
which was to induce the Gray men &
drop him for awhile. vote for men pro
Il posed by the anti-Gray men, and the'
to all join in for Gray on the wind
3 up. This story emanated from th
- anti-Gray camp, and develpmeut
y proved that no such conference wa
u held, and that the Gray men woui
- not be induced to leave the caucu
nominee.
Yesterday afternoon dhe anti-Gra
?, men decided to vote fer ex-Judge Da
- vdi T. Marvel to-day.
- NTVEY'S FlGlHT ON.
To-day state Detective Bernard
MaVey will faoe his adcusers in th
a prcsenuo Of Jis state senators an
i meet the chargos wh.,h are to q
I. brought against him. There was a dil
"A position en- the part Of those who al
"a opposed to his confirmation to ha'
u the hearing bShind closed doors, bI
Nh McVey insisted that ii he publ
and his opponents conceded the poin
u Peter J. Ford and Thomas n. Sta,
ton were here yesterday in oRposltiC
70 tcnfrmatlon and to arrange for
hearing. Dsputy -Gener
" Peter L. Cooper, Jr., and Chief of P
I, lice Do.an appeared IN behalf Of M
= Vey, although they did not come
Dover for that particular purpose
Before the Senate assembled the
W was a great deal of lobbying and NJ
Vey's friends were anxious TO force d
fight. But the Democratic membe
no ccu.d not afford to ignore the reques
7, for q hearing, and enough Of the
-, voted with the Republicans and Uni
Republicans to carry the matter oy
until to-day
This afternoon Peter ]. Ford will a
a pear before the Senate and make
for charges in the presence Of McVey, a