Evening journal., 1899-01-09
A MAracIoUs MPuTArIoN.

Evening ON Saturday AFTERNOON:
Elsewhere in this issue Of Every
Evening win be found the full teXt of
the message of Governor Ebe w Tun-
nell to the General Assembly Of Deh-
ware, which was read in both houses
at a late hour yesterday afternoon, ar
ter the brealing OF the deadlock and
the full organization OF the House Of
Represenratives, as was fully reported
by special dispatches to THE paper.
We desire to say that an advance
COPY OF the governors message had
been furnished TO Every Evening, and
had been in type In this office since
last Monhay afternoon; but under a
pledge, however. net to print It ursil
after It had been read to the Legls,a-
ture
We have only to add that Every
Evening kept the pledge that il gave,
and that the request for That pledge
was merely a requirement. that repu-
table men would ask. and that repu-
table men would take pleasure in COM
plying with.
We have no objection to the Every
Evening apoIogizing to It's readers 70.
its s.owness in giving TO them for pc
rusal the message OF the governor, but
we have declded objection to that pa
per imputing to our correspondent al
Dover a breach Of confidence either
with the governor or with the secre-
fary Of state.
On Friday. shortly after noon, our
legislative correspondent wired us to
release the governors message with lie
accompanying documents. which were
the biennial report OF the adjuaant-
general and the Inst Of reprieves, par
nons and remLssions FOR the year HE
instructions were obeyed, with the ex.
ception that want Of space necessltated
carrying the adiugant-generavs report
over to the next day. IN consequence
pf this action on THE part Of our Dover
correspondent we printed the message
and pardon list twenty-four hours
ahead OF the Every Evening. and had
1t as an exclusive story. beating the
Ewery Evening by twenty-four hours;
the morning papers by sixteen hours,
and the state week1es and semi-weel,-
Ties by from rour 10 eight days. This
whs due TO circumstances. the pr4inci-
pal one OK which was that the deadlock
in the House ended on Friday morn-
ing and enabled the message TO be
received on Friday afternoon. We HAD
no desire TO make a great-to-do about
scoring the first beat on record OF a
governors message. Our readers cou,d
see for themselves that we had 1t, and
SO courd our contemporaries. So much
for the fact Of printing 1t exclusively
Now to reply to the shameful inn
putation Of the Every Evening. We
wish to say here ana now. that oua
Dover correspondent did not release
the message until he had secured the
free and full consent Of Secretary OF
State James III. Hughes TO do so. III
went to Secretary Of Sthte Hughes lat,
on Friday morning. when it WAS still Z
question whether the houses would bi
in session On Friday afternoon, ans
asked him II he would grant a releas,
OF the message provided thecorrsspond
ent would guarantee that both house,
would be in session in the Afternoon
and THAT the way would be cleared 70
the reception OF the message befor
the evening train, bringing the copie
OF the Evening Journal containing Il
reached Dover. Secretary Hughes wa
disincnneN 10 grant the rs.sase unit
he was positive that both houses woul
be in session in the afternoon. At tha
time the House whs sttll bhlloting f.
officers. He tod our correspondent I
see what he could do and report late
The correspondent went upstairs an
began the work Of preparing for the n
ception Of the message by the Gener
Assembly. First Of all, he saw CleI
Kenney, OF the Senate, and arrange
with him to have called from the tab
and adopted the Seuaee joint resoutic
providing for the appointment Of
joint committee to wait upon the go
ernor and inform him that the tv
houses were organized and ready q
the reception CT the message. and al
to have that resolution conveyed
the House as soon as it Was in cont
don to receive il. Then he went in
the House, saw Representative w
Liam A. FAIRIES. one Of the promlne
Union Republican members. made a
rangements with him to see that I
joint resolution was taken up imme,
atelg AFTER recess. telling him frank
and fairly why he wanted Il done. ]
also obtained from Mr.. Faries a pro.
ise to assist in securing an aterno
session Of the House. From Mr.. Fari
our correspondent went to Represent
taye DCnahoe and arranged with h
TO move for a recess until 2 or
O'Clock. as he might see fit. The 90
offices OF Representative McNulty w,
also invoked, and to beth OF these m