Evening journal., 1900-09-13
EIS-HANDY AT
SWORDS POINT.
is Charges Former Con-
'eSSman With DupliCity
DY RESENTS ACCUSATION
ned Relations Of Politicians Due
to Mr.. Davis Candidacy for
AttOrney-Ceneral
DY RESENTS ACCUSATION

a lere is bitterness among the friends
81 homas Davis and L. Irving Handy,
outcome Of the Democratic fight for
attorney -genralship Of the state.
Davls,i will be remembered, was a
q didate for the Office. and when he
At down to Dover on Tuesday he
rished the hope of securing the
q NninatiOn. But he was defeated, and
Ni he attributes to Mr.. Handy, he
+ ing gotten into caucus on a proxy
Mordecai Lurty, of Blackbird hun
4 d, Davis man, then used his inhu-
e against Mr.. Davis.
a lr. Davis made the following state |
4 Mt concerning the matter this morn |
! Previous to the convention Mr.. |
4 ndy approached me and asked If |
4 d any objection to his accepting the |
E Jxy of Mr.. Lurty, of Blackbird hun
3D. who was a Ford-Davis man. Mr.. !
INDY admitted being a Cooper man,
I gave me his word as a man that
! would vote for me first, last and all
e time, as Mr.. Lurty would. / con-
Inted under that promise Handy
mt into caucus and seconded the
|1mination of Mr.. Cooper, making the
|rOngest speech made in his behalf,
Iaiming that he believed Mr.. Cooper
1 be the strongest man and should be
Ilminated When the roll was called,
|andy announced to the caucus that he
lad come with the proxy of Mr.. Burty
D vote for Mr.. Davis. who was not his
PERSONAL choice. That while he repre-
|snted Mr.. Lurty, who was a Davis
han. be used his every influence for
9 nomination Of Mr.. Cooper"
MR.. HANDY TALKS.
Mr.. Handy made the following
ltement to a reporter for the Even
g Journal concerning the proxy un-
Her which he acted at the Democratic
in Dover:
When the Democrats of Blackbird
hundred first reached Dover saw John
a. Seemans and George ROthwen and
stated that it was Peter j FOrd's de-
sire for me to go into the New Castle
caucus and the state convention in his
interest, and asked whether one OF
'crds friends in the Blackbird dele
cation would give me his proxy for
that purpose. In a minute or two Mr.
SCemans returned with Mr. Lurty, q
delegate, who expressed himself as
willing to give me the desired proxy If
] intended to support Mr.. Ford. Mr.
Lurty, Mr.. Seemons and myself then
saw Mr.. Ford, and Mr.. Ford assured
Mr.. Lurty that he would appreciate the
favor If Mr.. Lurty would give me his
proxy We then entered the Capitol
Hotel and the proxy was prepared In
the presence of Peter Horty and John
J.. Seemans, and duly signed by Mr.
Lurty and witnessed by Mr.. Seemans
and delivered to ma
Thomas Davis had nothing, what.
ever, to do with the giving of the
proxy, nor was his name mentioned
nor anything said about the attorney
generalship. Some time afterwards
perhaps half an hour, Mr.. Lurty cam,
TO me on the street and told me tha
there was one man he would like me t
vote for in caucus. That man wa.
Thomas Davis for general.
told him that my preference was Mr.
Cooper. but that | would vote for Da
Wis at his request, and in his stead.
then suggested as q matter of full un
derstanding that he and / go to Mr.
Davis together After some searching
we found Davis on the green. | toll
him 1 held Mr.. Lurty's proxy, that Mr.
Lurty had asked me TO vote for hin
Davis in caucus, that / favored MI
Cooper, as Davis already knew, bu
that l had promised Mr.. Lurty to vot
In his stead for Davis In the caucus
and desired to say so in Mr.. Lurty'
presence. l then sought Mr. Coope
and explained to him that. although ia
vOring his nomination. / should, on Mr.
Lurtys proxy, vote in the caucus 70
Mr. Davis for attorneys general. Boil
Mr. Davis and Mr.. Cooper said the.
were satisfied with that assurance. NJ.
action in the caucus was fully and eX
plicitly in accordance with this under
standing. [ voted on both rOll-call
for Mr. Davis. explaining both time
that ! did SO az Mr.. Jurty's REQUEST
ipOke to the caucus In favor Of MI
Cooper, giving my opinion that h.
would provo the strongest candidate.
desire to repeat that Davis had nj
hand or influence in any way with MI
Lurty's action i'm giving me tho proxy
All Of the gentlemen whose names
have used in this statement. as we'll q
others who were standing around 10
there was no whispering. and the con
versations were all carried on In
crOwd), can testify to the truth of thl
matter | desire In addition. to max
this comment that Mr. Davis coult
with profit, 60 to school 10 Mr. Har
man and learn how TO behave when h
fails to get what he wants in poll
tics. Harmans manly conduct at Do
ver excitcd general comment and ad
miration"