Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-01-20
Harrisburg.


certified BY the secretary of the the Com
monweath as the legally elected represent
ative from Crawford county. There was a
long wrangle without Republican leader
TO pull Andrews through, and the motion
to correct the journal by inserting the
election returns from Crawford county
showing Mr. Highly to have been elected
was passed by decisive vote and by ae-
| clamatiOn.
| motion to lay on the table was made
the test and this was defeated by vote OF
| 60 to log on yea and nay vote, 46 Repub-
licans voting with the Democrats against
the motion to table The motion to cor
rect the record was then passed and the
record as corrected was approved. Should
the same Republican vote the same way
when the contest comes up Mr.. Andrews
will be under the necessity of packing his
| grin and hieing himself back to bis friends
in Titusville on the shores of Oil creek.
The matter came up when motion was
made to dispense with the reading of the
journal Elk Speaker Benjamin L. Hewitt
of II lntingdon objected, and when the
Crawford county election returns were
reached Mr.. Hewitt rose with resolution
to correct the journal. The resolution
reads as follows:
| Whereas, Hon. ". P. Highly received a
| certificate of election to this house, certltl-
ed BIZ the returning board, and the same
| was certified by the parliamentary OF Craw-
ford county To the secretary of the com
monwealth, which was duly certified by
the secretary of the commonwealth TO the
clerk of this house; and,
Whereas 1t is the duty of the clerk to
| enter the names of the members whose
election is so certified upon the rolls OF the
| house; and,
Whereas The certificate from the court
of Craw ford county certified By the secre-
| tarv of the commonwealth setting forth
| the election of Mr. W. Ii. Andrews was
delivered To this house after its organlza-
tion and is now upon the speakers desk
and,
Whereas, The election of ". P. Highly
as certified by the secretary of the Com
monweaith has not been journalized; and
Whereas. The clerk of the house, Mr..
Charles L. Voorhees,, made wrongful and
unlawful entry upon the journal of this
|
Resolved, That a correction be made il
the journal of this house by inserting the
election return of W P. Highly AMI put
ting his name upon the roll according t.
the mandate of the commonwealth.
Mr.. Keyser objected to action upon thu
resolution as nothing was in order but th'
reading of the journal. The further reading
of the journal was dispensed with. Mr.
Keyser still objected. Mr.. Hewitt said it
was not resolution, but correction
the journal. A grievous wrong had beef
dure and it should be corrected. Mr.. Key
ser continued to object, and Mr.. Hewitt
preSisted in arguing the question. He SAT-
it was a great constitutional right be wa
supporting. After considerable trouble
and wrangling the speaker decided the
resolution out of order.
Mr. Hewitt still held the floor and moved
to correct the journal by inserting the return
from Crawford county as certified by tn
secretary of the commonwealth. The speak
er asked him to reduce the motion to writ
ing, and NJ. Hewitt got at it again in th'
form of a resolution, which was again rul
ell out of order Mr. Hewitt retained the foo
aud insisted upon discussing the question
until called to order by Speaker Thomas
WHO said he could take an appeal if he
wanted to- Mr.. Hewitt declined to this
At this juncture Mr.. Cessna moved tC
amend the journal by inserting the returns
from Crawford county SO far as they relat
cd tn the election of Mr.. Bigby. This mo-
tion was seconded by Mr.. Stewart of Phil
adslphia. Mr. Hewitt quoted the lawi
pvcrning elections, and said that unles
this tardy justice was done Mr.. High!
could not even make contest for his seat
So far as any record of the house was con
cerned Mr. Highly was q stranger to it. Mr.
Hewitt said he only wanted to do wha
was right, he had no prejudice in the case
bat too many indignities had been com
mitted agains Mr.. Highly and the people u
Crawford county in this matter. He diC
know why the Lord put it into the head
of the people of Crawford county to vot,
for Democrat. That was something b.
could only explain on the statement tina
His ways were mysterious; but he wanted
fair play.
Mr. Bliss asked why, if Mr.. Higby's elec
tioa were net jnurnalized, be could not still
make a contest, and Mr.. Hewitt replied
the action of the house had left him Meth
er the position of contestant nor contestee
Mr. Keyser then moved to lay the mo
ton on the table and this motion was los
by a vote of 60 ayes To LOG noes.
Mr.. Cassna's motion to correct the jourE
al passed by aecIamation, and the jourua
was approved as corrected in the Same
manner. Mr.. Wherry asked to have that
part of the journal immediately preceding
the correction read and 1t was read as fol
lows:
The secretary Of the commonwealth ap
pea-ed and presented the election return,
as certified 10 him by the clerks OF the va
rious counties, etc.
After the struggle in the house opinion.
were freely expressed that vi ben the con
test came before the house the vote wuulC
he decidedly against Andrews. Mr. Hew-
lit, discussing the matter after the session,
said the action OF the house in giving Nj
Andrews the seat As it had was an outrage,
and the clerk could be prosecuted by Mr.
| Highly, unless he was mistaken.
The debate ON the Highly Andrews mat
ter completely overtopped, in point of in
terest the nominations for United States
Senator, which Immediately followed
This matter was speedily disposed Of FIX
speaker Boyer being absent, Mr Lyle, ot
Huntington, nominated Senator Quay and
Mr. Bliss, OF Delaware, Congressman John
q Robinson. Ii was expected that Mr.
Dalzeli would be named by John Cessna,
but it was considered more appropriate
that this should come from the candidate 5
own county, so Mr.. Lafferty placed him in
nomination. ". f. Stewart, OF Philadel-
phis, nominated George W Cbilds. There
were no nominating speeches. In the Sen
ate the nominating proceedings were al
most equally tame.
On Tuesday. the Republican caucus
nominated NJ. ). Quay for U. S. Senator,
the vote standing Quay lag. Dalzell IS; and
| the Democratic caucus nominated George
Ross of Bucks Co. In the session of the
House that followed Quay received I52
votes and Ross SO; ana indhe Senate Quay
had SO votes and Ross Ii The Joint vote
i Quay l65. Ross 80 This was verified
and ratified AT toe joint session of Wednes.
day, and II. 5. Quay will represent the
STATE of Pennsy lvania Ia the T. 9. Senate
| for the next six years.
AT Chestertown, Md, four of the negroes
who killed DR.. Hill were hanged The
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