The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-21
MR.. QUAY CONFERS
WITH SENATORS
Eatertains Thirty.Four Members Of
State Upper House 10 Washington.
cAMERONs SUCCESSOR DISCUSSED
Mr.. Quay Said TO Have Announced
Caucus Vote of $50 for PenrOse.
Secrecy Observed in Atair..The
Invitations to the Junior Senator's
Dinner Marked "COntidential."

Washington, Dec. 20.--There was q
lining up of the Quay forces in the
Pennsylvania senate Saturday after
noon and evening, at the Washington
residence of their leader. Thirty-foui
of the Republican members of the SEN
ate sat down to dinner this evening
with Senator Quay, and a general dis
cussion of the organization of the next
legislature took place
First and foremost in the discussion
was the contest for election for the
United States senate, and those present
seemed firm in the belief that state
Senator Penrose. of Philadelphia, would
receive the Republican caucus nomina-
tion by n very large majority.
For a leader who is absolutely con-
fident of success Senator Quay was very
reticent tonight about the gathering
of his senatorial strength. He did not
desire the news of the meeting ana
dinner to be made public, although the
counting of noses about his table to-
night would seem to indicate that ne
has on his list within ten of the full
Republican strength in the state sem
ate.
There was great secrecy observed
about the whole affair, and the invita-
tionS We're sent out few days ago
marked Confidential" The following
is the form of the invitations:
"lf your engagements will permit. ]
shall be pleased If you will he present
at a dinner at my residence lel2 Is
street, n. w., on Saturday evening,
December 10. 1885,
The invitations bear the we'll known
signature of M. S. Quay
In addition to the state senator's, there
We're present one or two representa-
tives I. +. Mansfield of Beaver; MEM
Der from that county being a guest;
Congressman w. A. Stone and ID. Il.
Heiner We're guests at the house a1ter
the dinner, and joined in the general
conference.
A comparison of notes and reports
from the counties represented by the
senators was a feature of the evening.
Senator Quay Is understood to have an
nounced that pledges of 133 Republican
members of the next Legislature haCi
been secured. and he predicted that
Senator PenrOse would have $50 votes
in the caucus, which would nominate
q successor to Senator Cameron.
SENATORS KNOWN TO BE PRES
ENT.
There was an effort to prevent the
publication of the list of the guests
who surrounded Mr.. Quay's table, but
the following senators are known to
have been there:
Senators Penrose, Brown. Ware,
Thomas, Becker and Osbourn, of Phil
adelphia: Senator w. II. Andrews. OF
Crawford; Vaughan, OF Scranton;
Mitchell. of jefferson; Street, of War
ren; Meredith, of Armstrong; White. Of
Beaver; Kennedy. OF Allegheny; Mil
leisen, of Cumberland; Mitchell, OF
Bradford: Merrick, Of Tio.ga: Critch-
field, of Somerset; Meyer. of Bucks;
Coyle. of Schuylkill Saylor, of Mont
gomery; Snyder of Chester: McCar-
rell. of Dauphin: Hertzler of Juniata;
Brown, of Lawrence: Hardenberg. of
Wayne: McQuOwn. of Charfield. :.
Chisholm, of Huntingdon; Brown. of
Westmoreland: HutZeler. of Muffin:
Stineman. of Cambria; Heller, of
Northampton: Ripple, of Lehigh. and
Walton. of Greene.
Senator Quay presided at the dinner,
but there We're no formal tosts. Speech
es We're made bv various State Ssna-
tors, but the main business was that
of political conference.
State Chairman Elkin spent the day
with Senator Quay, but did not stay for
the conference. 1t is understood that
he had reports to make of several mem
bers of the house, and expressed him
self this evening as certain that the
Quay forces would dominate in the
legislature.