The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-20
QUAY men ARE CONFIDENT
They Firmly Believe the Penn
sylvanian Will Be Seated.
CLARK FAVORS THE BOSS
He Is Counted Among Those Who Hope
for Qusy's Success = That Other
Senatorial Bribery Case-Csn-
sus Supervisors.
Washington Bureau of the Standard,
No. 1145 G.. Street N. w. I

Washington, Sept. 19.-The three con-
tested election cases which will prob
ably come before the senate this winter
all present unique problems for solu-
ton. The most interesting of the three
is Senator Quay's attempt to secure a
seat by reason of his appointment by
the governor Of Pennsylvania. This
is important for several reasons not
the least of which is the great Key
stone boss desire for vindication and
rehabilitation in his party. The Penn
sylvania contest, however, involves
three other states, Utah, California
and Delaware. The governor of Cali
fornia has already nominated a pro-
visional senator, who will be sworn in
Immediately If the senate acts favor
ably upon the Quay case. The COVER
nors of Utah and Delaware have thus
far made no selections, but 1t is an
open secret that Governor Wells of
Utah will name ex-Delegate George
q. Cannon. This selection would prob
ably invite another Roberts contest in
the senate but there is no doubt that
he would be seated. The senate IL
much more conservative than the
house, and is not at all likely to be in
fuenced by petitions or resolutions or
other clamor. 1t is therefore safe to
say that if Quay is seated George Q.
Cannon will be a senator, succeeding to
the seat occupied by his own son in the
higher branch of the national legis-
lative body, from the popular branch
of which he was himself once elected
by almost unanimous vote.
| Will Quay be seated? Probably 1t
is certain that the republican leaders
| In the senate are all very anxious to
men are all serenely confident that he
| Will be successful. Senator Boes Pen
| rose and Congressman James Rankin
Young of Pennsylvania, both ardent
! Quay men. are in the city. and they
| look upon his victory as certain. SEN
| ator Penrose says he Is confident of the
result. from his knowledge of the prece-
| dents, which are against gubernatorial
| appointees.
In fact, Quay's case is likely to be
| made a partisan one. and If that is so
his success is assured by reason of the
| great preponderance of republicans in
| the new senate. There has recently
| been republican state convention in
Pennsylvania, which Endorsed the sem
| ator In unmistakable terms and urged
| his seating by the senate. This con-
| vention demonstrated that Senator
| Quay has still the complete mastery of
| the republican organization in Penn
|
| vention were elected by his supporters.
| The slate which he selected was con-
| firmed by the convention. He was him
| self a delegate, elected from his own
| county This fact will be cited to the
senate to prove that Senator Quay is
the choice of the republicans of his
| state and that they they demand that
he shall be seated upon the appoint
ment of the governor. Another point
| favoring his being seated Is his recent
| alliance with the administration. Sem
| ators friendly to the administration
will be needed in the senate at the out
set. Senator Quay's Pennsylvania con-
vention unqualifiedly Endorsed both
| himezlf and the administration, thus
identifying him for the first time with
| the strong supporters of the president.
| This will, of course, have an import
| ant bearing upon the result in his case,
as the new senate is certain to be par
| ticularly subservient to the admins
| tration.
! 1t Is interesting to note that among
the votes counted in the Quay column
| by his best figurers is that of William
| A. Clark of Montana. The latters own
seat is in dispute, and as the Montana
case Is not likely to be considered until
| after the question of seating the "guber-
be clearly seen that Mr.. Clark knows on
which side his political bread is but
| tered. 1t Is a curious fact, however,
that at the time of the Mantle contest,
which established the present prece-
dent. Mr.. Clark was here and was
| among those who felt that gubernator-
ial appointees should not be seated in
cases where legislatures had oppor-
tunity to elect. The Clark contest will
be the first one in many years in which
charges of bribery will be considered.
1t was just 20 years ago this winter
that the last bribery case was investi-
| gated by the senate. 1t was the case of
John ]. ingalls, Of Kansas, afterward
| celebrated for the vitriolic vindictive of
| his speech. A memorial signed by some
| 30 odd members of the Kansas legisla-
ture charging Mr.. ingalls, and his
agents with acts of bribery and cor
ruption were presented to the United
| States senate. 1t set forth that the in
| vestigation before the Kansas commit
tee was partial and incomplete, among
other things, because Of repeated and
| corrupt efforts on the part Of the agents
of Mr.. ingalls, to intimidate and sub
born important Witnesses" One Of the
members of that legislature signed a
| written confession that Mr. ingalls, had
agreed to pay him money for his vote,
and that the said ingalls, referred him
to a friend who was assisting in the
| conduct of his canvass, who paid him
part of the money. This witness after
| wards swore to a different story, deny
ing the interview, but admitting that
he got the money, and averring that he
was drunk when he signed the state
ment.
The finding of the United States SEN
ate committee was yet more conclusive.
| 1t was as follows:
Resolved, That the testimony taken
by the committee proves that bribery
and other corrupt means were employed
| by the persons favoring the election of
Hon. John ]. Ingalls, to the senate to
| obtain for him the votes of members of
the legislature of Kansas in the sena-
torial election in that state. But it is
not proved by the testimony that
| enough votes were secured by such
means to determine the result of the
election in his favor. Nor is it shown
! that Senator ingalls, authorized the acts
| of bribery to secure his election"
The third contest to come before the
senate is that of McGraw against Scott
| from West Virginia. This case has
been heretofore discussed in this cor
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