The evening times., 1899-04-22
GENERAL -WA.SfLN07ON
NEWS AND GOSSIP

Af. onay's ApDeistment.-Even Mat
thew Stanley Quay's wirmest friends are
not sanguine Of his being permitted to take
his seat In the Senate. when that body con-
venes. on Governor Stones appointment
They admit privately that his appointment
was largely = grandstand play for political
effect. Mr.. Quay will no doubt. however
make an effort to persuade the Senate to
| reverse Its recent precedents and admit
him on gubernatorial appointment Mr..
Quay will md himself somewhat embar-
rassed and handicapped by the fact that in
the last case Of a similar kind, that OF
| Henry W. Corbett, of Oregon. he voted in
| the negative.
In the meantime movement has already
been started, to force Governor Stone to
obey the plain mandate Of the constitution
| OF Pennsylvania and convene an extra ses-
| sion OF the legislature to fill the Senatorial
| vacancy. The constitution Of the Common
| wealth says on this point: ''In case Of a
| vacancy in the ONCE Of United States Sen
ator from the Commonwealth, in a recess
| between sessions, the governor shall con-
vene the houses by proclamation or notice
not exceeding sixty days to fill the same. :.
In the event of Governor Stones refus-
ing to call an extra session OF the legisla-
ture within the time prescribed, an at
tempt will be made to impeach him, but
| OF course this can hardly come to anything
SO long as Quay and his friends remain in
the saddle. a
II do not believe that Mr.. Quay will OBJ
tais his seat on Governor Stones appoint
ment alone" said Senator Heitfe.d Of
Idaho today. 'In view OF the emphatic
manner in which the Senate rejected Mr..
Corbett's claim for seat under similar
circumstances q couple of years ago
cannot see how Mr.. Quay can hope to be
seated. COrbett was rejected by two
thirds vote. He had been a former Sena-
tor and was personally popular. and be-
sides the Republicans needed his vote to
give them a clear majority in the Senate.
In the new Senate the Republicans will
have a large majority without counting
the Senatorial vacancies. so there Will be
no special inducement Of a partisan char
acter to make an exception in favor Of
Mr.. Quay. Personally. however l am in
clined to think that every State Is entitled
to its full representation in the Senate
and ought not to be deprived Of it on tech
nicalities."
Il the 4. r. A. In the POstOmce De-
partments-Judge W. X. Vaughan, for
mer mayor Of Council Bluffs, and at pres
ent the editor and proprietor of several
weekly publications one Of them being
THE American Eagle" believes that he
has been made the victim Of A. p. A. per-
secution. His American Eagle" has been
refused permission to 90 through the mails
as second-class matter The contention is
made" said Judge Vaughan today. that
the circulation OF my paper is no: bona fide.
but that is not the real reason why ! have
been turned down. am not a Catholic.
but l am opposed TO bigotry in any form.
and for that reason l have been attacking
the organization known as the A. p. A
as vigorously in my paper as 1 knew how.
and have naturally incurred the enmity
OF the A. p. A. fanatics. 1t will be inter-
esting to know. however, whether the A.
p. A. has got control OF the Postoffice De-
partment. / claim that the circulation of
my paper is genuine and is entitled TO
newspaper rates Just as much as any other
publication. shall take the matter to
the Attorney General. l am something OF
a fighter myself when | get started. as
some people may discover before long. l
shall continue my publications. even il
have TO pay letter postage on them"
Mr. Hobart's Retirement.-It has
been known in the inner Administration
circle for some time that Vice President
Hobart had definitely decided on account
OF his health not to be candidate for an
other term as Vice President. This de-
cison is understood to be final or as near
ly so as anything can be in politics, and
Mr.. Hanna and certain other managers for
MIR. Mckinley are conducting a still hunt
TO find suitable man to succeed Mr.. Ho-
bart as Mr.. McKinley's running mate He
must hail from the East be sound of limb
and have larPa friends n
will put up literally. Mr.. Hanna. it is
said. would prefer a New York man. and
he would probably be tickied to death il
Theodore Roosevelt would agree to climb
on to the tail of the Mckinley kite.
Friends OF Mr.. Roosevelt. however. say
that he has positively made up his mind
TO take nothing less than a Presidential
but they may be mistaken.
BY next year Mckinley and Roosevelt
may have. very agreeable sound to the |
gentleman who occupies the executive |