The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-09
MAY INPEACH FARR.
Movement by Anti-Quayites and
Democrats.
BIG ROW AT HARRISBURG.
Speaker Ruled an Adjournment, Which
Foes OF Quay Thought Aimed mt Bri-
berry Investigation--Organiz Rnmp
House-Quay Lost Three Votes.

HARRISBURG, March A movement
was started by the Democrats and anti.
Quay Republicans to impeach Speaker
Farr of the house for his rulings. A COM
mittee of FIVE, three Republicans and two
Democrats, was appointed to take the
matter into consideration and report ut
a meeting to be held next Tuesday even.
ing. An effort may be made at this
meeting to not only depose the speaker,
but those clerks who refused to serve
and left the hall with the speaker after
he adjourned the house. Nearly all the
Quay Republicans and few Democrats
left the chamber with the speaker and
declined to participate in the meeting at
which Mr.. Bliss presided. General
Kooutz of Somerset will offer q resolu-
ton in the house on Monday evening to
enlarge the bribery investigation COM
mittee by the addition of four members.
He had expected to offer the resolution,
but the speaker adjourned the house
and shut OFT all business, This is what
created all the trouble and the indica.
tions are it will be renewed on Monday
evening, when the house reconvenes.
After wrangle over whether reso-
luton by which IL o'clock has been fixed
AS the hour of adjournment was in force
Mr.. Farr stated that this resolution was
in force and adjourned the house. He
and many members and the clerks then
left amid great confusion and excite
ment. Those remaining elected Mr..
Bliss speaker by viva voce vote and he
called the house to order. Representa-
tive Fow Dem.) Of Philadelphia called
the roll and two other members acted as
clerks. The rollcall showed the presence
of two less than quorum, although
many members sat at their desks and re-
fused to vote.
Mr.. Bliss made statement after the
rollcan that in his Judgment the house
was legally in session, but the speaker
having left the house and taken with
him the officers the house could do no
business.
MIR. Stewart Of Philadelphia, anti.
Quay Republican, said the speaker ad
journed the house because he feared the
house would right wrong it had done
in allowing him to appoint committee
to investigate charges OF bribery.
After adopting motion authorizing
Mr.. Bliss to appoint a committee of five
to take action ON the arbitrary ruling OF
the speaker the trump" house took
recess until the hour fixed for the Joint
session to ballot on senatorship.
Speaker FaIT returned to the house to
attend the joint session, but as soon as
the result of the senatorial ballot was
announced he left without going through
the formality of calling upon the mem.
bers of the house to receive the report
of the ballot
Mr.. Bliss thereupon took the chair
and James Israel, a Pittsburg newspaper
correspondent, was elected clerk. MIR.
Fow said he had the names of l03 mem.
bers who would participate in the pro.
ceedings, but on u rollcall only l0l an.
swered, two less than quorum.
Acting Speaker Bliss said there were
more than enough members to properly
constitute u quorum and advised that a
time be fixed for adjournment. On
motion of Mr.. Stewart Of Philadelphia
it was decided that the house meet at
O'Clock Tuesday evening. The house
then adjourned until IL: 55 today.
Three members who have been voting
for Senator Quay shifted to the anti.
Quay column.
The members who changed their votes
are Representatives N. q. Mackey OF
Lackawanna, Mcclellan Hersh and Les.
lie Yates of Philadelphia. Mr.. Mackey
changed to Superior Court Judge Charles
+. Rice of WilkesbarTe, Mr.. Hersh Went
to Colonel George +. Huff of Green's
burg and Mr.. Yates voted for Peter A.
b. Widener, the Philadelphia traction
magnate.
The change came after the trouble in
the house over the rulings of Speaker
II.
comment. Mr.. Hersh was the first to
break and after him came Mr.. Mackey
and then Mr.. Yates.
After the joint assembly adjourned
each Of these three members issued
public statement giving their reasons
for changing their vote. Mr.. Hersh
said.
II have been voting for Senator Quay
since the beginning OF the contest, buI
decided TO change my vote because be.
heve have more than fulfilled my eau
Gus obligation, and because am salts.
fed that Senator Quay cannot be re-
elected. The Republicans OF my dis.
trict, am satisfied, do not want me TO
longer continue my support OF Senator
Quay. Ii any other qualification Were
necessary 1t was furnished by the action
OF the friends of Senator Quay during
the past "A hours.
Mr.. Machey said: ~ have voted fol
Senator Quay for two months and tino
now that there is absolutely no possibil.
ity of his reelection and deem it follS
for any Republican to blindly follow til,
leadership Of the Quay men now at Har'
risburg, whose every move has been d
stupendous blunder. My constituents,
as well as the leading Republican papers
of my county have for long time been
urging me TO vote as did today. There
are no Quay men left in Lackawannn
county, except "a few officeholders ano
dependents"
Mr.. Yates said the events of the A
hours that had passed were sufticien,
reason as to why he changed his vote,