The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-22
SENATOR Quay AGAIN.
Acquitted Of Conspiracy Charge BY
the Philadelphia Jury.
APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR STONE

M. .. quay 10 the seat In the national
senate left vacant by the failure Of
the state legislature to elect a sue
cessor to Mr.. Quay, whose term as sem
ator expired on March 4. Governor
stones communication appointing
Senator Quay Is addressed to the presi-
dent Of the senate, and IL as follows:
BY virture Of the power vested in
me as executive Of the state OF PENN
ysivania, under article one, clause two,
section three, OF the constitution OF the
United States, I hereby make tempor-
ary appointment Of the Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay to be United States sen.
ator from Pennsylvania until the next
meeting of the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture, to NIL the vacancy now existing
In this state"
When the verdict acquitting Senator
Quay was announced there was almost
an uproar in the court, but II was SUM-
pressed by vigorous cries Of Silence"
Out IN the corridor an indescribable
scene followed. A great burst of cheer.
Ing rent the air, hats went up and the
hurrahs echoed and re-echoed. People
rushed pell NELL toward Quay, grasped
mis- hands and calculated congratula-
lions In all sorts Of words. There was
an ovation, which no effort was made
to restrain, but 1t was nothing to the
scenes that followed after Quay left
the court room.
Nothing has ever been seen in this
city like the demonstration on the
street that greeted the silent man as
he left the city hall. Then the crowd
broke loose. With one wild yell they
formed around him, grasped his
hands, screamed, waved their hats and
threw them high above their heads
Quay's shoulders were gripped, his
back was slapped, his coat caught hold
OF, until IL looked as n he would suffer
from the mad enthusiasm that gave
itself full vent.
Men Of all sorts and conditions
eagerly awaited Quay's coming with
hands extended ready to congratulate
him. Guards, policemen, workingmen,
several colored men and others shook
hands with him. Quays face beamed
with unrestrained joy, and there was
suspicious moisture in his eyes. He
had never seen anything so genuine,
sincere and spontaneous. He was
cheered on the sidewalk and given an
other rip roaring reception as he reach
ed Broad street Entering the tunnel
formed by boards around the new
building going up at South Penn
square he found 1t clogged SO he could
not get through. As he reached Broad
and Chestnut streets a reserve police-
man grasped his hand and there was
mad plunge of Is or 80 people who
demanded a handshake. They all got |
1t, because Quay couldn't help himself.
While the multitude thronged about
MN on the southwest corner of Broad
and Chestnut streets about 20 women
on the northwest corner of Broad par
TOOK OF the general feeling Three of
them took out kerchiefs and waved
them vigorously, but Quay did not see
them. He had to pass throgh an ave-
nue. OF outstretched hands as he turn
ed to go westward on Chestnut street.
and when he entered the Land Title
building, not far from the corner a
big crowd ran after him, but he was
Whisked up to the 18th floor, where he
met his son, Dick" Quay, with whom
he exchanged a few words, and then
entered the Office Of Rufus e. Shapley,
where personal friends were waiting
to greet him.
Senator Quay soon after went to
He was met at the sta
ton on his arrival in that city by a
number of friends, who congratulated
him upon the outcome of his trial and
appointment as senator.
There are many differing opinions
as to the right of Governor Stone to
Ill the vacancy in the senate. Discuss
ing this question Senator Boies Pen
'ose said:
Senator Quay having been the
chosen of his party, as evidenced at
he November election and in the leg
slative caucus, and bis failure to be
elected being the result Of treason and
1erfidy to the party by boiling mi
lority, his appointment naturally fol-
owed after his acquittal As to the
lower of the governor to appoint there
las been some question raised. The
governor would not have made the ap-
continent had he not been convinced
If his authority by law and precedent.
The Democrats in the senate are CRATE
ul to Mr.. Quay for his aid in defeating
he force bill, while the Republicans
will be glad to strengthen their ma
ority in the body. Under these cir
] have no doubt that his
credentials will be accepted at the
Meeting of congress next fall"
Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker
aid last night:
The first shout of defiant exultation
yer Quay's acGuittal has proceeded
rom the governor of the common
Wealth. who has promptly appointed
!uay a United States senator, without
uthority and in violation of law and
n defiance of the will of the people
S expressed by the votes of the legis-
ature. Today's verdict settles nothing
ut the fate Of the single bill of in
ictment upon which Mr.. Quay was
ried. The facts Of the treasury specu-
.tion and jobbery ELECTED in his trial,
nd wholly unanswered by him or any
Their witness, cannot be effaced by the
uprising verdict Of today Quay has
OF his technical verdict, but the trial
corruptionists and public plunderers
ill still go on"
Hon. George A. jerks in telegram
'om Rrookville, Pa, says:
"As the vacancy in the senatorial
flee did not occur during the recess
the legislature of the state, the ex-
cutive of the state has no power to
lake an appointment to fill such va s
incy. Paragraphs one and two, Sec
on three, article one, constitution of
he United States ravisad ctatutac