The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-04-22
OPINIONS
DIFFERI !
Senator Quay's Appointment to Succeed
Himself Discussed.
WANAMAKER'S S SARCASTIC REMARKS
Hon Boise Penrose Says the Appointment
Naturally Follows the Senator's
Acquittal. and Says His Gre
dentials VIII be Accepted.

Philadelphia. April 22.-The Jury in
the Quay case returned a verdict of not
guilty yesterday, and within two hours
afterward Governor Stone appointed
M. S. Quay to 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 SEN
ator expired on March 4. Governor
Stones communication appointing
| Senator Quay is addressed to the presi-
dent of the senate, and is as follows:
BY yirture of the power vested in
me as executive of the state of Penn
| yslvania, under article one. clause two.
section three, of the constitution of the
! United States, / hereby make tefnpor-
| airy appointment of the Hon Matthew
| Stanley Quay to be United States sem
ator from Pennsylvania until the next
meeting of the Pennsylvania legisla-
| ture' 10 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 it was sup
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
his hands and calculated congratula-
tlons in all sorts of words. There was
an ovation, which no effort was made
to restrain, but it 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 veil 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 ii looked as if 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. Quay's face beamed
with unrestrained joy, and there was a
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 it clogged so he could
not get through. AS he reached Broad
and Chestnut streets a reserve police
man grasped his hand and there was
a mad plunge of 25 or 80 people who
demanded handshake. They all got
1t, because Quay couldn't help himself
While the multitude thronged about
him 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 11th 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 |
Washington. He was met at the sta
tion on his arrival in that city by a |
number of friends, who congratulated |
him upon the outcome of his trial and |
as senator
There are many differing opinions
as TO the right Of Governor Stone to |
fill the vacancy in the senate. Discuss
ing this question Senator Boies PEN
rose said:
Senator Quay having been the
chosen of his party, as evidenced at
the November election and in the leg
islative caucus, and his failure to be
elected being the result of treason and /
perfidy to the party by a bolting mi
nority, his appointment naturally fol-
lowed after his acquittal. AS to the
power of the governor to appoint there
has been some question raised The
governor would not have made the ap-
pointmept had he not been convinced
of his authority by law and precedent.
The Democrats in the senate are CRATE
full to Mr.. Quay for his aid in defeating
the force bill, while the Republicans
will be glad to strengthen their ma
iority 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
said last night:
"The first shout of defiant exultatiOn
over Quays acquittal has proceeded .
from the governor of the common
wealth, who has promptly appointed .
Quay United States senator, without |
and in violation of law and |
in defiance of the will of the people ]
as expressed by the votes of the legis-