Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-19
FIRST BREAK FROM Quay.
Fourteen Of his Supporters Desert the
Caucus Nominee.

THE START, VOTED FOR HON.
B. F. JONES, OF PITTSBURG.
MAGEE THINKS A SENATOR
MAY BE ELECTED TO-DAY-A
QUAY LEADER DECLARES
THERE CAN BE NO ELECTION.
Harrisburg, Pa, April 18.-Fourteen
votes dropped away from Senator Quay
at to-days join ballot for United States
Senator. The anti-Quay Republicans
and the followers of Senator C. L. Ma
gee, OF Pittsburg, combined and cast
their votes for B. F. Jones, of Pittsburg.
The break was started by Senator
Crawford, of Allegheny, who switched
from Quay to Jones, and was followed
Ly Senators Magee, of Allegheny;
Loscn. OF Schuylkill, and Scott OF Luz
zerne. The frst break from the Quay
ranks in the list of members was Mr..
Clark, of Washington, whose colleague,
Mr. McLaren, went with him. Mr.
Murdoch, the third member from
Washington, remained loyal to Col.
Quay. Others who changed from Quay
to Jones were Messrs. Hosack, Klump,
Mcfarland, McWhinney, Nisbet, Rob-
ison. Shaw and Srodes, of Allegheny.
1t was u O'Clock when the House
committee announced THE president
pro tenn and the members of the Sen
ate" The most exciting moment of
tae Senatorial contest had arrived. The
ST. c1gth of the opposition to Senator
t>uay was to be finally measured. Near
~ every member was in his seat and
those absent were paired. So intense
vT~7 The excitement that it was impo5-
see to preserve order and the whis-
cred Inquiries of visitors disturbed
the harmony of the proceedings.
nF. Jones is connected with the firm
G. Joces & Laughlin, Of Pittsburg, iron
ard steel manufacturers. He was
chairman of the National Republican
Cur n1istee in 1884 and conducted the
CANT align of the late James G. Blaine
for President. He was Mr.. Blaine's
Personal choice for this honor. He has
been 2 life long Republican and has
nosar held any public Office except
preferential elector He was voted for
BIZ Senator Magee and his friends in
the Allegheny delegation at the eau
Gus which nominated Col. Quay for re-
ele"tic7.
To ls,lot, the 10th of the session,
re- s,l,oG:
suay. 90; jerks. So; Jones, SO; total,
~. Necessary to a choice 124. Pair
&c or not voting. 6. No election. An
ti-Qray Republicans and followers OF
Senator Magee voted for B. F. Jones.
OF P.ttsbdre.
After the announcement OF the bal
10. Senator c. l.. Magee. in speaking
of his action in breaking away from
ex-senator Quay to-day said:
Il believe that the Republican party
is greater than any man in il. The
Republicans OF Pennsylvania want a
Senator elected and II one is not elect
ed | am satisfied i, will mean an awful
political battle this fall and possibly
defeat. So long as there was an earn
est desire on the part of Quay to be
elected and there was a hope of it. |
remained with him, but when his
herchmen started the cry of Quay or
nobody ! thought it was time for
making an effort to elect some good
Republican. Quay is an impossibility
and he knows it, as every other citizen
of Pennsylvania does
Il notified him several weeks ago
that | would not be party to con-
tinuing deadlock and that is the
reason l to-day voted for Hon. B. f.
Jones, of Pittsburg. Tomorrow will
be the last day for taking a joint bal
lot and | hope that between now and
then it will be possible to elect
Senator"
Insurance Commissioner Durham.
the recognized leader of the Quay fac
ton, said
AT the outside l don't believe more
than twenty members will go over to
the anti-Quay camp including those
additional ones who are expected to
leave us tomorrow. That number
cannot effect the election of United
States Senator and the Legislature will
adjourn at noon on Thursday without
having chosen a successor to M. S.
Quay. We are entirely satisfied with
this result and are content to go be-
fore the people at the coming elections
and let them decide where lies the
blame"