The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-04
4 BREAK FROM QUAY.
Three Of His Active Supporters
Vote For Other Candidates. /,
OBJECTIONS TO FARR's RULING.

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The Speaker, II ID Asserted, Forced an
Adjournment to PreventAdditions to
the Investigating Committee-Farr
Declares His Action Strictly Legal.
Harrisburg, March 4.-The first ma.
terial change in the senatorial contest
occurred on yesterdays joint ballot,
when three members who have been vot-
ing for Senator Quay shifted to the anti.
Quay column. These are the only votes
Mr.. Quay has lost since the balloting
began, and his managers claim 1t will
not materially affect the situation. The
members who changed their votes are
Representatives Nathan O. Mackey Of
Lackawanna and Mcclellan Hersh and
Leslie Yates of Philadelphia. Mr.. Mack
ey changed to to Superior Court Judge
Charles r. Rice, Of Wilkesbarre; Mr..
Hersh went to Colonel George f. HUFF,
Of Greensburg, and Mr.. Yates voted for
Peter A. B. Widener. The vote was AZ
follows: Quay, GA; jerks, IS: Dalzell,
10; Irwin, 2; Stewart, Z; Stone, 4; HUFF,
8; Tubbs, 2; Rice, 2; Grow, /; Widener,
2; Ritter, 2; Markle, 1.
The change came after the trouble in
the house over the rulings Of Speaker
Farr, which created much excitement AMI
comment. Mr.. Marshall, Of Allegheny.
called for the order of the day fixing IL
o'clock as the hour of adjournment OH
Friday. Mr.. Bliss, of Delaware, raised
the point of order that the rule fixing
the hour Of Friday sessions had been
abrogated at the beginning of the ses-
sion, when the house adopted resolu.
ton fixing new hours for Fridays ses-
sion. The resolution adopted at the be-
ginning of the session fixing 1890 for the
hour of meeting on Friday and II o'clock
for adjournment was read by Speaker
Farr. Mr.. Farr stated that this reso-
luton was in force. He then adjourned
the house. He left the chair and was
followed by many of the members and
the clerks.
Mr.. McElhany, Of Allegheny, moved
speaker. The motion was adopted. and
Mr.. Bliss took the chair and called the
house to order. He appointed temporary
clerks. No business was transacted by
the house, the members who remained
questioning the right to do so. The
course of Mr.. Farr, it is asserted, was
dictated by desire to prevent the pass
age of motion to increase the menu
bership of the sireps bribery investi.
eating committee by he addition of two
Democrats and two Republicans.
Mr. Hcrsh was the first to break, and
after him came Mr.. Mackey, and then
Mr.. Yates. After the joint assembly ad-
journed each of these three members is
sued public statement giving their
reasons for changing their vote. Mr..
Hersh says 81 have been voting for
Senator Quay since the beginning Of the
contest, but decided to change my vote
because l believe have more than full
filed my caucus obligation, and because
am satisfied that Senator Quay cannot
be reelected. The Republicans Of my
district, l am satisfied, do not want ME
to longer continue my support of Sena-
tor Quay II any other justification
were necessary it was furnished by the
action of the friends of Senator Quay
during the past "a hours.
Mr.. Mackey says: II have voted for
Senator Quay for two months, and find
now that there is absolutely no possible
ity Of his reelection, and deem 1t folly
for any Republican to blindly follow the
leadership of the Quay men now at Har-
risburg, whose every move has been
stupendous blunder. My constituents, as
well as the leading Republican papers Of
my county, have for a long time been
al