The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-17
WILL VOTE ON QUAY TO-DAY
BOTH HOUSES OF THE PENNSYL-
 YANIA LEGISLATURE.
action Wtll be Taken Separately nt First but tn Joint Session Tomorrow -Quay Men Confident of Re-clectfng the Senator and Those Opposed Just Rs Confident of Defeating Him.

@uhy Jueh COnndcnt or Re-cleCtfnE
 the Senator and Those Opposed Just
 ns Confident of Defeating Him.
 Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 16.--The great battle for United States senator will open in earnest tomorrow with the taking of the first ballot in both houses. The two houses will vote separately in the afternoon and in joint session on Wednesday. If the same person re- ceives a majority of all the votes in each house he will be declared elected. If the houses in their separate action do not agree the joint assembly will proceed to elect a senator. In the event of deadlock or failure to elect the joint assembly will meet each succeeding day and take at least one vote unti! sena- tor Is chosen.
 The fight is between Senator Quay, backed by the 109 senators and mem bers who took in the caucus, and George A. Jenks of Brookville, the candidate of the democratic caucus, and half dozen 'favorte sons" nominated by the anti Quay legislators. With the democrats and anti-Quayites voting for their can- didates, the indications are that there will be deadlock. It is an open ques- tion with the republican and democrat ic leaders how long this condition of affairs will continue. Senator Quay's managers are confident that there will be only one result, and that his re-elec- tion. Those opposed to his candidacy are just as confident that he will be beaten. The democrats know that they cannot elect their candidate and will leave the republicans to fight it out among themselves. State Chairman Alexander and Senator Penrose are di- recting the Quay campaign from head quarters at the Lochiel hotel. They said tonight that there was no doubt of the speedy reelection of the senior senator. Neither side will give any fig ures to show how they propose to elect or defeat MT. Quay.
 The features of to-day's skirmish were the resignation of David Martin
 
 the conference of the anti-Quay repub- lican senators and members MT. Mar tin was elected in November to the sen- ate and expected to qualify tomorrow after the change in the state adminis- tration. He changed his mind this eve- ming and sent his resignation to Gov ernor Hastings to take effect upon it's acceptance. The resignation was a,,G M,, Mop will qualify in the morning. The senator elect is one of the leaders in the anti Quay movement, and rumor was cur rent to-day that Governor-elect Stone, who is in sympathy with the movement, would not send his cabinet appoint ments to the senate tomorrow. This would have kept MT. Martin in office as secretary of the commonwealth and prevented his qualifying as senator un- til his successor was appointed and con- frmed.
 To avoid such a complication MT. Martin resigned. There were present at the anti-Quay conference, forty-seven of the fifty-two senators and members pledged not to vote for Senator Quay while he is under indictment in the | Philadelph:a courts. The five absertees were accounted for to the satisfaction of their associates. Senator William | Flynn of Allegheny presided and made | a short speech predicting Senator | Quay's defeat He said there were no assertions from the anti Quay ranks, except possibly Representative Shaw of . Alleghany and that he did not believe MT. Shaw would vote for MT. Quay. MT. Flynn said he was authorized to state for Senator Chisholm of Hunting ton that he would vote against Senator Quay on every ballot Mir Chisholm signed the anti-Quay pledge after the meeting and announced that his vote tomorrow would be cast for Judge John Stewart of Chambersburg. MT. Stewart is one of the "favorite sons" who has been entered in the anti-Quay faction. He is apparently taking no part in the contest, although his friends claim he is bona fide candidate. Con- gressman John Dalzell of Pittsburg, Charles W. Stone of War ren and J. F. Downing of Erie, who have also been entered in the fight by the ant-Quay people, are on the ground.
 Senator Quay reached Harrisburg at from Washington and is stay Ing at the residence of County Chair l main here through the early stages of the fight. He shares the confidence of his managers. Ex-Senator Durham s- sued a statement late tonight. claiming that only thirty-four republicans had attended the antiQuay caucus and that this number, even if all should vote against him, would be insufficient to MT. Quay's election. He de- ,lared there was no doubt of Senator Quay's election.
 Ex-Judge Gordon of Philadelphia said tonight that he was confident that he democratic legislators were unit n opposition to Senator Quays election md that the same was true of the at itude of the democrats toward the con irmation of State Chairman Elkins as attorney general and General F. Reeder Is secretary of the commonwealth. The lemocratic senators and members can To the state a gerat service and reflect | lonor on their party at this session and { they will begin the good work by re- ecting padded payroll conspira tors and defeating Quay for the senate.
 MT. Wanamaker said tonight: "The nen who have competed to stand un- i ,lterably against Quays election are ( conscious of the privilege they have in l