The Portland daily press., 1899-01-17
TO DETHROyE QUAY.
Great Fattle in Pennsylvania Begins
Today.
BOTH SIDES PROFESS TO BE
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.

Opposition L. Not United ON Any On,
Msn--Resignssion of David Martin
rs Secretary Of the Commonwealth
tn Order 20 Enter the Fight.
4 Harrisburg, Pa, January i6--The great
battle for United States Senator will orer
in earnest tomorrow with the taking oi
the first ballot in both houses. The two
houses win vote separately In the after
noon and In joint session on Wednesday.
II the same person receives majority OF
all the votes In each house he will be de.
olared elected. II the House in their
separate action do not agree, the Joint as
sembly will proceed to elect Senator. In
the event Of deadlock or failure to elect,
the joint assembly will meet each succeed
ing day and take ct least one vote until a
senator 10 chosen.
The fight IL between Senator Quay
backed by the 100 Senators and members
who took part in the Republican caucus,
George A. jerks Of Brooksville, the can
didAte Of the Democratic caucus and a
half dozen ''favorite sons' nominated by
the anti-Quay Republican Legislators.
With the Democrats and snti.Quayites
voting for their candidates the Indications
arc that there will be O deadlock. 1t 10 an
open question with the Republican and
| Democratic len iefs how long this con.
dition Of affairs will continue.
Senator Quay's manager are confident
that there will be only one result and
that, his reelection. The Republican
Senators and members opposed to hi:
candidacy are just Ms confident that he
will be beaten. The Democrats knowing
they cannot elect their candidate viii
leave the Republicans to fight II out
among themselves. State Chairman Elkin
and Senator Penrose are directing the
Quay campaign from headquarters &C the
| Iochiel hotel They said tonight tina,
there WAS no doubt OF the spesdy re -elec
ton OF the senior senator. Neither side
| will give any figures to show how they
propose to elect or defeat Quay.
The features Of today's skirmish were
the resignation of David Martin as score
| tary of the commonwealth and the con
ference of the anti-Quay Republican Sen
ators. and members. Mr.. Martin wa
elected in November to the Senate and
expected to qualify tomorrow after the
change in the state administration. HI
changed his mind this evening and sent
his resignation to Governor Hastings to
the take effect upon acceptance. The
| resignation was promptly accepted and
Mr.. Martin will qualify in the morning
| The Sepator-eIect is one Of the leaders
/ WAS current today that Goverror-eleoi
Stone, who Is In sympathy with the
movement, would not send his cabinet
| appointments to the Senate tomorrow,
but would withhold them until the sena
toriai fight Is over. This would have kept
Mr. Martin in office as secretary of the
| com non wealth and prevented his qualify.
| ing as senator until his successor was ap
| pointed and confirmed
| To avoid such "A complication MIR. Mar.
| tin resigned. There were present at the
anti Quay conference AZ of the 90 Senators
and members pledged not TO vote for
Senator Quay while he il under indict-
ment In the Philadelphia courts. The five
| sbsen tees were accounted for to the sa tbs
faction OF their associates. Senator VIM.
| flynn of Allegheny presided and msde a
short speech predicting MIR. Quay's de-
| feat He said there were no assertions
| from the anti Quay ranks. except possibly
Representative shaw of Allegheny, and
that he would not believe Mr.. Shaw
| lot.
| Mr. Flynn said he was authorized to
state for Senator Chisholm, Of Hunting
don, that he would vote against Senator
Quay on every ballot Mr. Chisholm
| signed the anti-Qusy pledged after the
meeting and announced that his vots to-
morrow would be cast for Judge John
Stewart OF Chamberburg. Mr.. Stewart is
one of the "fnvorite sons" who has been
entered by the anti Quay faction. Senator
Quay reached Harrisburg at midnight
from Washington. He shares the conf.
den0e Of his managers.
Ex. Senator Durham issued a statement
late tonight claiming that only thirty
four Republicans had attended the anti
Gay caucus and that this number even II
all should vate against him, would be in
sufficient to prevent Mr.. Quay's election.
he declared his absolute certainty of Sen
ator Quay's reelection.
Senator Flynn denied Senator Durham q
statement with reference to the number
present at the anti-Quay conference and
added: Senator Quay has but lib votes,
three Of which will not be cast for him
tomorrow, bringing his total down to
ll0."
Ex.Judge Gordon of Philadelphia said
tonight that he was confident that the
Democratic Legislators were q unit I'm op-
position to Senator Quay's election and
that the same was true OF the attitude OF
the Democrats toward the confirmation Of
state Chairman Elkins as attorney gan.
eral and General +. Reeder as secretary
OF the commonwealth.