The record-union., 1899-01-17
The Two Houses viii Vote Separately This
Afternoon and Jointly Tomorrow.
Quay's Managers Confident They
Control Enough Votes to Re-
Elect Their Favorite, While the
Opposition Still Have Hopes of
Defeating the Senior Senator
From the Keystone State.

HARRISBURG Pa), Jan. Io--Ihe
battle for United States Senator VIII
open in, earnest tomorrow, WIFE lne
taking of the first ballot in the Senate
and House. The two houses Will vote
separately at p. m, and in JOINT as
sembly on Wednesday.
hTe fight is between Senator quay,
backed by the 100 Senators and mem
bers who took part in the Repuollcan
caucus; George A. jerks of BrookVllle,
the candidate of the Democratic caucus,
and a half dozen "favorite sons. nom
mated by the anti-Quay Republican
legislators With the Democrats ana
anti -Quayites voting for their cand1-
dates. the indications are that there Will
be deadlock.
State Chairman Elkin and Senator
Penrose are directing the Quay cam
paign from headquarters at the Lochiei
Hotel. They said tonight there was no
doubt of the speedy reelection OF the
senior Senator. Neither side will give
any figures to show how they propose
to elect or defeat Mr.. Quay.
The features of to-day's skirmish
We're the resignation of David Martin
as Secretary of the Commonwealth, and
the conference of the anti-Quay Repub-
lican Senators and members Mr.. Mar
tin was elected in November to the SEN
ate from the Eighth Pennsylvania Dis
trict, and expected to qualify to-mor-
row, after the change in the State ad-
ministration. He changed his mind
this evening, and sent his resignation
to Governor Hastings, to take effect
upon its acceptance. The resignation
was promptly accepted, and Mr.. Martin
will qualify in the morning.
The Senator-elect is one of the leaders
in the anti-Quay movement, and rumor
was current to-day that Governor-elect
Stone, who is in sympathy with the
Quay movement, would not send his
Cabinet appointments to the Senate to-
morrow but would withhold them until
the Senatorial fight is over. This would
have kept Mr.. Martin in office as Sec
retary of the Commonwealth, and pre-
vented his qualification until his sue
cessoa- was appointed and confirmed. To
avoid such a complication, Mr.. Martin
resigned, and thus retires a day in ad-
vance of the other members of Gov
ernor Hastings Cabinet.
There were present at the anti-Quay
conference forty-seven of the fifty-two
Senators and members pledged not to
vote for Quay while he is under in
dictment in the Philadelphia courts. The
five absentees We're accounted for to the
satisfaction of their associates. Con-
gresham Charles Dalzell of Pittsburg
Congressman Charles Stone of Warren
and j. F. Downing of Erie, who have
also been entered in the fight by the
he md
looking over the situation.
Senator Quay reached Harrisburg at
midnight from Washington, and is
staying at the residence of County
Chairman Weiss. The Senator expects
to remain here through the early stages
of the fight. He shares the confidence
cf his managers.
Ex-senator Durham issued a state
ment late tonight claiming that only
thirty-four Republicans had attended
the anti-Quay caucus, and this number,
even If all should vote against him,
would be insufficient to prevent his
election. He declared his absolute GER
tainty of Senator Quay's reelection.
Senator Flynn denied Senator Dur
hams statement with reference to the
Republicans present at the anti-Quay
conference, and added: Senator Quay
has but 113 votes, three of which will
not be cast for him tomorrow, bring
ing his total down to 11O."
Ex-Judge Gordon of Philadelphia said
tonight he was confident that the
Democratic legislators are a unit in op-
position to Senator Quay's election, and
that the same is true of the attitude of
the Democrats toward the confirmation
of State Chairman Elkin as Attorney
General and General Frank Reeder as