New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-18
QUAY LACKS A MAJORITY.
HE RECEIVED TWELVE LESS THAN THE
NUMBER REQUIRED TO ELECT.
BUT HE AND HIS FRIENDS ARE coNFI-
DENT OF sUccEss-HIs OPPONENTS
BELIEVE THEY CAN COMPASS
HIS DEFEAT.
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HIS DEFEAT.
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Harrisburg. Jan. 17-There was great Interest
TO- day in the contest for United States SENATOR
and Senator Quay came TO the front with the
number claimed for him by his friends. H. a
gain Of three over the vote he received IN eau
Gus. This was exceedingly gratifying 10 the
Senator and he says 1t will be an easy matter
TO get sufficient votes TO make his ehction sure
In the Senate there were a. votes cast, OF whlch
Quay received 81: George A. jerks Oem) ~
Congressman John Dalzell. o. and ex-Coheress-
man HUFF. Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith. Colonel Z. A. Irwin. Judge John S'e"a''
and CONGRESSMAN Charles W. Stone one each.
Two Senators were absent Higgins Dem). VINO
is III. and Colonel Hawkins (Rep), who Is IN
command Of the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment
at Manila, and there Is one vacancy senator
Goblin having resigned last night.
In the House there were four aboentees. three
Democrats. who are said TO be III. and one he-
nublican. Harold, OF Beaver. who went into
caucus and voted for Quay. and has since grown
weakened and does not know how he VIII
vote. OF the 200 votes cast In the House quay
received So: jerks 20; Dalzell. 10; c. w. Stone
o. irwin. Q: Stewart, 8; HUFF 4; Tubbs, 4; Judge
Rice. Q; Galusha A. Grow, L. Markle. J. and
i.
voted. only one voted against the jerks nomi-
walton and he voted for Judge Peter Smith. OF
Lackawanna.
oI,AY MEN FIGURE OUT A VICTORY.
The Quay people tonight are doing some hve'
" fighting. and have figured out victory 'h's
way: There were DAT votes to-day. majority
Of which is 124. Quay already has III. ana ne
has only II votes to get. or less than after
the caucus adjourned, when he was ~ VOTES
short. To get these II votes he has unlimited
resources and can bring to bear powerful III
Nuences that have UP to this time not oeen
called upon He may not get the votes In Joint
convention tomorrow. but he may get them
before the week is over
Quay, as quoted, Is elated over the OUTLOOK
He regards the scattering OF the votes OF MS
opponents as evidence that they cannot agree
on a candidate, and must eventually come 10
him. Equally confident are Quays lriehuS'
They say he will not only get enough on the
decisive ballot. but more than enough. and that
there is no question of his election senators
QUAY and Penrose. with State Chairman Elkin,
are In conference tonight and their plan OF
action will be developed when the JOINT con-
vention Is held at noon tomorrow
The anti Quay people are more confident than
ever that they have at last succeeded in de-
feating Quay They are loud in their deciara-
tions that Quay will not get any away from
tb,m and point to the fact that there were
dfty-one at their caucus this morning TO snow
that they are gaining In numbers. They de-
clare that Quay can only be elected by Demo
cratic votes and In this they may be true ana
they NAV be making prediction. Tor there IS
q rumor to- night shat there are number OF
Democrats who are willing to desert jerks TOT
Quay and that their action In this direction IS
the sensation that it is said Will be sprung al
the Joint convention tomorrow.
TO INCREASE ANTI-QUAY SENTIMENT.
It is on the cards that the anti-Quay people
are also preparing a neat game or their own
They assert they Rave at least FIVE legislators
who are anti Quay but who are voting for nm
now. and who at a certain time. will proclaim
loudly that they can no longer support him and
v.n then vote against him This Is not only 10
create the impression that Quay Is losing
ground but is for stampeding purposes
The anti-Quay legislators haveaDeen holoins
little caucuses all day for the purpose OF
STRENGTHENING their lines and say that quay VIII
never get one OF their votes. Say what they Will
however. il IL apparent tonight that qua! 10
gaining and that he will be successful IN the
near future. 49, a,
Tomorrow Governor Stone will send 10 the
legislature the names of W. w. Greiste. or Lam
ca ster for Secretary OF the Commonwealth ana
John p EIkin State chairman, for Attorney
General. All Of the appointments made by Gov.
ernor Hastings in course OF the recess ana sent
70 the present Senate for confirmation viii be
withdrawn by Governor Stone, and men or MS
-, ho,ca viii he Amounted I'm their places