Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-24
QUAY STILL LEADS
Twelve Shot of Sufficient Votes to
Eject.
AMI. Quay Or. Issues StRte-
m.nt In Which Governor stone In
Taken 10 rnsA For Modelling with
the Senatorial Fight.
tBy Telegraph to virgInIa-Pilot.)

Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 2S.-The fifth
ballot for United States Senator to-
day showed no change in the situation.
Senator Quay still leads with twelve
votes short of the necessary number to
elect. Peter a. Widener, the traction
magnate, received two votes to-day
from anti-Quay members. The Demo-
Gratis are still united on jerks and the
anti-Quay Republicans are divided be-
tween a half dozen candidates, with
Congressman Daizell, OF Pittsburg. the
favorite. The rules were amended to
provide that on the reorganization of
the ballot the names OF those voting,
as we'll as those for whom they voted,
shall be read by the clerk before the
result is announced.
The vote in details follows:
Quay. Republican. Go; jerks. Demo-
Graf, As: Dalzeli. Republican. II; Irwin.
Republican. B. Stewart. Republican. s;
HUFF. Republican, 3: G. w. Stone, Re-
publican. 6; Tubbs. Republican. 3;
Grow. Republican. 8: Markle, Repub-
-A-R- ANideasr- Republican,. 2.
ANTI-QUAY STATEMENT.
Harrisburg Pa. Jan. pa state
nent was issued tonight by the Steer
ing Committee of the anti-Quay organ
izaton, in part as follows:
I'VE. the undersigned, committee
representing and acting for and by the
authority OF the anti-Quay Republic
can members of the Legislature. here
by enter our protest against the un-
warranted and unusual attempted in
reference of the Chief Executive of our
State with the members of the Legis-
lature for the purpose of influencing
their votes for the election OF NJ. S.
Quay 10 the United States Senate"
IMPROPER INTERFERENCE.
I'VE regard the open letter of Gov
ernor Stone published by the press this
morning, as an improper interference
by the Executive branch of the Gov
eminent with the rights and duties
of the legislative department Of the
Commonwealth"
The statement then recites the al
legged efforts of Senator Quay to evade
trial on the conspiracy charges against
him, and continuing says:
While these proceedings were TO be
argued in the Supreme Court on the
seventh of January. Mr. Quay at
tempted 20 force a caucus on the third
day cf January, eight hours after the
organization of the Legislature.
A INDUSTRIOUS PROPOSITION.
This monstrous proposition wiped
aside all presidents, and we declined
to vote for NJ. S. Quay until he had
been acquitted of these criminal
charges, which he had adrol;ly lodged.
Notwithstanding the above. the
Governor of this Commonwealth
brushes aside the court and jury, and
all the criminal charges in the cases,
and under the naked statement OF ID.
T. Watson. the paid attorney OF M. S.
Quay. declares Mr.. Quay innocent. and
the victim OF political persecution.
Upon the ground of party regularl-
ty only the Governor urges the cleo
ton OF NJ. S. Quay, while at the same
time, he, as we'll as all others. knows
that Mr.. Quay cannot be elected by
Republican votes. and that Mr.. Quay
and his lieutenan,s are desperately So
letting Democratic votes as the only
means OF re-electing him TO the United
States Senate.
AN EMPHATIC DISSENT.
For these reasons we do most en-
phatically dissent from the sentiments
expressed in the open letter of the
Governor. believing that nine tenths of
the people of the State agree with US
ard endorse our action"