The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-19
QUAY'S STRENGTH GROWING.
HAD GAINED FIVE VOTES WHEN
JOINT BALLOT WAS TAKEN.

His Opponents stirred IN by GObin's
Ruling-An Adjournment Declared
Against Threc-FourthS vote.
Same Resolutions VIII he offered
Again TO-day-GObin's Right
10 the Lieutenant GOVernOrshiU
brought in Question.
Harrisburg. Pa, Jan. 16-The feeling be-
tween the candidates, their managers and
their followers in the great battle for
United states senator has been intensified
by rulings of Lieut.. Gov Goblin at to-
days joint assembly of the Senate and
House
MIR. Goblin refused to entertain an APP
peal from his decision excluding a series
of rules regulating the procedure of the
conference and declaring the assembly
adjourned when three-fourths of the sen
ators ana members voted otherwise.
The anti-Quay Republicans and Demo
Gratis were hurriediy called together after
the conference adjourned by Senator VIII
liam Finn of Allegheny, Republican chair
man of the 8nti-Quay organization i'm the
general assembly. Representative Ward
Il. Bliss of Delaware, Republican, was
chosen chairman, and Representative
Thomas j. Ford of Allegheny, Republican,
and George r. Dixon of Elk Democrat,
were chosen secretaries
A roll call showed 1885 members and SEN
ators present OF these, five Republicans
who voted for Senator Quay, participated
in the meeting and indicated their sympa-
thy with the movement They were sep
resentatives Hersch and Yates of Phila-
delpha, Mackey of Lachawanna, Nesbit
of Allegheny and Baldwin of Delaware.
VIII Prepare RESOLUTIONS.
A committee of seven was appointed to
prepare a series of resolutions to be sub
mitted TO an adjourned meeting which
was held this evening in the hail of the
House of Representatives, This commit
tee consisted of Senators Finn of Alleg-
heny, Sprout of Delaware, Republicans
Heinle of Center, Democrat, Representa-
tives Young of Tioga Koontz of somer-
set, Republican, Dixon of Elk and Fow
of Philadelphia Democrats
The hall was crowded with legislators
and politicians, when the night meeting
was called to order by Chairman Bliss
Mr. Finn presented the report Of the com
mittee.
The report recites the excluded rules and
the right TO prescribe such, declaring that
the presiding officers action violated all
rules and precedents, and resolves that
''as the joint assembly has the undoubted
right to govern its own procedure and
elect or change a presiding officer at pleas
ure," the same rules be offered at to-mor-
rows meeting of the joint assembly and
their consideration demanded prior TO any
ballot for United States senator The re-
port is signed by nineteen senators and 100
representatives, four more than those who
attended the day meeting.
The report was adopted and copies were
distributed among the senators and mem
bers for signatures
Gobin's Office in Question.
A motion was offered by Senator David
Marlin. Republican, of Philadelphia, and
adopted, that the committee of seven be
continued with power to call the independ-
ent Republicans and Democrats together
any time the necessity arises
Mr.. Fow read section six, article four, of
the constitution to show that Mr.. Goblin,
who is a brigader general In the volun-
teer army, has no right 20 preside at the
conference. The section follows:
mo member of Congress or person hold
ing any Office under the United States
or this state shall exercise the office Of
Governor or Lieutenant Governor"
The vote in joint session for United
States senator to-day was: Quay, Republi-
can. III; jerks. Democrat 81; Dazell Re
publican, IS; Stone, Republican, 9; Stew
art. Republican, 8; HUFF, Republican, 8:
Tubbs. Republican, A. Irwin, Republican.
8; Charles e. Smith, Republican, 1; Rice,
Republican, 2; j. e. Downing, Republl-
can, q Grow Republican, i Alvin Mar
k.e, Republican, /.
AS 1913 votes are necessary to a choice.
there was no election.