The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-22

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dent Mckinley has shown confidence
in his abilities by appointing him one
of the commissioners to go abroad and
secure, If possible, an international
agreement on the subject of bimetal-
, lism, and his report on the work of the
commission was an able and states
manlike document
Senator Wolcott did not hesitate to
give his views regarding the right OF
Colonel Quay to seat in the senate
on Governor Stones credentials. He
expressed himself in his usual positive
and straightforward manner.
81 have very little to say on that sub
ject," said Senator Wolcott, but l
want to state right here that l care
nothing at all about senatorial pre-
cedents. | shall take the greatest pos
sible pleasure in voting to seat Sena-
tor Quay. | am familiar with his dis
tinguished services in the past, and
think the country needs him.
When asked for his views concern
ing the recent state elections through
out the country Senator Wolcott said:
"The general result of the elections
is to make certain the denomination
and reelection of President Mckinley.
Whatever the vote may have been in
the far western states it was not vic
tory for anti-imperialism, but a dis
tinct personal triumph for Mr.. Bryan.
To my mind it is evident that Bryan
will be renominated upon platform
which will stand for anti-imperialism
in the east and 16 to in the west"
SENATOR HOAR'S POSITION.
There is nothing in the way of pre-
cedent in the Quay case that need
bother any one. If these election cases
had invariably been settled on their
merits there would be something in
precedent to follow, but every one
knows that as rule they have not been
so settled. Seating a senator on merit
means that the constitution of the
United States shall decide. Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, is absolutely
right in his analysis of the constitu-
tion. Mr.. Hoar is a conservative man
altogether too conservative, perhaps,
to be thoroughly in touch with the ac-
tivities of modern progress-but he
has always been a careful student OF
the constitution, and there is no great
er stickler in all congress upon con-
stitutional points. In his opininon the
constitution does not contemplate leav-
ing a seat vacant in the senate. For
that reason a governor is given the
power to appoint if for any reason
whatever a vacancy occurs, the inten-
ton of the constitution being that the
states shall always have their full rep
resentation. Mr.. Hoar will vote for
Colonel Quay as he has voted in SINH
lar cases heretofore, and if the Quay
case were to be decided strictly accord
ing to his contraction of the constitu-
ton there would be no vacancy in
Pennsylvania.
The trouble has been that in decid-
ing election cases partisanship has
usually controlled. 1t is either ques-
ton of party politics or else some Ques-
ton like silver has divided the votes.
The recent cases in the west, from
Montana and Washington, were decid-
ed, not on their merits, but from party
policies. There is nothing in prece-
dent established only through partisan
motives that need cause any trouble
for Colonel Quay's friends.
The interviews with Senators Sui
livan and Wolcott have been telegraph
ed to the principal newspapers of the
country, and with these pronounced
sentiments coming from representa-
tives of both political parties, there
have been many editorials from Re-
publican and Democratic editors pre-
dieting the prompt seating by the SEN
ate of the former Republican national
chairman upon the governors COM
mission.