Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18

senators who voted against seating H.
w. Corbett, the Oregon claimant who
had received an appointment as sena-
tor from the governor Of that state,
the legislature having failed to elect.
The II republicans thus voting, or
paired, were Burrows, Carter, Clark,
Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Gallinger, Hale,
Mcbride, Mcmillan, Nelson, Penrose,
Plat of Conn, Shoup, Thurston, War
rem and Wellington. Of the demo-
Gratis who voted against seating Cor
bett, 10 are still members Of the SEN
ate; and of the populists and silver
republicans who voted that way five
are members of the 56th congress,
namely, Butler, Jones of Nevada, Pet
tigreW, Stewart and Teller. From this
showing it appears that in the 56th
congress there are just 40 senators
who are on record against seating the
Oregon claimant. In the COrbett case,
Daniel and Morgan, democrats, were
paired in his favor, and Kyle Gnd.
and Turner IS r.) voted to seat him.
Twenty-Five republicans who voted, or
we're paired, to seat Mr.. COrbett are
mem bers of the present senate and will
be entitled to vote on the question OF
seating Mr.. Quay at the next session.
OF the republicans who voted, or
were paired, against seating Lee Man
tie in 1898, there remain in the SEN
ate only six, CullOm, Gallinger, Hale,
Mcmillan, Plat Of Connecticut and
Proctor. OF the democrats so voting,
or were paired but five remain, Berry,
Caffery, Cockrell, Lindsay and Vest.
Kyle (ind) also voted nay. Of the
republicans who voted to seat Mantle,
or were paired that way, there are in
the present senate II, Aldrich, Allison,
Chandler, Davis, Frye, Hansbrough,
Hawley, Hoar Lodge, Perkins, Shoup,
and Wolcott OF the democrats so
voting there remain in the senate but
four, Bate, Daniel Morgan and Jones
of Arkansas, and of the silver repub-
lians there are four, Jones of Nevada,
PettigreW, Stewart and Teller.
Having reference to the probable
vote of the senate on the question OF
seating Mr.. Quay, there are in the
present senate 40 members who were
opposed to the seating of Corbett, to-
wit: II republicans, Is democrats and
5 silverites. Favorable to Corbett
there are, all told, 26 senators, and of
these % are republicans, democrats
and 2 silverites. AS to the Mantle
case there are in the present senate
- senator's who opposed seating the
Montana claimant, 6 republicans, 5
democrats and L independent. Fa-
vorable to Mantle there are Is sena-
tors, II republicans, democrats and
4 silverites.
Assuming, for the moment, that, up
on the question of Quay's right to a
seat, each old senator will vote ac-
cording to his record in the Corbett
case and assuming further that all the
new senators will divide on strict par
ty lines, the vote would stand as fol-
lows:
For Quay-Aldrich, Allison, Baker
Beverage, Chandler, Daniel, DepeW
Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster
Frye, Gear, Hanna, Hansbrough, Haw-
ley, Hayward, Hoar, Kean, Kyle
Lodge, McComas, McCumber, Mason
Morgan, Perkins, Plat On. ", Pritch-
ard, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Scott, Sew
ell, Simon, Spooner, Turner, Wetmore
and Wolcott-3S.
Against-Bacon, Bate, Berry, Bur
rows, Butler, Caffery, Carter, Chill
ton, Clark (Mont.), Clark (Wyo.)
Clay, Cockrell Culberson, Cullom, Da,
Wis. Deboe, Gallinger, Hale, Harris
Heitfeld, Jones (Ark.), Jones New
Kenney, Lindsay, Mcbride, McEnery
McLaurin, Mcmillan, Mallory, Martin
Money, Nelson, Penrose, Pettigrew
Pettus, Plat Conn.,, Rawlins
Shoup, Stewart, Sullivan, Taliaferro
Teller, Thurston, Tillman, Turley
Vest. Warren and Wellington-4S.
This analysis would indicate prett!
strong vote against Mr.. Quay, but
number of changes are sure to occur
Senators Mcmillan and Penrose have
already declared their intention tt
vote for Quay, and Senator Cullom
who is on record against both Mantl
and Corbett, has intimated that h
may change front on the question afte
a more careful study of the subjec
than he has yet given it.
Personally, the writer has very lit
tie doubt of Quay's winning his seat
his case comes before the senate, an
he is willing to go on record as a pc
litical prognosticatOr to this extent
However, this opinion does not ap
pear to be shared generally by tn
country, especially by the newspaper:
In our view the Quay case is on a
tours with the Mantle case and if tn
doctrine of stare decisis is to be &C
here6 to his claim must fall. But /
senate election cases there are prece
dents and precedents. Nothing seem
TO be settled except that nothing is SCI
tied.
In a recent editorial article, entitle
The Seating Of Quay, the Democrf
correctly states that Senator Qua
was appointed by Governor Stone
Pennsylvania to fill vacancy occu
ring during the session OF the legisl;
ture and not during the recess but at
er the legislature had adjourned wit
out filling the vacancy" The same a
ticle then proceeds to say: The sena
of the United States refused to Sc
Corbett of Oregon, who was appoint'
by the governor of that state under e
actly similar circumstances, the legi
lature through factional differenc
having failed to elect
But are the two cases exactly sin
laro Wo think not Tn tho Oroo