Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-19
LACKS THIRTEEN VOTES OF
ENOUGH TO ELECT HIM.
BITTERNESS is INCREASING
OPEN REVOLT AGAINST A RULING
BY GOBLIN.
Latter Arbitrarily Adjourned Joint
Session Yesterday and Refused
to Permit nm Appeal-Anti-
Quay Republicans and
Democrats Confer.

| HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. lS.-The feeling
| between the candidates, their managers and
| their followers in the great battle for Unit
| ed States senator has been intensified by
| the rulings of Lieutenant Governor Gobin
at to-day's joint assembly of the senate
and house. Mr.. Goblin refused to entertain
| an appeal from his decision excluding a
series of rules regulating the procedure Of
the conference, and declaring the assembly
adjourned when three-fourths of the sena-
tors and members voted otherwise.
The senate and house met in joint session
| at noon to-day to ballot for United States
senator. After comparing the journals,
Lieutenant Governor Goblin, in the chair
announced that Mr. Quay was named fer
senator in the senate, but that there was
no election in the house. A ballot was TAX
en- and resulted as follows:
Quay. Republican, IL: jerks, Democrat,
81; Dalzell. Republican, 10; Stone, Republic
an, 8; Stewart, Republican, 8; HUFF, Re
publican, 5; Tubbs, Republican. 4: Irwin,
Republican, 8; Chase Smith, Republican, l.
Rice, Republican, .: ]. F. Downing, Re-
publican, 2; Grow. Republican, /; Alvin
Markle, Republican, !. Necessary to choice,
125. No election.
When the vote was announced, Senator
Grady moved to adjourn. Mr.. Goblin put
| the motion and declared the convention
adjourned.
Mr.. Finn called for the yeas and nays.
| but the lieutenant governor declined to Or
der the call and ruled that the assembly
was adjourned.
After the adjournment Mr.. Finn invited
| the legislators opposed to the bul!dozins
! tactics of the chair to remain.
Gratis We're hurriedly called together afte:
| the conference adjourned. by Senator Will
| lam Finn. of Allegheney Republicani
chairman of the anti-Qray organization
t,,f fha ly A ~
! ed 1876 members and senators present. or
| these, five Republicans who voted for Sen
ator Quay. partieipated in ;, the IN. meeting ing
| movement. A committee of seven was ap-
| pointed to prepare series of resolutions
| TO be submitted to an adjourned meeting,
| of the house of representatives. The hall
of the house was crowded with legislators
and politicians when the night meeting
was called to order by Chairman Bliss.
| the excluded rules and the right to pre-
! scribe such. declaring that the presiding
| officers action violated al. rules and prece-
| sembly has the undoubted right to govern
| it's own procedure and to elect or change
| a presiding officer at pleasure" the same
/! rules be offered at to-morrOw's meeting of
t the joint assembly. and 1heir consideration
demanded prior to any ballot for United
| States senator.
This report is signed by nineteen senator's
, and 120 representatives, four more than at
| tended the day meeting.
In explaining the resolutions. Mr.. Finn
! said there was no law or constitutional
| mandate that allows the lieutenant gov
+; ernor to preside at joint assembly of the
| senate and house to elect United States
| senator; it was simply a matter of
courtesy. ~ l.,-7r, !.-'--F. ~
| The report was adopted and copies were
| distributed among the senators and menu
| bers for signatures.
| A motion was offered by Senator David
| Martin. of Philadelphia, Republican, and
adopted, that the committee of seven be
| pendent Republicans and Democrats to-
| gether any time the necessity arises.
Mr.. Finn read section s. article ". OF
| who Is a brigadier general in the volunteer
army. has no right to preside at the confer
! ence. 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 gov
ernor or lieutenant governor.