Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-06
He FavorS the Seating Of
Senator Quay.
MADE VIGOROUS SPEECH
Says the Pennsylvania Was the
Victim of a PlOt-CaSe is Not the
Same as That of Mr.. C0rbett Of
Oregon.

Washington, March 5.-Mr. Carter of
Montana dealt vigorously with the
Quay case in the senate to-day, in the
course of an explanation as to why he
will vote for the former senator from
PENNSYLVANIA, Notwithstanding he vot-
ed against the seating of Mr.. Corbett
in the last congress. The near approach
of the time of voting on the conference
report on the financial bill brought out
two speeches on that measure. one by
MI. Fairbanks of Indiana and othe other
by MI. Butler of North Carolina.
Hon. Thomas r.. Bard, recently elect-
ed senator from California. was pre-
scented to the senate to-day by his coll
league, Perkins. Later the oath was
administered by Mr.. Frye.
The conference report on the finan-
cial bill was called up and Mr.. Teller
of Colorado, resumed his speech oppos.
ing its adoption. The proposed legisla-
ton, he believed, would be disastrous
to the country and was the culmina-
ton of an effort begun soon after the
civil war to make money dearer by de-
stroying one-halfo of the metallic money of
the world. Under it the poor would be
llLouS IoOASIs l. NIA 1lOI SpClh AAIkCIly
in behalf of Colorado.
Colorado to-day he said. sis pro-
ducing more gold than any other part
of the world, except South Africa. Last
year we produced $54, 900, 900. Undoubt-
eddy the production of gold in Colorado
this year will be $40, 000, 900, and my be-
lief is that it will soon surpass the
greatest annual production of Cali
fornia.
1T is not on account of Colorado that
am protesting against this hill Wa
can stand the gold tandard better
han other parts of the country. II New
England, with it's great manufacturing
enterprises and large laboring popula-
tion can stand it, Colorado can stand it,
too, and grow rich under it.
Il believe this is the greatest calam-
ity. however, ever inflicted upon the
country-an afhiction greater han that
should continue the time of the disaster
will be postponed, but that output prob
ably will not continue, and when it falls
off the disaster will be upon our people,"
The pension appropriation bill. which
and then Mr.. Carter Of Montana ad-
dressed the senate in favor of seating
Mr.. Quay as senator from Pennsylva-
MIA. He argued that the constitution
contemplated that the seats in the SEN
ate always should be kept full.
Referring to the precedents of the
Mantle, Allen and Beckwith cases, he
declared that the silver question really
had decided those cases, but added that
Notwithstanding the administration OPP
posed seating Mr.. Mantle because OF
silver, that gentleman had been seated
If the pairs had been properly arranged
on that vote and Allen and Beckwith
also would have been seated. as their
cases were dependent upon the decision
In the Mantle case.
Thus he said, Gin 1898 q technical
ity made the recorded verdict of the
senate the reverse of it's real judg-
ment."
AS to the Corbett case, Mr.. Carter
said: MY vote was recorded against
Mr.. Corbett and it would be registered
in the same way again on the same
state of facts. The Oregon legislature
after the time limit of carrying into
effect the will of the people had ex-
pired. and it was believed by many that
Mr.. Corbett was the inspiring genius
of that evolutionary conduct. A large
number of senators voted against Mr..
Corbett because his appointment was
regarded as the elimination of a con-
spiracy against the government of his
state. Senators We're resolved that Mr.,
Corbett should not be the beneficiary OF
that wrong."
Mr.. Quay's case was the extreme op-
posite of this. For two years, said Mr..
Carter. there had been in operation a
scheme in the state of Pennsylvania
W ' hNp1N III lit senate
If that representative We're Mr.. QUAY.
"Mr. Quay said he, was made the
victim of a court in Pennsylvania. An
Indictment was returned against him
and thus the machinery of the courts
was set in operation against him to
hold the members of the legislature
from performing their duty in the cleo
ton of a senator.
when the legislature adjourned this
man faced a jury and I believe never
challenged a single juror offered. After
the trial had proceeded to it's end the
case was submitted to the jury and in
an incredibly short time they brought
in a verict of not guilty. II don't be-
1ieve," sand Mr.. Carter, that this coun-
try has ever witnessed such anothe,
deep, dark, damnable. diabolical plot to
DESTROY a mans political or private char
acter.''
In conclusion, he said that in every
case of this kind that came before the
senate he would reserve the right to
go behind the certificate of the gov
ernor to inquire how the appointment,
was obtained.