Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-04-27

HON. MATT. S. QUAY.
body delivering speeches. AS the
days session wore on and the hour fol
the final vote approached, the gallerie.
gradually filled until they were
thronged with multitudes, while Other
multitudes were unable to gain admis
sion. On the floor of the senate wa.
every member of the body now in the
! city, and scores of members of the
house of representatives. The great
throng listened with deep attention tc
the brilliant argument of Senator
Spooner in favor of the seating of the
former Pennsylvania senator and te
the dramatic and fiery eloquence OF
Senator Daniel (Va.). who appealed tc
his colleagues to do what, on his oath as
senator, he deemed right. and vote to
Go justice to him who was knocking at
| The senate doors.
AS the big clock opposite the presi-
dent pro tempore indicated four O'clock
there was hush in the chamber. Sen
ator Frye, in the chair. announced that
the hour for the final vote had arrived,
and that the question was the pending
motion of Senator Chandler to strike
out of the resolution declaring Mr..
Quay not to be entitled to seat the
word mot" Senator'S throughout the
chamber eagerly followed the roll CALL
for all knew the vote would be close.
The first sensation was caused by the
failure of Senator Pettigrew Is. d. to-
answer to his name. although he was
in his seat. When Senator Vests name
was called he voted mo" in clear, dis
tinct voice, thus dashing the last hope
of the friends of Senator Quay, who
had expected confidently that the dis
tinguished Misourian would vote for
long tin'e perronal friend Tn per-
feet silence it was announced that the
senate had denied to Senator Quay the
seat which he has sought for some
months past.
The Vote.
The vote on Senator Chandler's mo-
ton was as follows:
Yeas-Allison. Baker, Carter, Chandler
Clark (Wyo) Cullom, Daniel, Davis, De-
Doe Foraker, Frye. Gear Hansbrough
Jones (Nev.). McComas, McLaurin, Mason,
Morgan, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins, Platt
IN ", Scott, Sewell. Shoup. Spooner,
Stewart, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Warren Wet
more, Wolcott-32.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate. Berry,
Burrows, Butler, Clay, Cockrell, Culber-
son, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld, Hawley, Jones
lArk.), Lindsay, Mcbride, McCumber. Nc
Emery, Mcmillan, Martin, Money, Plat
Comm, Proctor. Quarles, Ross, Simon,
Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Vest,
Wellington-33.
Pairs were announced as follows, the
first named in each instance being ia
vorable to Mr.. Quay and the second
opposed to him:
Pritchard with Gallinger; Depew with
| Hanna; Foster with ISean; Lodge with
| Thurston; Kenney with Caffery; Elkins
with Chiffon; Fairbanks with Mallory;
Hoar with Pettus; Kyle with Rawlins.
The following senator's were I'M
| paired:
Aldrich, Beveridge, Clark (Mont.)
and Pettigrew..
Washington, April 25.-The house
Tuesday, Mr.. Hill Comm alone OBJ
| jecting, adopted the Foraker emer.
| gency resolution to continue the pres
ent officers in Porto Rico in Office until
! the appointments are made under the
civil government act as amended by
the committee on insular affairs The
amendments require that all franchises
shall be approved by the president be
fore they become operative, and place
certain restrictions upon chartered
corporations, such as the issuing O.
stock or bonds, except for cash. and in
| hibiting real estate corporations or the
holding of real estate by corporations
except such as is necessary to carry gu
the purposes for which they are ere
i ated. About 90 pages of the post offic
appropriation bill We're disposed OF
the only substantial amendment adopt
ed being one to gi 'e extra compensa
II ton to letter carriers who work in ex
cess of As hours week