Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-02
COUNTY TICKET.
COLONEL QUAY's CASE.

S'a ~ oh.is ~OioiSi SStHy " st SCsit
on Governor Stones appointment.
The vote was a surprisingly close
one and conclusively proves how
strong the Colonel is with the pub
lie men at Washington. The vote
in the Senate stood 80 for to 33
against him. He was defeated by
only one vote. Considered in the
light of all the circumstances in
the case it is great surprise that
he came so near to winning the
place. He was the text of all the
opposition in the late campaign in
Pennsylvania. First the demo
Gratis organized under the ban, er
of Mr.. jerks and he toured the
State with a company of spell
binders. The text of all their
speeches was Quay! Quay. Then
came Wannamaker with his spell
binders and their text was Quay!
Quay! Then came the female sing
ing contingent and their text was
Quay! Quay! in speech and song.
The election was over whelmingly
republican resulting in the cleo
tiOn of Stone for governor and re-
publican Legislature. If the Leg
'slature had taken the popular
T0te of the state as their instruc-
tiOn they would have elected Col
Onel Quay to the Senate. There
were members of the Legislature.
who played the game of the late
rebels of the Southern states. The
rebels refused to he bOun1 by the
vote of the people of the United
States. They put their respective
states above the electoral college
vote and rebelled on their state
vote. So with a number of repub-
Hcan members of the late Legisla-
ture, they refused to accept the
general vote of the state as instruc-
tiOn on the senatorial question and
chose to take the vote Of their res
pective counties as instruction. 1t
was the practical application of the
old doctrine ofsouthcrn state rights
in the counties of Pennsylvania,
carried into the Legislature on the
question of a United States Sena-
tor. The popular vote of the state
was disregarded. The majority
caucus vote of the Legislature was
disregarded. The war of the coun-
ties against Quay was carried onto
the floor of the Legislature and there
the respective counties that had
sent antiQuay members to the Leg
lslature voted against Quay for Unit
ed States Senate. But that was not
all while the war against him in
the Legislature was going on a
prosecution was instituted in the
Philadelphia courts by men mask
ed behind the charge ofa detective.
They had no case; they knew that.
What cared they for the prostitution
of the courts. They were playing
for the applause of the galleries.
The Legislature adjourned and
then Governor Stone came forward
in recognition of the popular vote
of the state and appointed the Col
mel to fill the vacancy and the
case went to the Senate, which
body is thejudge of the eligibility
of its own members. The war
against the Colonel was carried in
to the United States Senate and
there he was defeated by 1 vote on
the 9th day Of April. So near
and yet so far. But taken all in
all it was marvellous achieve
ment of Colonel Quay. The Won
der is that he had that many votes.
Taking the jerks movement, the
Wannamaker movement, theSwal-
low movement, the singers move
ment and the precedent =, of the
United States Senate to refuse to
seat a man carrying the appoint
ment of a governor, Quay came
through the ordeal with high hon
Ors. a number of the most capa-
BILE democratic senators voted for
him. The vote of refusal to admit
him was cast in the Senate on the
oath day of April. On the 25th
day of April, the Republican State
Convention at Harrisburg nominat-
ed him for re election to the United
States Senate. The same conven-
ton declared i'm favor of the elec-
tion of a United States Senator by
a popular vote, by a direct vote of
the people. The SENTINEL AND
REPUBLICAN does not owe Colonel
Quay anything. 1t has never fed
at his crib when he had patronage
to dispense. 1t gave him earnest
support because he was a republi-
can. He always kept step with re-
publicanism, which represents the
natural and civil rights of man. If