The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-19

luteiy nothing about the efforts alleged to
have been made to bride members of the
Legislature to vote for Senator, Clark.
This evidence, therefore, while interest
ing and rather sensational in its way had
absolutely nothing TO do with the Clark
case, and was reversal of the commit
tees previous action In forbidding testi-
mony TO impeach witnesses that had been
put upon the stand by the remonstrauts
II smacked somewhat of a want of fair
play and caused more or less o. comment
about the Senate corridors.
senator Quny's Case.
The youthful Mr. Penrose is destined
to disappointment in the boast he has
been making that he would have the Quay
case brought up and acted upon early this
week. Like many other young Senators,
Mr.. Penrose has been made to realize
that there are other powers in the upper
House of Congress than himself The
fact about the Quay case is that the Re
pubhcans are not at all anxious to take
II up The friends of Senator Quay still
| talk confidently of their ability to seat
him, but they are not moving about it as
If they felt as confident of the result as
they talk. They have some Democratic
| votes and there are in addition to those
| who will vote for Quay, some Democrats
! who would like to vote for Quay but who
are afraid of trouble back home If they
| w. w me tley might De aDle 10 satisfy
| themselves as to the justice of their vote
| on the legal questions involved they re-
| alize that it will be pretty difficult pro-
position for them 10 explain to Demo-
| Gratis a vote for "Old Matt Quay" the
| man whom they have been fighting for
so many years. The general impression is
| that Quay will be seated but the Re-
publican Senate leaders seem afraid to
| take up the case at this time.
When the Hon Henry Cabot Lodge APP
| propriated a Republican campaign docu-
| ment in the great tariff fight of 1892 and
had it published as a part of his remarks
| he did not think that he was making trou-
| BILE. The suit filed by Walker Givens
| against Public Printer Palmer asking dam
| ages in the sum of $4,000. indicates that
| the Senator from Massachusetts should
| have been much more discriminating In
| his selection. Mr.. Owens, who is some
| thing of a tariff expert, wrote a book
called the Tariff Riddle which he copy
| righted Mr.. Lodge then a member of
| the House of Representatives, had GER
tain portions of this book printed in the
Congressional Record under the law of
| laXity prevalent in the House, and wide
| ly distributed as campaign document,
| and now Mr. Owens, claiming that he
has been deprived of large revenues, is
suing the public printer for heavy dam
ages.
Depevv n sNIe Too"
Senator Depew had an illustration in
| the Republican caucus the other day of
| the fact that he is to be nothing more
| than ''Me Too" The question of Sem
| ate patronage was under consideration
| and the list of names showing what pa
| tronage each senator would receive was
| read out. Mr.. Depew's name was the
| only one not on the list. When
| Chancery and others turned to Boss
| Plat for an explanation, he simply
| said, "Why Senator Depew has already
| received the best place in the gift Of the
| Senate" Mr.. Depew wanted to know how
| that came and with characteristic shy
| ness the senior Senator pointed to the
| name of Secretary Bennett. AS a matter
| of fact Bennett was in no sense Depew $
man, but was suggested and put in by
Senator Platt himself. But Chauncey
| could only smile a sickly smile. He had
been fearing he would be simply a Me
| Too, and now he knew 1t.