Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-25
TIE PASSING Of QUAY
Walter Wellman's Comment on the
Rejection Of Quay by the
Senate.
Dramatic Scene in Senate Chamber
When the Vote Was Taken
Vests Vote.
Bosom Friend of Quay, He Had the
Courage to Vote Against

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States senate decided last evening that
itfwould not violate the constitution and.
tbs. presidents u d uuai tel OF i, century
for the benefit of the once great boss of
pennsylvania. Ii was amid intense ex-s
element that The final vote was cast
There Was a dramatic scene, too, when.
feeble, decrepit Senator Vest, almost
with one foot in the grave l,ut his brill
iant mind as elsar as a bell, raised his
Voice against his bosom friend and
chuni. the claimant from PENNSYLVANIA.
twas as if Damon had sacrificed Py-
tllias for principles sake. And that one
Vote would have saved Quay from a
defeat Which. Without doubt will prove
his political ruin and bring To- an end
his long career as a political boss ant.
safrap of corporation legislation and
]unNholesonie influences.
We had a dramatic. almost a tragic
linca.aation OF the spirit Of American
pofitics at its worst. and also, thank the
rates, at its best. Marrow as was the
victory, slender as was the margin, il
was on the right side.
When the roll call began there was a
great tllrons in the senate chamber.
The galleries We're filled To oveYilowins.
Perhaps a hundred members of he low
er house crowded the vacant space be-
hind the senatorial seats. Every one.
knew that the great boss, the man who.
ten or twelve years ago. fairly. held the
republican party Of the nation in the
hollow of his hand, Was on trial for his
life
Al this moment his career was to be
crowned wilh such Il victory as no man
mad known in ON, day victory over
the fundamental law OF the land and the
practice and dignity 5. the body which
he sought 10 force his way into. or he
was 10 be given such arebuke as WOULD
almost certainly send him TO his poiitf-
cal grave. Therefore it was not surpris-
ing q huge crowd assembled 10 be in Al
the death.
But ct all the throngs there was NOT one
man Who knew what the result was to
be: So close was the vote. 50 nearly
matched the rival forces, that a mis-
AXE about a pair. man taken III. al
surprise here or there might chang the
Whole result.
There was intense stiffness in tbs sen
ate chamber as the clerk called tbs roll 4.
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Senator Hannats paii, with Mr. l1epew
against Quay was the first usitoward in
icident which the Penns ylvanian foi-
lowers had to face.
I Cumbersome of Texas was another whom;
they had before relied upon 10 SAVE the.
day. but Gulberson stood BY the consti-l
Itutien. AIartinof Virginia WAS still an
other of whom they, had hopes, hui Mar
tin disappointed them. As the friends
of Quay nervously tailed the yeas and
nays during the ron call they saw a
single vote Nag needed To save their
chief
The alphabet was nearly exhausted.
The clerk was down toward / he bottom
of the list Would Vest see his friend
8defeated2 Would the senator from Mis-
sonriAput the knife into his chuin-into
the political vitals of the man with
whom he had tished, drunk. played
poker. slept bothered thru these many
years. Would he strike AT the man he
loved for the sake of a musty old con-
stitution and his convie tons as to how
Lit Should be interpreted?
MIR. Vest sang out the clerk
All eyes turned toward little.5
shrunken man, all brains and body and
no neck, who sat crouchetI in a front
chair almost out of sight, apparently
asleep.
MOI. came sharp and clear from he
little old mans tnroat, and it Was all
over. Matthew Stanley Quay was de-
feated. probably ruined. And it was
his best friend that had cast the fatal
Vote
There was giisten int little old
| man s eye, a huskiness in his voice, as
| ne turned to answer a question put To
him by a nsighboring senator. Never
VAS a vote cast in the United States
Senate that required greater devotion
to duty and principle. never one that
iiepst such a pang in the heart of a true
| and manly man.
The yeas are thirty-two and the
mays are thirty three" said President.
| Pro Tempore Frye, and Quay's fate
was sealed. The senate by this narrow
margin had refused to strike out the
word not in the resolution declaring
| that Mr. Quay was not entitled TO
seat. Another roll call was necessary
| to confirm the verdict and this was
upon adoption of the resolution.
Again the painful stiffness spread
over the chamber. We all appeared to
| feel the tragedy of the moment. 1t was.
right that Quay should be beaten. His
wassan impudent claim. He never had
any business to ask the senate to seat
him on this tiimsy title. But Quay is
Imam for all that. He has many good
qualities. He makes true and fast
friends. He has been IA great force in
American politics. He is at least a
picturesque figure in our public life.
leader and boss such a S we are not like
| ly to see the parallel of again for many
a day. Would the senate stand to its
vote and cut him off
Following the detailed votein Chand-
llers motion to strike out the word
mot" in the resolution declaring Quay
not entitled to a seat:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Carter, Chand-
Ter, Clark of Wyoming, Cullom, Daniel,
Davis. Deboe. Foraker, Frye. Gear,
Hansbrough, Jones of Nevada. McCo-
mas, McLaurin Mason, Morgan, Nell.
son. Penrose, Perkins,. Plat Of New
York. Scott. Sewell, shoup. spooner,
Stewart Sullivan. Taliaferro, Warren,
Wetmore and Wolcott-3322.
Nays--Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate. Ber-
ry, Burrows. Butler, Clay Cockrell,
lCulbertson, Hale. Harris, Heitfeld.
Hawley,. Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay.
cBride. McCumber, McEnery, McMil.
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