The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-04-27
QUAY'S SEAT VACANT.
Senate Declares He Is Not En-.
titled to Ii.
BUT ONLY BY ONE MAJORITY.


olution with Amendments Senator
Clark of Montana Decides to Resign to
Escape Inevitable ExpuIsion-AgricuI-
tural Appropriations Bill Reported by
the Senate Committee.
Washington, April 24.-The final
days debate on the case of Hon. Nj. s.
Quay began in the senate at IL o'clock.
Notwithstanding the comparatively
early hour of meeting a large number
of senators was present when the
session opened and many people were
in the galleries. A resolution offered
passed. 1t requests the president to
inform the senate what commissions
have been created or appointed by the
executive since March 4, 1885, in ref
erence to foreign relations or the ter
ritories Of the United States or to in
quire into the war with Spain; the
personnel of the commissions, the to-
tai compensation or allowance of each
Of the commissioners and of all en-
ployes of the commissions. A bill au-
thorizing the secretary of war to make
regulations governing the running
Of loose logs, steamboats, and RATS on
certain rivers was passed.
Quay Case Taken Up.
Consideration of the Quay case was
then resumed. Penrose continued his
argument begun late the previous aft
ernoon. McCumber delivered a care
fully prepared constitutional argu-
ment in opposition to the seating of
Quay. Only brief while ago he was
regarded as an advocate of Quay's
claim, but he announced in his speech
that after careful consideration he had
changed his opinion. This change, he
said, was not based upon emotion, but
upon reason.
The vote on the Quay case was taken
promptly at o'clock. The resolution
which declared Quay mot" entitled to
his seat was first laid before the SEN
ate. Chandler moved to strike out the
word mot" and on that the vote was
taken and resulted:
Yeas-Allison, Baker, Carter, Chan
dler, Clark of Wyoming, Cullom, Dan
lei, Davis, Deboe, Foraker, Frye, Gear,
HansbrOugh, Jones of Nevada McCom-
as, McLaurin, Mason, Morgan, Nelson,
Penrose, Perkins, Plat of New York,
Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Stewart,
Sullivan, Taliaferro, Warren, Wet
more, Walcott-32.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate,
Berry, Burrows, Butler, Clay, Cockrell,
Culberson, Hale, Harris, Heitfeld,
Hawley, Jones of Arkansas, Lindsay,
Mcbride. McCumber, McEnery McNlil-
Ian, Martin, Money, Plat of Connect
cut, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Simon,
Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Vest,
Welllngton-33.
Pairs Announced. ess -"a'S
Pairs were announced as follows, the
first named in each instance being ia
vOrable to Quay and the second OPP
posed to him: Pritchard with Calm
ger, Depew with Hanna, Foster with
Kean, Lodge with Thurston, Kenney
with Caffery. Elllins with Chiffon,
Fairbanks with Mallory, Hoar with
Pettus, Kyle with Rawlins. The fol
lowing senators were impaired: Aid
rich, Beveridge, Clark of Montana and
Pettigrew.
The vote was then taken on the resO-
luton declaring Quay not entitled to a
seat. 1t was carried-33 to 80.
The roll-call of the senate was the
same as on the previous call.
House Proceedings.
Previous to the resumption of the
consideration of the postoiiice appro-
priation bill in the house Cooper, chair
man of the committee on insular af-
fairs, asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of the Foraker resolu-
ton to provide for the continuation in
Office of the present military admins |
tration in Porto Rico, pending the APP
pointment of the civil officers under !
the civil government act. The reso.
luton carried two amendments placed |
upon 1t by the inSular affairs commit |
tee; one to provide that franchises
should be approved by the president |
and another placing certain restric-
tons upon charters, corporations, etc. |
II was arranged that the resolution
should be debated for one hour. The !
resolution as amended, was passed. !
Consideration of the postottice appro- |
priation bill was then resumed.
Endorsed for Governor of Michigan.
st. Joseph, Mich, April 25.-Henry |
Of Three Oaks, one of the
oIIos+ ,,,ap,harc of tho nom0orat rio