The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-08


PHILADELPHIA. Dec. S-A despatch
from Washington quoting Senator Hanna
rs sas'ing that he did not believe that Mr.
Quay could be elected United States
Senator provoked the 1atter's friends yes
terday into private expressions quite as
unccmplimentary to the Ohio Senator IS
we're the Quay mems utteranees on the
occasion OF the National Senate's Tepu-
5iation OF Governor Stones appointment
Of the ex-senator TO his former seat
The Republican National Chairman was
blamed by the ex-Senators henchmen tor
that result. and now they accuse him Of
going ont of his way 10 enhance the pres
tige Of the insurgents.
The ex-senator came TO this city from
Washington last night, and today held
council with some of his lieutenants, in
Guiding Attorney General EIkin, who
spent Thursday in Washington. Ex-sena-
tor Andrews has been summoned 20 ex-
plain 10 Quay why he has been so IN
successful IN his efforts TO get pledges
for Spe2kership Candidate Marshall. If
andrews shall report the facts he will re-
pond that all anti-Quay Legislators re
dlize that if they help Marshall they are
promoting QIay's candidacy
Quays visitors included Senator Pen
rose, Commissioner Durham. Select Coun-
Gilman McNiehoI, Senator-elect Matson,
of Tioga; ex-senator Andrews, Attorney
General EIlin. Representatives Ward r.
Bliss and William H. Keyser, Naval Off
ser Merrick William B. Gill, and T. Lar
ry Eyre
Attorney General EIkin yesterday fol-
lowed Andrews example in declining to
specify members or the number of legis-
lators who would support Quay. All the
principal Quay heutenantS continued as
surfing their rank and file that the ex-
Senator was not thinking of getting out
Of the race. The aDti-machine leaders
claim to know. however, that the heneh-
men are preparing for Quay's anticipa e
withdrawal, and for having candidate CT
their own if the ex-SenaJor's legaLee
shall not suit them.
Some of these henchmen are quoted as
privately admitting fear that Hanna s re-
mark will strengthen popular belief that
President Mckinley Will not regret
Quay's defeat.
This is what Quay gets for stumping
the State for Mckinley said a city lieu
tenant
The ants learned yesterday that lead
ing Quay men had secretly advised
against holding machine caucus to nom
mate candidate for United States Sena-
tor a conference on this question is TO be
held by Quay and his lieutenants, and the
preliminaries may be discussed today II
is doubted that the formal decision will
be reached until the Quay forces begin to
assemble in Harrisburg after Christmas
The Quay argument gainst q caucus is
that il would make an unnecessary snow
ing of weakness The number Of sisneTs
Of the pledge to go into the caucus and
be bound by il is less than half of the 161
Republican members of the senate and
house. Andrews missionary work among
the few members supposed to be undecid-
ed has not strengthened QUay's former
nope OF increasing the Reeder- Durham
pledge list to above a hundred.
AS 10 the ten or twelve members
who. though favoring Quay refuse
10 pledge themselves TO the caucus
in lack of evidence that he could
do more than merely deadlock the
Legislature, 1t is argued by his friends
that IL he held no caucus he could get the
votes of those members on the first ballot
In the joint assembly. Should the caucus
be held they would stay out of it. and
vote for whom they pleased IN the first
snd subsequent ballots. Their view is that
Quay should not continue adhering to the
last sessions selfish policy of Quay or
nobody
After voting for Quay on the first ballot.
and perhaps a little longer, his friends
who refuse to sign the caucus pledge
would carry out their purpose TO do their
share toward breaking the deadlock This
is part of the basis for predictions that
the deadlock viii not last long.