The sun., 1900-04-25
MATT QUAY REFUSED A SEA1
United States Senate Yesterday
Declared Him Not Entitled
10 the Place.
THE VOTE WAS CLOSE; 33 to 81
Senator Hanna Paired With Senator
N
Depew, and This Action Defeated
Quay. A Complete History of
the Beaver Statesman's
Long Fight.

Washington, April 24.-By vote Of
AZ to 80 the SenaIe today declared that
Matthew Stanley Quay OF Pennsylvania,
was not entitled to Ills seat.
The vote was taken exactly at O'Clock
this afternoon and the result was great
surprise even to the strongest anti QhaY
men.
The disclosure this morning that Sena-
tor Nj. A. Hanna was paired against
Quay with Depew, who was for quay,
was severe blow to the Qnay people.
Tne worst they had expected from
Hanna was that lie would be absent
without pair, which they counted as
the loss OF one vote. llls being paired
against Quay counted the loss OF two
votes, his own and Depews The Efforts
to bring kean Of New jersey. around SO
as to get his consent to be paired IN favor
oi Quay failed. Senator Sewell went to
New Jersey TO see kean i'll Qaay's Inter
est, but u telegram this morning an
Lounced that the visit was ot no avail
Matthew Stanley Qnay bad just set
tied up his affairs inaty as STATE Treas
urer when in 1856 he conclu led to 90 to
the Senate, and although he had not
taken an active part i'll the election Of
tile Iyeaislature lie was chosen by his
party at It's caucus candidate, with bit
nine dissenting votes, and he was later
elected United States Senator lie was
reelected in 1898, but tueie consider
able opposition at the time. Un the 4th
OF Nlaicn, 1899, his second term expired.
He mad then been i'll office for nearly a
quarter OF a century. He knew he would
lave opposition ond he made a canvass
for the place in 1898, and last spring he
was the chief candidate OF the Republi.
can party in the Legislature, and as he
caucus d pimlnee he received ON the first
ballot ll2 votes to S4 for Judge jerks
the Democratic candidate. Congressman
Dalzell got 10 votes, and 81 other inde
pendent Republicans voted for Q. w
Stone, John Stewart, Gaiusha A. Grow
and others.
Through January, February, Marcl
and April the baloting WAS kept u
without reaching choice at any time
7 There were seventy nine ballots alto
gether, the last one standing April Il
y 1899, tor Quay, SO; for Jenk-, 80; Jones
50. The latter is president of the Amer
can Iron aud Steel Company OF Pitts
burg. The Legislature having failed t
perform its duty, Governor stone o
April 2l, 1899, sent this document to tn
late Vice President Hobart:
ssh: By virtue OF tn power vested II
me as Executive ol The State OF Penn
sylyania under article !, clause :, SCI
ton 8, ! hereby make temporary al
poiatment o the Hon. Matthew Stanle
OuAv to be Unite States Senator frol
Pennsylvania until the next meeting |
the Pennsylvania Legislature to Ii
the vacancy now existing IN this State
Governor SGone said that IN appoln
ing Mr.. Quay he felt that he had dor
the proper thing"
Much TO the surprise Of many person
the chief advocate Of Mr.. Qlay's clail
was the venerable Senator hoar, OF Ma
sacnusetts. His argument was that q
organic law contemplates only temyoral
vacancies in the Senate, and the prop
policy is to keep all the States repr
sented in that body. He insisted IN
when the Legislature failed to perforr
it's duty to elect Senator 1t became u
right and duty of the Governor to a
point Senator. In the motion that Il
Consti ution's intent is that the Sena
shall be full at every sessi III OF Congre
Mr.. Hoar had with him majority
the Senators.