Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-02
QUAY CASE VOTE
COMPARED TO THE VOTE IN PRE-
VIOUS YEARS.
QUESTION IS NOW SETTLED.
Third Time in Six Years Senate Has
Rendered the Same
Decision.
Washington, April q.

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Special to the Inter Mountain.
The Quay case has been decided by
the senate; 1.-The judge of the eiectioh vi
it's " members and thus ends one OF
the hardest fought battles ever "aseo III
that great body. TIL fnal vote was 90
TO ~ against allowing him to take his
seat. The appointment of a senator by
the governor of a state, when the lesls-
lat,re of that state refused. or failed. to
perform it's unquestioned duty. mas again
been decided, and another precedent
added to many, but particularly to those
established in the last six years. all of
which are fresh in the minds of the PEG
Pile of today, viz: Mantle of Montana
and Corbett of Washington. 1t is true
that the personnel Of the senate has
changed some since the decisions were
reached in the cases last mentioned, but
in the present organization there are stu
many who We're senators during the
time of final action on those cases.
Therefore it may pe interesting TO LIE
reader to mpa the votes OF the SEN
ate on the three identical cases-Mantle,
torbett and Quay. For that purpose the
following tabulation of the vote on each
is given. The resolution in every instance
provided that the appointee was not
entitled TO a seat in the senate and the
vote in the Mantle case on such reso-
luton was:
Yeas-Aldrich (rep.). Berry (dem.).
Caffery (dem.), Call (dem.), Camden
,dem1, Coke (dem.). Cullom (rep), Dix
uep). George (dem.). Gray (dem.), Lind
say (dem.), Mcmillan (ep). Mcpherson
(dem), Mills (dem). Mitchell, Wis.
tdem.), Murphy (dem.), Palmer (dem.).
Ransom (dem.), Smith (dem.), Stock
bridge (rep.), Vance (dem.), Vest (dem.),
Villas (dem.), Voorhees, (dem.), Wash
burn (rep.), White. Cal. (dem.), White.
La. tdem.)-32.
Nays-Bate (dem.), Butler (dem.).
Cameron Tep), Davis (rep.), Dubois
lrep.), Frye Crep.), Hansbrough (rep.),
Hawley (rep), Higgins (rep.), Hill
Cdem.), Hunton (dem.), 1rby (dem.),
Martin ,dem), Morgan (dem.), PETER
IF. Al, Perkins (rep.), Pettigrew (rep.),
Power rep.), Pugh (dem.), Roach idem.),
Sherman rep.), shoup Gep), Squire
rep:), Stewart Uep.). Teller Gep.), Wal
Blackburn (dem.), Brice (dem.). Carey
Gep.), Chandler Gep.), Cockrell idem.),
Colquitt (dem.), Daniel (dem.). Dolph
German (dem.). Hale (rep.). Harris
(dem.), Hoar (rep.), Kyle Gnd.), Lodge
(rep.), Henderson (rep), Mitchell, Ore.
Oep.). Morrill, Gep.), Quay (rep.), Tur-
pie (dem.), Wilson Gep.)-24.
In the "Corbett case" which was
claimed to be somewhat different tech
nically. but which covered, in fact, the
same point, the vote was:
Yeas-Allen (pop), Bacon (dem.), Bate
(dem.), Berry (dem.), Burrows (rep.).
(rep.), Chiffon (dem.), Clark (rep.), Clay
(dem.), Cockrell (dem.) Cullom (rep.),
Davis (rep.), Deboe (rep.), Faulkner
(dem.), Gallinger (rep). German (dem.),
Gray (dem.), Hale (rep.), Heitfeld (pop.).
Jones, Ark. (dem.), Jones, New. ~(silver),
konNpV iiam \ Tin6Sov (1ano \ NTopriJo
(rep.), Mcmillan (rep.), Mallory (dem.),
Martin (dem.). Mills (dem.), Mitchell
(dem.), Money (dem.), Nelson rep.),
Pascoe (dem.), Penrose (rep.), Pettigrew
(silver-rep), Pettus (dem.), Plat, Conn.
(rep.), Rawlins (dem.), Roach (dem.D
shoup Gep.). Stewart ~(silver), Teller (sil-
ver-rep.), Thurston (rep.), Tillman
(dem.), Turley (dem.), Turpie (dem.),
Vest (dem.), Warren (rep.), Wellington
(rep.)-50.
Baker (rep.), Fairbanks (rep.), Foraker
(rep.), Frye Tep.), mi Gep.), Hans
brough (rep.), Hawley (rep.) Hoar (rep.),
Lodge Qep.), Mantle (silver rep.), Mason
(rep.), Morrill, Tep.), Perkins (rep.).
sewell (rep.), Turner (pop.). Wetmore
Tep.), Wilson (rep.)-17.
Not Voting-Cannon (sil. rep.), Chand-
Ter Uep.), Daniel (dem.), Elkins (rep.),
Gear Tep). Harris pop.), Kyle (ind.),
Mcf1nery tdem.), McLaurin (dem.), Nor
gan tdem.). Murphy (dem.), Plat, N. Y.
(rep), Pritchard (rep.D. Proctor (rep.),
Quay rep.), Smith (dem.). Spooner
Gep.), Walthall (dem.), White (dem.),
WOlcOtt rep.)-2O.
When the Quay case came to a vote,
on motion Of Mr.. Chandler. it was pro-
posed to strike out the word mot" in the
first line of the resolution: so that the
resolution if amended would read:
Resolved, That the Hon. Matthew S.
Quay is entitled to his seat in this body
as a senator from the state of Pennsyl-
yania.
On this motion the yeas were 80 and
the nays 80, and the amendment was re-
jected. which was the test vote. The
original resolution was then voted upOn
with the same result. viz:
Yeas-Allen. Bason, Bard, Bate, Berry
Burrows. Butler. Clay, Cockrell, Culber-
son, Hale. Harris, Hawley. Heitfeld
Jones, Ark. Lindsay, Mcbride. McCum.
Der, McEnery. Mcmillan. Martin, Money
Plat, Conn, Proctor, Quarles, Ross, ST.
mon, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner
Vest, Wellington-33.
Nays-AllisOn, Baker, Carter, Chand-
Ter. Clark, Wyo., Cullom, Daniel, Davis
Deboe, Foraker, Frye. Gear, Hans.
brough, Jones, New. McComas, McLau.
rim, Mason, Morgan, Nelson. Penrose
Perkins. Plat, N. Y, Scott, Sewell
Shoup, Spooner, Stewart. Sullivan, ITALIA.
ferro, Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott-32.
Not Noting-Aldrich, Beveridge, CAT
fiery, Chiffon, Clark, Mont, Depew, Elk,
ms. Fairbanks. Foster. Gallinger. Hanna
Hoar. kean, kenney. Kyle, Lodge, Nal
lory. Pettigrew, Pcttus. Pritchard. Raw
Inns. Thurston-22.
The pairs were as foIloWs-the frs
named for seating. the last against:
tlhfns, Nv. Va. with Chiffon. (Texas.
DepeW, IN. W with Hanna. ohio
Foster. fWashl with Kean On. j.
hritchard, On. c. with G~allinger IN. Fl.
Kenney CDel.l with Caffrev, LaD