Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-03-08
Entered at the Post Office at Laporte, as
second-class mail matter.

IldIIlSDuGS, MARCH U.-OHll6u OItileS
Senator Boies Penrose is making a ma
tional reputation as an aggressive,
tactful and adroit parliamentarian
through his management of the case
of Colonel M. S. Quay before the United
States senate. Though confronted by
q combination of disgrlntled Republic
cans and large majority of the DEM
ocrats under the leadership of the
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
the brilliant young Pennsylvania has
not been defeated in any of his efforts
to bring this case to speedy conclu-
sion. He has maintained from the
outset that the question of the admis-
sion of Colonel Quay upon the certifi-
cate of appointment from Governor
Stone was not one of politics, but that
it was based upon broad constitutional
grounds and the manifest intention Of
the trainers of the constitution that
every state in the Union should be
fully represented in the United States
senate. An insidious attempt was
made by some of the factional oppo-
nents of Colonel Quay to have the
senatorial caucus. The purpose of this
was to make it political issue, which
would result in a drawing of partisan
lines in the senate which was exactly
what the friends of Colonel Quay did
not want. Senator Penrose succeeded
in blocking this little game, and the
matter never came before the Republic
can caucus of the senate. The case
has since been argued entirely upon
the issue of the proper construction OF
The constitution. The speeches of
Senatorial Daniel, of Virginia, of the
venerable and distinguished Senator
EIoar, of Massachusetts, and by others
all made it quite clear that there was
but one thing for the senate to do
and that was to seat Colonel Quay
The arguments on the other side have
not made an impression. In most
cases it was manifest that politics and
not an unprejudiced study of the uues-
tion were back of the opposition to
Colonel Quay
When this case shall have been dis
posed of and Colonel Quay shall again
occupy his seat in the senate Boes
Penrose will justly be entitled to COM
mendation for the mastery manner in
which he has directed the fight.
A SILLY INSURGENT STORY.
In their efforts to disrupt the Repub-
lican organization the Finn Martin in
surgents have sent through the state
by their press bureau a story to the
effect that Senator Penrose violated
n
the United States senate in calling w
the Quay case when he did. The Penn
sylvania guerrillas thereby sought 10
justify the action of the caucus bolterS
at Harrisburg on the United States SEN
atorship. If Penrose could afford To-
bolt the Republican caucus at Wash
ington, they argued in this newspaper
story, he certainly could not criticize
others who did not respect and abide
by the action of the Republican caucus
at Harrisburg on the United States SEN
atorship in the Quay case. The facts
are, as above stated, the Quay case was
never the subject of caucus action at
Washington. Had it been Penrose
could never have gotten the case be-
fore the senate as he did. 1t should be
apparent that the stalwart Republicans
who voted to open the discussion OF
the Quay case would never have done
SO if the party's caucus had decided
upon another program. This insur-
gent story is but on q par with others
that are circulated weekly in the dcs-
perate campaign to break through the
lines of the Republican organization.
The popular contempt of the caucus
-
been quite forcibly impressed upon the
insurgents, but they have made a very
silly attempt to make Senator Penrosa
out a caucus bolter.
Senator Penrose is rapidly forging to
the front in national affairs. He has
had to decline many invitation to
speak at banQuets and other functions
in different parts of the country.
PENROSE HONORS HAWKINS
The Quay case has by no means oc-
cupied all of Senator Penrose's time
He is busy every day looking after the
interests of his constituents, who, dur
ing the senatorial vacancy, include
the entire population of the Keystone
state. One of the latest successful Of
forts on his part is told in a special
dispatch from Washington, which
reads:
"The war department has decided to
pay an unusual honor to the memory
of the late Colonel Alexander L.
Hawkins, who commanded the Tenth
Pennsylvania regiment in the Philip
pine campaign and who died on the
transport Senator while en- route with
his regiment.
Recently Senator Penrose wrote the
secretary of war a letter suggesting
that the name of Corregidor Island. in
Manila bay, be changed to Hawkins
Island. Mr.. Penrose referred to Colo
mel Hawkins bravery and his splendid
services for his country in the Philip
pines, and also to the fact that he was
taken i'll on Corregidor Island and was
in hospital there previous to taking
transport for this country The sug-
gestion was favorably received by Sec
retarv Root