The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-10

territorial expansion makes possible
for us.
Therefore, the party will not 60
into the campaign upon the defensive.
but aggressively championing all
those proposed measures and policies
which will make emphatic and per.
! nanent our changed relation In the
domains Of trade and commerce, and
will hasten approaches to a position
which will establish the United States
as the financial and commercial power
OF the world. the great creditor ma
tion."
THE QUAY CASE
The Wanamake, outfit from Phila-
| uelphia. whose business here is To see
that Mr. Quay !. not seated. arrived
yesterday. Not one of the crowd has
the slightest hope that Quay will not
be seated. They camp out in the sem
ate corridors and imagine that their
presence in the capitol will have some
vague, inscrutable effect on the result.
The Wanamakcr organs all vigorous
ly and authentically declared that the
case would not come up yesterday, yet
the crowd lined up at the noon hour,
might be seated by unanimous con-
sent They have talked so many ways
| about the case, have manufactured
and fabricated SO many stories and
| theories, that they discredit each other
and everybody else. They were con-
vulsed yesterday when word passed
| out that Senator Chandler had ths
| floor and was demanding an immediate
vote. For some moments the insur-
gent gang showed unmistakable signs
| Of Generalization and despair.
| They rallied when the announcement
was made thai Senator Chandler had
| acquiesced in the previous days ar
rangement, making the financial bill
the exclusive subject of debate in th,
senate until Thursday of the coming
week. The fact is, the arrangement
was made with his consent. 1t is the
purpose of the Republican leaders in
the senate that no pretext shall pre-
vent a vote on the financial bill on
! the date fixed. The interjection of the
| Quay debate, or any other debate, as
| has been the rule for some time,
might operate to delay final action on
the financial bill. II was to avoid this
that the agreement was made. But
once the Wanamakcr outfit realized
that Quay had not been seated the in
surgent cry went up that the action of
the senate meant Quay's defeat. and
in loud and noisy predictions started
| the story on it's rounds.
| 1t Is entirely possible that the senat,
| may not consider the Quay case. fol-
| lowing the passage of the financial
bill, but there is every indication that
| it will. There is every assurance to
| that effect There Is Il tacit under
| standing to that effect. Mr.. Turley.
of Tennessee, will make the leading
| speech against Mr.. Quay. Hc is ready
| to proceed when the first opportunity
| is presented.
| Senator Turley is Il lawyer of some
| reputation. and his speech will be di-
rected to the dry legal question of con-
stitutional construction. 1t will be of
| such irresistible force as to convince
anybody who is not already decided
| against the power of the governor to
fill a vacancy in the senate under the
| circumstances that surround the Quay
| case. Senator Turley will make the
| most of his side of the contention. but
| there is a safe majority in the senate
| against the tendency Of disintegration
| that must follow the rejection of a
| senator because n state legislature,
through corrupt or factional influences,
refuses to elect u senator according to
state and federal obligations. This
| becomes more apparent as the subject
is agitated. and it will be a great sur
prise if the Quay case does not stand
as Il precedent giving the governor of
u state the right to fill a vacancy in
| the senate whenever the vacancy may
| occur.
The Wanamake- bargain counter
| iterates and reiterates daily that the
administration takes no interest in
seating Quay. The truth is, the presi-
dent is deeply interested in the mat
ter, and every member of the cabinet
is in sympathy with the presidents s
wishes. Senators Hanna, Allison, AL
drich, ElkiI and others. who stand
very close to the president. are
avowed advocates of Mr.. Quay's ad-
mission on Governor stones certificate
Of appointment But, of course the
president is taking no personal part in
the controversy.
] THE WEEK IN CONGRESS-.
The house has two appropriation
bills to its credit. After two days of
desultory political debate the diplo-
matte appropriation bill passed the
house yesterday. A dozen or two short
and long speeches We're made, with
out the slightest reference to
any provision in the bill. So
it was when the Indian apprOpria ton
bill was under consideration: and so
it will be to the end of the session.
| whatever the pending bill may be.
The Democratic campaign of slander
and vituperation and misrepresenta-
ton is well under way. The har-
raneues are made for home consump-
tion and the meanest thing about it is,
| the taxpayers of the country pay for
it, However black and wanton the
SANDER; however fragrant the misrep-
| resentatiOns: however notorious and
irresponsible the representative, what
he says goes into the Congressional
| Record, and thence into general cir
culation at the taxpayers expense. OF