The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-25
QUAY IS DENIED Ills SEAT.
s,.vAw.. REFUSES TO ADMIT HHE
pENNSYINAN!AN.

rs .ho close Vote of 33 10 3c the Res
oIutiOn Declaring lie is Not En-
fitled to His Seat, Was Passed.
Ills Case Was Lost When Vest, His
close Friend, Voted Against Him.
senate Chamber Crowded and In
terest Ran High.
Washington, April 24.-Hon. Matthew S.
Quay was to-day refused a seat in the
Tinted States Senate on the appointment
of the Governor of Pennsylvania, by a
vote Of SO to 90.
The galleries were thronged with multi
mdes, while other mutitudes were unable
10 gain admission. On the floor of the
Senate was every member of the body now
in the city, and scores of members of the
House of Representatives.
The great throng listened with deep at
tention to the brilliant argument of Mr..
spooner in favor of seating of the former
Pennsylvania Senator, and to the fiery
eloquence of Mr.. Daniel Of Virginia. who
appealed to his colleagues to do what on
his oath as senator, he deemed right,
and vote to do justice to him who was
knocking at the Senate doors.
Mr. Daniel concluded ten minutes be-
fore the hour fixed for the voting to begin.
The excitement in the Senate by this time
was intense. There was hush in the
chamber as MIR. Frye in the chair an
nounced at A O'Clock that the hour for
the final vote had arrived and that the
question was the pending motion of Mr..
Chandler to strike out of the resolution
declaring Mr. Quay not to be entitled to
a seat the word mot"
Amid suppressed excitement Mr.. Chand-
Ter demanded the yeas and nays and the
secretary of the Senate began to call the
roll All knew the vote would be close.
The first sensation was caused by the
failure of Mr. Pettgrew of South Dako-
Ia to answer to his name, although he was
In his seat. When Mr. Vests name was
called he voted No in a clear, distinct
voice, thus dashing the last hope of the
friends Of Mr.. Quay, who had expected
confidently that the distinguished Mis-
sourian would vote for his longtime per-
sonal friend
The ArgTnment. Concluded.
When consideration of the Quay case
was taken up Mr.. Penrose of Pennsylvania
continued his argument begun late yester-
day afternoon.
Mr. McCumber of North Dakota, former
ly a Quay advocate, delivered a carefully
prepared constitutional argument in op-
position 10 the seating of Mr.. Quay.
MIR. Lindsay of Kentucky spoke.
MIR Spooner contended for liberal states
manship in tie case saying that the SEN
ate should not take the narroWest con-
ceivable view of its determination of the
question. AS for himself neither personal
tie nor popular criticism would influence
his vote which should be cast for Mr.
Quay.
Messrs Stewart Of Nevada and Turner
of Washington followed.
This is a judicial question:" said Mr..
Daniel of Virginia, land ought to be de-
oiGed upon judicial principles. Upon my
oath a senator of the United States,
delivering true Judgment according TO my
legal convictions, l declare 1 do believe
that Mr. Quay is entitled to a seat in this
body and so believing, l will so vote"
Nlr. Daniel then presented a consttu-
tiOnal argument in reply to that made
yesterday by Mr.. Quarles of Wisconsin.
In conclusion Mr.. Daniel declared that
Mr.. Quay as the appointee of the Govern
or of Pennsylvania has as good right to
a seat in the Senate as had any sena-
tor.
When Mr.. Daniel concluded it still lack
ed ten minutes of the hour fixed for
vote
How the Senator's voted.
At o'clock the Chair announced the
hour for voting had arrived, and the pend
ing question was Mr., Chambers motion
70 strike out Of the committee resolution,
declaring that Mr.. Quay was not entitled
20 a seat in the Senate, the word mot. -
Mr.. Chandler asked for the yeas and
nays.
The motion was defeated as follows:
Nears-Allson, Baker, Carter. Chandler
Clark Of Wyoming, Cullom, Daniel. Davis,
DeJoe, Foraker, Frye, Gear Hansbrough
o. T0( r.
Mason Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins
t-att of New York. Scott, Sewell Shoup
tr2oner, Stewart, Sullivan. Taliaferro
Warren, Wetmore, Wolcott-32.
-NaNs-Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry
burrows. Buler, Clay, CoclSrell, Cuber-
son, Hale, Harris Heltfeld Hawley
Jones OF Arkansas, Lindsay, Mcbride,
@aCumber, McEnery, Mcmillan, Martin,
1ooy, Plat, Of Connecticut, Proctor.
larles, Ross, Simon, Teller, Tillman,
Tyr'ey Turner. Vest Welington-S3.
Poirs were announced as fellows, the
.st naned in each instance being ia
Nl4b,e to Mr. Quay and the second op-
posed to him: Pritchatd with Galnger
t"w with Hanna Foster with Kean
j. 1"e with Thurston, Kenney with Caf-
ies Elkins with Chiffon, Fairbanks
WIZ Mallory Hoar with Pettus, Kyle
N1d BaWids
The foliowing senator's were impaired:
4ifiic7, Ieye,idge, Clark cf Montana and
Ie.isrew.
ne q"es'ion then required to the orig
H5i resolution and Il was adopted by a
yo-s of 80 to S2, the former vote being eX-
a.llF rev rsed on this question
mus NJ. quay was denied a seat in
e senate on the appointment of Gov.
lhe Senate then, at 4:25 p. m., adjourn
WANAMAI1 Is PLEASED.
"'cI"rcS Quay Could Not he Elected