New-York tribune., 1901-01-18
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Mr.. QUAY TAKES HIS SEAT.
PENNSYLvANIANS CROWD SENATE GAIL
LERIES TO CHEER HIM.
HIS RETURN MADE THE OCCASION FOR A
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION.
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Washington. Jan. 1T.-Matthew Stanley Quay's
re-entrance TO the Senate was the occasion to-
day of an unusual scene in that chamber. The
galleries were crowded with PennsyIvanians--
presumably partisans. for the most part, of the
principal actor in the scene. a curious feature
was that apparently there were more women
than men in the galleries. In the executive gall
lery. which is reserved for the families and inti-
mate friends of Senators. there were notably few
spectators. Mrs Quay and her daughter. who
were with the Senator all through his recent hard
night at Harrisburg, occupied a conspicuous pO-
sitiOn In this gallery
For nearly an hour before the Senate met at
noon there was a crush of eager spectators at
the gallery doors. II Is estimated that not much
more than half Of the people who scrambled for
admission to witness the simple ceremony OF
administering the oath of office to Mr. Quay got
into the gallery at all. Scores of those who thus
were disappointed had come hundreds of miles
from Pennsylvania Most of those who gained
admission were Pennsylvanans employed in the
departments who owe their places to the inffu-
enee of Mr.. QUAY
In the matter Of floral display nothing like
that which covered not only the desk assigned
TO Mr.. Quay, but also the two or three adioi1l-
ing desks, has been seen in the Senate in many
day. The flowers came mostly from Pitts5urg.
Chief among the display was a huge arch
OF white immortelles supported by triumphant
columns of the same variety, and capped by a
keystone of red buds. Inlaid in the arch in
viOets was the inscription: The verdict of the
people
COOL TOWARD SENATOR HANNA.
Senator Quay did not appear in the chamber
until five minutes before the Senate was called
to order by President Frye. He was obviously
embarrassed by the knowledge that he the
focus of all the eyes in the crowded galleries.
Senator Hanna, who was in his seat two rows
below Mr.. Quay's. was among the first to con-
gratulate the Pennsylvania leader. 1t cannot
be said that Mr.. Quay warmly reciprocated Sen
ator Hanna's greeting After Senator Hanna
/ came Mr. Burrows Mr.. Scott Mr. EIkins Mr..
Lodge and Mr.. Allen the Nebraska POpulist.
who will soon go back to private life. While all
OF these Senators except Mr.. Hanna were
grouped around Mr. Quay Mr. Frye called the
Senate to order. While Mr. Quay was receiving
the congratulations on the floor the hundreds
/ of persons who thrOnged the galleries rose and
applauded him tumultuously. That Mr.. Quay
appreciated this distinctly personal tribute was
/ evident He glanced sElilingly around the gall
I lerieS, nodding Familiarity 10 friends he recoS-
nized here and there.
/ Before recognizing anybody for a motion Mr.
/ FRYE again thumped his desk vigorously and
i warned the spectators that if they violated the
decorum of the Senate by manifestations either
/ of approval or disapproval he would have the
galleries cleared. Mr. Quay was then escorted
90 the secretary's desk by Senator Penrose and
| the oath administered to him. After this
performance, made somewhat theatrical by the
crowds in the galleries and the presence on the
floor Of nearly the entire House delegation from
Pennsylvania the regular legislative business
/ of the day begun by the clerk droning out
the titles of bills. memorials and petitions
TAKES MR. HANNA'S FORMER SEAT
Mr. Quay's seat is the one recently vacated Dy
Senator Hanna, who at the opening of the ses-
sion was promoted to a desk about the centre
! of the Republican side of the Senate. Mr. Quay
Is now in the last of seats. and is immedi-
ately in front of the main door of the Repuhli-
/ entrance
IL is interesting circumstance that Senator
/ Burrows who was the third member OF the Sen
ate to congratulate Mr.. Quay, made the strong
est and most elaborate argument the lasc
[ session against his admission the certificate
of appointment by Governor Stone. 1t Sen
ator Hanna's vote that the determining fac
Z tor against Mr.. Quay in that memorable contest.