Salt Lake Herald | 1900-03-04 | Page 12 | Quay's Case and Chance

QUAYS CASE AND CHANCE Matthew Stanley Quay will probably be seated as senator this coming corning week in disregard of the constitution which provides a method for fot filling vacancies acan and In violation ot of the established pre precedents precedents precedents of ot the national senate One of the strongest points made against the overturning of all senatorial precedents to favor Mr Quay made by Senator Cullom is that recognition of tho the power of a governor to appoint would constitute a strong temptation to state executives toward using their Influence to promote deadlocks Add to this the primary primal objection that the constitution provides for the election of senators and the case care CR is complete Let the precedent be once establish established ed that senators may take their seats upon the presentation of or commissions from their respective states and the politicians will find means to fill the th senate chamber with appointees In preference preference preference to the recent methods of ob oh obtaining obtaining taming seats by purchase An entire senate s nate by appointment would be Just Justas as logical and constitutional as the filling of ef one seat by that means