Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-07-31
The Power Of Money.

The Power Of Money.
Mr.. Quay seems to have some money
left i; he is reported as having handed his
check for $500 to a ward club in Phila-
delphia with the remark that what was
wanted in this campaign was work and
not talk. Mr.. Quay has very correct
view of the exigencies of the situation.
Mr.. Quay is an intelligent man. He
also seems to be man of money. He
is reported to have an ambition to lie
United States senator from Pennsyl-
vania. No doubt Mr.. Quay's heart is in
this canvass. A mans heart generally
follows his pocket; and Mr.. Quay'S
liberality is very satisfactory sign of
his interest in the success of the Repub-
lican party. 1t cannot do better than to
take his advice rs unhesitatiDgly as it
takes his money. He will prove better
Moses to lead it into the promised land
than its candidates with their long
worded letters and its orators with their
sound and fury and careful avoidance of
DeGOlyer and Credit Mobilier. Ir.
Quay is right in declaring that the Re-
publicans do not want talk in this CAM
paign, but work /; and the kind of work
too that money is needed to pay for.
It may seem somewhat odd to the vir-
tuous reader of Mr.. Quay's advice that
he should he SO ready to frankly declare
that the main reliance of his party must
be money. He uses "work :" and
''money' as synonymous terms, and evil
IDENTIFY means to declare by his example
that the medicine which his party needs
is cash. 1t is its only hope. Money is a
very effective instrument in politics, as
Mr.. Quay knows. 1t may be said, with
out perhaps meeting contradiction, that
it is the approved basis of Republican
politics in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Quay and
his friends are experts in its manipula'
tion. He seems to he the boldest of them
all. He casts his bread resolutely upon
the waters in the hope of its coming back
to him many fold. The three thousand
dollars which he unavailingly sent to
Lancaster county to secure friendly mem
bers of the Legislature was an outlay
which took brave spirit to make. That
boldness seems to have been rashness
but it is rashness that is needed to save
a desperate cause.
Our Republican friends cannot be toe
rash in this canvass. They are hurt SC
badly at the outset that it is hard tt
imagine how they can get into Il worse
case. Any change naturally must he fOl
the better. We look to see their cOndi
tion brighten somewhat, if they continue
the canvass. 1t must do so. They can
not possibly keep up the fight unless they
get rid of some of their dependency and
manage to put on less of a hang dog look
The very appearance of their newspapers
and their speakers now is enough to
create an epidemic among the rank and
file. If something inspiriting is not sool
done there will he no army left them. II
cannot continue in it's present state OF
decentralization without going to pieces
Quay's remedy is the only one. 1t will
not succeed, but it will make the cam
paign interesting. 1t will he expensive.
but the money that will be used was
easily gotten and may be easily spared.
1t is absolutely the party s only salvation.
1t saved it last time and it is the only
bridge it can trust to now. If some first
class thief will keep Garfield's pocket full
of money and the other rich plunderers
stand ready to respond on demand, the
canvass may come to look somewhat less
lop-sided than it does now. One dis
cOuragement in the situation has been
that SO many of the old wolves and foxes
have been disgusted with the situation
have been disposed 20 sulk in their tents.
The indication is that the common peril
is driving them into line. The cause
needs them and all their resources to
ward off most disgraceful defeat.