Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-06
GOV, MOYT'S REVOLT.
me VIII vSte for Africa ana CIar

le VIII VSte for Africa and Clark.
"Governor Hoyt is defiant" said Ex-
Attorney General George II. Lear, raising
himself on his elbow az he lay in bed at
tho Girard house. 81 had long confer.
ence with him last night and another to-
day." he continued. II was speaking in
Lancaster on Saturday evening when
heard of Quay's resignation and l at once
sent this dispatch to tho governor: You
are on the right road take no step back
ward He at once wired me to spend the
night with him in Harrisburg. I got there
about midnight. Hoyt was in bed, but
he came down in his nightshirt and let me
in." Mr.. Lear chuckled in token of his
remembrance of the governor in undress
uniform.
How did 1 find him Why, all right,
Of course, and firm in the stand he has
taken. He has received hundreds Of tcle.
grams from all parts Of tho state congrat-
ulating him on his course. We talked
over tho whole situation, as we did many
times before. I said would vote for
John Stewart, j. Simpson Africa and Silas
NJ. Clark. Governor Hoyt said he would
do the same. l am pretty sure he will
vote for Mccormick for Congress, because
he is down on Sam Barr, Joe Scranton and
that crowd. Those who arc in the COVER.
nOr's confidence know that in pursuing
this course he is actuated by pure motives.
lie assured me that he is willing to assist
any movement looking to the publication
of tho Republican party. He has no de-
sire to 20 out of it, but he is tired of boss
rule and believes that all good Republi-
cans should oppose it. l asked the gov.
ern0r il he expected Quay to resign and
he admitted that he had not reflected upon
such an awful calamity to the common
wealth. AS, however, he said that Quay
had not done more than one honest days
work a month in Harrisburg during the
last two years, fancy that the resiSna-
ton did not weigh upon his mind. Five
minutes after the governor heard of Quay's
resignation he appointed Colonel Frank
Jordan, a Presbyterian elder and a good
man."
After some general talk On the effect of
Governor Hoyt's letter in Lancaster, where
i copy Of it was sent to every voter, Mr..
Lear said : "Oh, they say Cameron IS
white with rage, but Governor Hoyt docs
not care he will go the whole length. l
have talked with tho governor on many
occasions on the necessity of purifying the
party, and he always agreed with me.
Last night he spoke at some length on the
fact that during the last two years there
was no one about the state house with
whom hc could confer on matters CT pub
lie importance. He said Quay and Sam
Losch, the other members OF that political
lot, were almost always absent, and even
when they did appear the air about them
was impreguated with politics, not bust
ness. The governor admitted that he could
have gone to private friends and conferred
with them, but did not like it,
A prominent Presbyterian minister in
Harrisburg delivered a sermon ON the
duties of citizens, and in it he paid high
compliment to Governor Hoyt for the step
he has taken, and spoke scathingly Of
the Cameron wing Of the Republican
party.
Mr.. Lear laughed quietly, and then
said "By the way, some fellow who
signs himself A. T. q. sent the following
telegram from Philadelphia to the gover-
nor this morning Pause, Oh Governor
pause before accepting Col. bunns rcsigna-
tion. Think, oh think of the effect upon
our state militia Tho fun OF it u.s." con-
tinued Mr.. Lear ga. 7. G.. spells the
coiOnel's name with little b.