Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-14

IANcAsrER. MAY IA, 1856.
Ouay's BOsship.

It Is possible that Mr.. Quay knows bet
ter than other people how much arbitrary
personal bossing the party he is running
will stand But to an outsider it looks as
il he was extensively OVERRIDING the busi-
ness. Away last year he decreed the nomi-
nation of Beaver, and the only reason al
legged was that Beaver must be vindicated,
and the Independents of 's2 condemned,
and sentenced to swallow at least that
much of the rejected medicine. The real
reason, however, was that Quay needed,
and was determined to have, his own man,
wearing his own brand, for governor, to
enable the bosses to control the caucus for
senator. Still there was no serious kick
ing. The orders were issued and Beaver
was nominated by Quay without ceremony.
No one doubts that the convention will
ratify MFR. Quay's appointment of the can
didate, with practically no dissent.
The consequences of the selection are
already apparent. Until few weeks ago
Cooper, Bayne, Grow, Wharton Barker,
Mitchell and others were running, or sup
posed they were running, for senator.
All pretense of that kind has ceased. Mr..
Quay is the only candidate in the field.
All the old ring elements are combined on
him. Kemble goes on his bond Liysey
stays in the treasury; Magee s. has his
whack -; and all the high contracting par
ties are content. The people may talk,
and hold conventions, and declare and re-
solve, and go on AS they please about this
~c 81, ial Stnt
tor, but should Quay carry his state ticke,
and his legislature, no other name but his
will be considered in the so-called Repub
lcan caucus.
In addition TO Beavers name, Mr.. Quay
has now slated the names of Davies ant
Norris. Davies comes in by a little
stretch of the " vindication plan, but OF
what pretense does Norris take place OF
the ticket without consulting the conven
ton ? No one disputes the fact. He il
there !; he is just as securely slated, ano
therefore nominated, us Beaver or Davies
But Mr.. Quay is not going TO do this jol
by halves. He understands that his nomi-
nation and election to the office of stat,
treasurer was intended to constitute hin
the boss of the Republican party, and ht
has made uphis mind to do the work thor
oughly, in the lump and in detail.
He has already appointed three of
the state ticket, and will provide
the others when he gets ready. Mean
while he is giving attention TO the
composition of the legislature, and direct
ing the choice of candidates in the various
districts. Here, for instance, he has Or
dered the election of Sunny over Stehman
because Sunny will be handy in the cau-
Gus. In Philadelphia he has decreed the
slaughter of Senator Adams, who is not
sufficiently servile; while in Lawrence
county we are told there has been "a cam
paign with money in it, and the delega-
tion will be unanimous for Quay for sena-
tor.
1t is possible that honest, self-respecting
a Republicans will stand by and see the ma
chine do this kind of work without pro-
test, but we don't believe it. 1t is possible
that the Independent leaders, with the fifty
thousand Republicans who voted for Wolfe
in Isl, and the forty thousand who voted
for Stewart in 'S2, will submit in silence,
shame and fear; but it is not likely. The
state is not yet ready to be handed back,
bound and dumb, to the keeping of the
old railroad and treasury ring. Some Re-
pnblicans are more attached TO the state
than they are to the party, and others are
more attached to the party than they are
to the ring bosses.