The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-27
BOSS OUAY,S AMBITION.

hcan party In his vest pocket anu meAns
to hang on to it. There is fun ahead.
James G. Blaine, the "plumed knight"
has too long been a" uncrowned king" OF
the Republican party to give up his grip
without struggle. But it "must be
did," Matthew Stanley Quay has said
it, not in so many words, but then actions
sometimes speak louder than words. The
Whole truth of the matter is that Boss
Quay is ambitious. He has done efficient,
even if it was questionable, work for his
party, and feels that he should be liber-
ally rewarded, and the reward that he
will demand will be the nomination tor
the Presidency in the next Republican
Convention
What ground have we Cor this asser-
ton? Why it is clear enough. Pennsyl-
vania has spoken, and is not Pennsylva-
MIA the very pulse of the Republican
party?
Matt has engineered bowling big
Convention over there in Harrisburgh-
and this is what it says:
" The Republicans of Pennsylvania claim es-
peca recognition for the reason that in the hour
of its extremity they furnished to the National
Republican or ganiZatiOn a chairman who, during
all the anxious days of the recent national cam
paign, in cooperation with the honored repre-
sentatves of other States controlled the forces
at hand as to compel victory. The thanks of the
Republicans of this Commonwealth are due and
hereby rendered to the Hon. Matthew S. Quay
for the honorable and masterful way in which he
conducted the campaign"
See? What palmer evidence would be
wanted than this? Blaine can begin to
shake, for Quay has decided that he shall
be "shook." The iron heel Of the vote
mani pulator is already upon the neck of
erstwhile uncrowned king, and his kicks
will amount to naught.
And why should not Mr.. Quay be the
nominee Of the Republican party in
1892? What other leader among them
seated Harrison as President, notwith-
standing the fact that a heavy popular
majority opposed him? What other
would have conceived the idea Of ship,
ping carloads Of negroes and buns from
Pennsylvania to New York to register
and help secure " fair election?" What
other would have so quickly caught on
to Dudley's blocks Of five " AMI utilized
them? Who else could h We soft-soaped
John Wanamaker into putting up four
hundred thousand dollars? Who else
would have found such a oftable
use for the stolen milling lists Of
that temperance joarnal, the Voice
What other would have so quick.
ly caught on to the racket of CRY
ing the fat" out of tarifi-Stntftl million
iare monopolists:
Undoubtedly Mr.. Q ,av so controlled
the forces at hand As to compel victory"
and he will 90 into the next Republican
National Convention with his BIG Penn
sylvania delegation-Quay banners fly
ing-and no Republican will dare say
that Quay is not the man to lead them
again to victory, this time with his own
name at the head Of the ticket.
Verify, Quay is an apt student Of Billy
Chandler in vote stealing; Lut he is over
confident he feels that he is a bigger
man than he really is. He and his
party have lied to the people. They we're
promised beef and they got horse; they
were promised high wages and instead
their pay is ground down until starvation
stares them in the face, and in many cases
those same Illinois miners who last fall
carried Republican banners and howled
for Harrison and high tariff are hungry,
dying and desperate. Does Mr.. Quay
think he can "control these same votes
$50 as to compel victory" in 1892. Well,
hardly! The people have had enough Of
high tariff, and Matt Quay's promises
They have had enough of an Admins
stration that is led around by the nose
and sat upon at will by monopolistic
trusts of all kinds.
Money talked in the last election, but
the PEOPLE will have voice in the next.
Bulletin No. of the Experiment sta.
tiOn at tho State Agricultural COllaOe