The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-09
Quay the Issue.

/ quay the issue
The real issue in the Pennsylvania cam
paign is Senator Quay. All three Of the
| parties, the democratic. republican and pro-
| hibition. have their platforms and tickets
and great deal is said about them in the
newspapers and by the stump speakers, but
among the leaders it is well understood that
the question Is, Shall Quay be permitted to
rule the statel
OF course the Prohibition party doesn't
amount to great deal. 1t will poll quite
a large number of votes, but not nearly so
large as it did at the last state election. The
contest is between the democratic and re-
publican parties II it were not
for Quay there would not be
much of contest, because the republicans
have anywhere from $1,000 TO 10000 ma
jority. The Quay issue, however, causes
dissatisfaction in the republican ranks, and
there is reason for thinking that If the cleo
tion were TO be held at this time the demo-
cratic ticket would be elected by large
majority. The republicans hope. however,
70 heal the differences in their ranks before
the election. They are making extraordi-
nary efforts to accomplish that object, but
apparently with but very poor success.
Quay's enemies in his own party are
numerous and strong. They hate him be-
cause he has refused to consult them in dis
tributing the federal patronage of the state,
and also because he directs the republican
nominations in the state without any regard
to their wishes They pretend that their hos
tility TO him is due to the fact that he has
bad political record. As matter of fact,
however, theV are not influenced in their
course so much by his record as by the
desire to get rid of him as boss. They
want to destroy his influence and break his
hold upon the party, and it looks very much
as if they were willing to let the democrats
have the state in November in order to &C.
complish that object.
OF course the democrats are we'll satisfied
with the fight that is going on in the ranks
of the Republican party, and their hope is
that it will continue until the election.
They know that If the republican differ
ences are not healed there is not much
doubt that they will carry the state in
November.
OF course Senator Quay is not idle. He
is doing more shrewd political work than he
ever did before since he began his political
career. He is struggling for political ex-
istence. The republican ticket in Pennsyl-
vania is the one he named If it should be
defeated he would be held responsible for its
defeat. He moved to postpone the force
bill in the Senate, not because he is opposed
to that bill, but because he saw that it
would likely defeat the passage of the tariff
bill at this session. What he wanted more
than anything else was the prompt passage
Of the tariff bill
Pennsylvania is the greatest manufac-
turing state, ana the most of her manufac-
turers want prohibitory uariff-just such
tariff as that for which the pending tariff
bill provides. They furnish the money for
republican campaign expenses in Pennsyl-
vania. If Quay can get the tariff bill passed
at this session he will please the manu-
facturers of his state, and can depend upon
them for large contributions to be used to
elect the republican state ticket Quays
action in having The force bill postponed
therefore had reference only to the political
battle he was fighting in Pennsylvania.
Quay may succeed in electing the repub-
lican ticket by mems of money and shire wd
political work. Those republican leaders
who are opposing him may not be able
to draw away from the party as many
votes as they hope to. But if the democrats
do not carry the state it is certain that the
republican majority will be very small
one-so small, indeed. that it will not afford
the national Republican party either salts
faction or moral help.