The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1890-09-19
The 9emotrat.
4 SEVERE AlsnsleNMENr.


NJ S Quay lsarepublIean United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, chairman o
the national republican committee, and, as
such, h,eonduc,ed the campaign for llorrlscn
The charge has often been made that dem.
oerats were too severe H. their erralgnment |
of him, We give some extracts below
,rom speech delivered few days ago by
Congressman Kennedy, republican, OF
Ohio. II Is the opinion of ono republican
leader OF another. lie sald'
To have been a senator in the days oi
Webster and Clay and Calhoun was TO
have been part ot a body that won and hal
the admiration Of the people ot the north
ard south, ro have heeara senator IN the
aays Of Wade and Fessenden and Ctitten-
AN was to have been associated with men
whose aense of honor would have scorned
| the purchase OF a Seat, and would have de-
nicd eompanlonship TO one whose name
was tarnishet over by even suspicion OF
| ,nIamy or corruption. II the Ro-
man ,oga had been hedragged In the filth
and the mire of the centuries, surely the
clnnk Of senatorial courtesy has been used
To hide the iniamy and the corruption
which has dishonored and diegraeed body
which was once the proudest In the land.
wrhe tudas IsUariot OF s,ooo years ago II
to find q counterpart In the Judas laeatso'
of TO day. rhe Judas who tooA The thirty
pieces Of silver and went and hanged him
self has left an example Tor the Matt Quay
that Is well worthy OF their imitation
Some time since stood upon my place o'
this noor and denounced senator iron
a. s.Na AL tsfsA
with corruption and branded with iniamy
he did not arise In his seat and demand n
investigation and inquiry that should CO
tablish the purity OF hls actions and III
!, personal honor. One other occupying
|. HIGH place In the counsels oi the party L
!. which belong has seffered himself mont
In and mouth out to be charged wit
crimes and misdemcanors tur which,
n guilty, he should have been eoudemne
under the laws Of his state and have Ia
= meted out 70 him the fullest measure {
It's punishment.
: "rhls man is a republican. Shall no
y remain silenta Is Il just and honest 70 u
main In my seat silent because ono who
accused II crimes and refuses - seek tc
n yindica,ion Is a republican, aud that ts
y publican the recognized leader OF my party
~ Neither deceucy nor honor would PORN
= me TO do 80. / do not know whether II
charges made against the chairman Of Il
National Republican Committee arc Ws
or false; but 10 know ih.I they ha'
been made by journals Of character ar
standing again and again, and / do kno
that In the lace ofthesc charges Matt OGa
has remained silent. aud has neither sougI
nor attempted to seek opportunity TO yli
dica,c himself OF thsm do know that
;. 4 great republican leader he o-Trd Il To y
, great party al whose head he was 10 eilh
brand them as infamies or to prove the
= talsiiy, or hr ow III Il 10 that party 10 ttaI
aside from It's leadership, He has not doi
: ei,her, and for thi, dceounee him.
"The republican party cannot afford
n fellow the lead Of a branded criminal.
r has failed TO justify himself, agd thou;
opportunity and ample dnc have ht'
given him, he remains s.lcni. Ills -lrns
uuder such circumstance, II the contests
Of guilt. An honorable man DOES II
daily when his honor Is assliled. lie b
le. delayed too long to justify the belief In
innocence, and he stands convicted etii
Az inai before the bar Of public opinion urd
such circumstances that he should
driven from the head OF a patty who
very life his presence .impeTlls. The
publican party has done enough Tor
pretended leader. lie, him be rclegated
a. the rear. II Is 90 longer question oi
vlndication; It Is now question Of ihe !
Of the party