Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-02-17
HERE IS QUAY'S DENIAL.
1T Is EXPLICIT ENOUGH, BUT
IS H TRUEr
A TOO long Belated Explanation
to be of Effect Now-The Public
Mind IL Made up On the subject.


Mind IL Made up On the subject.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-ln the senate
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Quay created
intense astonishment by making per-
sonal explanation. He said:
"rhe first assertion concerning my otfi-
cial acts is that at some time or contnu-
ously between the years OF 1879 and
1882, alone, or acting with another or
others, used the monies Of the state of
Pennsylvania for speculative or private
purposes. denounce this statement as
absolutely false. In 1877 the demo-
cratic party OF PENNSYLVANIA elected a
state treasurer and an auditor general,
the financial officers of the common
wealth. A year or two later, pending
their terms OF office,ei became engaged in
stock operation. In some transactions
was associated and jointly interested
with gentleman who was at that time
cashier of the state treasury. These
transactions proved seriously disastrous,
and was compelled to pay portion OF
losses as well as my own. In doing
this, it became necessary to supply an
alleged deficiency he had caused in
the treasury As a portion OF the
fund for this purpose, borrowed $780,
600 from gentleman who is at present
my colleague in the senate. gave him
my Judgment note therefor, the amount
OF which note paId to him, dollar for
| III No al l,.,Y
of settlement of our losses was aware
that a deficiency existed, and had every
assurance that my associate was able to
carry his share of the losses. My con-
nection thereafter was simply with the
aid of friends to raisc the necessary funds
to supply the deficit.
at is charged again that used the
moneys belonging to the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania to purchase bonds, or
stock, or both, OF the Chicago street rail
: way. was invited by friends i'll Phila-
dclpha to join in the purchase OF street
railway property in Chicago, and did so,
borrowing money upon my own collat-
eral from the Peoples bank, i'll Philadel-
, phia.
"Thc charge that securities belonging
! to the statc of Pennsylvania were used
, in this transaction is false and mpossi
bic of truth. Collateral to this last &C
cusation is the charge that detrauded
! or attempted to deraud, the widow Of &
deceased friend This lso is absolutel,
y fnLe There breathes not upon the cartl
: man or woman who can truthtullv sa,
that | ever detroudedo or ATTEMPTED to dc
: fraud him or he- of n dollar. Upon thi.
: no;nt charity to the dead and to the liv
: ,ny forbids NV making any personal cx
=, nlanotior
= 81 come now to what might be callcC
5 the fourth ground of criticism of my pub
, ir conduct This was nv action as ;
member of the board of pardons of Penn
sylyania in voting for the pardon of Ger
tain members of the PENNSYLVANIA legS
laturc and Others. upon whom sentenc
had been passed for bribery"
i. MIR. Ouay's explanation was in brcl
!, that he acted according to written opin
ion of the attorney general which wa
'' Gled alonp with the decision of the par
= don hoard and he would do the sam
tbro again.
MT QUAY then proceeded: at is nece.
sorv tG mass to history somewhat ar
c;rnt in order to disposc of the ridiculou
ch,ruc of bribery and corruution as
member of the Pennsylvania legislator
nearly twenty-five years ago, in come,
t;nn With an action for libel against tn
then editors of the pittsburp { Commercial
With characteristic malipnity nv assai
ants have hcrn careful to cmphasize TIL
fact that the case was never pushed fo
tr;,l They fail to state that the lib
D was RET rocted and that the defcndar
rlradrd noIo coutendere-payinp IL
costs of the case and the fees of the coui
Us eel In The preliminary hearing an cfior
was made to show that | was ric
OF n,an the ;nnucndn be;np that nv wealt
- wos mia awtnllv ncun;rcd. NV rccollc
t;on @ ;s that examination disclosed IL
J.. r,ot n tI,nt ,,f,o nna,ly twelve Years of i
l" dmstr~ @ and onnortunity nv iortm
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