Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-10
Quay and His Friends Positively
Decide to Try to Gust Him
From Congress Unless He
REEOUNCES HIS SENATE PLANS.
Prominent Local and State Politicians
Hold an Important Conference and
Arrange Programme.
PARTY LEADERS BEFORE GRAND JURY.
Advocates Of the Two Allegheny County Candidates
for the Supreme Bench Hustlinc.

Many of the most conspicuous figures in
the Republican party IN Pennsylvania
gathered at the Hotel Duquesne yesterday.
Primarily. the political giants came TO Pitts
burg to explain to the grand jury, now sitting,
what they knew about the draft given byJ ohm
Bardslev, the convict city treasurer of Phila-
delphia, to Senator Quay and for the COM
ments upon which Mr.. Quay sued for libel;
but befors the leaders separated they had
arranged at least to their own satisfaction, a
nlan bv which the famous Beaver fisherman
Is to be returned to the United States
Senate
Charles A. Porter. the millionaire con-
tractor and Chairman of the Republican
Civ Committee. of Philadelphia: David
Martin, ex-COllector of internal Revenue
Of the Philadelphia district, and Jacob
Wildemore, the all-around political athlete,
are PhiladelShi&'s representatives in the
noted gathering. Ex-State Chairman An
drews Represented the northwestern tier of
counties: while Senator Finn, j. o.
Brown, George Miller, Secretary Of the
Allegheny County Republican Committee;
Hon. Samuel Stewart, a member of the
State Legislature: George Won Bonhorst,
Register Samuel Conner, Postmaster Nc
Eean. Assistant Postmaster Edwards and
Others represented Pittsburg and Allegheny
county.
Macee Not in the Conference.
c. L. Magee was conspicuous by his alb
sence. He had gone to Washington, it is
stated to aid Collector Warmcastle, who is
also there, in untangiing the web into which
the Collector has walked, or which has been
woven about him by his political enemies.
Mr. Magee's absence did not prevent his
friends from acting for him.
After the Senator and his friends had
explained their side of the case to the
grand jury, the whole party gathered in
Senator Quay's ROOM waiting for the re-
turn in the case. While they waited they
talked politics. and while they received no
return from the grand jury they arranged
10 defeat John Dslzell for Con-
gress and the United States Senate at the
same time They argued further that Mr..
Quay should succeed himself in the Senate,
if possible without opposition. While
this conclusion was being reached IN parlor
B, in room nearly adjoining sat ex-State
Senator j. W. Lee, of Franklin, Pa, one OF
the strongest lawyers in the State. He has
vowed publicly and pri..atelv that Mr.. Quay |
must not be returned to the Senate, and he |
is lust much in earnest in his oppo ition |
TO Senator Quay now as when he and other 1
independent Republicans pursued Dela- |
mater To defeat. Senator Lee had not been |
invited to the conference in parlor Il. He |
knew it WAS going on, however and the |
movements of many of those who had re-
GENTLY been with him in the contest against
NJ QUAY and Mr.. Delamater more than a
little amused him. He said he was in
Pittshurg on purely legal business, and at |
this time was devoting no attention to pol |
itics.
At the conference at which Mr.. Quay
presided, it was first decided to have a can
didate oppose Mr.. Dalzell for Congress in
his district unless the little Congressman
concludes to keep out of the Senatorial
contest 1t was also arranged that a Quay
delegation be sent from Allegheny county
% the State Legislature. The delegation
was not decided upon.
Unanimous fer the PIumed Knight.
1t was agreed to send a Blaine delegation
to the National Convention if Blaine is at
that time a candidate for the Presidency.
Senator Finn was decided upon as the
-delegate-at-large to the National Conven-
tioG from Allegheny county. The Allie
ghenv county delegation to the State Con-
vertion was not discussed. At o'clock
Senator Quay left for Beaver. At O'Clock
he Philadelphia delegation left for their
homes and the most important political
gathering of the season was ended. Chair
man Porter before leaving for Philadelphia
said there would be no contest for National
delegates in Philadelphia and that a Blaine
delegation would be sent to the National
Convention from this State He believed
that Senator Quay had a good case againsE
the newspapers which he has sued for libel
and he also said that in his iudgmen5 the
Senator would have no opposition for re-
election
District Attorney Graham will likely
bo Philadelphias candidate for Supreme
Judge" Mr.. Porte- said, ''but Philadelphia
Is not likel, to be allowed to name the
candidate, as we already have two or three
of our people on the Supreme Bench. The
Democrats of our CITY are not likely to have
= candidate for the iudgeship The Demo-
Gratis are fighting among themselves down
there. The Harrity and McAleer factions
are tearing the party to pieces. Mr.. Har-
rltv's disposition to get. every office IN sight
has naturally awakened much opposition to
him. and, as the boys say, the Democrats
are not in il with u.s. The Harrity people
will have complete control of the Phila-
delphia delegation to the State Convention,
and it is claimed down with that he
will be chosen to succeed the late William
I. Scott on the National Committee. He
will not get the place without a fight, as
understand it, and think there is dispo-
sition to give the place to the Pittsburg
man who is candidate We know of no
opposition TO the reelection of Senator
Quay, but politics is uncertain.