Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

| opinion, and then Mr.. Magee stated that ne
| did not wish to be interviewed on that sub.
ject.
Colonel w. D. Moore-The Republicans
are in hole and will try to delay matters
until after the present campaign. Then
there will be whitewash. But it makes
very little difference, as the Democratic
| State ticket will win this year whether oil
not the Republicans bar the progress of the
| investigation.
George Elphinstone says: ''The Repub.
| lican party is above men. Some of its men,
bers may be rascals, but the proportion is
less than in any other political party. I do
not believe it is the policy of the Repub.
lican party to obstruct the work at Harris
burg Our party asks full investigation,
but of course there must be sufficient time
to make the work thorough"
A DEMOCRATS OPINION.
John Ennis said there was no doubt the
policy of the Republicans was to postpone
action, but he thought it was too late now
for a delay to have any effect on this cam
paign.
Squire Herman Handel, Democrat
think the Governor acted perfectly consci-
entiously in calling the special session as
the constitution provides for. Who is 1t
that is making all the noise? Why, the
vestigation. 1t will hurt in the way of
votes.
Ex-Police Judge n. S. Brokaw, Republi-
can-The investigation should take place,
by all odds fit is whitewashed now there
! is no doubt the Republican party will lose
many hundreds of votes, but now that 1t is
called, have it by all meanst 1 have known
Livsey for years, and don't think he would
be party to wrong of any kind. What we
want is to win this year, and any action, to
my mind, that the Senate may take will not
affect the solid phalanSsof the Republican
party.
Attorney Lloyd, Democrat-I am sorry
that this has occurred. Everything is going
off with a hurrah just now, but you see we
are in the minority, and by the time the
Senate meets the nine days wonder will be
over, and I am very much afraid that it will
act as a boomerang on the party. 1t would
have been better to have waited until after
the e-ection than to spring it at this time.
EXPECTS TO SEE A QUORUM.
Colonel Thomas-All 1 can say is that
think there will be a quorum. There is no
doubt that the Democratic Senators will
all be there, and no Republican Senator
whose skirts are not besmlrched with mud
can afford to stay away
F. Y. Coyle-Just take the list of people
who have called on Quay. Who are they?
There is General Reeder, who has been try
ing for the last IA years to live down his
record of the riots. Controller of the Treas
ury Gilkeson is nothing but a ward politi-
clan, and by some means or other sneaked
into the craftsmanship of the County Com
mittee, and from there to his present posi-
tion. OF General Hastings you know moth
ing can be said Hamilton Disston, who
knows nothing about politics, but more
about saws, has been kept in the party for
no other purpose than to bleed him. All
that coterie have called on Senator Quay,
for what purpose? I don't know, but can
make fair guess. 1t was to fix up plan
to get out of the hole they are
in, and to my mind they will have
to connive q long time before they
can get out of it. Governor Pattison has
done exactly what any other man would do
if placed in the same position. He has been
placed in authority by Republican as well as
by Democratic votes and he owes it to the
people. He has done mis- duty in calling
the special session, and can do nothing
more. The Senate being Republican by
large majority, will probably refer the en-
tire matter to a committee, and that will
end it.
ONLY WHAT WAS TO BE EXPECTED.
Senator P. j. Meeks-It is nothing more
than the people could expect. Did not the
Republican press as whole denounce and
fling to the wind the Bardsley scandal,
which was placed in such a light that no
honorable man holding the position that
Governor Pattison does could allow it to 60
by unnoticed? AS to their not being able
to get quorum, that is impossible le Every
Democratic Senator will be present, as well
as the Republicans, and if they don't come
there is way of bringing them.
DR.. Judah Isaacs-There is but one way
out of this, to my mind, and that is to call
special meeting of both branches of the leg
islature, and correct the law that allows the
Treasurer of Philadelphia to collect and
hold state moneys. The present session
will not amount to shucks, in my opionion,
because we're not iu it. Governor Pattison
is evidently trying to do the right thing,
but he is too greatly handicapped by the
Republican majority to accomplish very
much.