San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-06
rHe NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

tactics so highly Landed by them in
Barnum as the great democratic cam
paign general, republicans have moi
been uninfuenced by these represent
~tstions. There are many good, honest
:. republicans sincerely DESTROYS of see.
ing republican men and measures
triumph VINO verify believe that Matt
Quay was not trustworthy as the
man should be to whom vas com
mitted the leadership Of the republic
can hosts. This is all a mistake.
Matt Quay kept his own counsel. He
did not believe in divulging his plans,
or parading his agents. He assumed
charge of the republican forces for a
purpose and that purpose was mag
nificently achieved. 1t is idle to
quarrel with the man because his
enemies, those whom he routed horse,
foot and artillery, find fault with
him. 1t is surprising that so many
| republicans have fallen into the wake
OF the democracy and assailed Quay.
All sorts of canards are fioated, and
it seems to be accepted as a tact that
Harrison has 10 use for the man. 1t
has almost come to be that loyalty to
the President is made synonymous
with reputation of Quay. Nothing
is farther from the truth.
Pennsylvania has had for a
long time two very bitter republican
factions and it stands TO reason that
Matt Quay cannot stand well with
both of these factions. The enmity of
republicans can be traced to it's Penn
sylvania source, not to Washington
hostility. That President Harrison is
not the mortal enemy of Mat Quay
that is so freely alleged and generally
believed is apperant upon considera.
ton. There is no adequate reason for
such feeling, and Mr.. Harrison does
not act without reason. Mr.. Harrison
is indebted to Mr.. Quay for great and
valuable services, and Mr.. Harrison
is not uumiDdtul OF his obligations.
There may have been differences of
opinion as to the patronage of Penn
sylvania, and Mr.. Quay may have
thought only his friends entitled to
office, while Mr.. Harrison was bound
to consider the whole state. That any
such difference precluded Mr.. Harri-
son from justly estimating Mr.. Quay's
services is all moonshine. Russell
Harrison has always been hasty to
defend his father, the president, and
assail those whom he considers OPP
posed to his interests. And yet Rus.
sell Harrison In his Montana Journal
of last Friday says:
Aside from the tendency of the
democratic press to convert mole hills
into mountains and to angle for COM
fort in the stream of contemporaneous
events, the change in the chairman
ship of the national committee of
the republican party has no
political significance. While it is
true that some republicans have
surrendered their better Judgment
in estimating the good qualities of
Mr.. Quay, to the current of venom
that has been so industriously filtered
through the Bourbon press, it is |
equally true that the great mass of
Intelligent men ia both parties regard
that gentleman as more sinned against
than SHINING.
The mastery manner in which he
engineered the interests of the repub-
ERln nFnp n I2o ton and rnnIannnntn tod |
the strength and popularity of Mr..
Harrison with we'll considered party
moves, stirred up feeling of democrat
tic disappr obation that has never
been permitted to cool. Men who
sung the praises of Barnum, the
former cap-stone of the great pyramid
of democratic craft and corruption
men who worship at the shrine of
Brice, the official god of Rourbonism
las she is," have been educated into
the idea that Mr.. Quay is a deep
dyed villain.
Democratic SANDER, which is al
ways visited upon those who thwaTt
the purposes of the Bourbon leaders;
and which sensible men have long
since learned to cOnstrue as a com
piiment, has had nothing to do with
: the resignation of Mr.. Quay. I'm.
able to devote his time to the arduous
duties of the coming campaign, by
reason of his health and the demands
of his business interests, has ten
dered his resignation, which was re-
luctantantly accepted by his col
leagues
This declaration from the mouth
piece of Russell Harrison is worth a
volume of oDtradiction in establish
ing the fact hat Mr.. Quay did not
resign the craftsmanship of the
national committee out OF hostility to