Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-15
To Attacks on Him Will Be De-
liYered in the Senate
Monday.
A STRONG STATEMENT PREPARED,
In Which He Will Answer the Personal
Assaults as Well as Criticisms
of Bis Political Course.
MANY COMPLIMENTS FOB DALZELL.
High Praise From Judge Crisp on Els Speech De-
Tending Rsiter.
lrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT,

WASHINGTON. Feb. Ex-senator QUAY
was too i'll to come to the Capitol to-day.
If be is well enough to speak OH Monday,
it is expected that be will then make a per-
sonal statement regarding criticisms brought
against his course in the Senate and out
of it on the elections bill and on more per-
sonal matters.
The Senator has been busy with his manu-
script on this subject for some time, and he
has at last completed it to the satisfaction of
himself and friends. He did propose to
make the statement this week, but owing to
illness, he was obliged to postpone it.
A Strong Statement Prepared.
The Senator has prepared his answer care
fully. and those who have seen it claim that
he will put his accusers to confusion. Sen
ator Quay is suffering from malaria and
heart trouble, and until to-day he has been
confined to his bed. He is receiving medi-
cal advice from Medical Director Wales,
of the United States Army, and has been
told that he must cease work and take a
complete rest.
Acting under that advice, Senator Quay
has decided that as soon as he has made his
statement in the Senate be will take a trip
to Florida, where he will remain Tor several
months. Representative Quay will accom-
pany his father, and they will occupy a
new cottage built for the party near the
scene of former tarpon fishing.
Great Praise for DaIzen.
Representative Dalzell is still the re-
cipient OF no end of compliments for his
speech in criticism of Secretary Tracy's
course in the Reiter affair, which called out
8 pretty bit of commentator even from the
Secretary himself. Judge Crisp, of Georgia,
one OF the finest legal minds in the House
and easily ahead at this time for the Speak
ership, said to-day that in all his political
aud Congressional career he never heard a
more mastery address. or one that had such
1ncoutrovertible facts running all through it.
Commander Reiter mas been thoroughly
vindicated by that speech" said Nh. Crisp.
whether the Secretary Of the Navy grants
or does not grant him a court martial, he
has had his case presented in such a clear
and forcible manner that all who have read
the accounts in the newspapers cannot but
re cognize the fact that the censure was un-
called for, and that the Secretary went out
side of his duties in acting in the manner
he did.
No Answer Was Possible.
Every intelligent reader knows by this
TINE IuaI COuWaDuer 1Seller mas Deen un-
justly treated BY the administration, and
nobody could have presented his case In a
better light than could DalzelI. 1t was
simply magnificent. 1t was also unanswer-
able, and Lodge should have recognized
that fact before be attempted to reply"
1t Is stated by high authority that the ac-
ton of Secretary Tracy did not NEE: with
the approval of the President, who was not
consulted before the censure was made pub
lie. When Congressman Dalzell went TO
the President in reference 10 the matter, he
was told that the executive head of the
Government had had nothing to do with the
case and that as long as tie Secretary had
chosen 20 act as he did he could get out of it
in the best way he could. LIGHTNER.