Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-08-28
REPUBLICAN TICKETS
Not A Quay Year.

WlLLlAM H.. r
Not A Quay Year.
The Republicans of Pennsylvania have
every reason to congratulate themselves
on the spirit displayed and results achieved
at the State Convention on "Wednesday.
A cut and dried programme, prepared out
side of the convention and often by men
who were not members of it, has been i'm
posed upon the convention SO often that q
free expression Of the Republican senti-
ment Of Pennsylvania has become in recent
years the exception, not the rule. Last
year this method of procedure was pushed
to the extreme. Mr.. Delamater was nomi-
mated because he was the choice Ex-senator
Quay, and not because he was preferred by
the convention. The platform contained
many things which were soon forgotten,
but one plank was never lost sight of dur
ing the entire canvass, and that was the
attempted vindication Of Senator Quay.
The result was that Pennsylvania mag
nifcent Republican majority of $4,000 was
converted into majority of16, ,554 for Gov
ernor Pattison.
1t was hoped that this lesson would be
taken to heart, and that Senator Quay
would be at pains to svoid making him
self in any degree an issue in this years
State campaign. For a time it seemed as \
he intended to keep himself in the back
ground. He was reported as saying THAT
this 'fs not q good Republican year,
and his friends claimed for him that he ex-
pected the party to be besten, and intend
ed to keep his hands off in the belief that
the defeat would be attributed to the want
Of his leadership and council, and that a
chastened party would insist upon placing
him more firmly than ever in the saddle
for the critical work Of 1892. Whether il
was that he began to doubt that defeat
was the Republican portion this year, OF
because he began to dream, or because
hc finds it impossible to keep quiet-hav-
ing disencumbered himselfof the National
Committee chairmanship-and having
taken counse with Mr.. Cameron atDone-
gal, Mr.. Quay undertook TO run his machine
again this year in the old fashion.
But the machine would not work. The
wreck of last year seemed to have disloeat-
ed some of its jsints and it failed to do
what was expected Of it. The platform
published in most of the afternoon papers
Wednesday shov what was intended that
the Convention should declare, but the
platform as adopted and Published in The
Press of yesterday shsws how far the will
of Messrs. Cameron and Quay failed to i'm
press itself on the coventiou. Itvas decreed
at Donegal that slight should be put up
ON President Harrison by an ostentatious
and unreasonable nomination Of Mr.. Blaine
for the Presidency. This she convention
refused to do, II was ordered that the
convention should declare for the free coin
age Of American silver. Mr.. Cameron had
voted for free silver; had speculated on
on his vote, and Is understood to bs inter
ested In silver mines. The convention ~
fused, however, to aid bis spsculstions,
and indorsed the silver bill passed by the
last Congress.
1t was arranged that there should be no
endorsement Of the elections bill, which
Mr.. Quay moved to lay aside at a NEST
critical stage in its progress and Mr.. Cam.
eron voted against At every stage. But the
convention saw the omission and inserted
q ringing declaration for honest elections.
Chairman Andrews, who did Mr.. Quay's
bidding last year, was relegated TO the
ranks and q man In whom the republicans
have confidence anl for whom they can
feel respect was put in his place. Last
year the platform contained q cordial in
dorsement Of Senator Quay's and Cameron.
This year the existence Of those disting-
uished statesman receives no recognition.
Captain Morrison, the nominee Of the con-
vention for State Treasury, obtained his
place in spite Of Mr.. Quay opposition, and
while General Gregg's nomination had the
doubtful honor of Mr.. Quay's approval,
General Gregg is as little responsible for
this as IL Mr.. Blaine for the superservicea-
BILE efforts Of Quay and Cameron to place
the President and his Secretary Of State in
antagonism.
Mr. Quay should dream again, and per-
haps he will see signs in the heavens which
will lead him to revise his spothegm,
"Not Republican year" The indications
increase and multiply that it is going to be
very good Republican year, and all the
more surely here In Pennsylvania because
it is emphatically not a Quay year.-Phila
delphia Press.