The record-union., 1891-02-17
QUAY SPEAKS.
ANSWERS MADE TO THE CHARGES
OF CORRUPTION.
He Defies Anyone to Truthfully Assert
That lie Was Ever Guilty
of Fraud.
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oS.

| WASblNGTDN, fcD. lO.-S6llaUOr quay
to-day addressed the Senate in refutation
of the charges circulated against him.
| He said, in part: ''Never, probably. since
| Alexander Hamilton was hunted 10 his
death, has one i'll public life been pursued
SO persistently and Indignantly. The
| field of the malign effort has been the en-
tire Union. The assaults were of a
| character so monStrouS as largely to
carry with them their own rcfuta-
ton. Were it otherwise, I could not
remain, nor would my constituents
permit me to remain a member of
this Senate. Now, when no heated polit-
ical conflict is raging, when neither hope
nor fear can be deemed an inspira-
ton OF my utterance, L choose briefly to
confront the accusation with the truth
1t is not my purpose to weary the Senate
| by a rehearsal OF each detail of the mass
| of misrepresentation. Nevertheless,
avoiding prolixity, l Will endeavor to
make this statement specific and so COM
plete as to be final. The first assertion
concerning my official acts is that at some
time or continuously between the years
Of 1879 and 1882, 1 alone, or acting with
another, or others, used moneys of the
| State of Pennsylvania for speculative or
| private purposes. / denOunce the state
ment as absolutely false.
SIN 1877 the Democratic party of Penn
sylvania elected the State Treasurer and
| and Auditor General, the financial Off
GERS of the Commonwealth. A year or
two later, pending their terms of office
| L became engaged in stock operations. In
some transactions / was associated and
jointly interested with a gentleman who
was at that time cashier of the State
| Treasury. These transactions proved
seriously disastrous and ! was compelled
to pay portion of his losses, as well as
my own. In doing this it became neces-
sary to supply an alleged deficiency he
| had caused in the Treasury. AS DOR
ton of the fund for this purpose, bor-
rowed 100000 from a gentleman who is
at present my colleague in the Senate.
l gave my Judgment note therefor, the
amount of which note [ paid to him, dol
| lar for dollar, years ago. Not until the
| beginning of the settlement of our losses
was / aware that deficiency existed.
and l had every assurance that my asso-
ciate was able to carry his share of the
losses.
Regarding the charge that again used
moneys belonging to the commonwealth
| of Pennsylvania to purchase bonds or
stock of the Chicago Street Railway, /
will say that | borrowed the money upon
Bank in Philadelphia. The only negoti-
able securities held by the State of Penn
sylvania are registered bonds of the
| United States, transferable only in the
| books of the National Treasury by the
Auditor-General, Secretary of the Com
monwealth and State Treasurer, acting
co-jointly, after having filed GER
tificate with the Governor in their official
| character.
1.-The charge that I defrauded or
attempted to defraud is also absolutely
| false. There breathes not upon the earth
q man or woman who can truthfully say
ever defrauded, or attempted to iefraud.
him or her of a dollar. Upon this point,
charity to the dead and to the living for
! bids my making any personal explana-
| ton. Samuel GuStine Thompson, MEM
ber from Philadelphia, and President of
the Young Mems Democratic Association
OF that city, is one of several thoroughly
conversant with the facts, who can give
them to the public il they deem proper.'
| Referring to his action as a member of
| the Board of Pardons of Pennsylvania, i'll
voting for the pardon of certain members
! OF the Legislature, and others, upon
whom sentence had been passed for
| bribery, Quay said.the facts We're thor
oughly discussed before his election as
State Treasurer, and subsequently TO the
Senate. He had no personal interest IN
the legislation involved. His vote was
! in accordance with law, and with the
action of his colleagues, and compelled
! DN Tue ldCL tndJ TIC SenLGHCSS imposed
| by the court were Illegal.
"The accusation That over twenty years
| ago L attempted to bribe Alexander p
| Tuition, then Supervisor of informal Rev
enue for the eastern district of Penn
| sylvania. to prevent the seizure OF AN
illicit distillery is wicked and malicious
| falsehood. Tuition is now living at
Dowington, Pa, and his reports arc on
| file, presume, in the international Rev
enue Bureau.
"A statement has been made that when
the present high license statute of Penn
sylvania was pending in the Legislature
of that State, the liquor dealers of Phila-
delphia and Pittsburg raised sums speci-
| fed as $50, 200, and gave it to me and Fed
eral officer in Philadelphia, who was not
| named. for the purpose of securing an
amendment in that legislation in their
interest. This also denounce as an alb
solute falsehood.
FINALLY, l reach the charge that, in
some mysterious way, / bought the de-
feat OF the proposed amendment of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors in that
State, which was submitted to vote of
the people in 1889. Others, I understands
have already exploded the silly false
| hood OF the publication from which this
charge arose, and l specifically denied it
at the timefit appeared"
In conclusion, Quay said: 81 have en-
deavored to answer every specific charge
OF misteasance or malfeasance that could
be made from careful perusal of the
| mass ofdirect falsehoods, confused state
Inents, innuendo, insinuation ana cum
| ming implication, that, with an industry
worthy of a better cause, has been gath
cred together for my destruction. Ideny
them Seriatim and in toto. They arr
false and foul to the core.n