Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-19
HE HAS SPOKEN.
Senator Quay Breaks Silence as to
Charges Against Him.
He Takes Them Up in Detail and Pro-
nounces All of a False and Ma
lignant Character.
SILENT No LONGER.

WASHINGTON. Feb. Is.-Senator Quay
pa delivered in the Senate chamber
Monday afternoon reply TO the nu.
merous and persistent charges made
against him of personal and political
dishonesty and Of bribe-taking and gen.
eral corruption while holding ofiise in
Pennsylvania. 1t was a denial in en-
phatic and unmistakable language of
every charge that has been made against
his character since ne became promi-
nent in the Republican party. The
Senator said;
Never probably since Alexander Hamilton
was hunted 70 his death, has one in public life
been pursued so pegsistently and Indignantly.
The field OF the malign effort has been the en-
tire Union. The assaults were Of a character
SO monstrous as largely 10 carry with them
their own refutation. We're ii otherwise / could
not remain nor could my constituents permit
ne TO remain member OF this Senate.
Partly to indifference to SANDER weapon
which has never place in my political
arsenal, and partly by the advice OF friends,
who urged me to treat the Assassins Of reputa-
tion undeserying Of open controversy,
] have permitted without comment the
passing Of the flood OF falsehood.
Its malodorous waters chance at this
time to be qniescent, and now when no heated
political conflict Is raging. when neither hope
nor fear can be deemed the inspiration OF my
ntterance, choose briefly TO confront accusa
tion with truth l would not alude to this
subject in this presence had not members
Of the other house made 1t matter Of debate
there
Looking to the future and knowing that the
records Of this Congress win remain for other
generations 70 read when most ~ US composing
it will be forgotten, / choose for the truth OF
history and for that which is dearer to als men
than riches 10 dispel the mist OF falsehood
with tho clear light Of fact.
1T is not my purpose to weary the Senate
by q rehearsal OF each detail OF the mass Of
Misrepresentation. Nevertheless, avoiding
prolixity, ! will endeavor TO make this state
ment specific and SO complete as TO be final II
any thread in the fabric Of falsehood remains
answered It viii be because this tissue OF lies
is so complex, is So raveled with contradiction
and clouded with insinuation, that some ia.
significant portion has escaped my attention
THE first assertion concerning my official
acts IS that at some time or continuously be-
tween tae years OF 1879 and 1889 alone, or act
ing with another or others, used the moneys OF
the state ~ Raunsvlyania for speculative or
private purposes denounee this state.
ment as absolutely false. In 1877 the
Democratic party 81 Pennsylvania elected
a State Treasurer aud an Auditor.
commonwealth. a year or two later pending
their terms of office, I became engaged In
stock operations In some transactions was
associated and jointly interested with the gen.
tleman who WAS at that time cashier Of the
State treasury. These transact ions proved
seriously disastrous, and l was compelled to
pay portion OF his losses as well as my own
In doing this 1t became necessary to
supply alleged deficiency he had caused
in the treasury. As portion OF the
fund for this purpose | borrowed 100000 from
the gentleman who is at present my colleague
in the Senate. / gave him my Judgment note
therefor with the amount Of which note paid
90 him dollar for dollar years ago Not until
the beginning Of the settlement Of our losses
was aware that deficiency existed, and had
every assurance that my associate was able
60 carry his share OF the losses. My connec-
ton thereafter was simply with the aid OF
friends to raise the necessary funds to supply
the deficit.
1T is charged that AGAIN used moneys be-
longing to the commonwealth OF Pennsylvania