Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-02-17
HUJ u ILLLunAI II.
From ALI Quarters.
His SILENCE BROKEN.
Senator Quay's Answer to
His MaIigners.
DARING BANK ROBBERY IN LONDON.
Resolutions on the Death of
General Sherman.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT COMPLETED
Another Handsome Be-
quest to Yale.
DARING BANK ROBBERY IN LONDON.
FUNERAL Arrangement COMPLETED
SENATOR QUAY SPEAKS.

| SENATOR QUAY SPEAKS.
| Malfgners of His Character An
swered From the Halls OF Ceneress
| MANY Charges Denounced as Alb.
soIute Falsehood and Foul to the
Core.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 16.-In the
senate to-day Senator Quay made answer
to number of accusations that have been
made against him from time to time in the
newspapers throughout the country His re-
marks, in brief, follow: Never, probably,
since Alexander Hamilton was hunted to
his death, has one in public life been pur-
sued so persistently and Indignantly. The
field of the malign effort has been the en-
tire union. The assaults were of O charac-
ter 80 monstrous as to largely carry with
them their own refutation. Were it
otherwise could not remain, nor would
my constituents permit me to remain a
member of this senate. Partly through
Indifference to SANDER, weapon which
has never had place in my political ars-
email, and partly by the advice of friend
who urged me to treat the assassins of
reputation as undeserving of open contro-
versy, I have permitted without comment
the passage of the flood of falsehoods Its
maladorous waters chance at this
time to be quiescent and now, when no
heated political contest is raging, when
neither hope nor fear can be deemed the
inspiration of my utterance I choose briefly
to confront accusation with truth I
would not allude to this subject in this
presence had not members of the other
house made it a matter of debate there
Looking to the future and knowing that
the records of this congress will remain
for other generations to read when most of
us composing it will be forgotten, choose
which is dearer to all men than riches, to
dispel the mist of falsehood, with the clear
light of fact.
The first assertion concerning my official
acts is that at some time continuously
between the years 1879 and 1882 alone OF
acting with another or others, used the
money of the state of Pennsylvania for
speculative and private purposes. de-
nounce this statement as absolutely false. |
It is charged again that used moneys |
belonging to the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania to purchase bonds OF stocks or |
both of q Chicago street railway. I was |
invited by friends in Philadelphia to join |
in the purchase of street railway property |
in Chicago and did SO, borrowing the |
money upon my own collateral from the |
Peoples bank in Philadelphia stood |
upon the same footing with the other gen
tlemen concerned, and it was perfectly
straight forward business transaction and
had no connection in any way with any
public fund or public interest.
Collateral to this last accusation is a |
charge that defrauded or attempted to |
defraud the widow of deceased friend.
This is also absolutely false. There
breathes not upon the earth a man or
woman who can truthfully say that ever
or attempted to defraud him or
her of dollar. Upon this point charity
to the dead and to the living ferbids my |
making any further personal explanation. |
Samuel Cuisine Thompson, a member of
the Philadelphia bar and president of the
that city, is one of several thoroughly con-
versant with the facts who can give them
to the public if they see proper.
come now to what might be called the !
fourth ground of criticism of my public |
conduct. This was my action as mem |
Der of the board of pardons of Pennsylva- |
mia in voting for the pardon Of certain |
of tho Pennsylvania legislature |
and others upon whom sentence had been
passed for bribery: My conduct in that |
matter has been bitterly assailed, and it is |
the people of the state and were thorough |
ly discussed before my election to the Office |
of state treasurer and subsequently to a |
seat to this chamber I had no personal |
interest in the legislation involved. My
vote as member of the board of pardons
was in accordance with the law and with
the action of my colleagues, and was COM
PEELED by the fact that the sentence i'm
posed by the court upon the persons par
doned was illegal. Upon this point the
attorney general of the state filed his writ
ten opinion with our decision. am frank
to say that I have no regrets for that vote
and would repeat it under the same cir
cumstances.
Incidentally the statement has been
made that in some unspeciied manner I
procured, OF attempted to procure the
pardon of man named Lynch under
sentence for forgery by threats delivered
personally to Mr.. Byers of Pittsburgh. I
cannot at this day remember the facts or
the tendency of the case, but the charge
is lie, for which there never was the
shadow Of foundation.
It is proper also to dispose of some
statements upon which less stress have
been laid. One accusation is that over 20
years ago I attempted to bride Alexan-
der P. Tuition, then supervisor of internal
revenue for the eastern district of Penn
sylvania to prevent the seizure of an illicit
distillery. This is wicked and malicious
falsehood, without excuse for it's utterance
or evidence for its support
have endeavored to make this utterance
complete even at the cost of the time of
the state and the WEAKNESS of senators.
have endeavored to answer every specific
charge of misfeasance or malfeasance that
could be extracted from q careful perusal
of the mass of direct falsehood, confused
statement, innuendo, insinuation and cum
ming implication that with an industry
worthy of better cause has been gathered