The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-10
AN EsrrNIATE OF QUAY.
Chairman Ciarkson's Tribute In Executive
Session just Made Known, -

Chairman Clarkson's Tribute In Executive
Session just Mado Known.
PHILADELPHIA, March 9.-Frank Will
ing Leach, OF this city, assistant secro-
tary OF the Republican national COM
mittee, has received from ]. S Carkson,
chairman of that body, under date OF
March 5th, from Asheville, n.
c., letter which states that
in compliance with q request from
some OF Senator Quay's Pennsylvania
friends that the chairman put on paper
his estimate OF Senator Quay's service
in the campaign in 1855, he
reproGuces his remarks delivered
ut the meeting OF the national commit
tee in Washington, November %, 1891.
These remarks wero made in executive
session and have never been published.
Thoy are in substances: III ! followed
my own wishes, as the most of you al
ready know, would not accept of tho
Craftsmanship. 1t means not only
to succeed thegreatest political general.
that the first century Of partisan Amer.
lean politics has developed, but it
means to take up action in timo
of storm and calumny with a plain
warning, as shown in the case OF
Quay, that the Republican party does
not stand for tho defense of its leaders
lwho lead in its hardest fights. Who
can bond the bow OF Ulysses? Iwould
not even venture to try.
For only those OF us on the execu-
tive committee who were with the chair
man from the first week in July till the
close OF the campaign know the
great and splendid work rendered
to the Republican party by the man
OF Pennsylvania His genius gave tho
superior gencralship. and that gave tho
victory. Tho Republican party to this
day has never fully appreciate
cd either his power, or his service.
No sooner was tho election over
than the plan OF beating Quay to the
earth was begun by the Democrats. It
started in Tammany Hall, the most cor
rupt OF political organizations known in
America, and was seconded by the
Democratic press.
The Democrats knew at once by the
light OF the election that they had
moro to fear from Quay than any.
other American. They ienr him moro
to-day. They have followed him with
Implying malice, with unceas-,
ing calumny, and with
cruelty which only politics could
either originate or perpctuate.
The Republican campaign Of 1883 was
conducted with entire honesty. The
whole genius OF it was to discover and
proventDemocratic fraud. InNew York
state where Tammany writhed and still,
writhes under the defeat, the Democrat
ic plan was to throw n quarter OF
million OF money into tho rural coun-
ties OF the state and carry the election
by bribery. Senator Quay's quick eye
discovered this and all the power OF tho
Republican national committee was in
voked to defeat the daring attempt and
he succeeded. This gave the Republic
can party victory.
u call on tho other men with whom
| served with Mr.. Quay, and all will
bear witness that Mr.. Quay's methods
were honorable, straightforward, bold
and manly. l am surc there is no
member OF this committee would be
false 10 honor or friendship as not to
hold up his hand in open defcnsc OF
Mr.. Quay in tho national campaign OF
his methods and OF his victory" :.