Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-21
QUAy.s POLITICAL eENEKAIsHrp.
Alleged Inside History OF the Election @
1883.

The alleged inside history of the campaign Of
1888 and a startling romance connected with il
published in the Philadelphia Inquirer
this morning. After telling how Quay was
made national chairman. the story continues:
Chairman Quay had not been long in harness
before he discovered why il WAS that Blaine
HAD been defeated four years before. Ii was
done by a system of false registration and by
recount Of votes. Quay found that false
registration was one OF the principal forces
upon which the democrats relied for success.
he found, too. that Blaine had carried the
state in 1884; that the democratic managers
knew this early in the evening. and that changes
land.
Ben Butler polled several thousand labor
votes IN New York CITY. IL was the easiest
thing IN the world for the ballot thieves 20 turn
Butler ballots over to Cleveland. This was
actually done. Quay unearthed this fact before
he had long been in command and ms dis
coyery has received the Endorsement OF Gen
Butler himself
"Tammany had cheated Blaine out Of the
presidency. The proof was positive Tam
many Was even then engaged IN a conspiracy
| to defeat Harrison by the same means The
lower wards of New York .hen as now, were
crowded with cheap lodging houses and
tenements, 20 which thcusands of bogus names
| could be assigned. Quay put up collateral aud
raised $4,000 Tor immediate Use. Every dollar
OF the s5o,OOo WAS expended in this work. but
when it was completed, AZ II was IN the month
| OF October. Quay had the vote of New York At
his fingers ends.
Letters began to pour in on the chairman
He was warned solemnly time after time and
day after day that he must leave town or l..
killed. He refused TO DO it. But while QUAY
laughed at danger his friends did not DE.
tectires were sent out wholly unknown TO HIM
/ lie could not leave headquarters withuu: an
officer watching every footstep and prepared tc
! take summary action upon any SUSPICION,
character discovered lodging his footsteps
| lie was guarded while he slept. Every move
| incnt OF the democrats was watched and known
| Their plans were laid bare IN the commute,
! rooms. At every point they found themselvet
| checkmated. but while the gigantic work wa
III progress in the city neither the state nor tn,
| rest OF the country had been forgotten.
| Col. BrIce ordered the COLLECTION Of an i'm
| mense fund to be used in the last hours of thi
| Campaign. Three days before election til,
| sum of S2l5, 0D0 WAS handed over to the demo
| cratic workers In the state above the Harlem
river This WAS entirely separate from tn,
amount used by 1ammany IN the city. Tn,
! figures were given afterward by one of tin
then secretaries of the executive committc,
and are necessarily correct
Quay Lad called around him an advisor
committee of which John Wanamaker wa
chairman. Mr.. Waramaker raised large funt
| among his personal friends. Election drew
near, and the republican committee was pre-
pared for the contest al the polls.
| Early IN the evening Of election day il wa
! evident that the figures we're rrnning agains
the democrats. The order TO make up the de
ficiency was given, but to tie utter dismay o
| the Iainmany manipulators they dlscoyere,
| that Quay had accurate copies of the report
from every precinct. They then turned thel
attention to Brooklyn, only to find themselve
baked there. Quay had reports from ever.
| election district as soon the count was com
plete and ''doctoring" the figures was i'm
possible"