The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-30
ROOM FOR CONTRAST
TWsnty-threS GOHfedoratss and but Sixteen
Union Soldiers in the Senate.
PENNSYLVANIA "VETS" KNOW THIS
They Decide That the Representation of
Union Men Shall Not be Decreased.
They VIII Have no One But a
Soldier for United States Senator
and Colonel Quay's Old Regi-
ment Leads Movement
for His Reelection.

"There is bond of sympathy between
Colonel Quay and sixty thousand other
veterans of the late war among the sur
vivors of the union forces in Pennsylva-
MA" said Captain James Mccormick,
of Philadelphia, an admirer of the
junior senator, the other day. "You
would be surprised at the interest taken
in his candidacy for reelection by the
old soldiers. The tocsin was first sounded
by the boys of Colonel Quay's old regi-
ment, the 134th Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, residing in Newcastle and vicin-
ity. They call upon Republicans all
over the state to participate in the
primaries and to vote to instruct for
Colonel Quay's return to the senate.
Former Comrades Speak.
In their address mailed to Republi-
cans, among other things they say:
Without desiring to detract from
the Just merits and claims of any other
candidates, as soldiers of the late war,
we deem it our privilege and our duty
to recommend to your favorable consid-
Grafton, for said Office, our comrade, the
Hon. Matthew S. Quay, late colonel of
the 134th Regiment, Pennsylvania vol
unteers.
"'Colonel Quay's brave and patriotic
service upon the field of battle, his
faithful and distinguished devotion to
duty throughout the war, the fidelity
with which he has performed the
arduous duties in the many places of
trust which he has had the honor to fill.
his answering loyalty to the party of
his choice, and his matchless leadership
of the Republican party in state and
national contests, are considerations
among many others, which prove his
courage, ability and fitness for the Office
of United States senator, and should
determine you to give him your earnest
and most hearty support. >"
Where Union Soldiers Are Needed.
A campaign committee has been
formed by the old soldiers in Lawrence
county, composed of members of Col
onel Quay's regiment, and they have
Just issued a letter to all their comrades
in that county in which they say:
"On Saturday, April 2, there will be
popular vote taken at the Republican
primaries in our county on the question
of the United States senatorship OF the
eighty-eight present members of the
senate twenty-three served in the Con-
federate army and only sixteen in the
Union army. Senator M. S. Quay,
whose gallantry at the battle of Freder-
icksburg, and whose untiIing interest in
the welfare of the soldier is well known
to you, is one of the sixteen. His sue
cessor will be elected by the next legis-
lature, and you are asked by your vote
and your influence to decide whether he
shall succeed himself or whether he shall
be succeeded by civilian. Wewho have
known him under the most trying cir
cumstances-he having been colonel of
our regiment-when death itself was
courted with reckless daring, rather
than that the remotest shadow should
be cast on his fair name, appeal to you
to stand with soldiers pride for a SOL
dier's rights Go to the primaries your
self ON the date named, and ask your
Republican friends and neighbors to do
likewise.
"We ask of you that, with due consid-
GRAFTON, you cooperate with your COM
rades in showing to the people of Penn
sylvania and the nation, with an
emphasis which cannot be misunder-
stood, that our county has not forgotten
her debt of gratitude, her promises OF
the sixties, and that you desire the Hon.
Matthew Stanley Quay shall succeed
himself as United States senator from
Pennsy lvania."
A Chat With Captain Taylor.
! Captain John Taylor, president of the
big War Veterans club in Philadelphia,
which has membership of over LOO
was a close observer of sentiment as
expressed in private conversations at the
recent Grand Army encampment al
| Pittsburg.
81 found a deep and lively interest
taken by old soldiers generally in the
canvass for United States senator" )" sale
Captain Taylor, when asked of hi
! political observations while minglinJ
with his comrades in Pittsburg, by
reporter of the Philadelphia Nortl
American.
"No candidate for senator" he con
tinued, "who was not a soldier can ex
pect much support or sympathy from
the veterans in this canvass. Will
there is no politics in the Grand Army
the old soldiers cannot keep out of
fight such as is now being stirred up il
the state. You will find them every
where, acting as individuals or working
together in the strong veterans organ
izations that took so conspicuous par
in the campaign for General Gregg an
Captain Morrison, welding a powerfu
influence at the primaries.