The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
WILL VOTE FOR QUAY
State Senator Thomas Supports
the Beaver Statesman.
HIS REASONS FOR so DOING,
He Refutes the Misrepresentation
of the Opposition and Tells Why
He Intends to Vote for the Ju-
nior Senator's Recollection.

u Nlb ODDOSiAiph hhN
He Intends to Vote for the Ju-
nior Senator's Recollection,
State Senator G. Wesley Thomas, of
the Fourth Philadelphia district, can
claim the distinction Of being the first
who will have a vote in the next legisla-
ture to publicly declare his intention to
support Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay for |
recollection to the United States senate.
Senator Thomas gives his reasons for so !
doing, and confidently predicts Senator
Quay's reelection by fattering vote.
"If there was ever any doubt Of Colonel |
Quay's reelection to the United States
Senate" said Senator Thomas, slnil- !
ingly, the other day, think the result |
of the popular vote at the recent Repub- !
lican primary elections removed that !
doubt | have never thought there was
any question of Senator Quay receiving
the support of a vast majority of Repub-
icans of Pennsylvania in this matter.
Handwriting on the Wall.
"The handwriting on the wall is now
30 plainly and clearly written that no
one can mistake it.
81 cannot conceive of any possible
broad gauged reason continued Sena-
tor Thomas, "why Senator Quay should
not be reelected. | have read from time
to time the various charges that have
been made against him, and have fire.
quently made close and careful inquiry
concerning them for the purpose of as
certaining the truth. | have done this
because | voted for him when he was
elected state treasurer, and l also voted
for him for United States senator. |
shall have a vote i'll the next legislature
upon the question of the United States
senatorship, and up to this time | see no
reason why | should reverse my vote of
five years ago.
"The statement that the junior sena-
tor has embarrassed President Harrison
in the distribution of the patronage is
ridiculous and absurd, and such an idea,
to my mind, would be belittling to the
present federal administration. believe
President Harrison will be renOminated
and reelected, and also believe that
Senator Quay will be one of his staunch-
est supporters.
80 many unreasonable things are
said about Senator Quay that, when
carefully looked into, they appear as
httle more than absurdity; for instance,
That he has driven many able and hon
est men out of the Republican party. or
has discouraged them from taking an
active part III politics. Who are these
men? Name me an able and honest
man that Senator Quay has driven from
the Republican party, which neces-
sarily implies that he compels them to
turn Democrat. No able and honest
man can be driven from his party by
any leader any more than he could be
driven from his church by an infdel or
from his family by a slanderer.
Never Asked for His Vote.
81 have known Colonel Quay for a
number of years, and have served in
every succeeding session of the legisla-
ture since 1884. l can say that he never
asked me to vote for or against a meas
ure during my membership in either
branch of the general assembly; i'll fact,
he never asked me, directly or indi-
rectly, to vote for MIN for United States
senator five years ago, and he has not
asked me to vote for him at the next
session.
1T is frequently said that Senator
Quay was not in favor of the elections
bill, but this is a mistake, for Senator
Quay voted to give the bill consideration
according to the plans and policy of the
Republican party.
Price of Party Loyalty.
81 presume that if Senator Qnay had
never accepted the chairmanshlp of the
national committee he would have eh-
jOyed Il peaceful and undisturbed career
in the senate. but the victory he achieved
for the Republican party in 1888 made
him the foremost figure in American
politics. The Democratic press, acting
under the advice of the Tammany lead
ers, at once observed the necessity for
destroying this modern Goliath, and,
after careful and considerate review of
the situation, determined TO undermine
the Republican chairman by assailing
his personal character. Senator Quay
was Immediately blamed by number
OF Republicans and by part of the Repub-
hcan press for not answering these
charges at the time they were made. 1t
is an open secret that it was his desire
to give thorough and exhaustive answer
10 all the charges made against him, but
he was persuaded from so doing by the
advice of nearly every Republican
United States senator. | have reason
to believe that at least a part of his
answer bad been prepared but it was
suppressed because his fellow senator's
insisted that it would be unwise for him
to pay any attention to such an out
rageous, untruthful and unwarranted
attack.
So far as speech making and letter
writing is concerned, / notice that the
Democratic candidates for president are
doing considerable of it. We will better
appreciate the silence of Quay in the
great battle of 1892, when the enemy
will learn the lesson that too much tall
is not to be compared with the colder
rule Of silence"