The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-29
Quay In SusQuehanna.

Quay In Susquehanna.
In no county in the state are Senator
Quay's adherents making a more reck-
less or determined fight for the state
delegates than in Susquehanna. The
senator realizes that unless something
Is accomplished in that county the
northeastern tier will appear with a
solid anti-Quay delegation in the state
convention. Lackawanna, Bradford
Wyoming. Wayne and Sullivan are
surely lost to the senator and Luzerne
will follow. The Quay cohorts in Sus-
Quehanna are fighting as though the
senator's salvation depended upon his
success there. In no county have the
Republicans been more restiye under
machine rule than in SusGushanna.
More than once they have revolted
when local machine leaders. in cbedi-
ence to orders from Quay and Cameron,
have attempted to apply machine
methods. Never before has there been
a more glaring attempt made to over
ride the popular will in that county
s4oA an Shc pTeSSnl luSlstsAGc.
When Senator Quay was in Scranton
three weeks ago today he summoned to
his presence a corporars guard Of his
faithful adherents from Susquehanna.
They promptly responded, headed by S.
3. Wright, the third-term register and
recorder Of the county. and Tommy Kill
row, Wright's principal he1chman. In
. conference with Senator Quay,
Messrs. Wright and Kilrow promised
to deliver the two Susquehanna dele
gates, and Quay agreed to supply what
ever funds might be necessary to make
ssfui sesht- The contract, then
and there entered into. at the Wyoming
house, Wright and Kilrow are striving
to carry out. The worst OF machine
methods are being employed by them
throughout the county to deceive the
honest Republican masses. The DEM
ocrats are assisting Wright and Kilrow
and the attempt will be made to vote
large numbers Of Democrats in certain
districts at the primaries next Satur-
day in the interest Of Quay delegates.
Two-thirds Of the Republicans of Sus-
quehanna county are against Quay and
Quayism, as they always have been,
and on q square vote the local hench-
men Of the junior senator would be
beaten I've 70 one /but Wright and Kill
rfox fave . we,f-organized machine and
plspty Of FUNDS at their command, and
know how 10 use them, hence the bitter
ness of the fight. The honest and self
respecting Republican masses OF Sus-
Quehanna are. however, beginning to
understand the situation, and are re-
vOlttng from the agreement entered into
at tho Wyoming house by a couple Of
trading politicians by which their rep
resentatives in the state convention are
to be handed over, bound hand and foot,
to Senator Quay, regardless Of popular
sentiment IN the county.
Register and Recorder Wright, the
head and front OF the Isusquehanna ma
chine, b fighting a battle for himself in
this contest. Although favored beyond
eny other Republican, IN being allowed
to hold one of the best offices in the
county for three terms, he Is not yet
sa4isfied He is ambitious to succeed
Hardenburg In the state senate, and to
accomplish that he must retain control
Of the local political machinery. The
honest Republicans Of Susquehanna
have had enough Of this political cor
morant and his principal henchman,
Tommy" Kilrow. This Is a good time
to give them a wholesome lesson, and
ct the same time admonlsh Senator
Quay that no two. nor half a dozen,
men carry the Republican party of sus-
quehanna county In their trousers
pockets, nor will they ratify any such
sale Of delegates as was made at the
Wyoming house three weeks ago.