The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-27
Most any other man than Cameron.
seeing how cordially unpopular he IS.
would take the hint and resign.
Gone to Pot.

There probably never was a more dar-
ing scheme of political ambition formu-
lated in the mind of man than
was to be embodied in Sem
ator Ouay's programme. should
he win hts present contest In this
state. The stakes for which he Is play
ing are almost beyond adequate COM
prehension. They are infinitely supe-
rior to the paltry honor of being state
chairman in an OF year: they reach into
the very topmost circles of government
and contemplate. through the nomina-
tion Of Camsron as president. virtually
the exclusive ownership of the political
patronage Of the United States. Rich
elieu ruling Europe behind the gay
scenes OF the French court or Warwick
manipulating at will the royal MARION
cites whom 1t suited his purpose to
place on the English throne was not q
circumstance to the role which Matthew
Stanley Quay had planned to enact at
Washington in the event of Donald
Cameron's election as president
The audacity of the plan is all the
more conspicuous in view Of the fact
that Cameron. running on his own ac-
count, could not carry half a dozen
counties In his home state. Knowing
this fact full we'll. and knowing also
that without Quay's support he would,
within twenty-four hours, be deader.
politically. than an Egyptian mummy.
Cameron. in the event Of his election to
the presidency. would 1--WE everything
to Quay's expert manipulation and
would be, to an extent not hitherto ex-
emplhed. Quay's personal chattel. Thus
the senator who five years ago. in his
anxiety to know how It felt to own a
governor" staked all ON Delamater and
lost. II now playing a game in which
the risks are multiplied a hundred-fold,
and of which the object Is the owner
ship, not merely Of q paltry governor,
but Of a president Of the United States.
The stress Of circumstances has forced
QuAy to dsclafm any such purpose; and
possibly It now Ia all he can do to save
his own, regardless of Cameron. But
anyoae who has had acosss to inside in
formation knows full we'll that the Bit
terness with which Quay. IN his famous
speech in the senate. denounced his
former lieutenant. David Martin, after
the break over Penroee in Philadelphia
arose. not from any anxiety as to PEN
rose flpe from genuine horror at "cor-
poration dollar-marks," in which we are
told Quay had for years transacted q
thriving business. II we are to believe
those who are in a position to know.
it had its origin in the fact that the
detection OF Martin meant the exposure
Of the Cameron programme and pOssi-
bly, it defeatj meant a fight all along
the line at . time when Quay's desire
was for peace. In order that he might
better accomplish his purposes quietly
and by stealth. With all hands work.
ing together In harmony. the Cameron
Job was at best desperate and dan
gero,s ono; but with once trusted as
sistAnts sfvsng the whole scheme away,
the eaase might be irretrievably ruined.
Hence che virulsnce toward Martin: the
fight on reApportlonment and the later
warfare On tse governor.
But how tf,is grand air castle Of abb
soiaks political dominion is tumbling to
pieces these days!