The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
Is MR.. Quay IN THE field
A Sketch Of His Life Thought to BE
Campaign Document.
THE PRESIDENCY TEMPTS HIM
Knowing That the Republican Candidate
Is Certain of Success. 1t Is Thought
That the senator Will
Enter tho Lists.

Washington, Nov. S.-"The political
services of Matthew Stanley Quay"
Is the title Cf a pamphlet without date,
authors or publishers name that Is
now being widely circulated in this
u,ty. 1t is beautifully gotten up with
imitation morocco covers and contains
q handsomely engraved picture OF Sem
a,.or Quay, and a dozen pages of de-
scriptive matter eucogizing him in the
most ardent terms. The pamphlet Is
generally regarded as the opening gun
In Senator Quay's fight for the presi-
dert.al nomination next year and has
excited great interest.
The first intimation that his candi-
dacy was serious was contained in an
interview with a prominent PennSyl-
vanian, said ITO stand close to him,
which was printed in Chicago a week
ago. Now follows this pamphlet and
the politicians are wondering what 1t
means.
Following are some extracts from the
pamphlet. They do not err on the side
OF modesty, but that was not to be
expected from enthusiastic friends:
Senator Quay Us one Of the shrewdest.
ablest, most farslshted and successful
politicians of the day. Indeed. it Is a
question If there Is anothernan in the
country who Is a match for him.
sourceful, fertile in eXpedients, hold
ing his impulses and his forces thor
oughly in hand, firm as a rock and un-
quaiEng under either opposition or
calumnly, ne has planned and carried
to success, at the head of she ,Republi-
can committees, state and national,
campaigns doubtful and difficult, WIN
ming by his masterful ability, these of
Governors Eartranft and Hoyt, of
Pennsylvania, and Benjamin Harrison
as president. In the last case he
clutched victory from almost certain
defeat"
Blocked the Wilson Bill
1T was largely due to his efforts that
the Mckinley Tariff bill became law,
and during the great tariff fight of 1884
Mr.. Quay effectually blocked the pas
sage of the Wilson Tariff bill until 1t
was amended to protect the great man.
ufacturing interests of Pennsylvania
and elsewhere.
He will be remembered by all Chris
tian people as the man through whose
efforts legislation by congress was Sc
cured closing the gates Of the Worlds
Fair on Sundays. One who had taken
so prominent and active a part in pom-
tics could not have escaped violent
criticism.
40 matter how correct his acts. with
his strong and positive nature 1t was
not strange that he should have made
enemies and created antagonisms even
among the timid of his own party. The
fact that he has been so long the master
mind in politics has made him target
for all sorts of criticisms, fixing him in
the minds of the people as very Diff
ferent man from his real self"
The last ID the only reference In the
pamphlet to the attacks made on Sena-
tor Quay which led to his retirement
from the craftsmanship of the Repub-
lican National Committee, and to the
estrangement between him and Presi-
dent Harrison. In. view of the certain
revival of these charges in case of his
nomination, 1t is believed that he would
not be a candidate IL 1t were not certain
that the nomination next year was
equivalent to an election.