Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-12

truth that the. typical Pennsylvania
politician dearly loves boss The recent
turmoil among the Republicans Of
Pennsylvania was not contest TO de-
eide whether they would Or would not
have boss. They were ssreed all
around to have boss. The contest
was merely to decide who should be
that boss. On this personal issue they
fought with great bitterness and each
faction succeeded in demonstrating
that the leader of the other faction was
not fit to be the leader OF any decent and
liberty loving party. Quay and his
heelers came out ahead ia the SQUAD
BILE, and now all of the politicians bow
in reverence and affection before Quay.
They dearly love him, because be is
boss
The power which is now con
coded to belong to Boss Quay as If by
vested property right. is something to
wonder at. 1t is announced that he
proposes to reorganize the congressional
delegation from Pennsylvania at the
next election. That great State has
20 representatives. in the popular branch
of the United States Congress- Quay
will reorganize them. He will have
the say in the various districts as 10
whether the present Republican Con
gressmen shall or shall not be renomi-
mated. OF course he can not alter the
delegation until the next election, hut
1t is announced that he will not permit
John Dalzell TO be chairman of the
ways and means committee in the
present House, "a place to which Dial.
zell lays claim by the regular order of
promotion.
Quay's ability to set back Dalzell
comes from his control Of Pennsyl-
yania's 90 delegates to The Republican
National Convention. Reed, Of Maine,
will be Speaker of the House, and since
he wants to be nominated for Presi-
dent he will naturally listen to the de-
mands of "a boss who has 90 convention
votes in his breeches' pockets. Quay's
reason for turning down Dalzell is be-
cause he does not wear collar grace
fully and comfortably
1t is further announced that Boss
Quay does not like the indifference ia
the recent fractional fight shown by his
senatorial colleague and that he is
considering the advisability of choos-
ing somebody else instead of Don
Cameron to sit with him in the Senate.
We doubt whether Quay really intends
to turn Cameron down, but there is no
doubt that he can do so if he wishes;
for is he not the boss?
Great is tho boss His admirers are
setting up the shout that he is the
proper man TO act as chairman of the
national Republican committee next
year. They seem to think that bosses
are loved everywhere as much as they
are in Pennsylvania.
But they are mistaken on that point.
The utter decentralization of political
sentiment SO manifest in Pennsylvania,
docs not exist in all of the other States.
Pennsylyanians know Quays' charac-
ter and record perfectly well. They
know that he is a practical politician
ta, s t ~. ~. y tHa' 'ney SUBMIT
doyoi3 - na s "t.n' pi"Nes men ~,
essential immortality of the grab game
which Pennsylyanians love and call
protection, has Slapped and destroyed
their conscience, SO that they have not
the stuiI left in them to fight for a
righteous principle.
But they have only TO look at the
present conduct of the Democrats in
Kentucky and Maryland to see how
men who love principle will fierccly
contend for what appeals TO their con
schema and ho,v tbev viii o,,nasa :.
i,a-. ,,i,.,i,, 80 'ppo'o .
s' -. '''''ft' "',e'''Se ie ~ poss'
IL may ne mat the Democrats will
lose Maryland because they win not
submit To boss. and that the Re
publicans will hold Penpslvvania bo
ca,so W., snhn,it huasti.,
~, ~, W thelr
poSs what OF ltf Inc Republican
victory IN pennsylvania wan be kcpub-
llcar IN name only IL VIII be in fact
quay Vlctory-his personal triumph
ana nus individual achievement. 1t
wlll rlVet ms chains on the state. Why
should honest kepublicans anywhere
reIolce at such resultF
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