New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-04

Cold cash and plenty Of It won the DAY IN" 80
Is strong statement TO make. put oninr
PENNSYLVANIA politics prepares one iol li'am n.,
II with absolute confidence as 10 i's 'o'''
ness 49,, haitian
Even casual examination of the mat
will convince one that If the declarations .
those who are In position to know whei. ,
they speak and who have no OBJECT I'LL ~,
world for misstatlng things can he uePe"u
upon there never was q campaign In inns VI az!
other State in which money played such a par a.
i'm this one. In fact there is nothing Ike II ~
American politics for the amount Of money en-
pended and for the wholesale manner in when IL
nancial influences were employed. one ~ ~"
hesf-knoWn men in the State estimates that quay
had inward of $500 600 at his disposal, though
he may not have used it. This representa-
the contributions of the trusts and protectSu
interests that Quay has served so falthIuIi!
in Washington. These contributions were not
confined entirely to Pennsylvania; they came
from all parts Of the country. one or the Itau-
ing Republicans in New ork STATE VINO ma a.
figured in National politics conspicuously. IL
authority for the statement that no less thah
500 600 of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fund came
from the imperial commonwealth of New y rh'
In other words the State was flooded and where
ever there was "A wavering column II was
broken by the gold and silver grape and can
mister with here and there some frightfully
heavy artillery.
Rut why has nothing been said about this
before? This question was put TO one OF the
most active participants in the contest HIS
replv came promptly What the use !.
QUAY won didn't he? People have little pa
tience with a beaten enemy that squeals. We
are not squealing; we have never WINGED. we
used whatever patronage ana power we had
against Quay. and he retaliated in the most
effective way at his command. 1t was me
fight of his life. and he made II accordingly
He laid down on his friends. His fellow Sena-
tors Republicans and Democrats who had
fought with him in defence of the trusts and
CORPORATIONS and the protected interests ana
the big manufacturers here responded to MS
call Money came from all sides one OF the
first contributions was $4,000. This was made
by large iron and steel manufactures. VINO
has been heard OF before In Republican politics.
Similar sums followed. The golden blood
proved too much for us That is all there is
TO 1t. We did not believe It was possible for
him to win but when we saw counties Ike
Montgomery go wrong, we made up our minds
that extraordinary influences were at work. and
were not mistaken
HASTINGS MEN NOT DISHEARTENED.
1t might be supposed that Quay's victory
would have dsheartening effect upon the OPP
position Such. however. is not the case. On
the contrary the very way in which ne won
it leaves them entirely confident as to the ulti-
mate outcome of the struggle between him ana
his enemies As one of the clearest-headed lead
ers expressed it, Quay can never make such a
fight again. He cannot make the hght or ms
life every year, and yet he has got to make
the fight of his life every year TO retain his
grip in Pennsylvania But he never can get
the trusts and the corporations to respond
again as they did this time, nor do think he
could ever repeat the same tactics. | nave a
little too much respect for my native state
to entertain this belief though | must CONFESS
the last year has dsillusionizcd many OF us on
this point Quay does not want to fight II he
can help ii. He wants to compromise. That
disposition was manifested as soon as he had
carried his point at Harrisburg. He wants
peace on any terms that he can get IT.. and "A
'vndcation Of his character from all asper-
sions that have been cast upon 1t In the past
How can this be done? Why, by carrying
out the present programme Of making him
Pennsylvania's choice for President at the COM
ing Republican National Convention That IS
the Immediate object of his activity now
throughout the State"
Matt Quay a candidate for President Of the
United States, Does it not sound well? Whether
ii does or not it is entirely probable at this
writing that such will be the result OF the eau
Gus of the Pennsylvania delegates to the next
National Convention of the Republican party.
But between this and next May June many
things may happen. and great deal Of politi-
cal history must be made.