Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-21
Mr.. QUAY'S PROGRAM
He Wants to Again Be Chairman Of
the National Committee.
CHAFES UNDER ENFORCED RETIREMENT
His Friends Claim That He Was
Unjustly Treated.
A FIGHT IN PECT

Well-accepted reports in political circles
accredit Senator Quay with a very COM
prehensive program. 1t contains as much
for himself as 1t does for his colleague
Mr.. Cameron's interests have been the
more in evidence In the Pennsylvania fight
for the reason that the Cameron record on
silver was thought to afford the Hastings
combination an effective handle against the
junior Senator. But Mr.. Quay's calcula-
tons for himself have been well under
stood, and if he regains control of the party
machine at Harrisburg next week he will
begin at once, it Is predicted. actively lay
ing wires for the accomplishment Of his
full purpose.
His Eyes ON the National Committee.
1t is said that Mr.. Quay has his eyes
fixed on the craftsmanship of the republican
national committee again. His friends have
always condemned the means employed to
compel his retirement from that place, and
he himself Is represented as anxious to
have wiped out by a reelection the memory
Of that defeat.
Soon after the republican triumph OF 1888.
achieved under his management of the ma
honal committee, Mr.. Quay became the
object of severe attack. Grave charges
were brought against him, rejecting on his
record as treasurer OF Pennsylvania, made
some years before For time he remained
silent. The one fact, as his friends claimed,
that he had since that time received the
highest proof of the confidence Of his peo-
Pile by election to the United States Senate
made it unnecessary for him to notice tho
charges. At last, however, the charges be
gan to prove troublesome. He was stu
chairman of the national committee, and
some Of the republican leaders came to the
conclusion that unless a reply of some kind
was made, or Mr.. Quay resigned his chair
manship, the party would suffer. Inc pup.
1fcf at ha
Harrison was among those who took this
view was never denied. The pressure, at
any rate, was strong, and, yielding to II,
Mr.. Quay not only resigned his chairman
place in the Senate.
But, as the story goes, Mr.. Quay has ever
since chafed under the recollection Of the
episode, and been awaiting with some I'M
patience an opportunity to retrieve himself.
He decided that renewed Endorsement at
home would greatly assist his EFFORTS Tor
renewed Endorsement by the party at large,
and, so deciding, he offered himself for
chairman of the state committee. The one
place. If secured. is to be made the step
ping stone to the other.
Compromise Necessary.
The Quay calculations respecting next
year are that the chairman of the national
committee, like the candidate for President,
will have to be chosen on compromise
grounds and lines. The gold men Of the
east and the silver men Of the west have to
come together in a way to inspire perfect
mutual trust and confidence Not only
must the candidate chosen be acceptable to
both sections, but the conduct of the work
of the committee must be committed to
hands well appreciated in both sections.
The east would not be satisfied with man
from the west, nor the west satisfied with
a man from the east Mr.. Quay regards
himself as a middle state man. His indi-
vidual record is for sound money, but
through his colleague. Mr. Cameron, who
is free coinage man. his relations with
the western men are cordial, and in this
way his acceptability as a compromise
chairman is discussed by his friends.
Opposition to Be Overcome.
If this program unfolds itself as at pres
emit outlined there may be repeated on the
national republican stage an enlarged scrap
Of the Pennsylvania order. There is no
evidence that the men who thought Mr..
Quay's retirement from the republican ma
tional committee several years ago neces-
sty have changed their minds respecting
him. That they would oppose him for re-
election as chairman is thought to be GER
tain. And they are men of power in the
party. But, on the other hand, Mr.. Quay's
friends hold now as they held then, that
he was unfairly dealt with, and that moth
ing is too good for him.