Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-03
A NON-PARTISAN ESTIMATE.
The Probabilities Are that Quay VIII DC
Defeated-What VIII the Harvest lie

Defeated-NYhat VIII the Harvest do
Washington. August 1.-The Star
publishes the following review OF the
situation in Pennsylvania, as seen by
it's stan correspondent: THE proba-
bilities point strongly to the defeat oil
Senator Quay in his contest against the
combination. Mr.. Quay's friends insist
that the game is not up yet; that ne
has some aces up his sleeve when ne
will play at the last moment. Ihat
may be possible. inaSmuch as II Is MI
QUAY. but it is hardly probable, accord
ing to The opinion Of conservative poll
ticians hereabouts He may save NM
self from total and overwhelming de-
feat if a compromise can be reached
but his opponents are flushed with pros
poets of victory and at this stage moot
at offers OF compromise.
ITO a non-partisan observer VINO
makes allowance for eX-parte state
ments and takes into consideration facts
which neither side admit, there IS
great deal in this fight which is honest
and nearly rs much that is for revenue
onlv.' In the attitude of some OF the
anti-Quay people there is am element OF
righteous wrath against the iron-hand
domination of Mr.. Quay and the auto
craov of Mr.. Cameron. The younger
element in politics, the men who have
grown away from Mr.. Quay, have felt
the yoke Of this pair and sOrely chaf1ef
under it.
Mr.. Quay's domination has extend
ed over the entire State OF Pennsyl-
vania. making its power felt in the re-
hottest corners Of thqgreat common
wealth. BE has eX2cted a blind, un-
reasoning compliance with his will and
wcrd on every hand. No one was to
question his reasons, but to implicitly
obey his commands. 1t is not strange,
then. that there should be men in eyerS
community who would resent bending
the knee TO his sovereign power and
long for an opportunity TO throw off thq
woke. But until the present time there
has been no alternative for them. Ihero
was no man in sight who could fan in
to a blaze this smoldering opposition
TO the great political master. Ihey
could not cut loose from Quay with no
one else to cling to.
1T was not until the trio OF Messrs.
Hastings. Martin and Magee formed the
combination thatthe dissatisfied ones ali
over the State recognized the possibility
of making a successful fight. The pres
ence of the combine and their announc-
ed intention to fight were greeted with
q great shout of approval by the rest
less ones. From every corner OF the
State sprang up men who until this
time had hardly dared confess TO them
selves their opposition to Mr.. Quay, Dus
now. finding a bulwark OF deIense IN
the combination sufficient to shelter
them. raised their voices in mighty ac-
claim for the overthrow OF their erst-
while master. These are the men who
cCmpose the honest and sincere ele-
ments in this fight They want TO ex-
change the one-man power for trluIn-
virate. expressing their confidence IN
the latter for the present
LET no one delude himself however,
with the idea that he triumvirate Is
going into the fight with lottey ana un-
selfish motives and solely for the puDllo
good This is no youthful David going
out to meet the great political Goliath,
with his trust in the Lord and a round
pebble in his sling. This is a great
financial. political and business combi-
nation. equipped with cunning and force
and putting its trust in itself. When
it has slain Goliath ii proposes to divide
his sword. his helmet and accoutre-
ments. If the public is benefited by hi+
death. II is welcome to all the theo-
retical emoluments.
"The men who compose the combine
against Mr.. Quay are not in it for fun or
the qualification arising from possessing
power. They are in politics for bust
ness. and the time has arrived when
their business requires that hey should
depose Mr.. Quay and assume the powers
themselves. Governor Hastings differs
from his two associates In that he has
more political ambition TO crafty than
they. With him this is merely a polit-
zeal deal Whereby he may profit over
another mans downfall, a legitimate
end in the game of politics. in = hich
he and AIr. Quay are engaged. No re-
preach can be cast upon him. for it is
a fair fight between the two Mr.. Quay
made war upon him in defeating the
appOrtionment bill. warfare waged for
Mr.. Quay's personal benefit and that of
his associate, Mr.. Cameron. BY Mr..
Quays downfall, if it is accomplished.
Governor Hastings will derive political
profit. and the fact that he has Joined
hands with other forces to accomplish
this end is merely q detail of politics.
Mr.. Magee and Mr.. Martin are tenn
p0rarily posing as the deliverers of an
oppressed community from the hand of
the taskmaster. When they have IN
yOked the people from Mr. Quay's char
lot they Will quickly hitch them up in
their own log wagon. In defense of this
they claim that the people will at least
be serving a master in their own COM
munity. whose interests are local and
identified with their own. always sub
ject TO their own control, and that they
viii not be under call from man in
a distant part of the State or in Wash
lngton. 1t will be something in the
nature of home rule. There is no
doubt that great business interests are
ldenuned with this new move in pol-
itics. Public Improvements. street and
suburban railway extension and large
contracts for city and State work are
concerned in the new deal. The extent
to which the public will benefit remains
to be proven"
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