Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-31
Why Fellow Republicans of Penn
sylvania Fight Him.
ORIGIN IN TEE MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN
What One Of His Leading Oppo.
nents Says.
CAMERoNTo BE OVERTHROW
From a stafr CORRESPONDENT.


PHILADELPHIA. July 31.-This city is
now the headquarters of beth parties of
belliger.nts in the Quay-Hastings fight.
and the main interest centers here Both
factions have established a camp from
anti-Quay people are better organized and
aggressive warfare. The Hastings people
say that they are going in to wipe out
Mr. Quay entirely, and, to tell the truth,
they are making elaborate preparations to
do 1t.
A notable feature of the contest at this
stage is the bitterness and rancor that
characterizes the utterahces of both fac
lions. 1t is probable that after the victory
has been won and the smoke of battle las
cleared away it will be found that there
are some ugly scars on the body polite,
and feuds will have been established which
may require years to SETTLE
The anti-Quay people have opened
literary bureau here, from which they are
flooding the state with political reading
matter in a me st systematic manner. The
political screeds prepared by the bureau
are printed and supplied in proof to about
175 newspapers of the state, the small
country weeklies that go among the peo-
pie Circulars are mailed to individuals
by the thousands, together with reprints of
editorials appearing in influential papers
favorable to the anti-Quay side.
The fealing against Mr.. Quay Is probably
more bitter in Philadelphia than in some
other parts of the state, due, 1t Is ex-
planned, to his conduct in the late mayer
atty campaign, which aroused the city so
thoroughly. 1t is said that he espouscd
cause at that time notably unpopular
that 1t reflected upon him to his harm. 1t
is claimed here that the mayoralty trouble
really precipitated the present fight. OF
course, 1t is well understood by everybody
that his enemies had a rod in pickle for
him long time before that occurrence.
The Cause of the Fight.
IT will tell you the whole history of this
matter" said one of the managers of the
anti-Quay faction yesterday. 1T started
when Mr.. Quay came to Philadelphia and
insisted that Mr.. Penrose should be nom
mated as the republican candidate for
mayor. Word was passed around to that
effect and 1t Immediately aroused a storm
of protest from the better classes through
out the city. On account of Mr.. Penrose's
personal habits and manner of life the
Christian Endeavor societies, the Women's
Civic Club, the Citizens Municipal League
and prominent clergymen of Philadelphia
opposed placing him at the head of the
Philadelphia and at conference with
David Martin and others he agreed to drop
Penrose and take some. man more accep-
able to the citizens This was we'll under
stood to be the agreement, but the day
before the primaries Mr.. Quay reconsid-
cred that decision, and insisted upon the
nomination of Penrese. The local man.
ayers refused to do this and succeeded in
nominating Warwick.
Then we had the spectacle of Mr.. Quay
dragging the mayoralty contest into the
United States Senate. declaring that Da-
vid Martin, who had managed the nominal
ton, wore the dollar mark of a great cor
poration. From that moment Mr.. Quay
seemed to feel that he must fight Mr.. Mar
tin and all his friends The great traction
syndicate, which had opposed the nominal
ton of Penrose, because it was believed
his candidacy would bring democratic
victory. something this syndicate did not
want, for business reasons, was also the
victim of Mr.. Quay's animosity. He
upon the market.
Opposition .t0 RenppOrtiOnment.
But the most outrageous action of Mr..
Quay, ard for which he is held most Sc
verely to account, was his course toward
the apportionment bill When Governor
Hastings made his run for office the key
note of his campaign was promise to re-
apporticn the state, as the constitution re-
QulIGu. II was the DuTuell OIL HIS llTSt ines
sage to the legislature. and the object of
sustained effort. When the bill was pend
ing in the legislature it was not known
that there was opposition to it from any
source. The bill would have given the re-
publicans two more Congress smen and sew
eral more legislators. 1t was a good party
measure in every respect.
"One day, when everything seemed to be
going smoothly, Mr.. Quay turned up at
Harrisburg. He had discovered that the
vantageously to Senator Camerons sem
atcrial prospects and to his own interests
in the matter of controlling the delegation
to the national convention, because it would
give Mr.. Mlgee Of Pittsburg and Mr.. Mar
tin of Philadelphia additional strength. 1t
was a cold-blooded calculation which he
made about it, entirely. Here was a bill
that the republicans of the whole state
wanted, that would be of decided ad-
vantage to the party, and increase its
power, and yet, because it seemed to favor
a fractional element in the party to his dis
advantage, MIR. Quay must kill it. He knew
it was impossible to beat it in fair fight,
so he resorted to scheming. He made a
combination with the democrats, WHIP, Of
course, did not want the bill to pass, and
with few republican votes of his own
and the entire democratic vote, he de-
feated the bill 1t was a severe blow to
Governor Hastings, who had promised the
bill to the people of the state, ana now
found his pledge defeated by Mr.. Quay.
Quay's Obligations to Cameron.
II think that Mr.. Quay was forced into
that matter by MIR. Cameron. Everybody
knows he is under obligation to Senator
Cameron for financial help rendered at
most pressing period, and he was obliged to
protect Mr.. Cameron's interests in every
way; SO when they were menaced by the
apportionment bill he had to come to the
front. It Is the general belief that Mr.
Cameron is furnishing the money for this
campaign. He ought to. for it Is largely in
his behalf that it is being made.
'There was no necessity for Mr.. Quay TO
vindicate his leadership at this time in
his own cause, for up to the time he pre-
cipitated this fight no one had challenged
1t. The fact is, Mr.. Cameron found he was
losing ground in the state and it was neces-
sary for Mr.. Quay to get hold of the state
machinery in order that it should not be
utilized against Cameron. OF course, If
Mr.. Quay should win this fight he will also
use the state machinery in the makeup Of
the delegation to the national convention.
Cameron Overthrown.