Evening star., 1896-02-13
Mr.. QUAY'S CANDIDACY
1t is Merely to Hold the State Delegation
With Him.
Harrfty is Working Pattfson I'm the
Same Way-A Question IL 1t
Will Work Either Way.

The Star, within a few days. has told the
story Of the rent and torn condition of both
political parties in Pennsylvania over the
question of control of the states influence
In the st. Louis and Chicago conventions;
how in the republican party the Quay and
the anu-Quay people are maneuvering, and
now In the democratic party the Harrity
ana the antt-Harrity people are engaged;
now Mr.. Quay. with an assurance of fifty
votes out of the sixty-four, is yet ambi-
t1ous to control all of them, and how Mr..
Harrity, with almost the same lead On his
side, is quite as hard to satisfy.
They Want 1t All.
"All. ALL is the cry of both the Ouav
and the Harrity people, and the latest de-
Veiopments show that they are playing the
same game to carry their point
Inc Quay people have now brought the
senator forward a presidential candi-
uate, Whlle the Harrity people are again
nsuInls on Ex-Governor Pattison. The ar
suHehl III poth cases is that PENNSYLVANIA
Wren a son of PENNSYLVANIA Is invojyad
must stand by him. Ergo the way 10 make
the state delegations solid at ST. Louis
as Wen as at Chicago is to put a Pennsyl-
wanna man forward as presidential cam
other. "
Will 1t Work.
But will this work, to the real end that
Mr. Quay and Mr.. Harrity have in view ,
WIN they be able, even if they succeed in
securing solid delegations with this mask.
to keep them solid after the mask has been
thrown off?
The anu-Quay people well understand
that the Senator is not a serious candidate
ior the presidential nomination; that the
sue purpose OF asking support for him is
10 Try ana In some way tighten his hold on
the delegation, in order that when the
Crisis IN the convention arrives he NAV
transfer 1t in body to the man of his own
choice. 1t is hardly to be supposed. there
lore That they will be caught, or, if caught,
VIII permit themselves to be bound beyond
the point of a complimentary vote or two
Tor hlm Stalking horses are poor con-
triVances for use among and on veterans.
Holds Good With Patifson.
This same thing, it is thought, holds good
in the case of Mr.. Pattison He is an at
tractive man, not Objectionable to any
large number of keystone democrats, but
not considered a presidential availability
oy any large number of them. All will
probably agree to compliment him at Chi
caSo, but at that point the anti-Harrity
people will stop. Mr.. Harrfty, with Mr..
Pattison done for and out of the way, will
hnd himself In control of only those men
whom he could have controlled without an
appeal to Pattison sentiment at all.
Will Not Go Very Far.
1t will surprise some Of the admirers Of
MI. Quay If he permits this movement in
his behalf to go very far 1t is considered
SO unlike his usual style of procedure He
has been accused of many things, but
never before of employing buncombe and
indirection. He knows what he wants, and
he never hesitateS to ask for it. 1t is
known now what he wants, and when the
time comes he'll ask for it. And for the
office of chairman of the republican ma
tonal committee, there will proba bly, be no
objection made to his selection by anybody
from Pennsylvania. But what the anti
Quay people are insisting on, and will con-
tinue to insist on to the end, is that they be
permitted to vote for the man of their own
choice for the presidential nomination.
Events may show that they are in agree
ment with the Senator as to the candidate
But they don't want anything forced on
them by. cast-iron instructions, ana, what
is more. they will not, If they can help it,
submit to anything Of the kind. Enjoying
none of the Senator's favor at home, they
object to being bound and delivered into
his hands for his own trading purposes at
st. Louis.