The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-12
ANARCHIST
QUAY (?)
Bloody Brides Waite and Alt
geld OutdOne.
Matt Quay Arrays Himself
Against MOneyed Glasses.
SAYS MILLIONAIRES
Are EndeavOring to TakeCharge
Of the Government.
He Joins the ssMasses Behind
the Barricades'
In the Language of the French
Revolution.
He Joins the seMasses Behind
the Barricades'
In the Language of the French
Revolution.
THE EAST STARTLED
By This Threatening and Radi-
cal Ctterance
From the Republican Leader Of
Pennsylvania.

Washington. Dec. 12.-Senator Quay
has made public a sensational state
ment concerning the influence of organ
lied wealth in politics The immediate
animus was an interview. published in
Philadelphia, with Thomas DOlan, the
wealthy manufacturer. in which he
stated the aims of the National League
Of Business Men
Senator Quay says that his language
is not impulsive. but well weighed, and
that he means every letter OF it. The
senator said:
My views upon the connection be-
tween business and politics were men
toned in a speech at Republican
meeting in Pittsburg few days preV1-
Gus to the presidential election.
Il am opposed TO the entire scheme
of the National Business Mems League
as disclosed by Mr. DOlan. Its basic
theory is that organized wealth shall
dicate high offices and so take pbsses-
sion of the government. Tt viii be met
as stubbOrnly and OverthrOWn as dis
astrOusly as was Bryanism. Bryan in
vOked the masses against the classes.
The promoters of this league invoke
classes.
No league of business men or other
men, based upon wealth or other foun-
datiOn. can erect government class in
this country. In the United States SEN
ate we have millionaires and business
men enough to serve all legitimate pur-
poses senator's are needed VINO nave
no specialties. but who Will act for the
interests of the country in gross with
out special affinities. The people most
deserving of a representation and most
In need of legislative ppTOtection are the
farmers, the small stOrekeeperS, the ar
tisans and the labOrers, and I stand by
them and against this so-caned league
I 60 into the barricade with the bOur-
geOisie and the men in blOuses
In conclusion, I do not believe that
10 per cent of the business men Of the
country sympathize with this league
There must be less business and more
people in our politics. else the Republi-
can party and the country viii go to
wreck The business issues are making
our politics sordid and corrupt The
tremendous sums OF money furnished
by business men, reluctantly in most
instances, are ponuting the wellsprings
of our national being"
When it became known that Senator
Quay had given statement to the
press which reflected strongly against
the purposes of the Business Mems
league, the offices Of the correspondents
We're besieged by members of congress
who wished to see the text of such an
extra ordinary utterance by one who
rarely makes a statement to the public
press.
The strong language used was a sub
ject of no end of comment, which was
generally favorable to the senator's
views, that the so-called league was
attempting altogether too much when it
proposed, as Mr.. DOlan virtually said,
to control the politics Of the country.
The sentence: In the United States
senate we have millOnaires and bust
ness men enough to serve all legitimate
purposes" seemed especially to tickle
the statesmen and others who read it,
while his reference to the necessity of
protecting farmers and small store
keepers against bloated monopolists,
and his charge that the league sought
to array a class against the masses and
the other classes, was applauded as
facaff hi srI
during the campaign.
It is declared to be an utterance which
viii interest not only Mr.. Wanamaker
and his lieutenants, but the whole pub
lie
The interview with Thomas Dolan on
which Senator Quay's utterances are
based stated the purpose of the organ
lzers OF the National League of Busi-
ness Men to continue in permanent op-
Grafton. Mr.. Dolan said:
Immediately after the election. steps
We're taken to form an organization to
continue the work for good government,
not in one. but in all directions practi-
cable A fine beginning has been made
in the city, where several hundred mem
bers have come into the organization
who understand that it is not a creature
of the day or intended to be used to
promote the filling of any one Office
and then to be disbanded. No sooner
was Mr. Mckinley elected president
than the lea ders commenced to parcel
out the offices among their friends with
out consulting city or country. This is
un-American and destructive to Repub-
Iicanism of the highest type
THE business men. who are in great
demand as elections approach, to con
tribute the sineWs Of war and to do act
I've VI Work IN arranging meetings, are dis
missed until another campaign comes +
around. The fact that they are belit-
tied as they are. after they have done
hearty service. has aroused mighty
spirit in them, and because Of the great
interests of business still suffering for
proper legislation they have determined
upon permanent orga nization in every
county in Pennsylvania
Certain OF our foremost and forceful
citizens have pledged themselves to un-
derwrite q practical organization that
VIII continue ia business for some years
to come. They may not always be able
to say who shall have the Offices. but
they viii make themselves heard at
Harrisburg and at Washington. Mr.