The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-29
GOVERNOR HASTINGS
FOR U. S. SENATOR
Report Put in Circulation That He Is to
Be a Candidate.
He MAY HAVE QUAY'S SUPPORT
According tn. II Philadelphia Paper,
william COnMeli Was instrumental
in Bringing the Two Leaders To.
gether ahd Establishing Peace Bee
tween Them.

| Philadelphia, July 2S.-The Evening
Bulletin says: 1t may be interesting to
the various candidates to succeed Don
Cameron as United States senator to
learn that If arrangements entered into
some months ago are honorably OBJ
served Governor Hastings stands a
| good chance of being the winner. The
story current today in political circles
is that Colonel Quay pledged the gov
ernor his support, as Il part of bar
gain consummated last fall, the terms
of which are still binding.
Some time after the bitter fight be-
| tween Quay and GilkeSon for the state
craftsmanship last summer a peace was
established between Senator Quay on
| the one part and Governor Hastings
and his friends throughout the state,
with the exception of those I'm Philadel-
pha and Allegheny, on the other There
were various conditions involved in
this understanding, the one having the
principal bearing on this subject being
that Senator Quay would lend his sup
port to the governor for United States
senator
THE DEAL.
OF course the junior senator did not
pledge this assistance without getting
something in return. The intermediary
! in the negotiations is said to have been
William Connell. of Lackawanna, and
| the agreement entered into by the con-
| tracing parties was that among other
| things Senator Quay would have con-
troll of the delegates to the national
convention so far as that could be con-
tributed to by Mr.. Connell, the COVER
nor himself, Secretary of State Reed
er Leader Leisenring in LuZerne, COL
onel Gilkeson, in Bucks, and others OF
the governors friends.
In accordance with this arrangement
Senator Quay did get these delegates,
with one exception. Colonel Gilkeson
was unable To carry out the part of
the bargain entrusted to him, and, as it
is well known, Mr.. Eastburn, of Bucks
county, the delegate in question, was
not found among the senator's follow
ing at the St. Louis convention,
THE BARGAIN IN FORCE.
Friends of Governor Hastings main
tain that this understanding is still In
force. At one stage it would have been
abrogated. in the event of the governor
Succeeding by Senator puay's influence
in obtaining the nomination at st.
!
strength of the Mckinley forces upset
this plan as it did various others con-
ceived by Senator Quay and the other
anti-McKinley leaders.
1t is well known that all attempts
to draw from Senator quay an expires.
sion of preference in regard to Sena-
tor Cameron'S successor have been
futile. While certain candidates are
impressed that Senator Quay looks fav-
orably upon their aspirations, it is GER
tain that he has not in so many words
given any of them either verbal or
written assurances of support, al
though it is quite possible that he may
have left the whole thing, so far as
they are concerned, an open question
If he is actually pledged to the govels
nor as the governors friends say he
is, that at once explains his non-com-
initial attitude towards the other cam
didates.