The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-22
MIGHT Wish 70 CASH IN
Senator Quay Afraid Of His OBJ
legations.
like A TALE THAT IS TOLD

WAsHiSGTON, April "a. - Special T.
An interesting fragment of political ard
personal gossip was given mo today hy a
Pennsylvania member OF congress. re
said that in bis opinion Senator Quay was
not half as anxious Go name the next can
didate of tho Republican party for presi-
dent as some people thought he was In
fact, said this gentleman, Il should not
DO surprised If Mr.. Quay were altogether
willing 10 fall outside the breast works, as
the saying u.s. Why? Thereby hangs a tale.
Last summer Senator Quay had on BIS
hands the greatest fight If his life. Tho
result meant everything to him. II he lost
IL, no would, i'm all probability, be driven
out of public life. He simply had TO win
AT one time IL looked very dark for the
senator. a rich and powerful combination
had been formed against him. But Quay
surprised all observers with his pluck and
reSouroefulnoss. The smartest thing ne
did, the most effective thing, was 10 send
| out thousands upon thousands Of letters
| TO Republicans in all parts OF the state,
| frankly saying 60 them that he was In
| trouble, that ho needed their help and that
In case they would come TO his assistance
no would deem that a service which was
TO command him at any time. These let
tors really saved Quay from defeat You
know how ordinary, plain oitizons like 60
get letters from famous men. Almost
every man who had one Of those letters
placed in his hand was proud Of IL. 1t
made him feel good that great and pow
erful politician and leader, "a national
character, had asked for his help.
An Avalanche of Obligations.
"The result was, continued this Penn |
sylvanian, that tho great majority of |
those men pulled of their coats and went |
TO work for Quay. They pulled him |
through. IL was in sending out these let |
tiers and other mail that tho senator spent |
$1,000 for postage stamps in 60 days. But |
now sec tho result. These letters are all |
over Pennsylvania. Few of them have
been destroyed Most Of the men who
hold them think the time may como when
they will want the senator TO redeem his
promise. Suppose president with whom
Quay is in full sympathy should be chosen.
Don't you suppose thousands upon thou
sands of tho men who hold those letters
would present them to their writer? Don't
you suppose they would want TO cash in
their checks, as IL were? In other words |
Quay has too much political paper out
His obligations are so great that no could
never hope 70 pay tenth part of them
nor hundrodth. But II the next presi. |
dent should Do one with whom Quay was
not on terms of sympathy he would have |
the best possible excuse for failure to get
Offices for his friends. He would say, Il
AIN willing enough, but you know l am
not In good standing at the White House.
That would let him out and make his
pathway great sight pleasantcr to travel
than If he gets one of his friends in the I
White House"
May lie Mining Craze.
After the Venezuelan boundary question
shall have been settled up, as It is likely
to DO during the next thrco months, it is
expected there will no n great mining craze
N the very territory BOW under dispute
between Great Britain and Venezuela
There will also DO a fine opening for OK c
ension OF American commerce with the | {
'itizcns OF tho South American republic, | c
Who have SO much TO thank the United | Y
states for. a least this IL tho opinion of | :,
Nr. Plumber. our consul at Marucaibo, 9
mo of the principal commercial cities of !.
Mr. Plumber has reported 10 the state de- I
artment that the people OF Venezuela al. 1
eady feel very grateful to the United v
tates and are ready to look with favor | I
pom any commercial or mining enterprise | s
I n valid character which may be proposed | ~
them by citizens Of this country. "Our y
lerchants and manufacturers should be | ..
ulck to take advantage of tho situation"
links Consul Plumber, land strain every | =
erve to capture what might have been
loirs years ago had they cqualed their
european rivals In energy"
AS TO tho gOldilelds in that country. 81
lr. Plumber says they arc very rich and II
nat Americans may DO able to make some -,
lcky strikes. The first properly equipped -
old mining plant in the territory was put ~
by n Philadelphia company and has "
zen source Of largo profits. Stamp mills II
I'D other modern accessories arc essential, Il
tho placer and pan mining does not I'll
mount to much. O.
A Cordial Reciprocity. Iii
The newspaper correspondents of Wash IN
gton will DO glad when Mr.. Cleveland N
avos the White House Between the pres -
ont and the correspondents there is no -
'od feeling. The president never misses sO
opportunity to add TO the difficulties of IN
correspondents work by giving out i'm. &c
rtant communications late at night and
systematic maintenance of mystery
ncerning all the doings OF tho admins. Al
alton. Mr.. Cleveland is tho first presl. DO
mt in many years to deliberately ignore no
Q newspaper profession as it is represent -.
in Washington. A visiting editor can u"
TO see the president but a correspond. be
{ stationed here could no more get in. sui
10 tho door OF tho presidents room than co
could break into heaven with "a Jimmy. ~
:. Cleveland despisos the newspaper men
Washington, and the hatred is cordially
turned. Yet many of them write about
N as If they wero his warm admirers
icy arc more just than frank. \
The contrast between Clovolands style
that Of former presidents is well illus Or
tied by story which l heard fow sol
Us ago from II. V. Smalley, who was n cor
)minent correspondent here years ago. a..
rovisiting the capital Mr.. Smalley was -"
'priscd to learn that.AIr. Cleveland had IL
friends among the correspondents. or
Thy, " said he, oven President Hayes ho,
a few friends in the corps 1t was my
ID fortune to be one of them. Many
10 l have sat for half an hour in the
lite House, talking to Hayes and smok- i
!, both of US with our feet perohed upon the
table In the true American fashion.
her correspondents did tho same thing" ""'
lied to Imagine correspondent Of this are
and generation sitting down for a chat sun
smoke with Grover Cleveland, with 1O(
feet upon the presidential table. Tho
y suggestion Of such thing would give a. a.
Thurber conDiption fits and drive Mr. ''u
yeland into another outbuIst about the
iouls Of the press.
WALTER wErINAN. s.