Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-27
M n. QUAY'S CANDlDAC Y
It is Not Considered Serious, Notwith-
standing Peansylvania's Endorsement
Speculation ms to the Cause of the
Senator's Hostility to
Mckinley.

The compliment paid to Senator Quay
Thursday by the republicans of Pennsyl-
vania was generous, and is regarded as
sincere, but it does not induce the politi-
clans to accept his presidential candidacy as
serious. They still look upon him in
the race only for trading purposes. He has
no votes outside of Pennsylvania, and will
probably get none and so it only remains
to be seen what he will do with that small
squad of friends and Ieighbors who are
going into the ST. Louis convention under
his leadership and authority when the
time comes for unmaskng and taking real
sides.
Quay's Opposition to Mckinley.
The question is often asked: Why is Mr..
Quay so bitterly opposed to Mr.. Mckinley?
Nobody seems able to answer it. At least
nobody does answer it. The two men, so
far as known, have never had any per-
sonal differences. They agree perfectly on
the tariff question, and they worked to-
gether in good felloWship-the one as a
member of the House and the other as a
member of the Senate-While the Mckinley
tariff bill was going through the Fifty
first Congress. 1t came as surprise to
many people when it was announced that
Mr.. Quay was opposing the Ohio candidate.
TIE general opinion was that in cam
paign vociferous with cries for protection
port enthusiastically to the candidate so
distinctly hailed as the representative of
that policy.
Helped the Tariff Bill.
Some of Mr.. Quay's friends accord to him
the great credit of having made it possible
for the Mckinley bill to become law, and,
therefore. they insist that he shares the
hcrors of the achievement of that law
| equally with the man whose name it bears.
The reference is to the blockade which ex-
listed in the Senate at that time. The demo-
Gratis were fig hting the force bill, and were
holding that measure in such position as
| to check the progress of the tariff bill. Oc-
| tober was at hand. The Congress elections
| were on the cards for the first week in No
Vember If anything was to be done it must
be done at once. One bill or the other must
be sacrificed, or election day would find Con-
gress still in session with both bills hang
ing fire. At this juncture Mr. Quay, with
to abandon the force bill They did so, and
the Mckinley bill went through.
a Suggestion.
Still, as the Mckinley men insist, con-
Cedins Mr.. Quay's service on that occasion
leaves his hostility to Mr.. Mckinley unex-
planned. They have but one suggestion on
the subject themselves, and that is that
Mr.. Quay may have expected to be asked
! to take charge of the Mckinley interests
he is good manager, and prideS himself
On his skill and success. HIS friends enter
tain unbounded admiration for him. and
Claim for him the whole credit of the sue
cess of the Harrison and Morton ticket in
lSSS. Did he become nettled at not having
Eeen consulted by the Mckinley people !?
ANA has that feeling increased in proper
ton as the Mckinley boom has grown
without him?
Where the Votes Will Go.
The Mckinley men believe that when the
show down comes at st. Louis; when the
mysteries of all booms are exposed; when
delegates are called to vote their own
preferences and not somebody elses pref
uoices, their favorite will receive a liberal
share of Pennsylvania sixty-four votes
Ihey say that there is every assurance of
this. The manufacturing interests of the
state will help to make the platform
strongly for protection. and this will de-
inand that the man best suited to stand on
such platform will be the one the most
generally associated in the public mind
with the policy of protection.