The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-28
HERMAN SPEAKS.
SIJdtr's Able REPRESENTATIVE Defends
His Position on The U. s. Senator
Question.

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Question.
An Opinion on Quay's Attitude In Po.
litical Fights. The "OId Man" May
be Governor. Local Political
Conditions Made Many
Friends for wana.
maker.
Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 26, 1897.
EDITOR Posr -
Two years ago dur
ing the session of '95 6 tried to in
form the people of the county con-
cerning the doings of the legislative
branch Of our State Government and
upon the urgent request of num-
Der of citizens 1 will again during
the session just fairly begun give the
readers of your paper my views of
the leading questions as they pre-
sent thems elves for the considera.
tion of the House.
A faithful performance of the leg.
islative duties, requires all the time
at ones disposal and for that reason
no effort will be made to embellish
and adorn. Oratorical flights and
literary adornments will all be varied
and the cold facts will be given in a
plain, simple way just as they occur
to plain country member.
Several weeks have already elaps.
ed since the session opened and
IS ing OF any note has transpired
say, the election of a U. S. Senator.
5 he capital for several days prev.
iiGo~s to the caucus which decided
upon whom should fall the Senator
ial toga worn for twenty three years
BY ]. Donald Cameron was scene
lofwild tumnlt. -..,
The so.ealled business men were
here with all the artifces of the
modern politician. Commonwealth
Hotel, the finest and most expen
sive in the city, was the centre of
the forces battling for the merchant
prince. Here Frank Willing Leach
a business man,who is in politics for
pastime and pleasure, lauded the
virtues and services of his champion
and in the next breath hurled the
most violent invectives against the
Quay regime. Thos. Dolan. Blank
enburg, Sen. Kaufman, Van Valken-
berg and others were equally vigil
ant of everything that would be
conducive to the success of the
movement 50 earnestly espoused.
The Lochiel Hotel was headquar-
ters of those who had enlisted in
furthering the candidacy of the
young State Senator.
Here Senator Quay was entrench-
ed and with his old time vigor and
persistency directed the movements
against the opposition.
Quay is called by some a dictator,
an autocrat, in fact tyrant in poll
tics. In my judgment he is much
like other persons who are in posi-
tions to influence men. In addition
to the prestige which his position
gives him he is the spokesman for
his friends.
The fight was not his own and for
thus showing a preference between
candidates he has been severely crit
icised.
As q citizen he has a perfect right
to express his preference between
men aspiring to political preferment
in the State, and his critics must be
content to censure the policy rather
than question the right to give ex-
preston of his choice. His future
is largely in his own hands. If he
chooses to be reelected to the Ma
tion's Senate as the representative
of Pennsylvania two years hence, 1
take it, he will have little difficulty.
Dame Rumor has it that he is tired
OF Washington life and as q fitting
climax to his public life and services
he would like to become governor of
his State next term. Moreover some
OF his sympathetic friends (!) are al
ready preparing for him a bed of
roses or other equally restful couch
with the admonition that his war
fare is over by reason of his age and
o disclination to continue in active
public life where soon the mutations
in politics would engulf him.
And as they are about to lay him
aside they herald his matchless
leadership and genius displayed in