The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
ANTI-QUAY MEN
GET 4 SETBACK.
Presideu; MsKinisy's Plain Talk to State
Chairman John ?. Elkin.


President Mckinley has repudiaied
the entire anii-Quay organization IN 1
Pennsylvania, 10 matter under what /
name ii may exist. This interesting fact |
explains an interview given ous a few
weeks ago in which il was announced /
with much soiemnity that the business
Mems League of this State would not ask |
for any appointments at the hands of the |
President aud would not oppose the can |
didates suggested for place by Senator'S
Quay and Penrose.
Thereby hangs a most interesting bit
of political history. Just before Major |
Mckinley left Canton for Washington he
received call from John 2 Elkin, Of In
diana county, chairman Of the Republi-
can State Committee Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Elkin was cordially greeted by the
then President-elect, who knew and un-
derstOOd the earnest work that had been
done for him by the committee in the
keystone State. First he oomplimeEted
Mr. Elkin upon the very big majority
that had been piled up for him in Penn
sylyania. As the conversation drifted
upon the work Of the campaign generally,
Major Mckinley went out Of his way TO
pay a tribute to the sagacity and political
generalship Of Senator Quay. Then he
said with distinctness and in q manner
that could not be mistaken: Il propose
10 stand by the regular Republican or
ganization in Pennsylvania a. we'll as in
every other State. Ny mind is absolute
ly settled upon that point, and expect TO
adhere 70 it. have always been identi-
fed with the regular organization myself,
aud I intend TO encourage, rather than
discourage, others in the same path"
PLAIN NOTICE.
This meantas plainly as words could
convey that President Mckinley had no
sympathy with the bushwEscking war
fare that has been carried on in this State
/ against Senator Quay. Chairman Elkin.
( when questiond regarding the correctness
OF this interview, declined TO say anything
on the subject on the ground that il would
! be discOarteous for him 10 do SO. His
manner admitted the correctness OF the
I interview as given above, and from
another source il was confirmed in a man
ner that removes il entirely from the
realm OF doubt.
\ few weeks after the election certain
persons connected with the Business
/ Mems organization journeyed to Canton
/ for the double purpose Of spiking Senator
{ Qaay's guns and to arrange things so
that the stream of Presidential favors
. should run their way. But the journey
was failure. They left Canton sadder
but wiser men. They learned that while
President Mckinley appreciated the
work done for him by sincere and patri-
o;ic business men, he was not going to be
deceived by the beating OF tom-tOms nor
hide from himselfthe fact that behind the
Business Mems shield there were crouch
ing little eoterie of professional reform
ers, political soldiers OF fortune, notoriety
seekers and blacklisted machine politi-
clans.
Then was given out the interview in
tended to show what contempt the
Business Mems organization had for
political positions; how they were in
politics purely for their health and the
laadable, patriotic and self-sacrificing
purpose of furnishing the people with
high-toned candidates tor exalted State
and national offices.
CONFIRMED BY OTHERS.
The interview given TO State Chairman
Elkin by the President was not in the
nature Of novelty. 1t has since been
learned that the President substantially
said the same thing 70 Speaker Boyer. of
the House of Representatives :. J. VI.
McCarrell, President pro TEN. OF the State
Senate; State Treasurer ben" Haywood,
and Auditor-G eneraI Amos Mylin. II
might be remarked incidentally that the
policy outlined by Major Mckinley en-
Unused the last two men to snch an extent
that they went home and worked 50
= earnestly that Mylin's county of Lancast-
er and Haywood's county of Mercer have
each elected solid Quay delegations to the
= coming State convention.
The importance Of Senator Quay's
triumph so far as FEDERAL patronage Is
concerned IS not likely to be misnnder
stood. The Senator and his friends DO
not want to be put in the position OF
''hogging'' all the places in sight, bat
they are pleased to know that il few APP
pointments here and there are made
upon the recommendation of others than
the two United States Senators il Will be
because they concur in such appoint
ments. The Business Men who show
such public contempt for political offices
now were not always thus. During the
late Senatorial campaign they strained
their vocabulary in trying to make it APP
pear that Senator Quay would not be in il
at Washington and that the crumbs and
fishes would be distributed solely by the
favor and at the dicta.ion of the anti
Quay men.