Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-07-29
]. s. BEACON IS TO BE OPPOSED.
The AntI-Combinc In philadelphia on
the Verge of CotIap-e-A Big Fight
over PoStmaster-AlleGh County
l. solid Against the Quay Candidate
For state Treasurer.

Over Postmaster-AIIeghe County
l. solid Against the Quay Candidate
For state Treasurer.
From Our own Correspondent)
Harrisburg. July 27.-Within the past
10 days the report has been sent broad
| cast over the state that a compromise
or deal had been perfected between
] Senator Quay. David Martin. c l..
| MaCee and Senator Flynn, thus heal
ing up all factional differences in the
! state. This is another Of Senator
! Quay's schemes To throw the public
! off the track Of his real intentions.
! There has been no patched up peace.
! There Will be no patched up peace.
! either in Philadelphia or any other
part Of the state. In an interview pub
| Mshed some days ago Senator Flynn,
| Of Pittsburg. had this to say concern
| ing the reported armistlce:
There has been no harmony deal
| that | am aware of. l do not know
whether or not the Republican conven-
! ton will be harmonious. l do know
that the Allegheny county delegates
will not support James S. Beacon,
| Quay's candidate for state treasurer.
Another Republican will be placed in
| the nelu lOT tn2I w no
that will be 1 cannot say, as it has not
been decided upon. One thing is GER
tain-we will not support Quay's man
for state treasurer. 1 can say nothing
further at this time"
Not For Quay's Man.
| Republican County Chairman A. c.
| Robertson, of Allegheny, also spoke Of
! the alleged deal as follows:
/ he A1aphar1- tn
the state convention viii decidedly not
support James S. Beacon for state
treasurer We are still opposed to the
| Quay idea in Pennsylvania politics.
| We have fought for home rule and
| have secured it
| So far as the situation in Philadel-
| phia is concerned, there is no deal and
there can be no deal between Senator
| Quay and David Martin. The story
was started in the Quay camp that a
| truce had been arranged whereby Sena-
] tor Quays friends in Philadelphia had
| agreed to support Captain Hackett for
! the Office of register of Wills in return
| for Mr.. Martins support of the Quay
| candidates in the state convention on
| Aug. 2G. The reverse is exactly true.
| The handful of Quay people in Phila-
| delphia We're forced to the support of
| Captain Hackett, for If they had not
| fallen into line they would have been
| left in a hopeless minority.
His Forces Demoralized.
So far as the Quay forces in Phila-
| delphia are concerned. they are prac-
| tically in a state of decentralization.
| Judge Durham, the real leader of the
| Quay men in Philadelphia, is thor
| Oughy disheartened. The fight for
| postmaster in Philadelphia has con-
| WINGED him that Senator Quay is pre-
I pared to throw him overheard for the
| purpose OF placating enemies by the
| nomination of Thomas Hicks to the
| desirable place OF postmaster. Judge
| Durham is bitterly opposed to Mr..
| Hicke. foT the reason that he has al
ways been opposed to Durham. and has
| always been thorn in his (Durham's)
| flesh.
| Mr.. Hicks in the fight OF 1895 was a
| Combine" worker. He is at present
| chief Of the bureau of highways in
| Philadelphia. and Senator Quay, with
| the charac teristic trait that he has al
| ways displayed in political emergen-
| cies. is now seeking to have Mr.. Hicks
| made postmaster, for the purpose Of
| placating some Of his enemies in Phila-
| deiphia
This fight over the pos. mastership
| has created d cooIneas between Sena-
| tors Penrose and Quay. for the reason
| that PenTose. who has always been
| Judge Durhams friend, is also fight
| ing Hicks tooth and toe-nail. Quay. on
| the principle of rewarding his enemies
| rather than his friends, is urging the
| appointment Of Mr.. Hicks, while Pen
l Oh
| As a result of this, the "anti-combinS'
forces in Philadelphia are in a state
| Of continuous turmoil, and the disrup-
| ton OF that clement is certain to fol.
| low before The leaves fall. The Phila-
| delphia Item has this to say concern
| ing this remarkable situation:
Quayitcs Kicking.
The nuayites all over town are kick
| ing like steers over the prospective ap
| pointment Of Colonel Hicks to the post
| nastershlp. Colonel Hicks has eyer
| been antagonistic to Quay, but Il you
| viii notice it is only the men who have
| fought Quay who are receiving the re-
wards. The men who stood by Quay
when he most needed help are still
! tramping the streets looking for work"
AS above remarked, Senator Quay is
| still playing at his little trick of pla-
! eating his enemies by giving them good
| places for the purpose of securing his
| own continuance in power and Office.
| He will not hesitate. as experience has
shown, to unload friends and political
| workers If IT becomes necessary to ac-
| complish his own purposes. There are
| thousands Of men in the state today
| whose eyes have been opened to this
fact. The idol Is broken, and can never
| again be replaced on Its pedestal. The
| old faith that Quay was q man who
! never broke his political word Is a
thing of the past.
These men have discovered that the
| only wav to obtain recognition and
! office from Senator Quay is TO kick and
| TO kick III the most violent shape. If
| they do this they are tolerably sure to
| be rewarded. This is the light Of his
tory in Quay's career.
| Major Levi q. McCauley is q candi-
| date for auditor general, and is one of
| the best men ever nominated for that
| position. He is a veteran of the late
| war; he has been a life long Republi-
| can. andi is today a man absolutely
| without stain upon his public or pri-
/ yats career. Major McCauley has all
| ways been an independent in thought
| and action. within Republican lines.
| Senator Hardenburg is also a candi-
| date for auditor general he has been
| one Of Quay's most subservient follow
| ers. He served on the notorious Lexow
committee. ne has always voted as
! Quay wanted and has been known as
| one of Quay's men. And yet Harden
| burg is to be thrown down for the
| nomination. Senator Quay finds 1t
| necessary 20 attempt to make friends
| with the various independents of Ches-
| ter county, and so. when Major Nc
cauley was mentioned for auditor gen
eral, he PROMPTLY endorsed the pro-
! posal.
Thus is verified, the unsubstantiahty
! Of the sspior senator's political graft
| tude. The chances are that II Senator
| Hardcnburg We're nominated he would
! be defeated by reason of his close ad-
herence to Senator Quay in the past
| years. But this does not alter the fact,
as stated above, that Senator Quay ia
| seeking every means to get into har-
| monious touch with his enemies and
the element that is opposed to him.