The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-07-22
4 WAR TO THE KNIFE
Quay Tries to Force Governor Hast
ings to Act, and Fails.
ATRUE STORY OF THE EPISODE.

a i II " ~ On S1 - - - 80 ~
The senator Frightened and Declares
Himself For rRe-election-His Noto-
rious Legislature Still Plaques Him.
What Frank willing Leach Says oi
the Outlook.
From Our Own Correspondent.)
Harrisburg. July 2O.-Political sen
sations continue to multiply. and Sena-
tors Quay and Penrose continue to get
INTO deeper water. The new ward lead
ers combine In Philadelphia is abou,
going to pieces, and the bosses are at
their wits ends to save the machine
from going to utter smash before the
fall elections.
or all the sensations, however. the
open break between Governor Hast
ings and Quay Is the greatest. II
means war to the knife now. The gov
ernor evidently has no hope OF ever
uniting with Quay again. in view OF the
tatter's shameless attempt to make the
ptople of the state believe that he and
The governor were fast and firm
friends. The governor promptly de-
MED this statement, and there the mat
ter stands.
Story of the Fight.
The complete story OF the fight be-
tween the governor and Quay is as
follows:
The senior senator has been moving
heaven and earth to get the Becker
Dill approved. This notorious measure
puts the entire machinery of the city
of Philadelphia in the hands of IS Sc
lect councimen. 1t provides that every
person appointed to Office by the mayor
or one of his heads Of departments,
must be approved by three ffths OF the
select councilmen of that city 1t Is
Senator Quay's scheme. His object is
10 get control of the city OF Philadel-
phia.
There has been considerable doubt all
along as TO the attitude OF the COVER
ror. Quay has been afraid that ne
would veto the bill. which was passed
only after the most strenuous efforts.
quay and Penrose therefore jOurneyed
from Washington to Harrisburg to see
the governor about 1t. They expected
bill But they didn't know the kind Of
stuff the governor was made of. Quay
had In the past found the governor to
I've good natured and a man who be-
heved In the word Of other men. But
Governor Hastings has other views
now. Quay will never again be able
TO play upon the confding nature and
Dig heartedness Of Daniel H. Hastings.
He came up from Washington with
this idea in view. He brought Senator
Penrose with him. Now, Senator PEN
rose has no more influence In Pennsyl-
vania politics than a man outside the
STATE. If Quay were to die tomorrow,
Psnrose would serve out his term and
never he heard Of again. Quays fatal
mistake was In bringing Penrose with
him, for Penrose, In addition to having
an exaggerated idea OF his own i'm
portance, Is cordially disiiked by every
body around the departments in Har-
rsburg.
Penrose Sat Upon.
Quay and Penrose met the governor
in the executive chamber. with nobody
present but Frank Reeder secretary
Of the commonwealth. When the two
senator's had finished their requests
about the Becker bill, the governor
natly told them that he would make
no promises rs to what he would do
Then Quay opened his sample box Of
promises, and hinted to the governor
that he might make him the next
United States senator; that he, Quay
vas about ready to retire, etc, etc,
etc. But the governor wasn't to be
fooled by any such stun, and he again
repeated that he would make no prom
ises. He considered the Becker bill a
very doubtful measure. This made
Penrose angry, and he began to sneer
just as he did when two and a half
years ago he sneered at Senator Finn
In the senate. and that gentleman gave
him "raking OUT that will never be
forgotten by those who heard it.
Governor Hastings listened calmly
10 the young senator's sneering state
ments that he-the governor-had bet
ter be careful or his friend Major Nc
Cauley might be beaten for auditor
general. and in ease he still refused
to approve the Becker bill. his recent
appofntees to the bench In PHILADELPHIA
might be refused a nomination. 1t was
altogether the most brazen attempt TO
threaten and coerce an official in the
discharge of his sworn duty that has
perhaps ever been seen or heard OF in
Pennsylvania.
Then the governor cut loose. He
spared neither words or the man. He
sold Penrose just what he thought Of
MIN and his threats. He said, with a
burst of Indignation that momentarily
paralyged Penrose:
you or no other man can come into
MY office and tell me what ! shall or
shall not do. 1t doesn't lie in your
mouth "a threaten me. young man, and
you can't do 1t. You can bulldoze the
Legislature into passing your Internal
bills but you can't scare me into sign
ing them. II you have no regard for
the people whom you represent, I have,
and the sooner you know 1t the better"
Penrose never opened his lips In re-
oily, while Quay sat by listening In sur