Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-01-13
OUAYIs PHILADELPHIA DEFEAT

| IOiltlcs-ln ne appointment OF bOEcl
to the Mint.
| CFrom Our Own CorTespondent)
Harrisburg. Jan. 1.-THE action o.
| the Pennsylvania branch OF the Ma
tional League of Business Men in de
| Gliding 10 call together for conference
representative business men from every
part Of the state is regarded here as e
very shrewd move. General satisfac-
ton is expressed over this action. The
| determination of the league to save
| the Republican party from another An
| drews candidacy for governor and tc
use its best efforts TO send a representa-
tive Pennsylvania to Washington in
stead Of a politician of the Quay stripe
meets with general approval.
Senator Quay's sneaking methods
were never better illustrated than In
the fight for tax receiver in Philadel-
phia, which, for Senator Quay and his
friends, came to such a disastrous close
on Tuesday Of last week. After de-
flaming Secretary of State Martin for
several years Senator Quay came crawl
ing on his stomach to Secretary Mar
tin within the past three months with
vain pleading for a fix up" of their
differences. Quay offered TO do any
thing If Martin would only turn In and
help linn out on his senatorial fight.
Martin positively refused TO make any
deal. Then Quay's friends started the
report that a deal had been arranged.
This was in the hope Of weakening Sec
retary Martin in Philadelphia, where
Quay is so lamentably weak himself.
QUAY DECLARES HIMSELF.
During the past two months Quay 2
friends In the Ward Leaders League
have been declaring that Quay was op
posed to their candidate, hewitt, for
tax receiver. But this fooled nobody.
Everybody knew that Senator Quay. in
his sneaking way, was doing all he
could TO help this sandbaggers' league
defeat the regular Republican orGani-
zation. h The cat came out OF the
bag on Friday last, when, with the ut
most haste, Senators Quay and Pen
rose secured the appointment OF Henry
X. Boyer as superintendent Of the mint
in Philadelphia.
This was done in the hope Of help
ing the ward leaders combination in
their losing fight. This combination OF
city contractors. lobbyists and ward
heelers Immediately began spreading a
report that there were several hundred
places in the mint 70 be given out to
their followers. but this falsehood did
not win a delegate for them. The ef-
feet which Quay figured on did not ma
terialize and so the Boyer appointment
fell fiat 1t was more than counter
balanced by the withdrawal that day
from the league of William q. Ahern,
clerk Of courts and chairman Of tho
campaign committee of the Ward
Leaders League.
Now that organized effort Is being
made to defeat the candidate Of Hon.
Asparagus" Andrews the element In
Dauphin county ysand the adjacent coun-
ties that is opposed to bossism and
one man power is taking an active in
terest in the matter. Quay is not liked
here in Harrisburg or In Dauphin coun-
ty. This was shown by Dauphin county
going for DIR. Swallow last November
State Senator McCarrell one Of the
most subservient Of Quay's followers,
and who wants to be LIEUTENANT gov
ernor next time. VIII not be able to
carry the county for Quay and An
drews this year. This much is assured.
ANDREWS WORKING HARD.
For weeks the agents Of Hon. AS
paragus" Andrews have been working
in this and neighboring counties to set
UP deieSstes favorable to Colonel Stone,
the Hon. Asparagus candidate for
governor. The great majority Of Re-
publicans have stood ready to oppose
this scheme, but they have been at a
disadvantage because Of the absence in
the field Of any organization or can
didate around whose standard they
could gather. When the members Of the
Business Mems League and other anti
Quay Republicans who Join with them
decide upon a candidate to oppose Will
lam A. Stone, the bosses man, there
will be little trouble in uniting to de-
feat the efforts Of Hon. Asparagus"
Andrews to "own n governor"
The work Of the political bandits in
Philadelphia who. masquerading as
Republicans, are known as the Ward
Leaders League. have been threatening
to oppose the regular nominee for tax
receiver, has been demoralizing upon
the party all through the state. The
Independent candidacy Of Sheriff Crow
last year. his bolting of the regular
Republican convention. has anEered
thousands Of Republicans. Quay and
Penrose are equally denounced for not
hating this movement at that time.
The recent uprising in Ohio against
alleged bossism, the failure of Platt In
New York to control the party. and the
split I'm Republican Maryland is pointed
to as a possibility of what may happen
in Pennsylvania this year
QUAY PRECEDENT FOR BOLT
ING.
nnau and bfz have
established in the Crow campaign a
precedent for boiling. and they win
have nobody 10 blame but themselves
II they neglect the warning Of the
swallow vote, smash the party and
elect an independent or Democrat to
succeed Governor Hastings. The men
who are protesting against Quay boss
ism are men who have never failed TO
support the party nominee. This has
been a part Of their faith. but when
they see the professed leaders of the
party in Philadelphia join with the
Democrats. as was the case In the
Grow campaign. IN defeating the Re-
publican nominee for sheriff and divid-
Ing the Offices with the Democrats,
they cannot be ccnsured If they refuse
10 follow the leadership of such Re
OF the stamp OF Hon. Asparagus"
(at 81 a plate) Andrews.
THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS NOT
FOOLED.
1t has been my privilege since my
last letter was written to talk with a
number OF men representing at least
half the counties Of the state, who
were in Harrisburg on business, Of
ficiai and otherwise. The concensus OF
opinion Is that Quay's melodramatio
utterances no longer catch the farmers.
His cheap talk about men in blouses'
and his assertion that the country
districts" are always for him is rapidly
dying In point OF efficacy. In other
words the country people are onto
Senator Quay with both feet" The
proposed conference of over one hun
dred representative Republicans from
all over the state with the Business
Mems League In Philadelphia is looked
forward to with hope by the enemies
Of bosyism. There is no real sym
pathy with the efforts Of Senator An
| drews to accomplish what he failed to
bring about when Delamater was his
| candidate for governor In 1891. What
| ever Andrews may be able to accom-
| plish in securing delegates Will be
| through false promises OF patronage
the use of Quay's name and those
| other methods best known to the gen
tleman with the asparagus appetite
| in his campaigns.
The independent voters Of the state
who today hold the balance of power
have confidence I'm the patriotism ant
| Republicanlsfn Of the men who con
| stitute the Business Mems League. anC