The Advocate and news., 1898-11-23
Wanamaker
Is After Quay.
VIII Pay $aO,OOO to Keep Quay From
Putting Bribery Into Practice
SAYS BOssIsM is REBUKED.

from one Of John Wanamaker's speeches
which he made against the Quay ma
chine in the Pennsylvania campaign
Although Stone, the Quay puppet, was
elected Wanamaker is undismayed and
proposes to keep up the fight. Last week
Quay announced himself candidate for
reelection to the United States Senate.
This brought out the following vigorous
statement from Mr.. Wanamaker:
Matthew Stanley Quay In a procla-
nation published yesterday has inter-
preted the result OF the recent election as
his personal trump and vindication. He
announces himself candidate for re-
election to the United States Senate in
response to what he claims to be the in
Vitation of the Republican party at the
late election. The audacity of this act
is consistent with Senator Quay's past
history and Ralsi1es the utterances OF
every Republican speaker recently on the
stump In Pennsylvania. Colonel Stone,
who will become Governor by minority
Of the popular vote, constantly affirmed
that Senator Quay's reelection was not
an issue in the campaign.
INYdl WVAO esohVA w pNP
port Colonel Stone as a Vindication OF
President Mckinley and to give support
to the national policy. Senator Quay
himself was silent through all the cam
paign and endeavored to retire himself,
his record, and his official character from
public observation and discussion. Not
withstanding this he defantly affrOnts
the honest sentiment Of the loyal Repub-
licans who supported Colonel Stone for
Governor in fear lest the latter's defeat
might be construed into condemnation
Of the President by appropriating the
fidelity to the national administration as
an approval Of his own political record,
morals and practice
"The truth is the recent election Is q
most significant rebuke and defeat OF
Senator Quay and all he represents. His
candidate for Governor received a minor
ity Of the votes cast for that Office, and Is
only elected because the opposition was
not solidihed upon single candidate.
Colonel Stone is not the choice Of ma
jorlty Of the voters of Pennsylvania.
Significant above all is the result Of
the election of members Of the General
Assembly. The next Legislature will be
composed Of 254 members; Of these at
least 155 are expressly commissioned by
the people and pledged to vote against
Senator Quay, and not more than SO can
in any contingency Justify vote for his
reelection.
Senator Quay hopes, however, to de-
feat the popular will by the tyranny OF
his own popular machine methods. II
the men who are elected are loyal to the
constituencies which elected them and
the pledges and promises upon which
their elections were obtained, 1t is not
possible for him to secure sufficient
number of Republican members who
will be found so false to their pledges
and their constituencies as to Volun-
tarily assent to any machine subterfuge
or device for strangllng manhood, inde-
pendence Of character and political free
dom.
Senator Quay's manifesto, In which
he emerges as the baptized child of the
Republican election, is the exultant yell
of q political boss. His masquerade as
only recent candidate for the Senate
evolved by the result Of the election will
deceive no one who is not willing to be
deceived He deceives only himself,
however, If he thinks the contest against
his baleful domination Is settled and
ended. 1t will continue; 1t is still going
on, and 1t will not cease until his rule
and his methods are exterminated from
the politics Of the State. To this |
pledge my unremitting energy and deVo-
tion.
Senator Quay's bold affrontery, once
before illustrated in mock devotion to
reform, is again evidenced in his latest
utterance. During the State chairman
ship fight in 1895, at time when, by his
own confession, he was confronted with
overwhelming defeat, he sought rescue
from the forces which he had before
treated with derision and sCorn. AS soon
as his pledges Of reform had saved him
from political determination he contemp-
tuouglV renudiate0 them all