The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1898-11-16
Senator Quay Announces His Candidacy,

Senator Quay Announces His Candldacy.
Senator Quay gave out the follow.
ing statement just before leaving for
Florida on Thursday last, announc-
ing his candidacy to succeed himself
as U. S. Senator The Senator does
not mince matters in speaking of the
methods employed to defeat the Re-
publican party at the late election,
His statement in full is as follows:
Throughout the remarkable cam
paign just closed l declined to give
expression to any opinion regarding
the issues involved, or the methods
resorted to by the enemies of Repub.
licanism, though persistently urged
to speak. 1t may not be out Of place
to briefly do SO, now that the battle is
over aud the victory won, There has
never been such contest in Penn
sylvania or any other Commonwealth.
Those engaged in the warfare against
the Republican candidates, and
against those conspicuous in the coun
ellis Of the party, cast issues and
principles to the four winds, and the
contest was msn,hunt,pure and sim.
pie. Villifcation and misrepresepta.
tion took the place of argument and
logic, aud The passion of man was ap.
pealed to rather than his reason.
Never in the history of American
politics did personal abuse reach such
a high tide of development, not even
in the days of Alexander Hamilton,
who was bounded by malicious cue.
mics as no man in political life had
ever been before.
"The result in Pennsylvania is not
only personally gratifying to me, but
it must be to every fair.minded Re.
publican in the State. The SOW.
ereign people have, by their emphat-
ic verdict set their al of condem.
nation upon the hideous methods of
campaigning resorted to in the late
contest by the enemies of the Repub-
!icau party. The falsifer, the scan.
dal monger. the libeler, has been re.
pudiatec by the people, and never
again will the present generation wit.
ness the performances of this brood of
character assassins.
"Depite the extraordinary efforts
to defeat Republican candidates for
the Legislature, which have been sue.
cessful in number of counties, the
General Assembly will be over.
whelmiugly Repub lean, the political
complexion of the two bodies being
as follows: Senate, Republic ms, 80 (;
Democrats II; House, Republicans,
127; Democra IA; Independents,
3. The Legislature will comprise
therefore 165 Republicans, So Demo.
Gratis and 3 Independents, Republi.
can majority, on joint ballot, of 76,
or nearly two thirds. Regarding the
United States Senatorship, can only
say this: All of my friends have
been aware of my personal antipathy
to another term in the Senate, but
those prominent in the late crusade
against the Republican State and
Legislative candidates chose to lorce
the issue. They have made it imper.
ative that | shall be a candidate for
reelection.
"The gage of battle is accepted
The result is 10 the hands of the Re.
publican members Of the incoming
legislature, very large proportion
of whom are my political and per.
sOnal friends. Of the result there
can be no possible doubt.
Throughout the campaign just
closed enormous sums of money were
used to defeat Republican legislative
candidates. | hav no doubt efforts
will be made to tamper with some of
the members elected, but they will
not be successful. The attempt to
purchase the United States Senator.
ship two years ago did not succeed
then, nor will it succeed now, bar.
gain counter methods having been
repudiated by the people of this
State. Should, however, any at.
tempt be made to bribe legislators
elect, the same liniency will not be
shown as in the Van Valkenburg case
"Taat there may be no mistake lie.
gardng my position 10 this matter, !
hereby offer a reward of $4,000 for
information leading to the arrest and
conviction of anyone eudeavoriDg to
bribe any State Senator or Represen-
tative elect.
"The money for payment of this
reward is on peposit with George A.
Huhn & Sons, bankers and brokers,
Philadelphia. M. S. QUAY"