The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-05


Desperate Politics are berg played n
Pennsylvania Th& arrest of Se,s*ar
Quay ard several cs hss re-scral and
g<ssescal sxSoeEaLes fer cczarssezsY In
shs Peoples bark fr&ss5s 10 Z ssngls
sensational Development In .hs sgr@r-
human effort ~ break the sess oesEZs-
nsnes u tfe Republican STATE organ
.zassoa- There L. wh9esS-sad revolt
sga.nzt Quay zn1 ouayfsrn- !, has The
sgp-yr< o. able. influential Ard respect
able Republicans Ike Jehn War.a-
maker and powerful Republican nsws-
pagers like the Philadelphia Public
Ledger and the Philadelphia Press.
ewned anS edited ~ Charles Eszory
smith, a member 81 President MeKir-
sey's c&tssne. Il II kEoSn that the al
rnsnsssratioa In I'd. especially friendly
10 Quay. but il has undoubtedly gEsdsE-
taken no interference
Or. sSaliow. the prohibition ean3l-
date for governor bas very large
r,srsonsi following sEd Will poll several
hsan1ree. thousand votes. and Will lead
GsorKe jerks. the Democratic n0Talnee.
But With ali these strong political IL
;ers~ss arrayed against him. and sirh
great resentment, againgt his methods
and universal cistrust 81 his personal
probsty. Quay ls likely 10 Win.
Quay LIS probably the most Ekii.tui
political leader lo the United states.
His powers Of organization are mar
Vicious, bis industry unilring. bis re-
sources unlimited. his policies thorough
and weil-ooElsidered. and his faculty Of
choosing strong and devoted ileu:en-
ants phenomenal. He has al times
oveYreached himself and has failed to
estimate popular sentiment. and il in
cilned to take hazardous risks. He
plays politics like gambler. with a
gamblers eoolnSss. elaboration aud ap-
parent disregard for consequences; and
be will ultimately share the gambler
fate
Penasyiyansz elects this year q par
tiai state ticket and q Legislature
20 choose Qaay's successor The Re
publican candidate for governor Is Con-
gfessman william A. Stone. whose rec
the Quay influence. more TO prevent the
SUCCESS Of John Wanarnakec or e. ".
Stone. both anti-Cuay men. than be-
cause ke was regarded as an especially
servlceabie machine man. Ike past CUB
eTnatorial nominations had been. The
Democratic nominee, George jerks. a
free silver mao. Is highly unsatisfac-
tory to the strong sound money element
i'm that party. and II rs generally con-
sidered that the Democrats missed a
great opportunity when they failed 20
name Judge Gordon. Of Philadelphia,
the candidate Of the Harrsty faction.
The Republican boilers will not go TO
jerks. bat they viii go TO swallow.
though probably not in sufficient mum
begs to overcome the IN. 90 Republican
majority Of 1896.
The chief fight is on the legislature.
f. is slFnply contest for Republican
control. aud 1t Is being waged bitterly
in every county in the state. II is not
unlikely that Mr.. Wanamaker viii APP
pear az candidate against Quay.
There IN little fear that the legisia ture
will be Democratic. 80 that the next
Pennsylvania senator Will be q Repub-
llean IN any event
MIR. Quays arrest VIII probably do no
more than increase the rancoF If the
contest He has been through that sort
If thing before. and has come out vie
togt0us-