The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-22
THE POLITICAL CONTEST IN PENN
sYLvANIA.


An interesting contest is going on In
Pennsylvania under the lead Of that
hoDest, capsble and able man, George
A. Jenks as Democratic candidate for
governor, and Dol. Stone, of Pittsburg,
es the Repub lean Qnay candidate.
The construction of such vast
political machine as tnat OF Quay in
that state has taken ye'rs to get In
working shape and the leader has to be
right at the throttle valve at such a
time ~ this. The foundation was laid
many years ago by that departed Re-
publican saint, simon Cameron.
Don Cameron got it as an inheritance,
and also succeeded his father as United
States senator. Robert w. Macky and
Quay were in state offices and worked
for and with the Camerons.
Cameron was the money man and
Qnsy and Mackey plotted aud worked
the machine. Mackey died. aud Cam
eron being silver man was crowded
out to the shades of private lie and IL
looked on as a martyr, the only one in
the state probably. This left Matthew
Stanley Quay in full POSSESSION and com
mand.
Mr.. John Wanamaker, who knows
whereof he speaks, in recent speech
Analysed the source of power of the
Quay machine as itexists and it is some
thing OF a political curiosity. The al
liances by which the Quay machine
holds it's power, according TO Mr.
QdAy's ex.postmaster general, are al
follows
(a) The state Republican committee
(b) Great patronage controlled by
Quay and his two votes-his own anC
one other.
(c) Thirty congressman and thirt!
secretaries, receiving total OF SlSO,UOO
in salaries.
| (d) Officers and employees Of tht
| State government to the number of AIS
receiving Sl,034, $40 in Salaries, ant
selected because tuey are able 10 taxi
care of their districts and are Cbedien
! to Qnay's dictaion.
/ (r) The state Senate, from the Presi
dent pro tenn. to the page bows, receiG
ing salaries amounting to Slb9 6O4.
IL The state House Of representa-
tivts with its 267 mem Ders and employe
with salarie amounting o S46S 3O2 an
all commi tees selected by the maCtint
some Of them made Ia Philadelphia raj
road offices, and Uith Cnairmen VIII
know no will but tn " of the Quay ma
chine.
(g) Eight thousand one hundred an
twenty-five postm ssters, with salarie
sggregaling 81. 795, ,446.
(h) County officers with salaries owe
the state amounting to $4,000, 900.
i) The Philadelphia mint, carryin
with it salaries of 1926 567.
O) Offices of the collector Of the poi
of Philadelphia, in number 400, and wit
salaries of $454, 900.
(k) Intern,l revenue officers, 28l
salaries 1856, 400.
Q) United States circnit and distri,
courts, II employees, with judges an
clerks, salaries $l5 900.
(m) League Island navy yard an
state ar4enal
| (n) Stateinstitutions, normal school
reform institutions, etc.
(o) Combined capital Of brewers
the state.
lp) Appropriation committee of lei
/; islature, which has the disburseme ent I
l0,000,000.
(q) State liquor league, with repr
sentstives in every city, town and han
let in the state.
(r) Large number of common ple'
judges with license-granting power.
() Great army of newspapers.
(t) Corporations, the most powerfl
allies of the machine, holding l5,0C
franchises, some of which ought new
have b. en- gwen them, the Standard O
Company with its 3 600 exployes recei
ing annually salaries of $4,000. 600,