The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-11
THE QUAY PROSECUTION.

| Pittsburg Dispatch: ut may be a mere
coincidence, but it is strange that the arm
| for Mr.. Quay except on the eve OF an
exciting political contest remarks the
| Washington Post, which is strong extra
| State Quay organ. 1t may be q comet
dence, and it may be poetical justice, too,
that the last political prosecutions were
sworn to by the Quay machine Just IN
contest, and thereafter were not brought
to trial.
New York Evening Post: We do not
recall in the history of the country more
shameful disclosures in court regarding
the character of United States senator.
They ought to deprive Quay of any cnance
OF reelection to the senate by the legis-
But will they? We recall that in 1885,
when Quay wanted to run for state treas
urer, Charles, Emory Smith declared In
the Philadelphia Press that his nornina-
ton must not be thought of because IL
would take the lid from off the, state
treasury, and uncover secrets before
and that since that publication he has
been elected state treasurer. elected
United States senator, reelected senator,
and continuously boss of the republican
organization and thereby of the STATE.
Indianapolis News: There is no DISPOSE
ton on the part of the people to preludge
Senator Quay, but he and his friends
are making great mistake in attributing
tho prosecution to political animosity.
The motives of the men who have brought
question to be tried, and the only ques
ton, is that presented In the affidavit
which is sworn to by detective and was
filed by the district attorney
Boston Herald: The arrest of Matthew
S. Quay on the charge of converting to his
personal use funds of the state of Penn
sylvania is a sensational incident of the
~ &C h6inSy against Z
is an Indication of the inveteracy of the
opposition he is encountering In 1t. II he
at his door, it is doubtful If it would
ALLEVIATE any considerable portion of his
Pennsylvania supporters. His adherents
are likely to say that his arrest is only
an election trick, and seemingly they
would not care very much If 1t were
Eomething more.
Philadelphia Inquirer: The conduct of
the case against Sena tor Quay and others
filed as it was with dramatic speeches.
and gallery plays. strengthens the sus-
picion that the prosecution is OF political
origin and intended merely as campaign
document. The district attorney nrmIy re-
fused to reveal the identity of those be-
hind it,. possibly because. names not IN
known in politics and in public office
would be made public.
Chicago News: A very peculiar relation
ship it may be recalled. has always sub
sisted between the state of Pennsylvania
and state property of an easily convertible
nature. While the old barbarous doctrine
of absolute ownership obtains elsewhere,
Pennsylvania has always been content to
hold state effects by a sort of indefinite
tenure, terminable at the will of the Gus
todian of that property. Thus tstate funds
are liable to become private funds at any
moment. This has naturally introduced
more or less confusion into the states
fiscal affairs. and it is probable that the
fitful struggle with Senator Quay is pros
ecuted more in the hope of arriving at a
definite understanding as to what the
state may call its own than with any re-
tributive designs as regards the senator.