The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-13
Will SENATOR Quay wIN'

The fight which Senator Quay is making
for his good name and for reelection to
the United states Senate is attracting the
attention of the whole country. There was
considerable disappointment in Philadel-
phia, and, in fact, in the whole state OF
Pennsylvania, when il was announced
day or two ago that the senator's trial on
the indictment for using the money of the
state in his private speculations was not
to take place at the time fixed for it, As
stated in our dispatches, the senator Sc
cured from the Supreme Court of the
state a writ of certiorari, which is made
returnable to that court on Jan. II. In his
application for this writ the senator says
that there is no ground for the indict-
ments found against him-that the indict-
ments are the result of a conspiracy, the
chief conspirator being ex-Judge Gordon.
who wanted to be the Democratic nomi-
nee for Governor at the last election, and
who is a bitter enemy of the senator, be-
cause he thinks the senator prevented him
from getting the gubernatorial nomina
ton.
This is a very serious charge to make,
and If the senator fails to prove IL he
will be in a worse fix than he is now
Judge Gordon, until a few days ago, was
one of the judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of Philadelphia. He resigned that
position very suddenly, for reasons that
were not fully understood by the public.
To one who knows nothing about the ms
and outs of Pennsylvania politics IL seems
curious that any one should have the i'm
preston that Senator Quay. a Republic
can, should have the power to prevent
the nomination of Judge Gordon by
Democratic convention. The probabilities
are that he had no such power, and ii
would be remarkable if Senator Quay
should be able to show that Judge Cor
don thought he had such power.
There are those who think that the pur-
pose of Senator Quay in getting the writ
of certiorari was to take the case out
of the hands of the present district at
torney, who is his bitter enemy, and into
| the hands of the newly elected district
/ attorney, who goes into office on Jan. 1.
The new district attorney is thought to
be a friend of the senator. 1t is also
said that the senator does not want the
trial to take place until after the cleo
ton for United States senator. The sena-
torial election takes place on Jan. o. and
he may be able to prevent the trial from
taking place until after that date
While it is probable that the evidence
will show that Senator Quay did use the
money of the state in specializing in stocks
at least, the money of the bank in which
the state had a very large deposit-and
that there was no security for the money.
it is asserted that the state never lost a
cent on his account. If it should be shown
that the state lost nothing 1t would be
difficult to get jury to bring in a YER
dict of guilty against him. Assuming that
this view of the case is correct, 1t Is clear
why the senator desires the trial of the
indictments against him postponed until
after the senatorial election. If it should
appear that he speculated with the state
money even If he could not be convicted
for doing so, he could not be elected sena-
tor. Therefore, it is his policy 10 prc-
vent any of the evidence against him from
reaching the public until after the sena-
toral election.