Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-17
SENATOR QUAY A CANDIDATE.
He Takes an Announcement to that
Effect, Before Leaving for Florida
Offers a Reward of $40, 1000.

Offers Reward of 5 600.
Senator Quay, before his departure
for Florida, formally announced his
candidacy for re election. He was in
consultation with Senator Penrose,
State Chairman Elkin, eX-Auditor
General Mylin, Allen b. Rorke, Senator
Durham and other lieutenants. Sena-
tor Penrose, Allen B. Rorke and the
Beaver mans three sons accompanied
him to Florida.
The announcement Ex-senator Quay's
candidacy was made in the following
signed statement given out by him
Just before he left the Hotel Walton
for Florida:
'"Throughout the remarkable cam
paign Just closed | declined to give eX-
preston to any opinion regarding the
issues involved or the methods resorted
to by the enemies of Republicanism,
though persistently urged to speak 1t
may not be out of place to briefly do
so, now that the battle is over and the
victory won. There has never been
such a contest in Pennsylvania or any
other Commonwealth. Those engaged
in the warfare against the Republican
anu 6tSUlllSU tllOSt tOllSDlClt-
Gus in the councils of the party cast
issues and principles to the four winds,
and the contest was a man-hunt, pure
and simple.
"Villification and misrepresentation
took the place of argument and logic,
and the passion of man was appealed
to rather than his reason Never in
the history of American politics did
personal abuse reach such high tide
of development, not even in the days
of Alexander Hamilton, who was
bounded by malicious enemies 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
Republican in the State.
'The sovereign people have, by their
emphatic verdict, set the seal of con-
demnation upon the hideous methods
Of campaigning resorted to in the late
contest, by the enemies Ofthe Republi-
can party. The falsifier, the scandal
monger, the libeler, has been repudiated
by the people, and never again will
the present generation witness the
performances ofthis brood of character
assassins.
''Despite the extraordinary efforts to
defeat Republican candidates for the
Legislature, which have been success
full in number of counties, the Gen
eral Assembly will be overwhelmingly
Republican, the political complexion
of the two bodies being as follows:
neutrality-suspicious., 3S; Democrats,
u. House-Republicans, 1877; Demo-
Gratis IA; independents, g.
'"rhe Legislature will comprise,
tharnfIra
Gratis and 3 Independents, a Republi-
nearly two-thirds. Regarding the
United States Senatorship, 1 can only
say this: All of my personal friends
have been aware of my personal an
tipathy to another term in the Senate.
but those prominentin the late crusade
against the Republican State Legisla-
tive candidates chose to force the issue.
"They have made it imperative that
| shall be a candidate for reelection.
''The guage Of battle is accepted.
The result is in the hands OF the Re
publican members Of the incoming
Legislature, q very large proportion Of
whom are my political and personal
friends
"Ofthe result there can be no pos
sible doubt. Throughout the campaign
just closed enormous sums Of money
were used to defeat Republican Legis-
latiYe candidates. | have no doubt
efforts viii be made to tampcr with
some OF the members-eIect, but they
will not be successful. Theattempt to
purchase the United States Senato%hiD
two years ago did not succeed then,
nor will a similar attempt succeed now,
bargain-counter methods having been
repudiated by the people Of this State
/ Should, however, any attempt be
made to bride Legislators-elect, the
same ieniency will not be shown as in
the Van Valkenburg case. That there
may be no mistake regarding my posi-
ton i'll this matter, | hereby offer q
reward Of $4,000 for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction of any
one endeavoring to bribe any State
/ Senator or Representative-elec The
money for the payment Of this reward
! is on deposit with George A. HUM &
Sons, bankers and brokers, Philadel-
/ phla." NJ. S. QUAY.