The Topeka state journal., 1898-09-30
EXCORlATES QUAY.
John Wanamaker Furnishes
Evidence of Attempted
Bribery.

Media, Pa, Sept .3o.-Former POSTMASTER
General John Wanamaker again hercely
attacked Senator Quay and the Repubh-
can machine a few days ago.
Mr. Wanamaker gave further details OF
"a plot which cost Republicans a con-
gressionaI district" He read Senator
Ouay's original letters. which were quoted
in a sworn affidavit made by V. K. Frey
of York, Pa.
Here are extracts from the affidavit,
which directly accuses Senator Quay of
attempted bribery;
I'm the congressional contest of 1896 in
the Nineteenth district of pennsylvania
the candidates were Colonel James A.
Stable of York county and Frank E. Hol-
Ter of Cumberland county. l was ap-
pointed one of the eleven conferees TO rep
resent York county and Colonel Stahie.
In August of 1896 mad some correspond
ence with Senator NJ s. Quay reIaattIXe 70
AS result of that correspondence Sena-
tor quay VINO was eAtrer1leIy ft1 ~ a4ha4U 46pt IF
tbe c0nferenee I,atWeen York Cumberland
and Adams counties he would have me
enile at York in 1898. and on the expiration
Of the term of the present postmaster in
1900 was to be appointed postmaster at
IN a letter to Senator Quay dated Au-
gust 25, 1896, outlined my ldea OF the con-
ference work, with which he agreed, and
in a letter from Beaver, of August q, he
If what you suggest can. be carried
out your wishes (meaning the collector
ship) will be grati1ed. I am very anx-
ious that Holler should be nominated
In this same letter to me he said that
he took it for granted that would nave
the indorsement Of Mr. Glessner and our
way for Senator Quay to avoid fulfilling
his agreement by refusal of the local
Quay leaders to indorse me. I wrote him
to this effect, saying that If I agreed to
vote for Holler in return for the appoint
ment of deputy collector and postrnaIsteF'
it must be Independent of the local Lead
RasgS~ and solely upon his Endorsement and
recommendation. He replied to this let
ter by a letter of September 8, 1886, from
national headquarters in New York, in
which he said:
my understanding of the matter was
that it was settled. Go ahead and nomi-
s'When the conference met at Hanover
on September 10 or tnereabouts, the Ad-
ans and Cumberland county men demand
ed the old representation of three votes
pointed eleven conferees and was willing
to concede to Adams four and to Cumber-
this proposition and proceeded to organ
six in all. Our conferees from York or
ganized in the same room by electing John
Ruby chairman. Ten votes were cast for
Colonel Stable. did not vote at all
Earlier in the conference Mr.. Holler
came to me and asked me to support him,
afterWard saying that Quay had told him
TO see me as Everything had been fixed
satisfactorily with me, and that would
vote for him. I did not vote for him,
because no opportunity to do so was pre-
''The result of the conferences action
that day was that Colonel Stable was not
went Democratic. Holler not polling any
thing like a full Republican vote. George
J. Benner, a free silver Democrat, of Get
tysburg was elected to represent the dis
trict. Mr.. Holler subsequently, told me
that he had been assured by Senator Quay
that everything was all right and satsfac-
tory in my case, and that he had promised
to take care of my interests if I would
vote against Colonel Stable and for Hol-