The age-herald., 1898-10-26
REPUBLICANS ARE
 MORE CONFIDENT Since MCKinley'S Tour Through the
 Western States. DEMOCRATS NOT ALARMED Says the Presidents Trip Has Also
 Helped Their Chances. THE FIGHT ON SENATOR QUAY In Chris McGee He Has Rival More to Be Feared Than John Wan
 namaker-PermanentJ Job for General Lee.
THE FIGHT ON SENATOR QUAY
BY ARCHIBALD W. BUTT

confident of success in the coming cleo tions since the presidents trip in the west. There is no doubt that he has revived in- terest in the states of Illinois, Missouri and Nebraska, and to some extent in Indiana. The democratic managers say, however, that his visit to those states has aroused the democrats from their apathy as well as the republicans and that the demo- cratic chances of increasing their repre- sentation from those states have not been lessened by the speeches of the president.
 The reports from Indiana and Ohio are still encouraging to the democrats. They expect to secure five or six districts in the former state and may get three or four in the latter.a The republican factional fights in Pennsylvania seem to guarantee success to several democratic candidates. There the whole fight revolves around Senator Quay. For the first time since that state elected Quay to the senate there seems to be a good chance of defeating him for re- election. Heretofore he has been able to prove every charge the result of venom in politics and the more he was attacked the more staunch his friends seemed to be- come. But now many of his frmest ad- herents are leaving him and linking their fortunes with those of Chris McGee, the owner of the Pittsburg Times. Up to the present time the fight has been between Quay and Wannamaker. There was little choice here. In fact those in doubt as to the merits of the two men prefer Quay with his known vices and faults, than Wannamaker, an unknown quantity. The latter has been able to help drag down Senator Quay, but he has not been able to E himself hPf0rp npAnlp reputation of the hypocrite still clings to him, and now that Quay seems about to be dethroned, there is little chance that Wan namaker will profit by his fall.
 An Honest Enemy " --e =s
 Chris McGee is an honest and open ene- my. He has fought Quay, not on the grounds that he was corrupt in business or --t.,...sssTsi tsiSofts, but on the grounds that he did not use fair means in elections and that he was an evil element inSthe politics of the state That as the head of a ring he uses the state for per sonal ends and encouraged political cor ruption throughout the entire common wealth.
 At any rate the former friends of Quay are turning to McGee, and should the anti Quay men succeed in capturing the next legislature it will in all likelihood be Sena- tor MaGee and not Senator Wannamaker. The latter will not be able to buy the eec-
 
 down to money McGee can flash about as much of the long green as the big milliner and haberdasher. The fact that Wannama- ker will not be the recipient of senatorial honors should Quay be defeated will go far to reconcile the friends of the latter to his defeat.
 It is not yet certain, however, that they have Quay defeated though it begins to look that way to the fall prophet. If he Is and McGee is elected to succeed him, Penn 1nfn ntad a n- tive senator.
 McGee Newspaper Man
 MT. McGee is a capitalist and newspaper man. He directs the policy of his paper and does much of the editorial work him. self He is about 45 years old. His face is very youthful, but his hair is almost white. He is handsome and picturesque man, and a most agreeable and polished gentle man. Should he come to the senate from Pennsylvania he will bring new element to the front in politics in the Keystone state and would greatly improve the stand ing of the state in congress. With Quay out of the waysthe members in the house from that state would be given an oppor- tunity to devolep little originality. There is not delegation in congress so dominat- ed and ruled as the delegation from Penn sylyania. Representatives Stone and Dalt- zel have gained some prominence in the house, but in most matters they are but
 
 Quay's defense, however, that if he man. ages the Pennsylvania delegation he man. ages 1t well and sees to 1t that the mem bers are placed on committees where they will be useful to their state and incidentally to. Quay.
 < Whatever might be said of Quay, it can not be denied that he has served his state we'll in the senate. He has thorough ly represented the interests of Pennsyl- fvania and secured for its manufactures rIff platf ton thon hal enjoyed by any other state in the union. Whether democratic or republican tarin bill, Quay has always got the lions share in protective duties. This is one reason why they have never been able to defeat him before. The manufacturing interests of the state care little who gets them pro- tection as long as they get it. Even now, when the politicians are leaving him, the manufacturers are standing by him, and viii do so to the end.
 McKiniey's Pedigree
 The genealogists have been at work on President McKinley's pedigree and with the result that they have proven to the satis- faction of themselves that MT. Mckinley is not of Irish, but of Scotch descent. There are several of these genealogists, and as they have each arrived at the same con- clusion, it may be said to be settled that the president is of Scotch ancestry. One researcher takes the president back to the eighth century and starts his line from the McDuff clan. His blood traces itself through the Mcintosh clan. then on to the Mckinley. In the transit from Scotland to America but one ancestor of the family was born in Ireland, and that one of Irish birth came to America at the age of 12 The Reverend Ralph MacDuff, who is here as delegate to the Episcopal convention has spent much time on the president pedigree. He has the line direct leading back to Duncan MacDuf, known to the world as MacDuff in Shakespeare's Mac. beth, who fights and kills the usurper of the throne of Duncan after five acts of misery and histrionic torture. He was not quite the hero that Mckinley would possibly bt proud of, but the president has to accep him, as it is put down in unmistakable let. ters and traced out in perfectly logica lines. But the president is making up 1T his devotion to his wife the neglect of hi: