Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-29
THE HISTORIC CAMPAIGN OF 1885,


And what a magnificent campaign it
was, and how adroitly managed! In
spite of the fact that the whole United
States government, with it's hundreds
of thousands of of1icehoders, was in
the hands of the Democrats, and Tam
many Hall was then in the zenith OF
its power. Harrison was elected, hav
ing carried New York. though by a
small majority. But the contest did
not end with the close of the polls in
New York The Tammany machine,
finding itself beaten, endeavored to re-
peat the work of 1SS4-count out the
Republican candidate, and throughout
that memorable night and until even
ing of the following day desperate
tactics We're resorted to in the effort
to count Cleveland in. But Chairman
Quay was ready for them, having pre-
pared for just such an emergency. The
great conspiracy of the Tammanyites
was foiled. and General Harrison was
duly declared elected president of the
United States There was no man in
America more lauded then than Sena-
tor Quay. BY universal accord he was
declared the most masterful leader
known to American politics. His sue
cessor as chairman, General j. S.
Clarkson, said of him:
He is the greatest political general
that the first century of partisan poll
ties has developed. The Republican
party will never know and it could
never repay it il it did know, the ser
vices rendered TO it in such a time of
doubt and peril by Senator Quay"
A MAGNIFICENT TRIBUTE.
When he resigned the national chair
manship, couple of years after the
election, the committee paid him a
glorious tribute, saying, among other
things:
I'm submitting to 1t This resignationl,
with so much of reluctance and per-
sonal regret, we desire to express from
our own knowledge of the facts of his
pre-eminent service to the party, our
sense of the deep obligation under
which he has placed the Republican
party and the cause of good govern
ment and patriotism in the United
States. He undertook the leadership
of doubtful contest at a time when
the Republican party was disheartened
and the Democratic party confident in
the power of supreme control in the
government of the nation, and when
the odds of the contest were against
our party, and by his matchless power,
his uneQualed skill in resources, and
his genius to command victory, won for
his party an unprecedented victory in
the face of expected defeat In the
great contest of 1883, in the months of
severe effort then, and in the years of
personal association with him since,
we have learned TO know the nobility
of the man, and we desire in this con-
spicuous manner to place on public
record, for the present and for the fu-
ture as an enduring answer to the par
tsan assaults of the defeated enemy,
our testimony in appreciation of his
public services and his personal worth"
How different this from the vilifica-
tion and abuse now heaped upon him
by the irresponsible band of guerillas
now trampng up and down the state,
who. though claiming to ,;e Republi-
cans, have made an alliance with that
Democracy which Senator Quay drove
out of power in 1883!
MONEY IN POLITICS.
In the campaign of 1888 a consider
able sum Of money was spent by the
Republican national committee, as
there always is in presidential cleo
tions: something over 81 600 900 it was
in that contest The amount named,
for purposes of organization and educa-
ton. passed through the hands of
Chairman Quay. of the national COM
mittee This sum was raised by a
sub committee known as the advisory
committee, of which John Wanamaker
was chairman. And now the Hon.
John Wanamaker is traversing the
state, denouncing Senator Quay for the
''use of money in politics" Is it a sin
full act to use" money in politics, and
sanity act to raise that selfsame
money? What a beautiful distinction
this is! Surely. Consistency, thou art
a jewell
For his share in the memorable cam
paign of 1888 Mr.. Quay was maligned
by every Democratic newspaper in
America, and in due time the jackals