The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-21
ADDRESS
OF ANTI.QUAY
MEMBERS
OF the Pennsylvania Legislature
to the Republicans Of the
Keystone State.
EVILS OF QUAY AND QUAYISM.
Why the Senator's Reelection
was Opposcd.-.Thc Rca.
sons for the Revolt.


HARRISBURG. Pa. April 2O.-Anti-
Quay members Of the legislature held n
meeting tonight and unanimously de-
c!ded to Issue the following address:
To the Republicans of Pennsylvania.
The anti-Quay members of the SEN
ate and house of representatives OF the
state of Pennsylvania, being about to
separate after the closing of the mem
orable session of 1899, make the follow
ing statement:
The evils of Quay and Quayism
against which We have been and shall
continue TO contend, have succeeded In
forcing an adjournment of the legIsla-
ture without the passage OF any Of the
laws for which there is such crying
need and without the election OF Uni
ted States senator.
At the election Of 1898 the people at
the polls clearly indicated their oppo-
sition to ex-senator Quay by the selec-
ton Of a ma jority of the members OF the
legislature opposed to his return to the
senate. The minority supporting Mr..
Quay has been large enough. however.
to prevent the election OF 4 United
States senator and has refused every
proposition 10 elect some other man
than ex-senator Quay. their doctrine
being that OF rule or ruin"-the cleo
tion OF Quay or nobody. We have from
the first stood ready and willing to
elect any honest Republican of Penn
Sylranla to the United States senate and
to bring about that end have cast our
votes at various times for such sterling
Republicans and distinguished citizens
as the Hon. John DalZell, Judge John
Stewart. Col. E. a. Irwin, Hon. Charles
W. Stone, Hon. Charles Tubbs. Col.
George F. HUFF. Hon. Charles Emory
Smith. Alvin Markle. esq, Hon. Calvin
Wells, Judge Charles +. Rice, Hon.
Benjamin +. Jones, and others.
\ Reasonable Offer.
We have offered to place In nomlna-
ton any distinguished Republican In
Pennsylvania. at oil times standing
ready to vote for any OF the great army
of reputable men who would honor the
state as Its representative in the United
States senate. but the men opposed to
us have Insisted that no election should
be had unless we accepted man who
Is under Indictment charged with the
crime OF unlawfully using the people S
money and who Is now on trial in the
city Of Philadelphia. Every reason en-
listing at the beginning Of the session
for opposing Mr.. Quay existed at the
time of taking the las; ballot with
overwhelming additional reasons and
the evidence already given the public III
the trial OF the case against him In
Philadelphia has completed our opposi-
tion II vindicaton were needed.
1t has been shown by the books OF the
Peoples bank of Philadelphia that he
has been in conspiracy with the treas
urers of the state to use for his person.
al benefit the moneys OF the common
wealth. It has been shown that during
the past twelve years he had the use of
over one million. nine hundred thousand
dollars out OF the Peoples bank OF Phil
adelphia alone, belonging to the people,
and upon which he has not paid 10 the
state one dollar Of interest.
And we call special attention to the
astonishing fact that this corrupt use
Of state funds was being carried on at
time when the public schools. the
hospitals. the nsylums for the insane,
homes for the aged. institutions for the
deaf. dumb and blind and many other
charitable institutions of the state were
suffering for the want OF the money
which had been appropriated to them
by the legislature.
But the whole truth within the cover
OF the books of the defunct Peoples
bank will never be known to the public
as the defendant. Mr.. Quay has pleaded
the statute Of limitation which confines
the commonwealth TO the period during
which Haywood, another OF the defend
ants. occupied the office OF state treas
urer We have full confidence that the
people .. this state will not allow any
man to represent them In the United
States senate who pleads the statute of
limitation 10 protect him from criml-
nal prosecution.
The failure to elect United .Statea
senator Is only one OF the many evils
brought upon the state by the machina-
tions of the Quay members OF the legis-.
lature Of 1899.
First Time in Twenty Years.
The house OF representatives for the
first time In twenty gears was an anti
QuaS body. and the senate was as cer-
tainly controlled by the friends OF Mr..
Quay. Every good measure which was
brought before the house was promptly
passed and every bad measure was
promptly defeated. We assert without
fear OF successful contradiction, that
the record of the senatc's work In this
respect Is the exact reverse to that OF
the house. Nearly every good measure
sent to the senate from the house was
promptly defeated and the bad meas
ures with which we have had to contend
IN this legislature have generally origi-
mated In the Quay faction OF the senate.
The house attempted TO raise the ne
cessary revenue to wipe out the deficit
In the state treasury, to conduct the
state government and care for Its char
liable institutions by taxing beer and
increasing the taxation on corporations,
but both these measures were promptly
throttled by the Quay controlled senate.
The house promptly passed the bill
submitted by the tax conference which
proposed to impose the burden of taxa
tion impartlally on all classes OF prop
erty. but this bill met the same fate at
the hands OF the Quayites In the senate.
The thoughtful men of all parties and
factions admit that reforms are greatly
needed In the present ballot laws OF the
state. and such reforms were proposed
and passed by the house, the result IN
the senate being the game as with the
other reform bills referred to Il.
bribery Investigations.
The testimony developed by the COM
mIttce of the house appointed to lnvcs-
tiEnte the charges OF bribery with ref
erence TO the election OF n United
states senntor and the so-callcd mic
Carrell Dill was most startling In Its
character. The report OF the committee.
which was adopted bv the house, rec.
o1lmenus the prosecution for the crime
OF bribery and attempted bribery Of no