Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-01-05
ARE LINING
UP FOR QUAY
Members Of the Legislature De-
clare For the Reelection
of the Senior Senator.
4 CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED.

OAMI AlUN laAl A11IOs
vilifcation and Abuse From the Wan
amaker Bureau Helped to Make Pop
nlar Sentiment in Favor of the Beaver
Statesman, and Senators and Repre-
sentatives Publicly Express Them
selves in His Favor f
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Dec 27.--Having spent
the Christmas holidays at home.
many members of the legislature
have since dropped into town to
get posted as to the political situation.
That recent developments have re-
moved all doubt as to the reelection of
Senator Quay there can be no question.
Many senators and representatives
elect whom the Wanamakerites have
for one reason or another counted upon
10 oppose the senior senator's return to
Washington have publicly declared
their intentions to stand by Colonel
Quay to the end. There has been
marked change in popular feeling in
sections where the Wanamaker literary
bureau had created sentiment antag-
onistic to the Beaver statesman. His
Vindictive and unscrupulous opponents
have gone too far; they have made it
apparent to all fair minded men that
Colonel Quay is being prosecuted by
few disgruntled and disappointed in
dividuals, who charge Senator Quay
with blocking their ambitions for pub
lie office, and who hope to get revenge
in his defeat and at the same time open
rho fn n Rcn1hl{pon
ization for their personal advantage.
MAGEE NAILS A LIE.
A sample of the bold and reckless
misstatements that are being sent out
through the Wanamaker newspaper
syndicate is found in the story in which
Senator Magee was represented as hav-
ing made canvass of the state and
that he had found 67 members who
were opposed to Senator Quays re-
election. Senator Magee emphatically
denied that there was the slightest
foundation for that report.
II have made no such canvass" said
he, "and 1 have none made for me-"
He added that he had no knowledge
of any pledges such as indicated in the
report.
1T is about time that the people of
the state were informed of the delib-
crate and unprecedented character OF
the newspaper misrepresentation that
are being circulated with the view of
making sentiment against Senator
Quay" declared Representative Salter
of the Seventh district of this city, the
other day. 1.-THE whole purpose and in
tent of the authors of these reports is to
affect the votes of the members of the
legislature from the interior counties.
Reading these daily distorted and ir-
responsible statements emanating from
the Wanamaker press bureau one
would naturally be prejudiced against
senator Quay or any one else who
might be the subject of these attacks,
Public men are inisquoted, facts are
distorted and the most palpably fake
reports are given as news to what the
men inspiring them must look upon as
: n most gullible public. Fortunately the
members of the Legislature whom the
opponents of Senator Quay hope to in
huence by,these stories are thoroughly
acquainted; with the tactics of the Van
Valkenberg literary corps, and they
know how to gauge their productions
accordingly
senator Quay won his fight for re-
election at the polls in November last"
continued Mr.. Salter earnestly. "ThA
people elected Republican senators and
members of the house with the know,-
edge and desire that they should vote
Tor the reelection Of Senator Ouav. Tn
many cases there we're clean cut hat.
ties In behalf of Colonel Ouay won out
AT the Republican primaries when the
successful candidates were selected to
go before the people. If the small cote
re OF ambitious gentlemen and The
rhn
o'ne.s VINO are actuated solely and
purely oy desire for revenge. who are
outing up Inc money for this fight
against Senator Quay, think thew are
going to succeed they are be;ne hadiy
fooled Senator Quay is bound to win
first, because he has more than enougb
votes pledged to him to insure his e1ec-
ton, because the sentiment of rho praa+
mass OF the Republican voters of Penn.
syiVahia, who abhor hypocrisy. who
nave supreme contempt for the men
responsible Tor the campaign of Will
ncation, abuse, MISREPRESENTATION ana
character assassination, demand tbo+
such men and their un-American meth
ods shall be rebuked, and because tbe
people believe in fair play, and in the
end they must triumph"
livery day brings additional evidence
OF the racts that the choice of the Re-
po"iie"h mouse caucus will be elected
speaker, that the candidate for United
states senator who gets the joint eau
Gus nomination VIII be elected, and that
this candidate will be Colonel Nr 8
Quay.
Representative J. L. Christian of Su1-
hvan county, who has been in the citv
visiting his friend, former United States
attorney Ellery P. Ingham. takes lt-
Tie stock In the campaign that is being
"aged by the Wanamakerites against
established customs of the Republican
party.
am firm believer in the principle
that the majority should rule" remark
ed Mr.. Christian, "and I am also con-
Vlncea that no political party. can ex-
is. wl,nout an organization through
Wh,cn us members may act In accord
and by which its policies and nrInci-
pies may be maintained Tho o.s..