The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-01-26
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Governor Stone Issues a Statement
in Support of Quay.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM THE VICTORY

dence in the Senator's Recollection,
Mr.. van valkenburg, the Anti Quay
Manager. Is Equally Confident That
He Cannot win.
Harrisburg, Jan. Ex-Governor Stone
gives the following signed statement on
the senatorial situation:
MY opinion has not changed since
expressed the belief, after the action Of
the caucus making Colonel Quay the
nominee of the Republican party for
United States senator, that he would be
reelected. His supporters have not had
a break in their lines since that time,
and they have made gains. Pennsyl-
vania is Republican state, and unless
there are some serious reasons why u
regularly nominated candidate of the
Republican party in the state should
not be elected, it is usually safe to pre-
dict that he will win. More than two
thirds of the Republican members of
the general assembly are already pub
licly committed to him. No one can
honestly or fairly question the regu-
larity of the nomination of Senator
Quay. The caucus was regularly called
and properly conducted. Stalwart Re-
publicans generally throughout the
commonwealth have accepted him as
the candidate OF their party and want
to see him elected.
The conspiracy case brought against
him in the heat of the campaign has
been fully ventilated and the political
character of the proceedings is thor
oughly understood by the people The
argument of Attorney Watson before
the supreme court clearly demon
strated that there was nothing in the
bills of Indictment against Senator
Quay, nor i'm the testimony, showing
him to have violated any law. This has
been made plain to all, as has the fact
that this prosecution was inspired and
instituted for the purpose of influenc-
ing votes against Senator Quay in his
senatorial canvass. 1t is not my pur-
pose or intention to quarrel with any
one who is opposed to Senator Quay.
That is his right and privilege. But l
do say that believe that way down in
the hearts of the nearly one-half Of a
million Republicans of Pennsylvania
who voted for me for governor at the
last election, there Is a feeling of SYM
pathy for Senator Quay in the present
contest. He has been a brave soldier
in the hour of his countrys trials, he
has been gallant. able and victorious
field marshal of the Republican party,
not only in local and state campaigns,
but in one Of the greatest and most bit
terly fought national contests ever
waged in American politics. To him,
more than to any one else, as chair
man of the Republican national COM
mittee did we owe the election of Cen
eral Benjamin Harrison to the presi-
dency. AS member of the United
States senate, he has watchfully and
zealously guarded the great industrial
manufacturing and commercial inter-
ests of our commonwealth. His in
fiuence was potential. not only in ma
terially aiding in the passage 6 the
Mckinley bill but, with the Democrats
in control of congress, through his
close relations with his colleagues on
both sides of the house, and his states
manlike course on the floor of the sem
ate, he saved Pennsylvanias s industries
from ruin by the amendments he had
inserted in the Wilson bill for their
especial protection.
Considers Quay's Election Sure.
There should be no occasion for con-
cern among the friends of Senator
Quay on account of the present dead
lock on the senatorship. Public senti-
ment In his favor Is making itself felt
among the members of the legislature.
II Senator Quay's supporters stand
firm, as / am convinced they will, his
reelection will certainly follow in due
time"
f. A. Van Valkenburg, who is man
aging the anti-Quay campaign, issues
a statement in which he says the sena-
torial situation is no longer compli-
Gated nor uncertain. Mr.. Van Valken-
burg claims Senator Quays strength
was at high tide when he received 113
votes. which is just IA short of a ma
jority- Against him are 139 votes, 81
Democrats and 50 anti-Quay Republi-
cans.
"The Quay managers have aban-
doned all hope of securing a single vote
from the anti-Quay ranks" he adds
But while admitting that no Demo
cidt VIII NOte ulTeclly TOT quay at any
stage of the contest. they assert with
an air of mystery rather than of con-
fidence, that at the proper time enough
Democrats will be found to supply the
necessary II votes that Senator Quay
must have to elect him. The Quay ma
chine is bankrupt in the mater of DO
litical patronage. All the attempts of
the Quay people to create friction be-
tween the Democrats and the anti
have signally failed, Senator
Quay amassed all his strength to break
the anti-Quay lines last Wednesday,
and failed. Senator Quay may be able
to prolong the deadlock but re-elect
himself United Sta,es senator from
Pennsylvania, never"
The feeling between the Quay and
factions was intensified by
an attempt of the former to boycott the
latter In the matter of pairs, the Quay
men refusing to pair with any but Dem
Dcrats. This boycott was only partially
enforced, but II it should be continued |
Finn is likely to find some effective |
way Of retalating. He Is devoting his
entire attention to the defeat of QUAY.
md while he claims that this Is al |
'eady assured he proposes to be neither |