Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-02

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this kind of persecution in the desper
ate hope that they may some how pre-
judice his cause in the Senatorial con.
test. Such tactics cannot and will not
win. Senator Quay will be fully ac-
quilted of these charges and he will be
his own successor in the United States
Senate"
"The men who are back of the pros
ecution of Senator Quay" declared
Senator Mitchell, of Jefferson, 'have
been driven to the wall They are
afraid to face the issue. The people
of the State have begun to appreciate
the fact that Senator Quay is the vic
tim of one Of the most damnable con-
spiracies in the history of American
politics. He has always been ready to
meet personal or political foe boldly
and manfully and in the open, and his
brilliant record as party man and a
statesman testify to his worth as a man
and as a citizen. The men who in
spired the present prosecution will
some day be exposed and their methods
and motives revealed to the world
Some men who have occupied high
places in the community will be shown
in their true light.
''The tactics that have been pursued
in the contest against Senator Quay
are of the most despicable and con
temptible character 1t is ridiculous
to endeavor to make it appear that
many Republicans who are voting
against Senator Quay are doing so be-
cause of charges that have been pre-
ferred against him. OF these fifty two
political insurgents there is a very
small contingent that might fairly be
classed in a reform element. The most
of them represent in the most practical
way all that Martinism implies in
Philadelphia and what William Finn
stands for in Allegheny county politics.
Wanamakerism, of itself, has but few
votes in this coterie. This combine
against Senator Quay was inspired
and is kept together by the most selfish
considerations. Revenge, ambition
and personal aggrandizement tell the
story of the fight against Senator Quay.
The men who have, night after night,
been supplying the Wanamaker news
papers with false, misleading and
frequently libelous statements are
this evening circulating a story that as
the result of the postponement of this
case Senator Quay is to retire in favor
ola compromise candidate. Any in
timation of that character is a malici-
GUS misstatement of fact. Senator
Quay is in this fight to finish and he
will be reelected"
Professor John Hamilton, who is one
OF the most active workers in the State
in the interest of agriculture, and is
well known throught the Common
wealth, speaks as follows of the perse-
cution against Senator Quay:
1.-THE action of the prosecution in
asking for continuance of the Quay
case, without disclosing reasons to the
public who are the real Jurors in this
trial, is confession of weakness and
virtual admission that the evidence at
hand is insufficient to convict Up to
this date the prosecution and others
opposed to Senator Quay have been
vociferous for an immediate hearing,
and Legislators who have been voting
against him for United States Senator
have stated as their chief reason that
he has delayed his trial unduly, and
thereby has given credit to the sus-
picion of guilt.
"Suddenly, and without warning, the
prosecution after having had ample
time to prepare when brought to face
the accused in open court, have with
out assigning reasons to the public,
begged for time. If, as has been al
Legged, there is abundant evidence to
convict, and if this evidence as has
been stated, is chiefly documentary
and III the possession of the prOsecu-
ton, why have they suddenly changed
front, and why do they maintain the
mysterious silence that is being affect
ed, unless it is the discovery. at the
last moment, that they have no case
and are unwilling to confess that the
whole original purpose was to start q
calumny that would destroy Senator
Quay before he could have time TO
meet the charges.
Having failed IN this and being now
brought to the alternative of either
Substantlatlng their charges, or meet
ing defeat, their only resource is to
postpone the trial and leave the case
pending in the expectation that its
effect will be to continue to reflect
upon the integrity of the accused, and
so influence legislators to withhold
their support from him for United
States Senator, until the accusations
which they refuse to try are cleared
away
HAS not the time come for self.re-
specting Republicans to refuse longer
to be made Instruments for the gratifi-
cation OF either the ambition or per-
sonal revenge of character wreckers,
and put a stop to it all by voting for
the Senator, and so saying to all of his
accusers, you have refused to sub
stantiate your charges when an OPP
portunity was given, and now we can
no longer sustain you and become
parties to the destruction of an inno-
cent man.
He has squarely met his enemies
and they have ANONYMOUSLY retreated.
What guarantee do we have that this
conduct will not be repeated when the
10th of April arrives, particularly if by
that time no United States Senator has
been elected.
''This case, in it's rspect, just now
ought to appeal particularly to men
that feel that they have characters of
their own TO protect, and therefore,
cannot afford, as honest men, to coun.
tenance anything that looks like an
OrpaniZed effort to destroy that of