The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-22
WANAMAKER ON QUAY CASE
EX-SENATOR'S AC0UITTAL DTSAP- POINTING TO LOVERS OFJUsTICE.
1t Records With Emphasis the Di culty of Convlcting Politicians Charged With Public Crime-Contest Against
 the Degrading Forces and Principles of tho Quay Machine to be Carried On.

the Degrading Forces and Principles
 oftho Quny Machine to be Carried On.
 Philadelphia, April 21.-John Wana- maker tonight made the following statement:
 'The acquittal of ex-Senator Quay will be disappointment to every lover of justice throughout the United States. It records with emphasis the difficulty in convicting potent political defend- ants charged with public crime, no mat ter how clear, convincing and over whelming the evidence may be. The story of the corrupt use and speculat ton in public money in Pennsylvania is an old one and has been matter of noto- rious accusation against a long line of state treasurers and political bosses for many years. MT. Quay himself has been again and again accused of partic- ipation in treaty jobbing by the news circumstantial detail. Heretofore, how ever the basis for these accusations largely consisted of oral testimony and of allegations by political opponents. The case which terminated to-day, how ever unlike previous accusations, was founded exclusively upon documentary proof in his own handwriting and that of his friends and confederates. The evidence of his guilt did not depend up- on the veracity of any man or men, but was supported exclusively by his own letter and by written entries and state ments recorded by his trusted friends and supporters.
 From the day the prosecution against him was instituted until the verdict was ordered he sought by every device to delay and obstruct the efforts of the commonwealth officers to produce the written evidence of his misdoing and to bring him to trial for his offenses. The removal of the case from the lower court on the eve of the day when it was first set down for trial by an extraordi- nary writ issued by the supreme court, which that court subsequently, dismiss ed, was successful in taking the prose- cution away from the management of former District Attorney Graham whose ability, zeal and effectiveness as a prosecutor had been demonstrated by eighteen years of service. The same efforts to prevent a full exposition of his acts as public official and his con- rlection with the private use of public money marked every step in the extra ordinary line of defense which his skill full attorneys adopted during his trial in resisting the zealous and able efforts
 Dntt n troduce all the inculpatible evidence III possession of the commonwealth.
 The fred book" kept by his trusted friend, Mir. Hopkins, and which set out the story of treasury corruptions was overwhelmingly corroborated and it's verity established by the testimony and admission of his friend Mckee, and by the signature of his friend and code fendant, B. J. Haywood. Notwith- standing this proof, emanating exclu. sively from the lips and the pens of himself and his closest friends, and in the face of his own silence and failure to testify to his innocence, he was ac- quilted.
 "This is a new chapter of shame for Pennsylvania, a new record of failure in the administration that will do much to encourage corruptionists and public plunderers generally throughout the country. The first shout of defiant ex- ultation over his acquittal has pro- ceeded from the governor, who has promptly appointed him a United States senator without authority and in violation of law and in defiance of the will of the people as expressed by ,fk Jo-r r;e,Io +,,yo ;cs in every way that the capstone should have been thus put upon the edifice of boss rule and machine jobbery by the Quay representative in the governors chair. The people will thus see more legality, its is to be hoped, the reck- less disregard of right and decency of public and political purity that charac- terizes the Quay machine now intrench- ed in office in Pennsylvania. But friends of good government should not despair.
 There are other indictments undis- posed of still hanging over Quay and whatever may be their fate, even though 1t should be technical acquittal, the contest against the degrading forces, practices, and principles which Quay and his machine represent will be car ried on until justice and right, morality and honesty shall triumph. The friends of good government will re-enlist in this warfare to-day and must continue un- remittingly and unflinichingly the strife against all wrong doing and wrong-do- CTS in any party and in all parties re- gardless of temporary setbacks or de- feats until treasury jobbers shall be <7rixyop nfTioia1 in thp monwealth. To-day's verdict settles nothing but the fate of the single bill of indictment upon which Mr. Quay was tried. The facts of the treasury speculation and jobbery elicited in his trial, and wholly unanswered by him or any other witness cannot be effaced by the surprising verdict of to-day. They must be reiterated and reiterated and laid bare in all their hdeous de- formity before the people so that ver- dict in accordance with the truth may be reached by that larger jury before whom the special pleading of attorneys and the stolid silence of the accused will be unavailing. Quay has got his tech nical verdict, but the trial of corrupt ionists and public plunderers will still go on."
 The jury in the case of ex-United States Senator Quay at Ii o'clock yes