The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-22

SENATOR quay, liluIllDlllHB ONCi N'iS
formidable opposition, had brought
about the nomination of his candidate
for the goyernorship of this state, n
clear-sghted politician, not Il member
of the senator's party or following, pre-
dicted that the success of Stone would
mean the Waterloo of quay. Those
who are not OF Quays incllning, and
for one reason or another they are as
noisy as they are numerous, perhaps
more so, recalling this prophecy of a
few months ago, now declare that
what in some respects is the greatest
fight of the senator's life will also he
his last. that the end of his career as
an all-powerful party leader is at hand,
and that when congress meets again
there will be another strange face in
the senate chamber at Washington.
Quay, true to the habits of q lifetime,
says nothing, lie has always been an
eloquently silent man, never volunteer
ing information that could be tortured
into news, unless there was some def
mite and desired purpose to be accom-
pished by letting it out To cross-eX-
anime him when he is unwilling to tall.
is like grinding a diamond. Nor does
he wiring his hands and lose sleep over
W nat Ills GlltIllIS say dBOul lllllls s~u'.i u
- man is not likely to be either a liar
or a. hypoCrite. QUAY Is neither More
over he has something of the Gamcatcr
in his makeup; has usually been
ready to stake his all on a single cast
OF the dice. and the imperturbable calm
of the gambler never leaves him,
whether he wins or loses.
Should Quay lose the fight he now
~ IL
leave of as striking a figure as has held
the stage In the last quarter century.
For his intimatcs lie delights now and
then to recall the earliest remembered
incident OF his childhood. His father
one day brought home a small Bible
and q tin sword, and gave the boy OF
six his choice. This was soon made.
The boy, sagely opining that his faith
er had no one els" To give the tin
sword to. chose the Bible, greatly to
his fathers delight, and the sword was
thrown in, as the boy knew it would
ho on the first fly leaf Of the book
thus presented the father had written
a few lines of inscription from Scott.
on the next leaf the mother had in
sc"ibed some verses Young Quay ear
rind this book with him when he went
from home. it was with him in all his
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,.,a 5ts - anecuottS OF ms boyhood,
comes Of a canny race. As matter 90
lact' ne traces his family back tC
Scotch-lrlsh origin, and to the sturdi-
est Oh that sturdy stock His father
was presbyterian preacher and the
son was porn at Dlllsbury, i'm York
oounVS' Sl~'y"slN years ago. He was
Sc t@uuateu from Je1efson college in
'''u loui years later was admitted
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l'eiu lol seNeIal years the office
ol hedNef county, anC
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