Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-23
GOVERNOR STONE, OF PENysYLvA-
MA, OUTsrOKEN.
BELIEVES QUAY WILL WIN
SAYS KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS FA-
VOR HIS REELECTION.
Declares That the Nomination waS
Regular, and That No Republic
an Has Good Ground for
Not Standing by Cau-
Gus Decision.

HARRISBURG. PA. Jan. Ex-Governor
Stone gave the following signed statement
this evening on the senatorial situation:
My opinion has not changed since l eX-
pressed the belief, after the action OF the
caucus making Mr.. Quay the nominee OF
the Republican party for United states
senator. that he would be reelected. His
supporters have not had break in their
lines since that time. and they have made
gains. Pennsylvania is Republican
state, and. unless there are some serious
reasons why a regularly nominated can
didate of the Republican party in the
state should not be elected. it is usually
safe to predict that he will win. More
than two-thirds of the Republican men,
bers of the general assembly are already
publicly committed to him. NO one can
honestly Or fairly question the regularity
Of the nomination of Senator Quay. Tine
caucus was regularly called and properly
conducted. Stalwart Republicans general
~ throughout the commonwealth have ac-
cepted 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 thoroughly under
stood by the people. The argument OF
Attorney Watson before the supreme court
clearly demonstrated that there was moth
ing in the bills of Indictment against SEN
ator Quay. nor in 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 in
stituted for the purpose of influencing
votes against Senator Quay in this sena-
torial canvass.
"It is not my purpose or intention to
quarrel with anyone who is opposed to
Senator Quay. That Is his right and priv
ilege. But do say that believe that way
down in the hearts of nearly half million
Republicans of Pennsylvania who voted
for me for governor at the last election
there is feeling of sympathy for Senator
Quay in the present contest. de mas peen
a brave soldier in the hour Of his country s
trials he has been gallant, able and VIC
torious field marshal of the Republicans,
not only in local and state campaigns, but
in one of the greatest and most bitterly
fought national contests ever waSed in
American politics. To him, more than to
anyone else, as chairman of the Republican
national committee. did We owe the election
of General Benjamin Harrison to the presi-
dency. As member of the United States
senate he has watchfully and zealously
guarded the great Industrial manufacture
ing and commercial interests of our COM
IL.
not only in materially aiding in the pas
sage of 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 statesman
| like course on the floor of the senate he
saved Pennsylvania's industries from ruin
by the amendments, he had inserted in the
Wilson bill for their especial protection.
There should be no occasion for concern
among the friends of Senator Quay on ac-
count of the present deadlock on the SEN
atorship. Public sentiment in his favor is
making itself felt among the members OF
the legislature. If Senator Quay's sup
porters stand firm, as am convinced they
viii. his reelection will certainly follow
F. A. Van Vaikenberg, who is managing
the anu-Quay campaign, issued a statement
tonight in which he says the senatorial
situation is no longer complicated nor un-
certain. Mr.. Van Valkenberg claims Sena-
tor Quays strength was at high tide when
h ereceived 113 votes, which is just IA short
or majority. Against him are 139 votes.
81 Democrats and so anti-Quay Republil
cans.
THE Quay managers have abandoned all
hope of securing a single vote from the
| admitting that no Democrat will vote di-
rectly for Quay at any stage of the con-
test. they assert with an air, of mystery
rather than han os OF confidence that at, at the
found to supply the necessary fourteen
votes that Senator Quay must have to elect
him The Quay machine is bankrupt in the
matter Of POLITICAL patronage. All the, at
tion between the Democrats and the anti
| Quayites have signaliy failed. Senator
Quay amassed all his strength to break
| failed He has given orders that every
| effort must be made to break them next
| Tuesday. but he will again fail. Senator
but re-eIect himself United States senator
from Pennsylvania, never"