The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-23
APLEA FOR QUAY

ny Gov crnor Stone, who is Confident
ofhis Election In due Timc-Anti-
Quayftes are just. rs Sansuinc the
Other way.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 22.-Gover-
nor Stone gave the following signed
statement this evening on the senator
ial situation:
Ny opinion has not changed since
I expressed the belief, after the action
OF the caucus making Colonel Quay the
nominee of the Republican party for
United States senator. that ne would
be reelected. His supporters have not
had a break In their lines since that
time and they have made gains, Penn
sSlVania Is a Republican state, and un-
less there are some serious reasons why
q regularly nominated candidate Of the
hepupllcan party In the state should not
De elected 1t Is usually safe to predict
that he Will win. More than two-thlrds
OF the Republican members OF the gen.
e:al assemble u are already publicly COM
mtted to him. No one can honestly or
larry question: the regularity OF the
nomination OF Senator Quay. The eau
Gus was regularly called and properly
conducted. S,alwart Republicans zen
orally throughout the commonwealth
nave accepted him as the candidate of
their party and want to see him elected.
/. The conspiracy case Drought against
him In the heat OF the campaign has
Dfen fully ventilated and the political
character OF the proceedings is thor
oughly understood by Ne people. The
argument OF Attorney Watson before
the supreme court clearly demonstrated
mat there was nothing In the bills of
indictment against Senator Quay nor in
the testimony showing him to have vio-
lated any law. This has been made
plain TO all, as has the fact that this
prosecution was inspired and Instituted
for the purpose Of influencing votes
against Senator Quay in his senatorial
canvass. 1t 10 rot my purpose or in
tcntion to quarrel with any one who Is
opposed to Senator Quay. That Is his
right and privilege. But do say that
believe that way down In the hearts
OF nearly ne-half OF a million Republic
cans of Pennsylvania who voted for me
FOR governor at the last election there
IS feeling of sympathy for Senator
quay in the present contest. He has
'SN'' - - uUIl VI HIS
country's trials. he has been n gallant,
able and victorious field marshal of ,h.
Republican party, NOT only in local and
state campaigns. but In one of the
greatest and most bitterly fought ma
tional contests ever waged In American
politics. To him more than to ang one
els2, us chairman of the Republican ma
ti0Hal committee. did we owe the cleo
tlon of General Benjamin Harrison 10
the, presidency. AS member of the
United States scnatei he has watchfuily
and Zealously guarded the great indus
trial. manufacturing and commercial in
tereSts Of our commonwealth His In
iluence was potential. not only In ma
terially aiding in the passage 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 -his5states,nanlike
course on the floor OF the senate. he
saved Pennsylvania industries from ruin
by the amendments he had inserted in
the Wilson bill for their especial pro-
lection.
There should be no ccasion for con-
cern among the friends of Senator Quay
on account of tbs present deadlock or
the senatorshin. Public sentiment In
his favor is making itself felt among
the members OF the legislature Il Sem
ator Quay's supporters stand firm, as
am convinced they will. his reelection
will certainly follow In dua, time.
(S!gned.) "WM. A. STONE"