The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-12

! Philadelphia, Pa, May 1.-THE Busi-
nessmen's Republican League of Penn
sylvania, which last fall put forth spe-
cial efforts throughout the state to se-
cure the election of anti-Quay candi
dates for the legislature, tonight issued
an address 10 the people of the state
'conSratulating them upon the prog
ress made by the forces of good gov
ernment during the last year"
The address says the majority Of the
members elected to the general assem-
bly,. for the first time in nearly a score
OF years, was anti-Quay and repudiateth
MI quay. the head and front of that
corrupt and vicious political system
| that so long has been a reproach to
the state
This anti-Quay body, the address
says, exposed and defeated all forms
OF machine-cOnceived corruption and
legislative jobbery. and, continuing,
says:
''Ihe appalling chapter of crime as
developed by the legislative investigat-
ing committee, showing a far-reachins
conspiracy to corrupt and bribe men,
bers of the legislature to vote for Ouay
Tor United States senator. should alone
drive from his support every self-rc-
specting voter of the state,
An Election Coming.
The principal state officer to be cho-
sen at the November election is state
treasurer, nominations for which office
VIII be made at the approaching party
conventions. and the leagues address
IN concluding, takes up this topic as
follows:
The control of the state treasury.
which has been the fountain head OF
corruption in the past. is rot less i'm
portant now. though the passage of the
anti-Quay interest bill compels the
payment of interest on state deposits.
The Businessmen's League has
never placed in the field a candidate
for any office, and desires only that
proper men be nominated. 1t is an or
ganiZatiOn of Republicans who wish to
prevent party disruption and disaster.
with the conviction that nothing but
heroic action Will save the party from
ultimate state and national disgrace
and defeat.
For the purpose Of settling this con-
troversy before the presidential contest
Of 1900, we would make the following
suggestion as a means of terminating
the strife within the Republican ranks:
Let Him Be a Candidate.
Let Mr.. Quay himself become the
machines candidate for state treasurer
at the ensuing election. Mr.. Quay has
boasted of his readiness to go to the
people for vindicati0T. He, as state
treasurer. inaugurated and fOstered the
system of personal profit by the use
of public moneys which has been an
important issue in this contest. He
represents in every sense the evils
against which self-respecting Republi-
cans have Ievolted: he is the source and
incarnation of the evils of the system
which bears his name. Let him thus
make the issue distinct and direct.
leaving the final decision to the people
If Mr.. Quay fears to submit his can
didacy to the people. and. in the face
of his reputation by their direct rep
resentatives. insists upon claiming a
seat in the United States senate,
through the unlawful act of a subservi-
ent governor. he will intensity and pro-
long the contest until he is repudiated
by a future legislature, and precipitates
disaster and defeat on the other candi-
dates who bear the stamp of his ma
chine"