The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-09
ANTl-QUAYlTES
HOLD A MEETING
MET AT THE PHILADELPHI p
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Congressman Dalzell the Principal
Speaker He Charges Senator Quay
with Disloyalty to His Party and
TO the Mckinley Administration.
John Wanamaker Occupies Box.

Philadelphia, Feb. S.---A mass meet
ing of citizens in opposition to the re-
election of Senator Quay was held at
the Academy of Music tonight Major
Il. a. Hancock, of this city, presided,
and a large delegation of anti-menbers
of The Legislature, headed by Senator
Finn, Of PittsOurg, came from Harris
burg. EX-postmaster General John
WanamakCr occupied a box, but dld
not speak. The speakers were Sena-
tor Finn and Congressman palzell, on
Pittsburg; Senators Henry, of Phila-
delphu, and Weller, Of Bedford, and
Representative Koontz, of Somerset.
In the course Of his address, Con-
gresham Dal2cll said:
Mr. Quay has been called the Napo-
leon Of politics. Lebanon, | venture to
predict, is his Waterloo-after Water
loo comes ST. Helena This is Il mat
ter that is capable of being discussed
and determined with CoOlncss and judg-
ment ana without heat or passion. Is
it consistent with the honor Of Penn
SNlvanid that Mr. Quay should repre-
sent ii as senator in the United states?
! venture to suggest that it Is neither
for the honor Of PENNSYLVANIA nor for
the welfare of the Republican party
that Mr.. Quay should be reelected. l
venture To- suggest further that under
existing circumstances Mr. Quay ought
not to permit his name to be used as
Il candidate for that exalted position.
Il can give you many reasons in sup
port of this proposition. In the nrst
place. Mr.. Quay represents that which
is demorali2ing in politics: he repre-
sents that which is debasug to public
sentiments that which is degrading to
The popular morals; that which defeats
honorable ambition, and that which
stimulates unworthy ambitions, which
may he used for his own personal ends.
He has turned the Republican organ
ization in Pennsylvania into a machine
which has no excuse for its existence
save that IL serves his political for
tune"
CHARGES or DISLOYALTY.
The speaker charged that Senator
quay was among those responsible for
the defeat of Blaine in 1886; that ne
was hostile to the Harrison admins
rration and that ne had Influenced the
Pennsylvania delegation to the st.
Louis convention in 1896 to vote for
himself instead of for Mckinley. Con-
llbullS ne Sillu
Mr.. Quay has not been loyal to the
Mckinley administration. During that
critical period when the nation was
hanging on the verge between war and
peace he advocated the policy in op-
position to the president, of recognizing
the Independence of Cuba, the absurd
ity Of which is now apparent to every
body. He then had the audacity to
send his secretary over to the house of
representatives and gather together
the representatives of Pennsylvania in
a caucus to pledge them to vote against
the policy of the administration. | was
accidentally admitted to that caucus
and therefore am able to say that some
uf Tho Quay adherents expressed their
Willingness to obey his Will and fly in
the face of the majority of their party
i'm the hOus". When, however, a roll
call came the rcprehensble char
acter of this effort appeared and they
voted with their party. but no thanks
To Mr. Quay for that"
Congressman Dal2cll concluded with
"a review of the events of the past
four months. including the conspiracy
charges pending against Senator Quay
ana the conditions leading up to the
present legislative deadlock